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2019 Wilmington Senior Softball Association
Golf Outing
Benefitting the WSSA 25th Anniversary Events
The 2019 Annual WSSA Golf Outing has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 2nd at 9:30 am at the River Landings GC in Wallace, NC. This event is open to any and all willing to participate in our fun filled event.
 ​​Follow this link to sign up... 
Team Pictures!
Team News
End-of-season & Tournament TBD.
  • SPECIFIC RULES FOR HOT WEATHER
Temperature
Heat Index​​
 Action To Be Taken
90-94 degrees​
95
​Mandatory to shorten games
95 degrees and above​
100
All games must be stopped; no further play allowed.
  1. No pitching or infield warm-up period after first inning.
  2. All teams must have the on-deck batter ready to enter the batter’s box when the last batter has completed his at bat. Failure to comply will result with the pitcher throwing a pitch to catcher and umpire will call it a strike. This will continue until the batter is called out on strikes or takes his place in the batter’s box. 
  3. Courtesy runners must be ready to enter game immediately. Plan ahead by having the Courtesy runner coaching first base. Any delay will result in no courtesy runner allowed.
  4. The decision of the umpire is final for rules 1-3 above.
 Legacy League Updates...September 2nd.
  • Tournament Format
  • Games 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 will be played the first day. 
  • Games 5 & 6 and then the Championship game will be played on day 2. 
  • Since this is double elimination, if the team in the winner's bracket loses its first game in the championship game, a second championship game will be held to determine the overall final champion, and that game will be the only game played on day three.  
  • The seeding for the tournament will be based on order of finish once the regular season is concluded.  
  • Game 1 - first vs fourth place teams;
  • Game 2 - second vs third place teams. 
  • ​The higher seeded team will be considered the home team throughout the tournament. 
  • Tournament Bracket
 Atlantic League Updates...September 12th.
Congratulations to K&W Cafeteria on Winning the Atlantic League Tournament!

Coastal League Updates ..... September 3rd.
  • Coastal Tournament format & Start - TBD
Day One – Round 1
Game 1: #1 Seed vs #4 Seed                  
Game 2: #2 Seed vs #3 Seed
 
Day One – Round 2
Game 3: Game 1 Winner (1-0) vs Game 2 Winner (1-0)
Game 4 – Game 1 Loser (0-1) vs Game 2 Loser (0-1)
Game 4 Loser is eliminated…
 
Day Two – Round 3
Game 5 – Loser Game 3 (1-1) vs Winner Game 4 (1-1)
  • Loser of Game 5 is eliminated.
Winner Game 3 (2-0) – receives a bye.
Game 6 – Winner Game 5 (2-1) vs Winner Game 3 (2-0)
 
Day Three - Championship Day
If Winner Game 5 loses Game 6 they are eliminated (2-2), if not they will play a rubber game against Game 3 Winner.
Game 7 – If necessary.
  • TOURNAMENT BRACKET
WSSA News & Events 
The Coastal-Legacy Fall League
  • Plans are in the works for a joint WSSA Coastal-Legacy Fall League beginning October 8th, to be played at Ogden Park. If you are interested in playing, please inform your current manager or select this link for sign-up and additional information. There will be no charge for participating in the fall league. 
The 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees!
  • Robert (Bobby) Stine, Jerry Shaw, Donald (Donnie) Morton and Bill Morrison.
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​Upcoming Senior Softball Tournaments.
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A Special Congratulations:
Our own Donnie Morton has been elected and will be inducted into the  NC USSSA HoF. The induction is in January 2020 and will take place in Raleigh.
League & Team Sponsors
* * * Games Scores & Upcoming Week's Games * * *
* * * Team Standings * * *
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Legacy League - Ogden
Coastal League - Ogden
Tuesday 9/10/2019
Humana vs CSM - 15-14, 3-8
Carrabbas vs F. Dentistry - 11-24, 14-15
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Thursday 9/12/2019
Humana vs Carrabba's - Blue
F. Dentistry vs C.S.M. - 22-16, 0-1
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Tuesday 9/17/2019
​French Dentistry vs Humana - Blue
C.S.M. vs ​Carrabba's - Red
Atlantic League - Olsen
Tuesday 9/12/2019
A Look Back at the 2018 WSSA Banquet and Hall of Fame Inductees
To view the slides presented during the annual meeting, CLICK HERE
Wilmington team members from the local area included; Jerry Dowling, Mike Dolan, Vinny Gentile, Bob Bonner, Ron Lafond, Terry Peters, Richie Price, Jerry Shaw, George Scelzi, Merle Barnett, Donnie Morton, John Allen, Jerry Johnson and Santee Colloca
The 80+ men's senior softball team succeeded in bringing Gold back to Wilmington! The Wilmington 75+ men's senior softball team also won the Gold medal at the recent North Carolina Senior Games held in Cary on Oct 7 & 8..  The 75+ team was sponsored by Sea Coast Physical Therapy with the registration fee paid by New Hanover County Commissioner Rob Zapple.
Carolina Sports Medicine sponsored the 80+ team.  By winning Gold, each team has an invitation to attend and compete in the National Senior Games held next year in Albuquerque, NM.  Scroll down to see photos of the GOLD winning teams.   CONGRATULATIONS!
Front row:  Charlie Elliffe- Bob Perry- Bob Faehner- Ken Denne-Dave Sommerville; Back Row:  Dwight Crainshaw- Duane Batchelor- Fred Altman-Howard Voorhees- Ed Scott-Hank Dozier-Bob Dempsey-Dave Gardner-Eugene Johnson (Not shown:  Ed Scott)

"You don't stop playing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop playing."
We hope you will consider playing ball with us

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