Teutopolis 12U Team Completes Season

The squad picked up the Casey Firecracker Classic championship. First row, left to right, Mitch Althoff, Kayden Althoff, Luke Koester, Joey Ruholl and Brendan Niebrugge. Second row, left to right, Cade Buehnerkemper, Max Niebrugge, Derek Konkel, Sam Bushur and Kaleb Bannick. Third row, left to right, Head Coach Chad Buehnerkemper and assistant coaches, Al Konkel and Jason Ruholl.

The Teutopolis 12U Wooden Shoes recently completed their 2016 baseball season.  This is their fifth season of traveling baseball made up of 10 boys from the Teutopolis School District.

They finished a the season with a 20-8 record. The schedule consisted of 40 games including eight doubleheaders and seven tournaments.  They had two tournaments rained out.  The majority of the competition was against 2A & 3A schools, or area all-star teams.  

2016 Season Highlights --

1. Record 20-8

2. Finished the season on a 12 game win streak

3. 1st  place at Altamont Inferno Tourney, Casey Firecracker Classic, & Mt Zion 4th of July Tourney

4. 3rd Place at Aviston Tourney & Tied for 3rd at the Effingham Memorial Day Tourney

5. Participated in 5 tournaments – 5 Trophies - 3 Championships and 2 -3rd places

The team will be back in action in the summer of 2017 when it looks forward to ramping up its schedule to include a state and national tournaments.

The team would like to thank sponsors: DDS Trailer Sales, Dales Diesel Service, Inc., Snap-On-LTS, Inc., CCI Redi Mix, Pruemer Concrete Construction, Grunloh Construction, Creative1 Signs.