Fred Dresser Hong Dentistry won the PCSSA Spring League championship with a 12 to 6 win over Mary Couzens Realty on Saturday, June 14 where the temperature at PebbleCreek’s Field of Dreams reached over 100 degrees. Hong Dentistry was managed by Gary Jensen and Mary Couzens Realty was managed by Steve Fletcher. Hong Dentistry and…
Tag: softball
Front Page, June 2017
22nd Softball season concludes
Fred Dresser What a season! Thirteen teams, 156 players, 468 games. The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) 2016-2017 softball season just concluded their 22nd year of play with Questar Capital capturing both the league championship and tournament championship. Questar out performed 12 other teams on the way to their two championships with an impressive season…
Sports, May 2017
Summitt Financial Team wins travel practice league
Bryan Bostock A new senior softball league, Travel Practice League (TPL), was started this fall. It consisted of four PebbleCreek teams. These teams represented players that participated in tournament play such as the June Pinetop tournament which enters a 60s team and a 65s team. On June 3 and 4, two of these teams will…
Sports, January 2017
Questars Financial takes early lead in PC Softball League
PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association’s first of three sessions for this year came to an anti-climactic end as the undefeated Questar team topped AZ Royal on Saturday, December 10. Questar scored five runs in the last inning to win nine to four. With the growth of the league to 13 teams this year, the Board of…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Senior Softball season gets underway
An absolutely fabulous day it was on October 22 at the PebbleCreek Field of Dreams. After months of preparation recruiting team managers, registering over 175 returning and new players, running multi-week new player evaluations, conducting a draft for thirteen teams, soliciting team and league sponsors, laser-leveling the infield and grooming the outfield, purchasing new equipment…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Senior Softball dominates again
Dan Rea Set against a dark, threatening, smoke filled sky caused by the Cedar Creek fire which was raging out of control on Father’s Day weekend, aka Grandfather’s Day, and with the uncertainty that this annual Pinetop softball tournament could be canceled on a moment’s notice along with an evacuation alert, our Golden Boys of…
Sports, July 2016
PC Senior Softball Association holds awards banquet
On April 8 over 270 players, spouses, sponsors and friends of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association attended the 2016 annual Awards Banquet and after party dance following a successful season of play. League President Ken Johnson kicked off the event thanking all for their support over the past two years of his term. Ken then…
Sports, May 2016
Augie’s win 2015-2016 PCSSA League Championship
Rich Christiansen PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association’s 2015-2016 league came to a rousing conclusion in a best two out of three playoff between first half lead Augies and second half lead Questar. A double header scheduled on March 30 included hard fought battles between the two teams showing great hitting and fielding action. The two closely…
Features, May 2016
American Solar wins season ending PCSSA Tournament
Paul Zuckerbrow Saturday, April 2 was an exciting day at the PCSSA ball field. American Solar won the season ending tournament. To get to the final game they beat Augies—-the regular league champions. Alan Jones hit a grand slam in extra innings to win that game 12 to 7. Next was the championship game again…
Sports, April 2016
PC Senior Softball Association has Yankee influence
Rich Christiansen Coming out of high school in Lakespur, California, a young Ken Johnson (PCSSA President 2014-2016) was torn between taking a scholarship at Arizona State University or to follow a path into professional baseball. His choice was made easy by a second round pick by the New York Yankees in the 1968 Major League…