Mens Softball

Mens Softball

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Livingston Temple Softball League 04/17/16
Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel picked up right where they left off winning both ends of their opening day double header. The first game was a 20-5 win over Temple Sholom of West Essex with Mike Somehk’s 4 hits leading the offense . Steve Weisman, David Kramer and Dave Pressel had 3 hits each. On defense Larry Feigenbaum and Jason Grebin made great catches. The 2nd game was a 21-2 win over Pine Brook with Matt Katz and Dave Pressel getting 4 hits apiece. Jeff Becker and David Kramer each had 3 hits. Nice defensive plays were made by Ken Gorman and Carey Bayer. Eric Rothfeld pitched well both games. Billy Perlman had his first at bat in 8 years for TSTI and celebrated his 80th birthday with a single. Chabad lost 24-9 to Temple Sinai in the first game despite a triple and homerun from David Levine. Scott Bader was 3-3 with a walk in the loss. Chabad bounced back to take their 2nd game 10-9 over Suburban Torah. Leadoff hitter Scott Bader went 4-4 and Jon Tishlas hit a homer and triple for the winners. David Levine went 3-3 with a homerun and 2 doubles while playing excellent defense in right center. Jeff Steil pitched both games on short notice and also contributed with 4 hits on the day. Pine Brook defeated B'nai Brith 17-13 to finish off a split of their 2 games. Temple Sinai was the only other A division team to sweep both ends of their DH. They defeated B'nai Brith 13-9 in the 2nd game.
In the B division, Agudath Israel was the only team to win 2 games. They defeated B'nai Or 17-2 with Joe Kelmanovich and Robert Field going 3 for 3. Kevin Haney hit a home run over the left field fence at Okner for the winners also.  CAI got the best of B'nai Abraham 13-9 in the 2nd game with a HR from Simeon Gutman and triples from Paul Aronoff (bases clearing go ahead) and Robert Field. Paul also had a spectacular diving catch of a line drive in left which he converted into a double play. B'nai Or fared better in the 2nd game defeating AABJD Ohr Torah 25-18. Pitcher Bill Schlosser had 2 triples, 3 runs and 5 RBI's. Jason Cohen added 4 hits and 3 runs. Todd Gutkin (4 hits, 4 runs, 3 RBI). Eric Axler (3 hits, 4 runs, 4 RBI). Adam Lazer (3 hits, 4 runs. 3 RBI). And Ira Forman 3 hits. Ner Tamid lost their first game by a score of 17-2 to B'nai Abraham but came back strong in the 2nd game to defeat Temple Emanu-El 17-5. In that game for Ner Tamid David Dreier had a 2 run homer, Bob Perris had a 3 run triple and TNT turned a rare 3-3-2 double play.  B'nai Jeshurun lost a close game to Beth Shalom 12-10 highlighted with good defensive plays from both sides. For Beth Shalom Bob Sperling (3 hits, double, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Steve Siegal (3 hits, 2 doubles, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Mike Elchoness (2 hits, 2 RBI) and  Dan Bank (3 hits, 2 runs). On defense Steve Siegal (2nd base ) and Doug Netburn (1st base) both turned unassisted double plays. Beth Shalom was down 7-2 early and came from behind to win while shutting out B'nai Jeshurun over the last 3 innings. TBJ took it out on B'nai Israel the 2nd game winning 30-9. No games next week. May 1 we will have another DH. First game will be the regularly scheduled game from May 1 at 9 AM. 2nd game will be the early game from the 4/10 rainout.


Okner
Behind HS
Oval
Her 1
Her 2
Harrison
Hillside
Riker
BYE
A6-A4
A8-A2
A5-A3
B8-B4
B7-B3
B5-B10
A7-A1
B2-B9
B1-B6
B5-B3
B4-B7
A1-A5
B10-B2
A2-A4
B8-B6
A3-A8
A6-A7
B9-B1
LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Standings Week 2 4/17/16
Division A W L Pct. Scored Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel 2 0 1.000 41 7
Temple Sinai 2 0 1.000 37 18
Suburban Torah 1 1 0.500 24 17
AABJD 1 1 0.500 19 23
Chabad 1 1 0.500 19 33
Pinebrook 1 1 0.500 19 34
B'nai Brith 0 2 0.000 22 30
Temple Sholom 0 2 0.000 13 32
Division B W L Pct. Scored Allowed
Agudath Israel 2 0 1.000 30 11
Beth Shalom 1 0 1.000 12 10
B'nai Abraham 1 1 0.500 26 15
B'nai Jeshurun 1 1 0.500 40 21
Ner Tamid 1 1 0.500 19 22
Temple Emanu-El 1 1 0.500 21 26
B'nai Or  1 1 0.500 27 35
AABJD / Ohr Torah 0 1 0.000 18 25
B'nai Israel 0 2 0.000 18 46
Game 1 Game 2
Temple Sholom 5 AABJD 12
Sharey Tefilo Israel 20 Temple Sholom 8
B'nai Brith 13 Suburban Torah 9
Pinebrook 17 Chabad 10
Chabad 9 Temple Sinai 13
Temple Sinai 24 B'nai Brith 9
Suburban Torah 15 Sharey Tefilo Israel 21
AABJD 7 Pinebrook 2
Ner Tamid 2 Agudath Israel 13
B'nai Abraham 17 B'nai Abraham 9
B'nai Or  2 B'nai Or  25
Agudath Israel 17 AABJD / Ohr Torah 18
Beth Shalom 12 Temple Emanu-El 5
B'nai Jeshurun 10 Ner Tamid 17
Temple Emanu-El 16 B'nai Israel 9
B'nai Israel 9 B'nai Jeshurun 30

Wednesday, April 6, 2016


DH 4/17  REGULARLY SCHEDULED
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED




OPENING DAY   4/17/2016 - DOUBLE HEADER  9:00 AM START


Okner Behind HS Oval Her 1 Her 2 Harrison Hillside Riker BYE
B4-B5 A5-A2 B6-B7 A8-A4 A7-A3 B3-B2   A6-A1 B9-B8 B10-B1
A1-A3 B5-B8  B6-B9 A5-A8 A4-A7 A2-A6  B4-B10  B7-B2 B1-B3


A Division B Division
A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel B1 - BYE
A2 - AABJD B2 - B'nai Jeshurun
A3 - Pinebrook B3 - Beth Shalom
A4 - Temple Sinai B4 - B'nai Or 
A5 - Suburban Torah B5 - Agudath Israel
A6 - Temple Sholom B6 - Temple Emanu-El
A7 - B'nai Brith B7 - B'nai Israel
A8 - Chabad B8 - B'nai Abraham
  B9 - Ner Tamid
  B10 - AABJD / Ohr Torah

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Livingston Temple Softball League 08/02/15

Championship weekend matched the top two seeds in each division this year for the first time in a long time. #1 seed Sharey Tefilo Israel (14-0) entered the A division final on a 37 game winning streak matched against an AABJD (9-5) team that averaged scoring 15 runs per game this season. AABJD also scored 19 runs against STI earlier in the year in a 26-19 loss. But this past Sunday it was all defense for the stingiest team in the league (7 RA per game) led by STI pitcher Mark Licht who only gave up 5 hits while stopping everything up the middle. Mike Somekh, Cary Bayer, and Corey Feigenbaum shored up the defense with some great plays behind him in a 15-3 victory for the undefeated champs. Their 38th consecutive win gave them their 3rd championship in a row. Eric Rothfeld's 3 run homer led to a 5 run 1st inning which would be all they would need.  Dave Dennenberg, Dave Kramer and Mark Licht each had 3 hits for the winners.  

In the B division, #1 seed B'nai Brith (12-2) had beaten #2 seed Chabad of West Orange (11-3) in two close games during the regular season. For the first 5 innings this game was no different and tied at 5-5. CWO opened the scoring in the 2nd with 2 runs. BB responded with 4 in the 3rd. Evan Bell then blasted a 3 run homer over the left fielder in the top of the 4th for a 5-4 CWO lead. BB came back and tied it in the 5th. But CWO broke it open in the 6th scoring 9 runs and then added 2 more in the 7th to seal the victory at 16-5. Evan Bell was red hot in the playoffs going 10/11 and 4/4 in the final with 6 RBI's and a triple away from the cycle. Donny Kanovsky, who is moving to Vermont, has played 10 seasons with the team and goes away a champion. Peter Gelman pitched a great game, had 2 hits and scored 3 times. Micha Mandel also had 2 hits, scored twice and had an incredible diving catch in left center. Jeff Stiel was 4/4 and scored twice. David Levine was 2/4 with a triple (both hits in the big 6th inning).  Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz was 3/3 plus a sac fly. Chabad of West Orange was the only visiting team in the playoffs to win out of 14 games played. 

Umpire Aaron Greenberg was honored in a presentation before the finals began for 30 years of service to the league after announcing his retirement.There were only 3 umpires in our first season and he was one of them. Commissioner Steve Weiner presented the plaque to Aaron prior to the championship games. 


Commissioner Steve Weiner and Umpire Aaron Greenberg  at the Championship game

Photo by Gerry Kenny

Monday, August 3, 2015

                               A Division Champions Sharey Tefilo Israel
Pictured from left to right: (Top Row)  Dave Denenberg, Matt Katz, David Kramer, Dave Pressel, Cary Bayer, Steve Weissman, Jason Grebin, Eric Rothfeld, Jeff Becker, Mike Somekh and Rabbi Dan Cohen. (Bottom Row) Jeff Gaier, Ken Gorman, Mark Licht, Larry Feigenbaum, Rob Lazarus, Corey Feigenbaum and Bill Perlman.  Missing from the photo are team captain Mel Prager and Arnie Budin



                                B division Champions Chabad of West Orange
Left to right top: Jef Stiel, Peter Gelman, Donny Kanovsky, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Jon Tishlas, 
Middle: Evan Bell, Micha Mandel, Eric Latzman
Bottom: Sholom Kasowitz, Eli Kasowitz, Bernie Neustadt, David Levine, Mike Geatto, Joe Bottinger
and Levi Kasowitz in the blonde curls.




LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Championship Games
8/2/15

A Division B Division
AABJD 3 Chabad 16
Sharey Tefilo Israel 15 B'nai Brith 5

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Championship Games 
Sunday Aug 2nd - 9:30 AM 


A Division - Heritage Tennis Courts

#1 Sharey Tefilo Israel vs. #2 AABJD



B Division - Heritage below BB

#1 B'nai Brith vs. #2 Chabad