General Information

The First Friends Church (FFC) Men’s Softball League is designed to provide quality competition in a friendly fashion for men age 15 and up based on FFC’s values. The League begins in April and ends in July.  It is open to men in the Stark county area and is split into two divisions by experience.  This is a Bring Your Own Team League. If you are interested in playing, but are not currently on a team, please contact the sports office at sports@firstfriends.org or 330-966-6868 for more information.


Teams will play a weekly doubleheader.  Day for each division TBA  Times: starting at 6:15pm. There will be a short devotional time where we share biblical principles with the players and encourage them to pursue a life with Christ every week. Home Team is responsible for devotions.

Location: First Friends Church, 5455 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44714

 

 

Requirements for Participants:

  • League is for men ages 15 and older.
  • Commitment to playing 80% of all games.
  • This is a “Bring your own Team” league.
  • Completed registration form and payment submitted prior to 1st game
  • Two Divisions based on skill level
  • To register as a team, register online individually and indicate the coach’s name.

 

Dates:  April – July

Fee:  $70.00 (2023 fee subject to change)  Registration Fee for individual on team, includes jersey. Teams consist of a minimum of a 12 man roster, maximum 15 players.  $15 fee for each extra jersey.

Refund Policy:  $5.00 fee retained if refund requested.  No refund will be given to any player who withdraws on or after the first week of games. An exception may be granted at the discretion of the staff due to medical reasons only. Further, no refund will be given to any player removed from the league during the course of the season for disciplinary reasons.

 

Registration Information:  Registration will be available at least one month prior to start of league.  Must be on a team to register.  Please email Ryan Barnett rybarnett@firstfriends.org if you are a coach of a team.  Register online with debit/credit card payment  or at the church Welcome Desk with check/cash.  Office hours – Mon – Fri 9am-3pm.   Registrations will be accepted until TBA, or league fills up, whichever occurs first.

 

If on a team, register online as an individual with debit/credit card and indicate on the form who your team coach is.   If you are interested in playing, but are not currently on a team, please do not register online, please contact the sports office at sports@firstfriends.org or 330-966-6868 for more information.  

 

Click on “Register Now” button above to register online with debit/credit card (when available)

 

CLICK HERE TO PRINT TEAM REGISTRATION FORM

 

CLICK HERE TO PRINT INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FORM

 

There are no skill assessments.

 

Practice Week: TBA

 

Make up games TBA, check with coach.

 

 

Gender Policy Statement: (Oct 12, 2017)  Please note that when we list ‘boy’s/men’s’ or ‘girl’s/women’s’ we are referring to the birth gender of the participant. For all of our leagues, classes, unless they are designated as Coed, it is our policy that players participate within the gender designation that complies with the previous statement. We want to thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

 

Weather Cancellation Policy:  Evening activities will be re-evaluated by staff and decisions for cancellation will be made and posted on website one hour prior to start of activity.

 

Questions?  Call 330.966.6868 or email sports@firstfriends.org.

 

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Team Rosters

Ephesus

Coaches

  BRIAN BURCH

Players

  NICK BROTHERS
  STEVE BURCHETT
  TOBIAH DUFFIE
  ISAAC DUFFIE
  NICK FOSTER
  ASHTON KING
  ADAM KUEHNERT
  JOSEPH MORGAN
  DAVID NEITZELT
  WAYNE OBRIEN
  DAVID RININGER

Thyatira

Coaches

  BRENDEN SHILLING

Players

  R.J. AMATANGELO
  CURTIS CARRILLO
  BRIAN HAIDET
  AARON KRITES
  CALEB MCCOY
  JERRY RUSSELL’
  BRIAN WHITMER

Philadelphia

Coaches

  ROMAN HAZZARD

Players

  SKYLER ALLEN
  CHRIS BRYANT II
  DANIEL FACENBAKER
  LUCIEN HAZZARD
  DEVIN HAZZARD
  KEVIN LAMP
  CHRIS NEMETH
  TYLER RICE
  MIKE SANOR
  ISIAH TURICK
  IAIN TURICK
  THOMAS YOUNG
  JACOB YOUNG

Smyrna

Coaches

  QUENTIN HACKER

Players

  CHRIS ANGLE
  STEVE DONNELLY
  DEAN FEIOCK
  JOSé FERMIN
  CHRIS HARE
  SPENCER HUPP
  ANDY LAUER
  BRANDON RICE
  BLAKE RIPLEY
  MICHAEL ROSS
  ANTHONY ROSS
  RYAN STEWART

Sardis

Players

  NOAH ANDERSON
  JUSTIN DENNEWITZ
  ALEX DENT
  CHRIS DINE
  ANTHONY FERRELL
  ANDREW FLETCHER
  BOB HASSEMAN
  SEAN KETTERING
  KYLE KIKO
  LOGAN VALENTINE
  AARON VALENTINE
  BRANDON WHITE

Laodicea

Coaches

  JONATHAN YODER

Players

  CHAD AKERS
  JOHN ARBAUGH
  SCOTT CRAIG
  ROBERT DILLON
  LUKE ESTES
  DAVID ESTES
  ALEX MCCUE
  TRAN PETERMAN
  ANTHONY SASSER
  JOSHUA SAYRE
  AUSTIN YODER
  DARREL YODER
  MARK YODER

Gilead

Coaches

  BILL HEADE

Players

  R.J. AMATANGELO
  KYLE BRANNAN
  CHAD FLEMING
  JUSTIN FRYE
  NICK GREGORY
  MIKE HEADE
  THOMAS MARTINEZ
  SHON MOORE
  KEITH MYERS
  NICK MYERS
  CHAD QUICCI
  JARED SCHWENINGER

Kadesh

Coaches

  WILLIAM GARDINER

Players

  BEN ABBOTT
  NOAH ALLEN
  TYLER BOYLE
  WILLIAM BRADLEY
  JORDAN ENGLISH
  NICK FORCHIONE
  TYLER GAMBLE
  GAVIN HALL
  BENJAMIN OVERTON
  MARICO SMALLS
  LANDON THORN
  BRADLEY TYSON

Sheckem

Coaches

  MASON MADENFORT

Players

  JOSH BRINK
  MARK DOUGLAS
  JORDAN KNAPP
  MITCHELL MADENFORT
  JARET MADENFORT
  JOEL MADENFORT
  HUNTER MIHAL
  JACOB MYERS
  GARRETT OBOURN
  NATHAN OBOURN
  SAM WILLIAMS

Bezer

Coaches

  CHRISTIAN HARWOOD

Players

  ANTHONY BOSTROM
  BENJAMIN CRAWFORD
  FRAZIER DANIEL
  BEN EXPOSITO
  HOWARD FRAZIER
  ANDREW HUSSAR
  ALEXANDER MALLETTE
  DANIEL RAY
  NICHOLAS RAY
  NICK THOMAS
  BENJAMIN WHEELER

Hebron

Coaches

  JAMES HEATON

Players

  JACOB BISHOP
  JARED CAMPBELL
  JEREMIAH CERNY
  KADEN DAVIS
  JIM DOERSCHUK
  BRYAN FRIEND
  TYLER HUNT
  CONNOR MARTIN
  SPENCER MASON
  ADAM MODENA
  JARED PERKO

Golan

Coaches

  NICK SUNDHEIMER

Players

  AARON ADY
  JUSTIN BERGENER
  ANTHONY CARLIN
  AARON FORDYCE
  AUSTIN MATHESON
  JON PRATT
  KYLE PRITT
  DUSTIN SHILLING JR
  JEREMY SMITH
  JON VOTAW
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Printable Schedule/Rosters

When available:

Please click on links below to download, view, and print:

Team Rosters

Old Testament Game Schedule

New Testament Game Schedule

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Coaches Resources

Contact Ryan Barnett: rybarnett@firstfriends.org

Coaches meeting TBD

 

Click on the links below to download a printable copy of the listed document(s):

 

Men’s Softball Rule Book (Click here)

 

ASA Approved Bats Document

 

ASA Illegal Bats with certification Sticker

 

Approved Equipment Website

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Devotionals

We are so glad you are a part of one of our leagues here at First Friends Sports.  We pray that you are having a great week so far. If not, please feel free to share with us any prayer request on needs.
If you have any prayer requests or would like to have a deeper discussion about this topic, please feel free to contact Tim (tzornes@firstfriends.org) or Ryan (rybarnett@firstfriends.org).

New Testament

Standings

Sardis
17 - 1 - 0
Philadelphia
14 - 6 - 0
Thyatira
10 - 8 - 0
Ephesus
8 - 11 - 0
Laodicea
6 - 12 - 0
Smyrna
0 - 17 - 0

Past Games

Away Team Home Team Game Date Away Score Home Score
Sardis Laodicea 5/10/23 15 6
Smyrna Thyatira 5/10/23 4 22
Philadelphia Ephesus 5/10/23 13 10
Thyatira Smyrna 5/10/23 19 9
Laodicea Sardis 5/10/23 5 10
Ephesus Philadelphia 5/10/23 2 12
Ephesus Smyrna 5/17/23 29 1
Laodicea Philadelphia 5/17/23 6 13
Thyatira Sardis 5/17/23 19 28
Philadelphia Laodicea 5/17/23 33 11
Sardis Thyatira 5/17/23 12 11
Smyrna Ephesus 5/17/23 3 18
Thyatira Philadelphia 5/24/23 19 15
Sardis Smyrna 5/24/23 24 1
Ephesus Laodicea 5/24/23 14 20
Smyrna Sardis 5/24/23 4 17
Laodicea Ephesus 5/24/23 8 15
Philadelphia Thyatira 5/24/23 9 10
Philadelphia Sardis 5/31/23 5 13
Ephesus Thyatira 5/31/23 23 13
Smyrna Laodicea 5/31/23 2 12
Laodicea Smyrna 5/31/23 16 8
Sardis Philadelphia 5/31/23 13 14
Thyatira Ephesus 5/31/23 13 14
Sardis Ephesus 6/7/23 21 5
Philadelphia Smyrna 6/7/23 18 8
Thyatira Laodicea 6/7/23 20 14
Smyrna Philadelphia 6/7/23 9 10
Laodicea Thyatira 6/7/23 13 14
Ephesus Sardis 6/7/23 12 22
Ephesus Philadelphia 6/14/23 11 13
Thyatira Smyrna 6/14/23 15 4
Laodicea Sardis 6/14/23 2 13
Sardis Laodicea 6/14/23 17 4
Smyrna Thyatira 6/14/23 5 18
Philadelphia Ephesus 6/14/23 7 15
Smyrna Philadelphia 6/21/23 6 13
Sardis Ephesus 6/21/23 5 3
Laodicea Thyatira 6/21/23 12 18
Thyatira Laodicea 6/21/23 14 17
Ephesus Sardis 6/21/23 11 12
Philadelphia Smyrna 6/21/23 15 10
Philadelphia Thyatira 7/5/23 22 10
Laodicea Ephesus 7/5/23 21 10
Smyrna Sardis 7/5/23 2 12
Thyatira Philadelphia 7/5/23 8 13
Ephesus Laodicea 7/5/23 2 9
Sardis Smyrna 7/5/23 19 4
Thyatira Philadelphia 7/11/23 4 15
Thyatira Smyrna 7/12/23
Laodicea Ephesus 7/12/23
Sardis 7/12/23
Smyrna Ephesus 7/19/23 2 22
Ephesus Laodicea 7/19/23 27 26
Philadelphia Sardis 7/19/23 12 13
Laodicea Thyatira 7/19/23 12 22
Ephesus Philadelphia 7/26/23 1 2
Philadelphia Sardis 7/26/23 10 15

Team Rosters

Ephesus

Coaches

  BRIAN BURCH

Players

  NICK BROTHERS
  STEVE BURCHETT
  ISAAC DUFFIE
  TOBIAH DUFFIE
  NICK FOSTER
  ASHTON KING
  ADAM KUEHNERT
  JOSEPH MORGAN
  DAVID NEITZELT
  WAYNE OBRIEN
  DAVID RININGER

Thyatira

Coaches

  BRENDEN SHILLING

Players

  R.J. AMATANGELO
  CURTIS CARRILLO
  BRIAN HAIDET
  AARON KRITES
  CALEB MCCOY
  JERRY RUSSELL’
  BRIAN WHITMER

Philadelphia

Coaches

  ROMAN HAZZARD

Players

  SKYLER ALLEN
  CHRIS BRYANT II
  DANIEL FACENBAKER
  LUCIEN HAZZARD
  DEVIN HAZZARD
  KEVIN LAMP
  CHRIS NEMETH
  TYLER RICE
  MIKE SANOR
  ISIAH TURICK
  IAIN TURICK
  JACOB YOUNG
  THOMAS YOUNG

Smyrna

Coaches

  QUENTIN HACKER

Players

  CHRIS ANGLE
  STEVE DONNELLY
  DEAN FEIOCK
  JOSé FERMIN
  CHRIS HARE
  SPENCER HUPP
  ANDY LAUER
  BRANDON RICE
  BLAKE RIPLEY
  ANTHONY ROSS
  MICHAEL ROSS
  RYAN STEWART

Sardis

Players

  NOAH ANDERSON
  JUSTIN DENNEWITZ
  ALEX DENT
  CHRIS DINE
  ANTHONY FERRELL
  ANDREW FLETCHER
  BOB HASSEMAN
  SEAN KETTERING
  KYLE KIKO
  LOGAN VALENTINE
  AARON VALENTINE
  BRANDON WHITE

Laodicea

Coaches

  JONATHAN YODER

Players

  CHAD AKERS
  JOHN ARBAUGH
  SCOTT CRAIG
  ROBERT DILLON
  LUKE ESTES
  DAVID ESTES
  ALEX MCCUE
  TRAN PETERMAN
  ANTHONY SASSER
  JOSHUA SAYRE
  DARREL YODER
  AUSTIN YODER
  MARK YODER

Contact Us

5455 Market Ave N.
Canton, OH 44714
330-966-6868
sports@firstfriends.org

A ministry of  First Friends Church

© 2023

Old Testament

Standings

Sheckem
15 - 3 - 0
Gilead
9 - 5 - 2
Hebron
9 - 9 - 1
Bezer
9 - 11 - 0
Golan
8 - 9 - 0
Kadesh
1 - 14 - 3

Past Games

Away Team Home Team Game Date Away Score Home Score
Sheckem Golan 5/8/23 7 5
Bezer Hebron 5/8/23 9 10
Kadesh Gilead 5/8/23 7 7
Gilead Kadesh 5/8/23 14 3
Hebron Bezer 5/8/23 15 5
Golan Sheckem 5/8/23 10 8
Gilead Bezer 5/15/23 10 7
Sheckem Hebron 5/15/23 4 3
Golan Kadesh 5/15/23 19 11
Hebron Sheckem 5/15/23 8 9
Kadesh Golan 5/15/23 3 17
Bezer Gilead 5/15/23 8 15
Golan Bezer 5/22/23 14 15
Kadesh Sheckem 5/22/23 4 14
Hebron Gilead 5/22/23 6 19
Gilead Hebron 5/22/23 11 17
Sheckem Kadesh 5/22/23 17 1
Bezer Golan 5/22/23 17 14
Golan Gilead 6/5/23 17 11
Sheckem Bezer 6/5/23 18 3
Kadesh Hebron 6/5/23 10 12
Hebron Kadesh 6/5/23 10 10
Bezer Sheckem 6/5/23 7 13
Gilead Golan 6/5/23 22 7
Hebron Golan 6/12/23 16 2
Sheckem Gilead 6/12/23 5 1
Bezer Kadesh 6/12/23 13 6
Kadesh Bezer 6/12/23 1 17
Gilead Sheckem 6/12/23 13 14
Golan Hebron 6/12/23 17 4
Hebron Bezer 6/19/23 12 18
Golan Sheckem 6/19/23 4 15
Gilead Kadesh 6/19/23 12 12
Bezer Hebron 6/19/23 15 14
Kadesh Gilead 6/19/23 3 13
Sheckem Golan 6/19/23 7 4
Gilead Golan 6/26/23
Golan Gilead 6/26/23
Bezer Golan 7/3/23 11 10
Sheckem Kadesh 7/3/23 11 12
Gilead Hebron 7/3/23 1 6
Kadesh Sheckem 7/3/23 13 16
Hebron Gilead 7/3/23 3 13
Golan Bezer 7/3/23 11 3
Hebron Kadesh 7/10/23 19 5
Sheckem Bezer 7/10/23 14 2
Bezer Sheckem 7/10/23 7 12
Kadesh Hebron 7/10/23 6 12
Kadesh Hebron 7/17/23 4 14
Golan Bezer 7/17/23 10 12
Hebron Gilead 7/17/23 6 10
Bezer Sheckem 7/17/23 6 9
Hebron Golan 7/24/23 14 15
Bezer Kadesh 7/24/23 20 3
Golan Bezer 7/24/23 21 18
Gilead Sheckem 7/24/23 19 7
Golan Sheckem 7/31/23
Gilead 7/31/23
8/7/23

Team Rosters

Gilead

Coaches

  BILL HEADE

Players

  R.J. AMATANGELO
  KYLE BRANNAN
  CHAD FLEMING
  JUSTIN FRYE
  NICK GREGORY
  MIKE HEADE
  THOMAS MARTINEZ
  SHON MOORE
  NICK MYERS
  KEITH MYERS
  CHAD QUICCI
  JARED SCHWENINGER

Kadesh

Coaches

  WILLIAM GARDINER

Players

  BEN ABBOTT
  NOAH ALLEN
  TYLER BOYLE
  WILLIAM BRADLEY
  JORDAN ENGLISH
  NICK FORCHIONE
  TYLER GAMBLE
  GAVIN HALL
  BENJAMIN OVERTON
  MARICO SMALLS
  LANDON THORN
  BRADLEY TYSON

Sheckem

Coaches

  MASON MADENFORT

Players

  JOSH BRINK
  MARK DOUGLAS
  JORDAN KNAPP
  MITCHELL MADENFORT
  JARET MADENFORT
  JOEL MADENFORT
  HUNTER MIHAL
  JACOB MYERS
  GARRETT OBOURN
  NATHAN OBOURN
  SAM WILLIAMS

Bezer

Coaches

  CHRISTIAN HARWOOD

Players

  ANTHONY BOSTROM
  BENJAMIN CRAWFORD
  FRAZIER DANIEL
  BEN EXPOSITO
  HOWARD FRAZIER
  ANDREW HUSSAR
  ALEXANDER MALLETTE
  NICHOLAS RAY
  DANIEL RAY
  NICK THOMAS
  BENJAMIN WHEELER

Hebron

Coaches

  JAMES HEATON

Players

  JACOB BISHOP
  JARED CAMPBELL
  JEREMIAH CERNY
  KADEN DAVIS
  JIM DOERSCHUK
  BRYAN FRIEND
  TYLER HUNT
  CONNOR MARTIN
  SPENCER MASON
  ADAM MODENA
  JARED PERKO

Golan

Coaches

  NICK SUNDHEIMER

Players

  AARON ADY
  JUSTIN BERGENER
  ANTHONY CARLIN
  AARON FORDYCE
  AUSTIN MATHESON
  JON PRATT
  KYLE PRITT
  DUSTIN SHILLING JR
  JEREMY SMITH
  JON VOTAW