Charlestown Sluggers Show Enthusiasm, Determination in Mid-Atlantic Softball Tournament

CATONSVILLE, MD (June 12, 2016) – Charlestown June 8 hosted a Mid-Atlantic double-elimination softball tournament that included teams from four retirement communities. The teams consisted of home team Charlestown, Greenspring (Springfield, VA) , Riderwood (Silver Spring, MD) and Oak Crest (Parkville, MD) .

The Charlestown Sluggers came out with great enthusiasm and determination to try to beat the returning opponents. The Sluggers practiced two days per week for the past two months to prepare for this challenge. Alas, the Sluggers came up short, as the final scores below indicate:

Oak Crest defeated Charlestown, 15-1.

Riderwood defeated Greenspring, 7-6.

Greenspring defeated Charlestown, 14-3.

Oak Crest defeated Riderwood, 7-5, to take home the coveted Erickson Living Trophy.

Below are the Charlestown team members :

Elba Hinish

Sara Nixon

Gerald Martin

Carlton Butler

Al Blackburn

Jane Janssen

Walt Plitt

Phil Sorensen

Susan LeMar

Pat Kasuda

Sue Shefke

Gil Fisher

John Kasuda

Bert Clegern (Coach)

A special thanks to Charlestown’s Brass Plus One Band (Bill Sarraf, Jack Knoll, John St Amore, Fred Wolf, Ben Bulla and Paul Bagley) for performing baseball-themed music, and to Dean Crawford, Medical Practice Administrator, for singing the “National Anthem.”

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Caption for photo: Pat Kasuda, a streak-hitting catcher for the Charlestown Sluggers, smacks a single in Mid-Atlantic retirement communities' softball tournament (photo by Mel Tansill).

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