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MEN’S GOLF LEAGUE STICKBALL STICKBALL STICKBALL STICKBALL Rich Eisenberg
MARCH 2026 PLAY
Now a a a a a a a year-round resident veteran member Ron Quackenbush stepped up to the plate for for his first time at at at bat as our March March scheduler Thanks for for volunteering Ron!
March March 2nd – The Saints
A big turnout and a a a a a a a a beautiful day were just the ticket for our kickoff to to March golf Scores pretty much followed a a a a a a a a a a a statistical bell curve (that IS what they are supposed to to do!) with about the the the same number of of plus and minus cards in in each of of of the the the flights for for today’s every man for for himself match Round of of the the the day day honors with with +7 scores
were shared by Vic Bertucci in in in the the the the As along with with Ken Virtuoso and Pat Smith in in in the the the C flight Other notable rounds today included Jeff Ross at at at +6 and and Ozzie Edwards at +5
Vic Bertucci and and and Jeff Ross took first and and and second place respectively in in in in the A flight with Fred
Gehron coming in in in in third There were quite a a a few horror stories being told at the the the the other end of the the the the big-hitter flight but we’ll refrain from pointing them out The B flight results had Ozzie Edwards for the the win with Pete Knoll in in in in in second place and and Lloyd
Torrey coming in in in in in third Ken Virtuoso and and Pat Smith shared the the checkered flag in in in in in in the the C flight with Tommy Mattina taking third place The good weather attracted a a a a a a a a a a a a lot of birdies today Jeff Ross had had a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a “trey” on on his card while Ron Ekstrom Roy
Nevirauskas and Ozzie Edwards each had had a a a a a a a a a a a a a pair of circled
threes Pete Knoll Phil Banashek Lloyd
Torrey Vic Bertucci John Blodorn Pat Smith Fred
Gehron Larry Belton and Dean Hanson each had one Closest to the pin winners were Tommy Mattina on on on on on on #7 Ron Ekstrom on on #10 and Bernie Fischer on on #16 March 9th – The Saints
Two nice Mondays in in in in in a a a a a a a a row…what’s up with that? Not
something we we we were going to worry about during a a a a a a a a a a busy week in in in in in in in in the the CMGL including the the finals of our our our Annual Annual Match Play Tournament our our our Annual Annual Dinner Dance and – oh yeah today’s twosomes match by flight It was Roy
Nevirauskas and partner Tom Russian for the the the win with a a a a a a a a a a a a combined
+6 in in in in in in the the the the A flight – amazingly the the the the only twosome on on on on the the the course today in in in in in in in which both individuals had “plus” cards Ron Rider and and a a a a a a a a a a a a draw were one stroke behind in in in in second place Fred
Gehron and and Carl Morante tied with with Brad Garceau with a a a a a a a draw for third In the the Bs Lloyd
Torrey and Bob Palladino won the the flight with with a a a a a a a a a a a a combined
+2 Four pairs tied for second place including Ron Quackenbush and and Gary Lucarelli John Kline and and Val
… continued on on page 41 By Rudy Rognon
March 7 2026 - Twenty players showed up for our game Alan Portnoy's Mets faced Max Glickman's Yanks A warm welcome to Kenna Leonhardt who played with us before moving There was no scoring
in in in in in in the the the first inning In the the the top of the the the second Don
Smith singled to to to center Daren
Desiere and Ron Polakowsky followed followed with with singles to to to load
the the the bases Vin McCann followed followed with with a a a a a a a a a a hit Dianne Skerry
then then laced a a a a a a a a a a single single to right for an an an an RBI Rich Fiederlein then then singled in in in in in in in in in a a a a a a run and the the the the the the the Mets led
led
3-0 There was no scoring
in in in in in in in in in the the the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the the the second or or in in in in in in in in in the the the the the the the third inning In the the the the the the the top of of the the the the the the fourth
McCann singled to to to center Fiederlein then tripled for an an an RBI Paul Zumbo got him home quick with a a a a a a a single and it it was was now 5-0 Mets There was was no no scoring
in in in the the the the the bottom of of of the the the the the fourth
fourth
In the the the the the top of of of the the the the the fifth Polakowsky singled singled McCann then then doubled to to to center his his fourth
fourth
hit of of of of the the the the game game Fiederlein then then singled singled singled in in in in in in in a a a a a a run his his third RBI of of the the the the the game game Zumbo followed with a a a a a a a single single single Smith singled singled in in in in in in in in a a a a a a a run and and the the the the the inning ended Mets 7 Yanks 0
In the the the the the bottom of the the the the the the fifth Pat Sacco doubled Howie Bland then singled Bob DePouli got an an an an RBI hit and and the the the the the Yanks were finally on the the the the the board The The inning ended 7-1 Mets There was no score in in in in the the the the the the top of of the the the the the sixth sixth In the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the sixth sixth Janice McKenna
singled but her her team could not get her her home and the the the the game ended 7-1 Mets March 14 2026 - - Twenty-one players showed for our game Alan Portnoy’s Mets faced Max Glickman’s Yanks In the the top of the the the first Dianne Skerry
singled Howie Bland and and Ron Polakowsky followed with singles singles to to load
the the bases Jim Durante (guest) and and Rich Fiederlein both hit RBI singles singles and and the the the the the Mets led
2-0 There was no scoring
in in in in the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the first In the the the the the the top of of the the the the the the second Jack Nisbet Ted Samuelson
and Polakowsky loaded the the the the bases on on on singles Fiederlein then then hit hit an an an an RBI RBI single single Durante followed with with an an an an RBI RBI hit hit John Kenneally then then cleared the the the bases with with a a a a a a a a a long triple to center for 3 RBIs The The score was was now 7-0 Mets There was was no no scoring
in in in the the the the bottom of of the the the the second In the the the the top of of the the the the third third Pat Sacco got got a a a a a a a hit and Samuelson
got got an an RBI single The score score was now 8-0 Mets In the the the bottom of the the the third third the the the the Yanks could not score score despite hits by Bob DePouli Don
Smith and Vin McCann There was no no no scoring
in in in in in the the the the fourth
inning In the the the top of the the the fifth Nesbit doubled Portnoy followed followed with with a a a a a a double double for two RBIs Dianne Skerry
followed followed with with a a a a a a a a single her third hit hit hit of of the the the the game game Polakowsky then then hit hit hit a a a a a a a a double for for an an an RBI RBI RBI his his fourth
fourth
hit hit hit hit hit of of of the the the the the game game Fiederlein then then hit hit hit a a a a a a a single for for an an an RBI RBI RBI his his third hit hit hit and fourth
fourth
RBI RBI RBI of of of the the the the the game The Mets led
12-0 In the the the bottom of of the the the fifth back-to-
back back doubles by Paul Zumbo and Vin McCann scored a a a a a a a run … continued on on page 42
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