Verona Cavaliers Baseball Team History
2011 Season Preview:
Verona Home Talent will be defending its third straight Home Talent League
championship in 2011. Verona returns a wealth of talent from last year's team with the addition of a few young players from the Verona Area High School team. The Skipper, manager Dale Burgenske, returns for his 15th season with the club and looks forward to managing another solid squad. Returning pitchers Matt Niffenegger, Ben Wallace, Cole Kroncke and Dan Koss will round out the starting pitching with help from other arms in Nick Krohn, Zach Spencer and Landon Flora. New additions from the high school team Matthew Gust and Josh Hainzinger will make the pitching staff even stronger. At the plate, Verona will again be strong with former league MVP's and hitting champs Matt Peetz and Derek Burgenske. Veterans Zach Spencer, Nick Krohn, Dan Koss, Billy Engelhart, David Burgenske, AJ Stoffels, Derek Prochaska, Derek Murphy, Aaron Osten and Andy Nettum will continue their efforts in bringing another HTL championship to Verona. The team looks forward to enjoying another fun
summer with its fans.
VERONA CAVALIERS HOME TALENT BASEBALL - Final Overall Record : 20-14 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 15-10 - Final Four Appearance - Awards : o Derek Burgenske – Western Section Batting Champion - Final Overall Record : 17-17 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 14-11 - Final Four Appearance - Final Overall Record : 22-10 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 14-4 - Awards : o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 16 - Final Overall Record : 27-4 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 20-2 - Final Four Appearance - Awards : o Matt Peetz – Western Section Batting Champion o Matt Peetz – Western Section MVP o Matt Peetz – Night League Batting Champion o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 3 - Final Overall Record : 27-8 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 19-2 - Awards : o Matt Peetz – Western Section Batting Champion o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 6 - Final Overall Record : 34-5 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 21-4 - Final Four Appearance - Night League Champions - Awards : o James Doyle – Western Section Batting Champion o Matt Niffenegger – Western Section MVP o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 5 - Final Overall Record : 32-6 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 23-4 - Final Four Appearance - HTL Champions - NBC Tournament Champions - Awards : o Matt Peetz – Co-Western Section Batting Champion o Derek Burgenske – Co-Western Section Batting Co-Champion o Derek Burgenske – Western Section MVP o Zach Spencer – Playoff MVP o Dale Burgenske – Playoff Manager o Billy Engelhart – Dennis Morgan Award (Courage & Dedication) o Derek Prochaska – Brett Magritz Award (Catching) o David Burgenske – Commissioner’s Award o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 4 - Final Overall Record : 29-7 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 22-2 - Final Four Appearance - HTL Champions - Awards : o Matt Peetz – Western Section Batting Champion o Derek Burgenske – Night League Batting Champion o Matt Niffenegger – Playoff MVP o Dale Burgenske – Playoff Manager o Matt Niffenegger – Kendall Murray Award (Pitching) o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 1 - Final Overall Record : 25-9 - Sunday League Record (incl Playoffs) : 23-1 - Final Four Appearance - HTL Champions - Awards : o Ben Wallace – Co-Playoff MVP o Matt Niffenegger – Co-Playoff MVP o Dale Burgenske – Playoff Manager o Jack O’ Diamonds Final Ranking : 1
The Verona Cavaliers are a member of the Home Talent Baseball League said to be Wisconsin's largest adult amateur baseball league and one of the oldest in the United States. The league started in 1929, and is comprised of 44 teams from southern Wisconsin. Verona Home Talent Baseball plays in the Western Section of the HTL. The Western Section is made up of ten teams which include Verona, Monroe, Dodgeville, Hollandale, Blanchardville, Argyle, New Glarus, Platteville, Wiota and Ridgeway. The HTL champion has been represented by the Western Section five of the last seven years. The HTL also consists of teams in the Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern sections. Sectional regular season play begins in early May and concludes in early August with the start of the HTL playoffs. Games are played on Sunday afternoons starting at 1pm. The four Sectional winners compete in a round robin Grand Championship Series. The Championship series begins in late August and finishes up in mid-September with the crowning of an HTL champion.
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