SENIOR SOFTBALL
Idaho’s Other National Team

These have been exciting times for Idaho sports, the Boise State Broncos have given Idaho fans a reason to be proud of our State and prove that an Idaho team can play with anybody in the Nation.
Boise State isn’t the only local team making a name for itself nationally. There are a few “minor” differences between the Boise State football team and this other local team, however.
The team is Blaine County Title, the sport is softball, and the players are all over 60 years old. This group of Senior athletes won the AAA “World Championship” crown in Phoenix three weeks ago beating 18 other teams from all over the Nation. This accomplishment was submitted to the Sport’s Dept. at the Statesman. They put it in the “Community” section, where even those of us who were watching for it, didn’t see it. We were amazed, here was a chance to let our community know that we have some older guys who have done something we can all be proud of. You would think the Statesman would want to be a part of that. Take “Pride” Idaho, you have a ”World Championship” Team right here in Idaho. Too bad you have to learn about it in an Editorial and not on the Sports Page of the Statesman.
If anyone is interested in looking in to Senior Softball please call Ken Rhodes @ 891-0101

Wayne Clark
Meridian

Blaine County Title's (BCT) men's Senior Softball team made up mostly of seniors from the Treasure Valley area continues to be a force on the National Softball scene. The World Championships for Senior Softball was played in Phoenix this past week-end (Oct. 16-18) with over 361 teams in all age brackets from all over the country. BCT played teams from New Jersey, California, Colorado, Texas and Georgia/Alabama. After seeding games BCT entered the double-elimination tournament as the #1 seed and continued its dominance thru out, averaging over 20 runs a game finishing with a 9-1 record and this years 60AAA World Championship. Earlier this year BCT won the Western Nationals in Salt Lake City which qualified them to play in the US Nationals in Phoenix and combined with wins at the Western Nationals, Us Nationals, and now the World Championship they won the Triple Grand Slam award as well. BCT placed 5 players on the "All Tournament Team" they are Wayne Clark, Scott Shumway, Bob Hildeman, Bob Sarchett and Jim Pierce. Other members of the team were George Quiggle, Wayne Schmidlkofer, Dave Bixby, Larry Harpe, Larry Hoffman, Dean Merrill and Ken Rhodes.
Anyone interested in playing Senior Softball (50+ and over) next year contact Ken Rhodes @ 208 891-0101