Central Security Continues Its Winning Streak

Charlie Quinn, Jim Hensley, Dana Hurlbut, John Miller and Don Thomas each had four hits on Wednesday to lead Central Security to its fourth straight win with a 20-11 victory over Michelle Yates Insurance in Lake Placid Senior Softball league play at the Lake June ball fields.

The Insurance team was led by Paul Brand with a four-hit day, follwed by Fred Cooper who was 3-for-4 and Manager Dusty Hensley, who had a triple and double. But it wasn't enough to offset the offensive onslaught of Central Security.

Play on the other field saw Schooni's Family Restuarant stay even with Central Security with a 13-3 win over the Lake Placid Marine team.

Sean Kilduff, an Irishman born in Liverpool, England who played professional soccer with the Liverpool Boys in his younger days, delivered three timely hits for the winners. The 69-year-old Kilduff, who immigrated to Canada in 1965 as a chemical engineer, worked in that profession for a time in Canada and New Zealand, and then taught at Lambton Community College in Sarnia, Ontario (largest city on Lake Huron - across from Port Huron, Michigan) for 16 years. He took up the game of softball at the age of 66 when he became a winter-time resident of Lake Placid.

Teammates Gary Rankersley, Don Cunningham and Paul Stephenson also had three hits each for the winners. Hits were hard to come by for Lake Placid Marine, largely due to excellent pitching by Ray Hensley and almost errorless fielding by the Restaurateurs. Only manger Glenn Wearsch managed as many as two hits with seven of his teammates getting one hit each, including a double by Duke Hensley.

Central Security and Schooni's lead the league with records of 5-2 followed by Lake Placid Marine and Seminole Tire at 3-4 and Yates Insurance at 2-6. The 20-game season will continue through March.