Lutheran Dartball League results through Week 7

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Week 7 for the Lutheran Dartball League is in the books.

Four of the top six teams in the league managed to sweep their opponents Monday night. Wegan B swept Lutheran Lake, and Sauers E swept Immanuel Darty.

Immanuel 1 swept Zion 2, and the Dudleytown Mets swept Wegan W with the third game going 12 innings. dudleytown D took all three from Hayden Methodist as Methodist failed to score in any of the three games.

Week 8 has some good matches scheduled as Wegan B will host Immanuel Darty, Sauers E plays host to Dudleytown Mets and White Creek N travels to Immanuel 1.

History: The team in seventh place on the seniority list is Jonesville. Jonesville was one of the original five teams to form the league in 1952.

They are playing their 55th year in the league as they failed to have a team in 1965-66 and from 1967 to 1974.

Early on, Jonesville was considered the cream of the crop in the league as they won the league in eight of the league’s first nine years while finishing second in the other year.

Since their early success in the league, their best finish was second place in 1972-73 season.

Jonesville ranks fifth in the league with 15 trophies won, including eight league championships, two runners-up, two third-place finishes, two tourney championships and one tourney runner-up.

Jonesville’s best game was 26 in the 1972-73 season and 46 run series in that same year. Through 54 years of league play, they have won 1,463 games while losing 1,444 for an overall winning percentage of .503. In those games, they have scored 13,721 runs for an average of 4.72 runs/game.

For the Silver Anniversary Team, Jonesville selected Bill Brock. He started playing in 1960 when he was 15. From 1974 to 1988, he played for White Creek while Jonesville didn’t have a team.

He has always been considered one of the better hitters in the league and played on two all-star games in the 1960s.

Some of Jonesville’s season and tourney records include:

1. Highest winning percentage with .805 in the 1958-59 season when they went 58-14.

2. Second in margin of victory with 26, Jonesville 26-0 Dudleytown N in 1972-73.

3. Most innings in a league game, 22 innings vs. White Creek S in 2003-04.

4. Highest losing score in tourney game, Vallonia 34-22 Jonesville in 1956.

5. Tied for sixth high losing score, Dudleytown Mets 14, Jonesville 13 in 1991.

6. Tied for seventh fewest runs combined in championship game, Jonesville 4-3 Redeemer W in 2015.

7. First in runs combined in tourney game, Vallonia 34-22 Jonesville in 1956.

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