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STICKBALL… continued from page 47 MEN’S GOLF… continued from page 47 sixth Larry Heck singled Hachem followed with a a a a a a single single and Don Smith then hit an an RBI double The game ended in in in a a 4-4 tie January 3 2026 - Twenty players showed for our game Alan
Potnory’s Mets faced Max Glickman's Yankees There was no scoring in in in in the the the the the the first inning or or bottom of of the the the the the the second second In the the the the the the top of of the the the the the the second second the the the the the the Mets loaded the the the the the the bases
on on on on on singles by
by
Don Smith Chris Hachem and and Larry Heck Singles by
by
Joe Poerio and and Mike Demarcantonio knocked
in in in in in in two runs The The score was was 2-0 Mets There was was no no scoring in in in in in in in the the the the third inning or or or top of of the the the the fourth fourth In the the the the bottom of of the the the the the fourth fourth singles by
by
Rich Fiederlein Daren Desiere and Glickman loaded the the the bases
Singles by
by
Jack Nisbet Rudy
Rognon and and Bob DePouli plated three runs and and made the the the the score 3-2 Yanks There was no no no scoring in in in the the the the fifth In the the the the top of the the the sixth Joe Startare doubled doubled Portnoy singled and Demarcantonio doubled doubled in in in two runs The Mets led led led led 4-3 In the the the the the bottom of the the the the the sixth singles by
Glickman Rognon and Pat Sacco loaded the the the the the the bases
Fiederlein then became the the the the the the hero
of the the the the the game game when he he he he he he he he laced a a a a a a a a a a a double to to right to to score two runs and win the the game game 5-4 Yanks January 10 2026 - - Final score 6-1 Yankees No other
records for the game January 17 2026 - Final score Yankees 6 6 Mets 5 No other
records for this game January 24 2026 - No game due to paving of parking lot January 31 2026 - - Twenty-two players showed for our game On a a a a a a a a a a a cool morning it was Alan
Portnoy’s Mets facing
Max Glickman’s Yankees There was no scoring in in in in the the the first In the the the top of the the the second Vin McCann doubled and and Don Smith singled singled Steve Jarsky
(guest) singled singled and and the the the the the the Mets led led led led 1-0 In In the the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the the second there was no scoring In In the the the the the the the top of of the the the the the the the third Joe Poerio and and Jack Nisbet singled Vin McCann then doubled in in in in in a a a a a a a run and and the the the the the the score was was now 2-0 Mets There was was no no scoring in in in in in the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the third In the the the the the top of of the the the the the fourth singles by
Vin Hogan (guest) Portnoy and DePouli loaded the the the the the bases
Nisbet finished the the the the the inning with an an an an RBI single single and and the the the the the the Mets led 3-0 In the the the the the the bottom of the the the the the the fourth despite
hits by
Paul Zumbo and and Rich Fiederlein the the the the the the Yanks could
not score In the the the the top of the the the the fifth McCann doubled Dianne
Skerry then then laced a a a a a a a a a single single single to to right and Don Smith singled singled in in in in in a a a a a a a run run Vin Hogan (guest) then then then singled singled as did Daren Desire Bob DePouli then then doubled in in in in in in two runs Nisbet finished the the the the scoring with an an an RBI single single to to center Bottom of the the the the fifth singles singles by
Glickman Hachem and and Ferry loaded the the the bases
for the the the Yanks Larry Heck and and Fiederlein hit RBI singles singles The The score was was now 8-2 Mets There was was no no scoring in in in in in the the the the the top of of the the the the sixth sixth In the the the the bottom of of the the the the sixth sixth Zumbo singled and and Ron Polakowsky doubled to to to center Chris Hachem and and Frank Ferry followed with RBI singles but the the Yankees fell
short to the the the strong pitching of of Portnoy who won his first game of of the the year Final score 8-4 Mets The B flight runaway winners were Ed Yoder Tim Mygatt Art Leishman and a a a a a a a a a a a a draw with the the best foursome result of the the day at a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a combined +8 Jack Scheuten Karl Cohen Tim Yoder and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a draw draw were quite a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ways behind in in in second place while Ken Virtuoso Steve Bisacco Jim Gleason and and a a a a a a a a a a a draw draw took the the third position Closest to to the the pin winners were Dan Gromko on on on on #7 Roy
Nevirauskas Nevirauskas on on #10 and Bob Palladino on on #16 Birdie boys today included Roy
Nevirauskas Nevirauskas with 3 and and Steve Steve Bisacco Fred Gehron Bob Bob Harper Jeff Ross Dave
Bousquet Bob Bob Palladino and newcomer Steve Steve DeCiccio
each with one January 19th – The Saints
A beautiful day day for for golf today providing meat locker
conditions don’t bother you… temperatures in in the the the forties
awaited everyone on on on on on the the the the the first tee While a a a a a a a few guys bailed the the the rest bundled up in in layers for for the the the every every man for for himself
match on on today’s schedule and once again it’s clear that that despite
the the the fact that that most of us spent our working careers in in in northern climes Florida golfers lose their ability to function
in in the the the the cold The The A and B flights were were abominable snowmen
snowmen
today… hold the the “snowmen” The The C golfers were were just meh
against quota All in in in all only 10 players out of 38 managed
to turn in in in even or or plus scorecards There were however a a a a a a a a few good rounds Jim Fitzgerald in in the the the the Cs had the the the the round round of the the the the day at +4 while Carl Morante
in in the the the the As shot +3 Tom Russian Kevin Cahill and Joe Kokoszka also played well The A flight winner was Carl Morante
with Jeff Ross and John Blodorn 2 strokes behind in in in second at +1 The B B flight had a a a a a a a a collectively miserable day with only one player out of 14 in in the plus column That was Tom Russian who took first place place with +2 Jim Blevins and Ron Quackenbush tied for for second place place 3 strokes behind As mentioned earlier one one had to do a a a a a a a a little better for for a a a a a a a a prize
in in in in the the C C flight Jim Fitzgerald was the the winner with Kevin Cahill and Joe Kokoszka two strokes behind tied for second Birdies either flew somewhere else or or stayed out of sight in in in the the the cold weather Tom Russian and returning member Jay
Keleher each each had had two while Carl Morante
Daren Desiere and Pete DeCiccio
each each had had one In closest to the the pin competition Joe Kokoszka won on on on on on on on #7 and Jim Blevins on on on on on on on #10 Putting an an an exclamation point on on on on on on on the the the the forgettable day in in in in in the the the B B ranks there was no winner on on on on #16 Wait till next week January 26th – The Saints
Mother Nature threw almost the the whole menu at at us today… overcast and and windy to to start a a a a a a a a a a a a a big line of rain crossing
overhead around lunchtime and and sunny gorgeous weather behind it Regrettably the the the 15 minutes of of of rain scared off a a a a a a a a a a a a whole bunch of of of of our players so the the the the match was cancelled Enough of of the the the the A and C flight golfers completed their respective closest to to the the the pin holes to to declare winners! Dan Gromko on on #7 and Dave
Coulter on on #10 … continued on on page 54
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