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Welcome to the Norristown Area Softball 2011 Home Page
CONGRATS for a well deserved HONOR Sully "Heels" Gelet was Inducted into the ASA of PA Hall of Fame on March 5th, 2011 April 10, 2011 Article - Tribute from the Times Herald on Heels
Read about another long time legend of this league who has played for over 35 years - Bill Plichta June 12, 2011 Article - Tribute from the Times Herald on Bill Plichta
Rest in Peace - Norristown Softball lost a couple legends this year Tim Fiss (August 28, 1950 - June 5, 2011) Tim Fiss, one of the, if not THE greatest pitcher in Norristown History started his career in 1969 with Advanced Stamp and then moved to Dante's Restaurant in 1971 and even though the team played in the Section-C division, led them to the "C" title, then beat Luciano's Tavern, the "B" Champs and earned the right to meet the "A" Champ Crosstown Tavern for the League title. the 1971 Crosstown just happened to be the only team in league history to go through the regular season undefeated at (26-0). Crosstown beat Dante's 2 games to none to finish it's year at 32-1. Dante's split up after the season with some players moving on to Charlie's Pizzeria and others (including, of course the masterful pitcher, Tim Fiss along with Gary Delbuono, Buddy Shank, Anthony Clement, Jack Beatrice and Franny Mack) going to Al's Cold Cuts. Ragusa Hauling was one of the league powers at the time having the mainstays of the old Meadowbrook Tavern players like the immortal Pete Scheetz, Gordie Scheetz and the Dadonna Brothers (Dick and Carl), who always seemed to make it to the league finals or semi-finals. Crosstown changed it's sponsor name to Huey's Blue Ribbon Bar in 1972 and had another incredible year going 17-1 on the season. But when the playoffs started, it was the pitching of Tim Fiss that led Al's Cold Cuts to an upset victory over Huey's in the semi-finals and in the league finals, played a hard fought series with Ragusa Hauling only to lose 2 games to 0. Al's Cold Cuts was an up and coming team at the time having been in the thick of the playoffs since the league's inception in 1969, but finally made it to the finals ... but they wanted more. The old Crosstown/Huey's team folded and Al's grabbed a couple of their guys (The Legendary Charlie Dinolfi, Dickie Tancini and George Schools) and in 1973 Al's defeated Ragusa to claim their first Norristown Championship. Ragusa folded a year later and Al's grabbed a couple of the their players (Jim Booz, Dale Hood and John Cresswell ... about .700+ worth of batting averages amongst those three alone). So, by 1974, Al's Cold Cuts merged all these pickups to the already existing group of the powerful Richie Bellam, Tommy Brady, Vince Buckley, Joe Guardino and Sandy Reagan (another of the .700 hit crew). The 1974 version of Al's Cold Cuts rivals the 1971 Crosstown Tavern team on any list of greatest teams in Norristown league history as they finished 23-1 in the Norristown regular season and 27-1 after winning the League Championship. They went 24-1 in winning the Conshohocken League, defeated the 1974 League All-Star Team 14-5, won the very first ASA sanctioned Montgomery County Open Championship over Eagle AA up in Pennsburg. The won about 6-7 other tournaments and finished the season 90-5. With Tim Fiss on the mound, they were unbeatable. Throughout the 1970's, he led Al's Cold Cuts to seven straight Norristown League Championships, five straight Conshohocken League Championships, were the Montgomery County ASA Class-A Champs the rest of the decade. They won a list of tournaments that stretches our about a mile including the Burr Robins Invitational at Allenwood Field, The Norristown Officials $1000 Tournament at Latshaw Field, The Triple S Tournament in Bridgeport, The Norristown Borough Open Classic, The Conshohocken Open at the "A" Field, the Reading Open Tournament, The Southwest Delaware Valley Open Classic in Marcus and Ridley, the White Rose Classic in York and the Atlantic City Open in New Jersey just to name a few. They played against not only some of the best teams in the state, but on the East Coast. Tim Fiss retired at an early age from "full time" competition to devote more time to work and family, but would always come back to pitch here and there when called upon like when Al's won their first Class-A State Championship in 1984 and traveled to the Class-A Nationals in Minnesota. in 1987, he came back again to pitch against the Men of Steele's Super Major Softball team at Latshaw field watched by an estimated thousand people. it was said, it was a thrill to come back and see the "new" younger Al's of the 1980's and play with them here and there, guys like Moo Moyer, Clarke Farrell, Bruce Carr, Chuck DiNolfi, Ken Shemonski, Buddy Tolson, Donnie Sobeck, Danny Fisher, Al Curcio, Don Cippolini, Brian Becker and Johnny Seiple. it is not coincidental that the Al's Cold Cuts Norristown Championship streak started with the acquisition of Tim Fiss, he will be missed by many who knew him and worked with him at the post office and in East Norriton where he volunteered his time to referee basketball and coach little league and anything else that was needed of him. He was a good kind man and may he always rest in peace. I'm glad that he got to attend the Pete Scheetz Birthday Special that Dale Hood so unselfishnessly put together a couple of months ago as he did look good and got to spend some quality of time with many of his lifelong friends listed here in this article. Sad to say, Fiss joins a list of the former Al's Players to pass away over the last few years including Sponsor Al Bertucci, Coach Jim McGettigan, Buddy Shank, Vince Buckley, Anthony "AC" Clementi, Francy Mack and Donnie Sobeck to name a few. If I forgot anybody, I apologize.
Bucky Priest (January 14, 1953 - March 1, 2011) Bucky Priest was one of the best athletes to ever play softball in this area. He was a flawless fielding first basemen and a pure hitter if there ever was one. He played for years with Caparo's in the Conshohocken League and also Norristown. He also played with Ply-Mar, DePallo's, Al's Cold Cuts and Charlie G's in Norristown also. In the prime of his career, his life went off track as he got himself in trouble with the law, which some say took away from his talents on the field, but to those who played with and against him and also saw him play to this day still say his talents were legendary. It's a shame as he tragically died earlier this year from a freak accident where he fell and hit his head and later never recovered before passing away.
Informational Links:Norristown Area Local League and Business LinksNorristown Area Softball Message Board2011 Area League InformationListing of District-14 Leagues and contacts, etc 2011 Tournament Announcements2011 Tournament ResultsPennsylvania State Player Data Base and Rosters Page 2011 Team Classification Information Page (Rules and Guidelines, etc.)Click Here to read about TNT Sports Club's second straight 50+ State Title from the Times Herald
Last Edited - 08/30/2017 Norristown Men's Softball LeagueLeague President - Sully "Heels" Gelet (610) 277-9661OTHER LEAGUE INFORMATION ASA DISTRICT-14 INFORMATION Click here for the 2011 A-Division Schedule Click here for the 2011 B-Division Schedule Click here for the 2011 C-Division Schedule
STANDINGS
PLAYOFF FORMATS
Regular Season Home Run LeadersNOTE: Due to the discrepancy concerning "inside the park" homers, we will not count them this year. (A-Division Note) - Ken Shemonski
and Steve Webster have both shattered the Heels Field Home Run Record with 30, (B-Division Note) - Kyle Waldowski
has shattered the B-Division record at Heels Field so far with 23.
Andrew Celio has 18 this season. (C-Division Note) - Kevin McCarthy
still holds the all time C-Division record with 17 in 2006 at Weriman
Field.
Norristown League Awards and AccoladesA-Division MVP - Paul Garber, Paragon Alliance/Cannon
Voting Results
Voting Results
Voting Results
Others receiving mentioning were: Jake Coropolese (Franchise); Steve Cutler (Paragon Alliance/Cannon) and Mike Borkowski (Super-Fit Sports)
Sportsmanship of the Year League Award - Donny Douglass, Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts/Chaps
Others receiving mentioning were: AJ Neve (Norristown Rec); Mickey Marsilio (D&D/Spectrum Healthcare); John Onufer (N&O/Black Forest); Jared Blair (Iacovino's Tavern); JJ Hinkle (Gibbons Legal); Chris Carter (Depaul Brothers) and Ryan Walker (Steppy's/Worcester HVAC)
Silver Slugger Award Co-Winners - Ken Shemonski, Paragon Alliance/Cannon and Steve Webster, Black Horse/T-Bones
Others receiving Honorable Mention were: Scooch Pascucci
(D&D/Spectrum Healthcare), Kyle Waldowski (AJ Catagnus/Altomore Precast);
Jarred Gardner (Peppers/Hopson's Reloaded); Marty Murray (Steppy's/Worcester
HVAC), Andrew Celio (Black Horse/Legion of Boom); Paul Garber (Paragon
Alliance/Cannon); Carmen Desimone (The Tribe), Matt O'Hara
(Peppers/Hopson's Reloaded); Chris Judge (Paragon Alliance/Cannon), Ant
Pettine (The Tribe) and Kevin O'Keefe (D&D/Spectrum Healthcare). Special Recognition Award - Ernie "Big E" Chintalan
This is a one time Special Award presented to Big E for his never ending contribution and dedication to this league. He is there every night keeping score helping Sully and the Umpires and also even helping players when needed. He has a lifetime of devotion to this Sport along with a wealth of knowledge and that coupled with his always friendly and often "witty" personality make him a favorite among players, coaches, managers, umpires and ASA Officials alike. Big E has played in the past and also managed multiple area league, tournament, state and national champions. Ernie, thanks for everything you have done this season to help our league. It is MUCH appreciated. Norristown League Home Run Derby -Put together, organized and run by Steve Moloney - Sponsored by TPS (Mick Peliggi), Collegeville Italian Bakery (Steve Carcarey) and Run Around (Jordan Nicgorski) -Steve Moloney did a great job with this event and from what was said, they had a great time and considered this to be the highlight of the year! The first round had 18 guys and blind numbers were picked and matched in a head to head format with the winner advancing. The second round was 10 guys (one was a wildcard from the first round to keep it even). Out of the 10 guys – the top 4 in numbers advanced to the semifinals and then the top 2 squared off. We hit a 44/375 ASA Worth Toxic ball in the first two rounds and then the Worth Launch 650/50 core ball in the last two rounds. Each person got 10 swings in each round that they advanced. Tie-breakers were solved with a head to head hit-off. The semi-finals were Bill Gulotta (2), Steve Moloney (3), Paul Garber (4) and Chris Judge (5). And the Finals were Garber (6) and Chris Judge (5) Now, this is a Hoagie, Steve Carcarey hand-crafted this 8th Wonder
of the World especially for the Derby. Standing left to right are:
The Championship Round: Paul Garber (6) defeated Chris Judge (5) in the Finals
Semi-Finalist: Steve Moloney (3) and Bill Gulotta (2)
NOTE on the Sponsors: The TPS bats were a lot of fun to swing and provided for a great derby. TPS has a very good product and it was appreciated that they let us swing these bats in the derby. If anyone has any other feedback, please let me know and I can let Mick Pileggi know directly. They are always looking for feedback on their products.
Norristown B-Division vs C-Division All-Star Game;Saturday, September 24th at Heels Field - Cancelled, rescheduled to October 1st never held Norristown Sunday Fall LeagueCommissioner Steve Dimitry (610) 539-9297Click here for the Sunday Fall Schedule
Playoffs/Schedule: (Best of 3's)
B-Flight
Norristown Sunday Fall League Awards and AccoladesMVP - Scooch Pascucci, Gibbons Legal/Dr Foley's Softball
Voting Results (all 4 Managers, Umpire-in-Chief and
League Commissioner voted)
Sportsmanship Award - Mo Crigamire, Brass Lock and Key
Others receiving Votes: Norristown Weeknight Fall LeagueCommissioner Sully "Heels" Gelet (610) 277-9661Click here for the Weeknight Fall Schedule
Playoff Results (Double Elimination formats)
Norristown Weeknight Fall League Awards - not given out Norristown Women's Softball LeagueCommissioner Stacey Clemens (215) 822-0224
Click here for the 2011 Women's East Division Schedule Click here for the 2011 Women's West Division Schedule STANDINGS
Playoff Schedule/Results: Norristown Women's Softball League
Annual Picnic
Women's League Awards East MVP Award Winners
All-Star Game Team #1 - ?
------------------------- Home Run Derby Most over All - TBD Norristown Women's Fall LeagueCommissioner Sully "Heels" Gelet (610) 277-9661Click here for the Sunday Women's Fall Schedule
Norristown Women's Kickball LeagueCommissioner Stacey Clemens (215) 822-0224Click here for the 2011 Women's Kickball Schedule
Playoff Results (Top-2 play best of 3) Heart and Soul Award Winner - Laura Albertson (2010 winner was Mary Ann Kemphf)
Norristown Softball Home Page©1998 Steve Dimitry, all rights reserved. Email: sdimitry@verizon.net I want to give special thanks to a good friend who sponsor's this site, His name is Bob Hornsby.
Also to Paul Huss of Copper Shark Design who is responsible for this domain name and server hosting, thanks Paul - if you need a domain for your team or league, please contact Paul, he will help you out, I promise
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