I have been advised by North Carolina ASA Commissioner, Tony Laws that senior softball player/administrator Bill Sellars passed away early this morning after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Bill had put up a strong fight with the support of friends, family and wife, Carolyn. Bill had played senior softball for Thomas Engineering, Bogey's Sports Bar and Blaze in recent years and for a number of years was the SPA Tournament Director for the Burlington Tournament each year in June..
Visitation will be at 6-8pm on Thursday evening at Lowe Funeral Home on S. Church Street in Burlington and the funeral will be at 11am on Fri. morning at the Lowe Funeral Home Chapel. Bill will be missed by many softball friends.

RB Thomas, Jr.
ISSA Executive Director
9401 East Street
Manassas, VA 20110
571-436-9704

Senior Softball USA founder Bob Mitchell passed away November 7, 2010. Bob founded SSUSA in 1987, and was inducted as the first member of the SSUSA Hall of Fame in 2010 and into the Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 1999.

The Kid

The kid...the new guy...it's funny being that guy even though I've been playing softball since 1979. Last spring was my first season playing in the senior leauge and what's weird....is that I did feel like a kid again! Like a kid who is inspired! Seeing these guy's in their 50's, 60's, and yes 70's playing ball, the way I remember playing as a kid, when you laughed at yourself, high fived the the guy on the other team who just hit a double, and having a beer with everyone who just wasn't ready to go home on a beautiful summer night. This is what senior ball is all about and I'm glad to be a part of it. If you want to be a part of this, let me know. Jimmy Friedrich 573-3769

Board Members

Gaylan Moore 850-6100
Bill Goodin 695-4974
Larry Hoffman 863-1721
Cliff Boxer 494-0474
Jimmy Friedrich 573-3769
Dave Kleinfeldt 602-9044
Wayne Clark 880-0694
Mikw Iwakiri 571-0203

boiseseniorsoftball@yahoo.com
website - boiseseniorsoftball.com
blog - boiseseniorsoftball at blogspot.com

New Board Member Jimmy F

Jimmy Friedrich, a new board member will be making periodic posts. Wait for it.

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