Saturday, November 14, 2026
Special guest announcer Father Chuck calling the action from the booth, with assistance from Jimmy Cuevas, Warren Uhl, and Dave Coward.
The Sami’s softball team and their families celebrating a victory after the game at their sponsor’s restaurant.
In addition to preparing the field for play, Bill Cookson from City Parks & Rec always finds time to honor our country by displaying his artwork on the field for special occasions.
This is the second of a series of three postseason articles recapping the milestone 25th anniversary season of Marco Island Senior Softball. This week the spotlight is on the Marco Division, which completed the most balanced and competitive season in many years. The league appreciates the contributions of the sponsors and team managers of the six teams – Brewery managed by Jim Vitas, Joey’s Pizza managed by Todd Whitney, Sami’s managed by Dave Coward, Sandbar managed by Mike Puskar, Snook Inn managed by Peter Karl, and Stonewall’s managed by George Lancaster. In addition, thanks to the assistant coaches, players, families, fans, umpires, booth volunteers, and last but not least the City Parks & Rec maintenance personnel Bill Cookson and Lucy Crabtree who always had the field in great shape and ready to use every game day. The Gulf Coast Division teams will be highlighted in a subsequent issue.
Thinking of our league family…our Senior Softball League is also about family, and we are sending our thoughts for a quick recovery to Ray Kane and Father Chuck. Ray Kane is home recovering and Father Chuck is also recovering. Father Chuck has joined our team this year at the announcer’s booth and hope to have him back announcing at the start of the season in January.
Pickup games for the softball players will resume on Monday, April 22 with games from 8:00 to 10:00 AM for Island Division players and from 10:00 AM to Noon for all other players.
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