Softball league honors Hall of Famers, season champs

The county’s largest senior softball league inducted three longtime players and managers into its Hall of Fame.

The selection of Charlie Dilkes, Rudy Lucrezi and Sam Carnevale was announced this week at the Berkeley Senior Softball League’s annual picnic, attended by more than 100. (Some players are from the Manahawkin area.) Each honoree received a plaque honoring his achievements.

Trophies were presented to the winning teams in the spring-summer season: Holiday Service Center, repeating as champions of both the A Division regular season and playoffs; Cash 4 College, winners of the B Division regular season; Ryan Funeral Homes, B Division playoff champs; the Red Rockers, repeating as regular-season winners in the Tony Mantarro Division; and the Slammers, repeating as Mantarro Division playoff champs.

The league consists of A and B Divisions for Ocean County players age 60 and up and the Mantarro Division for those born in 1950 or earlier. Games are played weekday mornings at Veterans Park, next to Central Regional High School in Bayville, and at Whispering Pines Park in Holiday City.

Additional players are being sought for the Berkeley Senior Softball League’s 2016 season. Information is available at 732-300-9524.

Photo captions:

• League Commissioner Steve Issman (left) with Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Dilkes and selection committee member Angelo Corbo.
• New Hall of Fame member Rudy Lucrezi (left) with Steve Drogin of the selection committee. The third Hall inductee, Sam Carnevale, was unable to attend the ceremony.

• The Holiday Service Center team won both the regular season and the playoffs in the Berkeley Senior Softball League’s A Division for the fourth straight year.