It was like San Diego on the Prairies for the final week of Coot’s 37th season! The weather was perfect but there was no playoff match this day since SOUTHSIDE MACHINE clinched the title on Week 21.
The 2023 title was the third championship in league history for SOUTHSIDE MACHINE (2001, 2018, 2023). The record for most wins by a team is still five wins, held by METRO ELECTRIC. It was the second time they’ve won the championship by winning both the first half and second half (2018 & 2023). That brings the total number of times a team has done that to five: SOUTHSIDE MACHINE has done it twice, METRO ELECTRIC twice, and BEAN & HEYL one time. JIM JOST, MATT JOST, and MARTY YANICS join an elite group of Cooters who have won at least three league titles.
That brings the 2023 season to an end, with the following award recipients:
Sandbagger Award: DEREK STEPHENS (-4.3)
Best Record Award: TIM JOST (11-2-0, .846)
Sey Tuff Guy Award: CHRIS TOCKSTEIN (4-11-3, .267)
Week 22 play was the annual Shoot Out to end the season. Here were the winners:
Champ Flight: DAVE SCHWEITZER (runner-up: JOHN COOPER)
A Flight: MEL STORTZUM (runner-up: CORY NEWMAN)
B Flight: RON SUDA (runner-up: TOM HEYL)
C Flight: CHUCK LIZENBEE (runner-up: ROLAND LAURY)
And with that, we turn our attention to the 38th season. Mark your calendars now for the Winter Meeting, which will take place on February 15, 2024, the Thursday after the Super Bowl.
Here’s the lineup for the 2024 season:
- Team 1: Southside Machine
- Team 2: C.E.S.
- Team 3: K.G. Electric, Inc.
- Team 4: Haegele Nursery
- Team 5: Longo Biggs Injury Law
- Team 6: TC & Co.
- Team 7: Gillick Brickwork
- Team 8: Heyl Farms
- Team 9: Metro Electric
- Team 10: Gustine Logistics
- Team 11: The Turek Brothers
- Team 12: AALCO MFG.
- Team 13: Joey B’s
- Team 14: Paul the Painter
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
-Coot
