Tag: softball

PCSSA Receives Instruction from Retired Major League Ballplayers

Fred Dresser Arizona Public Service (APS) conducts clinics with retired major league ballplayers that focus on hitting, throwing, and fielding. They did so with 60-plus of our PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) players at the Robson Field of Dreams on Monday, May 16. The retired major league players who conducted these clinics were: * Leon…

PCSSA Celebrates the End of the 27th Season

Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) celebrated the end of their 27th season at the Robson Field of Dreams as 300-plus ball players, significant others, and team sponsors attended the end of season celebration. It’s hard to believe that PebbleCreek Senior Softball started way back in 1995 with just two teams and 21…

PCSSA Ladies Own the Diamond

Jay Sabatello On Sunday, Feb. 27, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) ladies owned the Field of Dreams Diamond as they put on a display of hitting and fielding to win both ends of a double-header against a respectable ladies’ team from Sun City. Your PCSSA team utilized the services of two pitchers, Jerry McGee and…

All Roads Lead to PebbleCreek Senior Softball

Fred Dresser Previous articles have informed you that the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) started their 27th season in October 2021. The PCSSA also remembers those who played the game before us by honoring them on our Memorial Wall. Each player in the PCSSA traveled many roads before landing here at the Robson Field of…

PCSSA Remembers Those Who Played the Game

Fred Dresser As we begin 2022, we look back at the year that was. The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) is a family that cares about their players, as well as their families. During the past year, the PCSSA family lost not only players, but players’ loved ones as well. To remember those players who played…

PCSSA 27th Season Gets Underway

Fred Dresser The 27th season of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) got underway on Oct. 23. Players and family members gathered as 19 teams blanketed the field for the opening ceremonies. What started way back in 1995 with just two teams and 21 players has grown to 19 teams and more than 230 participants. With…

One Season Ends and Another Begins

Front row (left to right): Gary Jensen (manager), Rick Bell, Peter Bowes, Don Belonax, Mike Comstock, Wade Biddix; Back row: Randy Prinz, Ken Kurtz, Rich Wilmes, Ron Coleman, Randy Ullrich, Rick Haendel, and Steve Ward

Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) wrapped up their 26th season of play on April 3, and what a season it was with the coronavirus on everyone’s mind, rain outs, and the damage to the field caused by a microburst in January. This season could have been a lost season if it wasn’t for…