Welcome to the Norristown Area Softball Association Web Site. All the information you ever wanted to know about softball
in the Norristown area is in here. Just click on the link to the left to
go wherever you want to visit. This site covers all the history of the
Norristown Slow Pitch Softball Leagues including the women's leagues and
fall leagues along with the old Norristown area fast pitch history. There is information on many of the surrounding Norristown area leagues
such as Bridgeport, Plymouth, Collegeville, Linfield and others. Some of
the old disbanded leagues of yesteryear are also covered such as
Conshohocken, Lansdale, Norristown Church and King of Prussia Industrial leagues, etc.
Information exists on many tournaments, all-star games and qualifiers too.
The Norristown all-century team and hall of honor comprised by area
softball aficionados is listed along with the 1990's all-decade team which
was comprised by a vote of the managers and players. The Norristown
Blast from the past photo page has pictures of many of the people who
played in this town and made it what it is today. There is also a team
photo page of many of the great teams of the past. Speaking of great
teams, a special page is dedicated to Norristown's greatest team, Al's
Cold Cuts. A page of links is also provided along with a message board.
The Norristown Area Softball Association is a non-profit organization. Thanks for stopping by - Steve
CONGRATS
Sully Gelet was Inducted
into the ASA of PA Hall of Fame on March 5th, 2011
Take a look at the following pages that chronicle the
past and present of the Norristown Area Softball seasons. Starting with the
1999 season and going right up to the present season, you can read about the
Norristown (and other surrounding leagues) standings, playoff results, local
tournament results and any other miscellaneous happenings of that particular
season. The Norristown Softball Leagues are still going strong
after all these years thanks to the efforts of one man. The guy pictured
above is Norristown Softball. Sully "Heels" Gelet, the whole league thanks you.
In November, 2007, Wierman Field
at the Elmwood Park Zoo was officially put to rest by vandals.A
new beginning began on April 26, 2008, when the new fields were "officially" dedicated and
renamed Sullivan "Heels" Gelet Field. The women's field was named Patty
Simons Field after the fist women Police Officer in Norristown's long
history who passed away in September, 2007. The new sign is shown above.
County Commissioners -
Montgomery County was part of Districts-21/1/3/6 (Delaware, Chester, and
Bucks) prior to 1982 1935-1938 - District-21 - Frank Whitehead,
Norristown
1938-1940 - Eastern District-1 - Frank Whitehead, Norristown
1941-1947 - N/A
1947-1949 - District-1 (Montgomery County) - Leon Yerger, Pottstown
1949-1951 - District-1 - Joe Koren, Pottstown
1952-1953 - District-2 (Montgomery County) - Stephen Nixon, Pottstown
1954-1957 - N/A
1958-1959 - District-3 (Montgomery County) - Len Bernhardt, Pottstown
1960-1969 - N/A
1969-1972; District-3 (Montgomery County) - Bill Pharoah, Pottstown 1972-1974; District-6 (Montgomery County)
- Dale Johnson, Pennsburg
1974-1975; Ditrict-6 (Montgomery County) - Joe Wollock, Pottstown
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1976-1977; District-6 (North Montgomery County) - Joe Wollock, Pottstown
1978-1979; District-6 (Upper Montgomery County) - Ted Auman, Pottstown
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1976-1977; District-6 (Co-Southwest Montgomery County) - Charlie Granese,
Norristown
1976-1977; District-6 (Co-Southwest Montgomery County) - Al Bertucci,
Norristown
1978-1979; District-6 (Central Montgomery County) - Charlie Granese,
Norristown
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1976-1977; District-6 (Southeast Montgomery County) - Rich Cocchmiglio,
Lansdale
1978-1979; District-6 (Eastern Montgomery County) - Rich Cocchmiglio,
Lansdale
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1980-1981; District-6 (Montgomery County) - Charlie Granese, Norristown
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DISTRICT-14 Created in 1982
District-14 Commissioners
1982-2005 - Charlie Granese, Norristown
2006-2021 - Sully 'Heels' Gelet, Norristown
2021-present - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
District-14 Umpire-In-Chiefs
1982-1985 - Richie Robbins, Norristown
1985-1992 - Tom Brady, East Norriton
1992-2005 - Frank Horvath, East Norriton
2005-2007 - Gary Grayshaw, Norristown
2008-2022 - Frank Horvath, East Norriton
2023-present - Butch Fisher, Eagleville
District-14 Deputy Umpire-In-Chiefs
2005-2006 - Frank Horvath, East Norriton
2006-2007 - Frank Horvath, East Norriton (Fast Pitch)
2007-2012 - Jimmy Myers, Norristown (Slow Pitch)
2008-2012 - Gary Grayshaw, Norristown (Fast Pitch)
2013-2016 - N/A
2017-2022 - Butch Fisher, Eagleville
2023-present - Frank Horvath, East Norriton
Deputy District Commissioners
1982-1983 - Sully Gelet, Norristown; Burr
Robbins, Norristown; Vern Schlotzhauer, Norristown and Ted Auman,
Pottstown
1984-2006 - Sully Gelet, Norristown
2006-2020 - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
2021-present - Ryan Graver, Birdsboro and Meghan Brogan, Blue Bell
County Commissioners
1984-1994 - Bob Beard, Spring City (County
Commissioner)
1995-1999 - Bob Beard, Spring City (Upper County) and Burr Robbins,
Norristown (Lower County)
1999-2002 - Bob Beard, Spring City (County Commissioner)
2003-2006 - Bob Beard, Spring City (Upper County) and Harry Singleton,
Norristown (Lower County)
2007-2008 - Bob Beard, Spring City (Upper County); Tony Carfagno,
Collegeville (Central County); Andy Gelet, Norristown (Lower County)
2008-2015 - Bob Beard, Spring City (Upper County); Tony Carfagno,
Collegeville (Central County); Rob Bickleman, Schwenksville (Lower
County)
2016-2017 - Bob Beard, Spring City, Rob Bickleman, Schweknsville and
Ryan Graver, Birdsboro
2018-2020 - Ryan Graver, Birdsboro (County Commissioner)
Montgomery County/District-14
Player Reps Montgomery County Player Reps 1975-1977 - George Schools, Conshohocken
1978-1981 - Sully 'Heels' Gelet, Norristown District-14 Player Reps 1982-1995 - Sully 'Heels' Gelet, Norristown
1995-1996 - Rich Cocchmiglio, Lansdale
1997-1998 - Phil York, Lansdale
1999-2002 - Andy Gelet, Norristown
2003-2006 - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
2007-2013 - Tom Pagel, Norristown
2013-2017 - Tony Carfagno, Collegeville
2018-present - Ryan Graver, Birdsboro
District Women's Player Reps
1990-1998 - Brian Beswick, Norristown
1999-2006 - Sandy Melnicoff, Norristown
2007-2009 - Stacey Clemens, Colmar
2009-2010 - Stacey Clemens, Colmar; and Chrissy Hunsberger, Norristown
2011-2014 - Stacey Clemens, Colmar; Chrissy Hunsberger, Norristown and
Kelly Locklear, West Norriton
2015-2016 - Stacey Clemens, Colmar; Kelly Locklear, West Norriton and
Liz Stacek, Norristown
2017-2021 - Stacey Clemens, Colmar
2021-present - Tracy King, Norristown
District Coed Player Reps
2006-2009 - Sandy Melnicoff, Norristown
2010-2022 - Meghan Brogan, Blue Bell
2022- present - Chris Carter, Norristown
District Senior Player Reps
2006-2014 - Tom Schadt, Birdsboro and Sonny
Termine, Norristown
2014-present - Sonny Termine, Norristown
District Slow Pitch Advisor
2011-2015 Ernie Chintalan, Harleysville
District Fund Raising/Field
Operations
2015-2019 - Wayne Stem, West Norriton
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SOUTHEAST AREA POSITIONS Area Player Rep 1982-1985 - Sully Gelet, Norristown (Men)
2003-2006 - Steve Dimitry, Norristown (Men)
2010-2016 - Tony Carfagno, Norristown (Men)
2014-2017 - Stacey Clemens, Norristown (Women)
2018-present - Meghan Brogan, Blue Bell (Women)
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STATE POSITIONS District Commissioner Emeritus 2022 - forever - Sully 'Heels' Gelet, Norristown
State Masters/Seniors
Commissioner 2005-2014 - Tom Schadt, Birdsboro
2018-present - Lew Hoffman, Pottstown
State Slow Pitch Commissioner 2008-present - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
State Deputy Player Rep 2011-2016 - Tony Carfagno, Collegeville
State Womens Commissioner 2015-present - Meghan Brogan, Blue Bell
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NATIONAL POSITIONS Eastern Territory Classification
Director 2008-present - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
National Hall of Fame Committee 2022-present - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
Regional (Region-1) Player Rep 2022-present - Steve Dimitry, Norristown
I also have a National
Softball History Web Site along with a page on ASA
of PA Softball History too. Take a look at these two sites if you are
interested in softball outside of the Norristown area. In the ASA of PA
history page, there are listings of some of the best tournaments of
yesteryear throughout the State and included are most of the Burr Robbins,
Norristown Officials and Triple S Tournament results. This was back in the
day when the best teams from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware would
travel to Norristown to compete in these old prestigious tournaments which
were annually held at Wierman, Latshaw, Allenwood and the Bridgeport
Memorial Park Fields. It wouldn't be surprising to see over 1000 people
attend these tournaments which usually spanned two, sometimes three weekends
to eventually crown a champion. A lot of the times, an MVP was named along
with an all-tournament team and sometimes they even concluded the
festivities with a home run derby. And it wasn't abnormal to have 30-40
teams entered in each tournament. Pictures were taken and big write-ups
appeared in the Times Herald documenting all the results. Those were the
good ole days....
Paul Huss of Copper Shark Design is the one who is
responsible for this domain name and server hosting. He also sponsors the
site for me. thanks Paul - if you
need a domain for your team or league, please contact Paul, he will help
you out, I promise
