The Carolina Five-0 softball team, a team of local senior men – 50 and older – that has won local and national events in its five years, needs to raise money for its travel and efforts in 2017. David Wheeler, the owner of County Line Auto Service on Capital Boulevard just north of the Wake-Franklin county line, will host a BBQ chicken and Brunswick stew lunch for the team starting at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 30.
Among the team’s accomplishments, it placed fourth in the world in Las Vegas in 2015 out of 600-plus teams.
Greg Bonner of Raleigh is the manager, and the team members are Brooks Holmes of Louisburg, Drew Pearson of Garner, Donnie Bailey of Creedmoor, Scott Carter of Mebane, David Poole of Rockingham, Mike Ripberger of Apex, Jeff Lester of Wake Forest, Joe Osterhoudt of Raleigh, Jay Shotwell of Fayetteville, Everett Graham of Garner, Greg Watkins of Raleigh, Richard Kirk of Hamlet, Maurice Jones of Fuquay-Varina, Jeff Parker of Selma and Ken Siler of Siler City.
