SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – SCIFL is hosting a masters tournament (age 40-over) Sunday, June 4, at Little Lake Park in Santa Fe Springs.
TEAMS PARTICIPATING
THE SCHEDULE
SCIFL Masters Schedule
SCIFL CONTACT
So Cal Independent Fastpitch League (SCIFL)
Jesse Ortiz, Commissioner
P.O. Box 6572
Burbank, CA 91510
Email: info (at) scifastpitch.com
Cell: 661-510-8928
Dave Meltz, left, and Neil and Ginni Jones were at the 2016 Raymond Angulo Men’s Memorial Fastpitch Tournament, Sept. 3-4. Meltz pitched for Redline, while Neil Jones pitched and played the infield for Streamline 55-Older Masters team. The three are long-time friends who once lived in Wisconsin, but now Meltz lives in So. Calif., and the Jones’s live in Las Vegas. Photo By BOB OTTO
LAS VEGAS – There are sports buffs who will do just about anything to satisfy their particular passion. Neil Jones is one of them.
Back in the early 1970s while a student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Jones happened by a softball diamond, saw some guys playing fastpitch, and thought, “this looks like fun.” So he joined a team and started playing. And he’s never stopped.
In fact, several years later, he went into business and bought a tavern – the Diamond Inn – in Deerfield, just outside of Madison.
He could have continued driving the 21 miles to Madison to play fastpitch. But he had a better idea: Build his own ball diamond at the inn.
“I wanted my field of dreams,” said Jones.
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