2012 S e a s o n

Patch 2012 Season

The road that led the WHAT? Men’s Softball Club through 2012 was straight uphill. After three years of trades, injuries and ineffectiveness decimated what had been one of the Lake County softball league’s top teams in 2008 and 2009, the club entered 2012 with only the most modest of goals.

Gone were the dreams of contention that had slowly eroded in 2010 and ‘011. Gone, too, was Matt Mitchell, who had been in the dugout’s lead seat for four seasons. What remained was one of the youngest rosters in the County, one that only grew younger as 2012 wore on. The WHAT? Softball Club had a new Lower Squad in the organization at season’s beginning and a new farm system in place at season’s end.

Summer League Standing

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Trophy Tourny League 2012 Season

A season that reached milestone after milestone ended in a perfect way Saturday, September 29th, from the Wisconsin Mens Softball Tournament Sanctions held at the VFW Softball Complex in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
For the first time in program history, the WHAT? Mens Softball team won a weekend Slow-Pitch Mens Softball Tournament Championship.

They shot out of the gate like a cannon ball — single, single, single — and they jumped around inside and out of the dugout as Billy Bonnes crossed home plate with the winning run. The WHAT? Squad defeated – Team Fubar club 24-23 and completed the Round-Robbie Mens Fall Tournament. Among the top-performers were outfielders Thomas Wolfer, Joe Yonke – Infielders Matt Hermsen and Brandon Tengler. Also earning All-Tournament team honors were Ralph Lozano.

Summer Roster

Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Utility Players
Chucky Olson		Brian Williams		Aaron Archibald		Andy Olson		Chris Olson
Dennis Wuorenma		Cal Haley		Brandon Tengler		Bradley Daniel		Geoff Killen
Jake Hanson		Derek Hansen		Clark Collins		Caleb Arthur		Joshua Lutinski
Jonny Lopez		Jerry Vasquez		James Yonke		Cody Karlin		Ryan Vanderwarker
Ralph Lozano				Joey Ratliff		Joe Yonke
Zach O’Neill				Matt Cross		Keith Kauppi
				Matt Hermsen		Kyle Risinger
				Mike Gould		Luke Mueller
				Nolan Sordyl		Sean Bakkum
				Ryan Siembal		Thomas Wolfer

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Upper Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Chucky Olson	P	18	55	55	21	30	29	17	3	1	8	1.600	24	0	.527	1
Jake Hanson	P	37	112	105	32	50	38	25	6	2	5	1.046	27	7	.362	5
Ralph Lozano	P	45	162	158	73	106	102	59	20	0	23	1.863	91	4	.646	0
Brian Williams	C	20	66	62	23	38	32	22	4	3	3	1.399	19	4	.516	2
Chris Olson	C	6	18	18	8	11	11	7	1	1	2	1.722	11	0	.611	0
Jerry Vasquez	C	7	20	16	6	9	5	5	0	0	0	.763	3	4	.313	0
Clark Collins	1B	42	154	138	66	108	90	64	12	1	13	1.737	75	16	.652	2
Ryan Vanderwarker	1B	31	111	106	38	56	51	31	13	3	4	1.279	49	5	.481	0
Aaron Archibald	2B	34	130	110	54	81	61	51	7	3	0	1.296	25	20	.555	0
Geoff Killen	2B	42	152	146	57	92	84	49	10	4	21	1.735	83	6	.575	2
James Yonke	3B	20	64	47	22	38	19	10	7	1	1	1.254	5	17	.404	2
Joey Ratliff	3B	62	209	189	71	108	86	65	13	4	4	1.147	55	20	.455	2
Matt Hersmen	SS	22	73	70	21	38	35	29	3	1	2	1.178	21	3	.500	0
Keith Kauppi	LF	47	159	159	59	88	87	50	22	7	8	1.478	61	0	.547	1
Joe Yonke	LC	31	111	90	59	78	56	31	12	4	9	1.847	49	21	.622	1
Caleb Arthur	RC	16	52	48	17	24	19	15	2	2	0	.983	11	4	.396	1
Andy Olson	RF	47	148	127	32	76	52	42	7	2	1	1.034	32	21	.409	3

Lower Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Dennis Wuorenma	P	16	51	44	13	25	18	18	0	0	0	.899	8	7	.409	0
Jonny Lopez	P	17	54	47	11	30	20	20	0	0	0	1.309	12	7	.426	3
Zach O’Neill	P	11	31	29	5	11	9	9	0	0	0	.665	5	2	.310	0
Cal Haley	C	18	58	55	23	38	34	18	6	0	10	1.928	45	3	.509	1
Derek Hansen	C	19	68	66	18	37	35	31	1	2	0	1.150	20	2	.530	0
Ryan Siembal	1B	64	213	190	59	125	99	82	16	0	1	1.208	59	23	.521	3
Brandon Tengler	2B	48	180	166	72	103	84	71	7	4	2	1.205	37	14	.506	5
Mike Gould	3B	33	114	110	34	64	58	39	12	4	3	1.352	33	4	.527	2
Matt Cross	SS	7	28	27	15	18	17	11	5	1	0	1.532	3	1	.630	0
Nolan Sordyl	SS	30	111	109	46	59	56	40	8	6	2	1.248	31	2	.514	1
Bradley Daniel	LF	17	61	55	23	37	30	27	3	0	0	1.207	12	6	.545	1
Joshua Lutinski	LF	10	41	40	16	21	19	18	0	0	1	1.062	9	1	.475	1
Luke Mueller	LC	22	76	75	25	46	45	34	5	4	2	1.458	31	1	.600	0
Cody Karlin	RC	21	77	77	23	36	36	23	8	4	1	1.182	25	0	.468	0
Thomas Wolfer	RC	71	267	249	124	167	143	86	16	20	21	1.677	106	18	.574	6
Kyle Risinger	RF	65	196	174	55	97	73	61	10	1	1	1.001	39	22	.420	2
Sean Bakkum	RF	35	136	124	25	50	35	31	3	1	0	.691	25	12	.282	3

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Most Valuable Player

The hard-hitting Clark Collins posted the highest batting average on his Squad at .652 and pounded 13 home runs while driving in 75 to win Lake County most cherished individual award, which is based on performance and team pride during the regular season.

It was a brilliant comeback season for Collins, besides his batting prowess, the 26-year-old first basemen was widely credited with helping to guide a new core of younger ballplayers come together, and return to a competitive level.

Receiving twenty first-place votes, Clark Collins batted ( .652 Avg / .701 OBP/ 1.737 OPS – 26 XB, 13 HR, 75 RBIs ).

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Rookie of the Year

Thomas Wolfer was not the typical rookie, as he had been playing Mens Softball in Libertyville for years. Nonetheless, the 19-year-old Wolfer still counts as a rookie according to the Lake County Softball Association. It is hard to imagine a rookie accomplishing more than Thomas Wolfer. He was selected to the All-Star team with ( .574 Avg / .625 OBP/ 1.672 OPS – 57 EB, 21 HR, 106 RBI, 124 Runs ) slash line.

Wolfer made his team debut on October 29th. 2011 against I.D.K. Squad at SportsPark, A’ going ( 3 for 3, with 2 Runs ). Collected his first Home Run on Saturday February 18th, 2012 vs Barley 12 softball club at Myrtle Beach S.C. Field 4. Collected his first winning base hit on Saturday September 29th, 2012 vs Legacy Softball at New Berlin Wi. Field 2.

Team Memorabilia

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BrandonTengler2012

This is a 2012 authentic softball trading card of the Rebels' Right Fielder Andy Olson and Second Basemen Brandon Tengler. SP Chirography Card represents Brandon Tengler Sporting News All Star Award, Gold Glove Award and Utility Player of the Year. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

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