7/17/03 To have pizza, you must have pizza dough, cheese, red sauce and a variety of trimmings.

To have a rec softball league, you must have pizza. For example, there/s the Lompoc Rec Pacific League, which has one team sponsored by Pizza Garden, another by Butler Bros. Pizza.

In this league 77 the Pacific 77 the competition is tough. Or, as they say in Italy, /Sometimes you eat the pizza. Sometimes it eats you./

Pacific League

Pizza Garden 20, Your Place 16

Fast Eddie Breen had a homer, two singles and three RBI, Ron Morrison a slam, sac and five ribbies, Pat Thompson a triple, single and RBI, Todd Smith a triple and RBI and Bob Terrones was the winning pitcher for Pizza Garden.

Darrell "Not Mini-Me" McNamee had a homer, triple, single and three RBI, Kevin Drake, John Salter and Mike Escobedo each had a homer, double and two RBI, Hank Montoya a homer, single and two RBI for Your Place or Mine.

VAFB Hawks 18, Butler Bros. 12

Winning pitcher Jason "The Argonaut" Porter had a double, three singles and two RBI, Aaron Mendoza a homer, double and three RBI, Russ Deatherage and Dan McGahey a double, two singles and two RBI for the league-leading Vandenberg Air Force Base Hawks.

Chris "No Duh" Diaz had a homer, single and three RBI, Larry Jacinto Jr.. a double, single and five RBI, Shawn Leake two singles for Butler Bros. Pizza.

Arctic League

Wolves 23, Misfits13

Tom "Terrific" Segura had a homer, single and two RBI, Ken Greene Jr. a triple, three singles and two RBI, Shawn Leake a triple, two singles and four RBI and Ken Bailey was the winning pitcher for Wolf Electric.

Jimmy "James" Porter had a homer and two RBI, Rusty Porter a triple and two RBI, Daniel Smith two singles and an RBI, Marcus Randolph two singles for Misfits II.

Floorers 24, Water Boys 12

Andy "Not Amos" Church had a homer, two singles and three RBI, Dennis Deleissegues a homer and three RBI, Ron Heron and Scott Rouleau three singles and three RBI each and Gary Gordon was the winning pitcher for Valley Flooring.

Anthony "Carburetor" Cazenave had a double and single, Richard Strange two singles and two RBI, Donnie Decker two singles and an RBI, Chad Godsil two singles for Culligan Water.

Volcanoes 19, Dal Pozzo 8

P.J. "The D.J." Marquez had a double, two singles and two RBI, Danny Terrones three singles and an RBI, Tom Akins a double, single and RBI, Shane Galimore two doubles and Eddie Villareal was the winning pitcher for the Mauna Loa Volcanoes, who are sponsored by the Latinos of America.

Terrible Tony Grossini had a triple, single and two RBI, Scott White a homer and double, Artie Martinez two singles and an RBI, Ralph Velasquez a single and RBI for Dal Pozzo Insurance.

Atlantic League

Motorheads 19, Los Amigos 15

Jesse "James" Lee had two doubles and five RBI, Mike Keebler a homer, single and two RBI, Duane DePhillips a triple and RBI, Dan Files two doubles and two RBI and Curt Kolish was the winning pitcher for Beattie Motors.

Kevin "Not Ducky" Drake had a homer, triple, double and three RBI, Aaron Mendoza three doubles, a single and an RBI, Max Rodarte three singles and an RBI, Mike Mitchell a double and RBI for Los Amigos.

Bedders 18, Hard Heads 16

John "Line Drive" Lizarraga had two homers, a double and four RBI, Rob Craigie a triple, single and three RBI, Chris Rojas two triples, a single and two RBI, Chris Diaz three singles and an RBI and Bob Froehlich was the winning pitcher for Better Beds.

Doug "The Tree" Beecher had a homer, two singles and five RBI, Larry Jacinto a triple, double, single and two RBI, Dan Duffy a double, single and three RBI, Nick Pelster two singles and two RBI for Pactuco Industries.

Misfits 37, Truckers 7

Winning pitcher Chris "No Beans" Boston had a homer, two doubles, a single and five RBI, Victor Porter a homer, two singles and two RBI, Jason Carter two homers, a single and four RBI, John Schuchard a homer, double, single and four RBI as Lennie/s Misfits went off for a 2003 Lompoc Rec-high total.

Bill "What Hit Us?" Wuest had two singles and two RBI, Jake Johnson a triple, single and RBI for V&J Trucking.

Pod People 29, Cop Shop 13

Eric "The Hammer" Holcomb had four singles and four RBI, Mark Croker four singles and one RBI, Rick McDonald three singles and four RBI, Ron Morrison two triples, a single and three RBI for Valley Podiatric.

Mike "I Cover the Waterfront" Collins had a homer, triple and five RBI, Willy Francis a homer, two doubles and two RBI, Lane Middleton a triple, three singles and two RBI, Jason Bailey a homer, double and two RBI for the Lompoc Police Officers/ Association.

Alan Hunt can be reached at 736-2313, ext. 107 or alhunt@pulitzer.net