Senior softball league wraps up its 22nd season

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wilmington Senior Softball Association is wrapping up its 22nd year with its season-ending tournament. The semifinals were held Tuesday and the finals are coming up on Thursday.

The Atlantic Division which consists of players aged 55 to 66, played at Olsen Park, while Ogden Park was the site for the Coastal Division players who are 67 and older.

Each team in the WSSA plays a 60 game schedule from early April to early November.

The league has brought these seniors together, all because of their love of the game.

“I’ve been involved twenty years with this league and it’s such nice to meet and play ball and camaraderie with everybody. We all get together, we go out and eat, we have picnics for the whole league,” said Mike Abernathy, the WSSA’s commissioner.

After crowning a champion in each division Thursday, the association will hold its annual banquet on Friday where they will induct three new players into its Hall of Fame.