Page 16 - Jupiter Spotlight - March '21

Page 16, Jupiter Spotlight

Jupiter Senior 15th Annual Jupiter

Softball Craft Brewers Festival

Association Report and Photos by
Penny Sheltz
Hundreds of craft beer
lovers purchased tickets to
The Jupiter Senior Softball Association’s (JSSA) 2021 attend the 15th Annual Jupiter
winter league is in full swing with 200 registered members, Craft Brewers Festival at the
including 30 new players this year. Last year’s league ended Abacoa Amphitheater in
prematurely March 13 when the coronavirus pandemic closed Town Center.
area parks and forced a six-month shutdown of the senior Many lined up early
softball program.. anticipating four hours
This year’s winter league launched Jan. 11 and features 13 of sampling an array of
teams competing in three divisions. League Commissioner hand-selected breweries
Tom Cosentino said, “Overall, the league is going extremely showcasing their best
well. And the turnout of new and younger players has been brews. The crowd had lots
good for the league,” he said. Games are every Monday, of fun tasting delicious The silent disco was fun where
Wednesday and Friday morning at Jupiter Community Park. lager, hops, and even tasty dancers put on headphones
New players include Lance Hengel, who is 55, the blueberry, peach and orange from the disco jock and danced
minimum eligibility age. He began playing in pickup games beer creations. to the songs others didn’t hear.
last December, a month before the winter league started. Cheers to another fun craft beerfest!
“I’m having a great time playing. The guys are awesome,”
said Hengel, a Jupiter Farms resident. And he said he looks
forward to playing three mornings per week. “Sometimes it’s
four games because some Sundays I play in Boca Raton.”
The JSSA welcomes new players who want to enjoy the
benefits of being outdoors and playing a game they love.
There is no upper age limit but most players are in their 60s
and 70s as well as a number in their 80s. Gary Kunath, 63, a
Syracuse, N.Y. native who is in his third year of league play,
said he enjoys the camaraderie of other players and “the score
is really secondary to having fun.” This couple is the first in line each year.
Division championship games are scheduled March
22 and pickup games resume March 24 and continue
through the remainder of the year. The softball program
is a cooperative effort of the nonprofit Jupiter Senior
Softball Association and the Town of Jupiter. The JSSA
is accepting new registrations which can be made online
at www.leaguelineup.com/jssa or for more information
contact Tom Cosentino at (412) 721-0173.

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