The Beloit Church Dartball League consisting of 16 teams from 11 churches held its 36th annual banquet at the New Hope United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 18, 2001. The meeting was opened with the invocation given by Rev. Ian Stirrat, pastor of the Sun Valley Presbyterian Church. Following a swiss steak dinner, the annual meeting of the league was held and award presentations made.
The following guests, pastors of participating churches, were recognized; Rev. Dennis Pingel og Messiah Lutheran, Rev. William Wagner of St. Johns Lutheran, Rev. Randy Krause of Atonement Lutheran, Rev. Kurt Handrich of Calvary Lutheran, Rev. Ian Stirrat of Sun Valley Presbyterian and Rev. Amy Jameson of Common Ground Ministries.
A moment of silence was observed in memory of deceased members Don Reedy (Atonement Rejects), Clyde McKee (1st Methodist), Henry Paugel (St. John PT615), Warby Beaumont (Trinity), Renville Harris (Gridley Blue Darts & 1st Methodist) and Doug Spooner (2nd Congregational).
During the league business meeting, the following individuals were elected league officers for the coming year;
President, Chris Rohde of Trinity Mighty Darts
Vice President, Robert Timmcke of Atonement Rebels
Secretary, Tim Whitney of Sun Valley
Treasurer, Ron Mixon, Jr. of First Baptist
Historian, Gary Pankonien of Atonement Rebels
Public Relations, Dave Rounds of Atonement Rejects
The following awards were then presented:
1st Place, Midwest League, New Hope Chicks
2nd Place, Midwest League, Atonement Rebels
1st Place, National League, Our Saviors Vikings
2nd Place, National League, Messiah 2K
1st Place, American League, Messiah Chiefs
2nd Place, American League, Calvary Lutheran
Sportsmanship Award, Messiah 2K
The Messiah Chiefs received the Bill Knapp Memorial Championship Trophy for defeating the Our Saviors Vikings in the best of 7 league championship series. Members of the Messiah Chiefs receiving individual championship trophies include team captain Brian Engleson, Ken Thompson, Carl Schliem, Jon Pingel, Jason Engleson and Dennis Voegeli. Members of the Our Saviors Vikings receiving individual second place awards include team captain Bud Tester, Ray Nelson, Ray Luttig, Terry Matulle, Matt Matulle, Corey Matulle, Milt Kanitz, Walt Nelson and Harry Olsen.
The following individual trophies were presented for outstanding performance during this season. These include:
| Singles, | Brian Engleson of Messiah Chiefs (158), |
| Ken Thompson of Messiah Chiefs (144), | |
| Bill Eddy of Trinity Packers (116) | |
| Jim Henz of New Hope Chicks (116) | |
| Doubles, | Jerry Murray of 1st Baptist (80), |
| Dave Rounds of Atonement Rejects (23), | |
| Wally McCrillis of First Baptist (15) | |
| Triples, | Jack Pohl of New Hope Chicks (138), |
| Ed Foerster of St John Jets (95), | |
| Carl Schliem of Messiah Chiefs (81) | |
| Home Runs, | Glen Anderson of Sun Valley (14), |
| Jonathon Lincoln of Our Saviors #2 (9), | |
| Dave Rounds of Atonement Rejects (4), | |
| Wally McCrillis of First Baptist (4), | |
| Bill Peterson of Trinity Packers (4), | |
| Donald Lang of 1st Methodist (4), | |
| Clarence Kemnitz of Trinity Mighty Darts (4) | |
| Runs Batted In, | Carl Schliem of Messiah Chiefs (130) (new league record), |
| Jack Pohl of New Hope Chicks (96), | |
| Jon Pingel of Messiah Chiefs (83) | |
| High Average, | Brian Engleson of Messiah Chiefs (0.472), |
| Ken Thompson of Messiah Chiefs (0.441), | |
| Bill Eddy of Trinity Packers (0.386) | |
| Most Improved Players, | Mike Boardman of 1st Methodist (+0.109), |
| Terry Zimmerman of Messiah 2K (+0.083), | |
| Brian Engleson of Messiah Chiefs (+0.078) |
Following the awards presentation and business meeting, the meeting was closed with the benediction given by by Rev. Ian Stirrat, pastor of the Sun Valley Presbyterian Church .