Page 6 - Southern Exposure - March '21

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Jupiter Senior Softball Association

The Jupiter Senior Softball Association’s (JSSA)
2021 winter league is in full swing with 200 registered
members, including 30 new players this year. Last year’s
league ended prematurely March 13 when the coronavirus
pandemic closed area parks and forced a six-month
shutdown of the senior softball program..
This year’s winter league launched Jan. 11 and
features 13 teams competing in three divisions. League
Commissioner Tom Cosentino said, “Overall, the league is
going extremely well. And the turnout of new and younger
players has been good for the league,” he said. Games are A Jupiter senior softball player smashes a hit toward the
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning at Jupiter outfield grass.
Community Park. Senior softball player Mike Manasia waits to make contact.
New players include Lance Hengel, who is 55, the Division championship games are scheduled March
minimum eligibility age. He began playing in pickup The JSSA welcomes new players who want to enjoy the 22 and pickup games resume March 24 and continue
games last December, a month before the winter league benefits of being outdoors and playing a game they love. through the remainder of the year. The softball program
started. “I’m having a great time playing. The guys are There is no upper age limit but most players are in their 60s is a cooperative effort of the nonprofit Jupiter Senior
awesome,” said Hengel, a Jupiter Farms resident. And he and 70s as well as a number in their 80s. Gary Kunath, 63, Softball Association and the Town of Jupiter. The JSSA
said he looks forward to playing three mornings per week. a Syracuse, N.Y. native who is in his third year of league is accepting new registrations which can be made online
“Sometimes it’s four games because some Sundays I play play, said he enjoys the camaraderie of other players and at www.leaguelineup.com/jssa or for more information
in Boca Raton.” “the score is really secondary to having fun.” contact Tom Cosentino at (412) 721-0173.

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