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Babjak and Ankeny Fire Up the Killers as WFL Late Season Hits Full Stride

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · Manor Valley Golf Course · Back Nine · Week 18 — Period 3: Late Season

Two weeks left in Period 3. The Back Nine at Manor Valley. Players who have been doing this every Wednesday since April and have absolutely no intention of coasting to the finish line. If Week 18 told us anything, it is that the Gopher Killers are the hottest team in the league right now, Rich Babjak is playing some of the best golf of his life, and Matt Ankeny quietly put together one of the cleanest rounds of the entire 2026 season.

The Late Season is living up to its name. Nobody is going through the motions out there.

🏆 Individual Leaderboard — Week 18

For the second time in three weeks, Rich Babjak (Gopher Killers) stood alone at the top of the leaderboard. Playing off an 8 handicap on the Back Nine, Babjak carded 20 Stableford points on a 42-stroke round — six over par with his net strokes working exactly the way they should. At this point in the season, the question is not whether Babjak will post a big number — it is how big. He has been the most consistent individual scorer in the WFL across all periods and he is showing no signs of slowing down as the season draws to a close.

Three players shared second place at 19 points, and each of them deserves individual recognition. Matt Ankeny (Gopher Killers) turned in what was arguably the finest single round of the evening — 40 strokes, four over par, off a 5 handicap on the Back Nine. That is elite ball-striking. To shoot 40 on the back at Manor Valley with only five net strokes in your pocket is a performance that would stand out in any format, on any night. John Mallick (Par-Tee Animals) matched the 19-point mark with a clean 44-stroke effort off a 9 handicap, and Ray Maffit (Par-Tee Animals) posted the exact same scorecard — 44 strokes, 9 handicap, 19 points. Two Par-Tee Animals, same score, same strokes, same handicap. The odds of that are remarkable.

Four players tied at 17 points to round out a stacked top of the leaderboard: David Del Signore (Green Assassins!, 41 strokes — the second-cleanest ball-striking round of the night), Jake Kovac (Four Play), and John Gogets (Stableford Stars) both at 45 strokes, and Bill Hensler (Four Play) posting 50 strokes off a 12 handicap — the handicap system working beautifully for Bill on the Back Nine.

# Player Team HCP Strokes vs Par Pts
1 Rich Babjak Gopher Killers 8 42 +6 20
T2 John Mallick Par-Tee Animals 9 44 +8 19
T2 Matt Ankeny Gopher Killers 5 40 +4 19
T2 Ray Maffit Par-Tee Animals 9 44 +8 19
T5 David Del Signore Green Assassins! 4 41 +5 17
T5 Jake Kovac Four Play 8 45 +9 17
T5 John Gogets Stableford Stars 8 45 +9 17
T5 Bill Hensler Four Play 12 50 +14 16
T9 Bryan Conn DragonballZ 16 54 +18 16
T9 Dwight Helfrich DragonballZ 11 49 +13 16
T9 Jeff Siegel Green Assassins! 4 42 +6 16
T9 Larry Dzendzel DragonballZ 4 43 +7 16
T9 Tom Baldwin Stableford Stars 8 46 +10 16
T14 Adam Peters Four Play 3 42 +6 15
T14 Al Kabana Gopher Killers 15 54 +18 15
T14 Jim Colinear Gopher Killers 10 49 +13 15
T14 Randy Hobaugh Par-Tee Animals 3 42 +6 15
T14 Todd Morgan Gopher Killers 4 43 +7 15
T19 Chuck Tyke Stableford Stars 9 49 +13 14
T19 Jerry Morgan Green Assassins! 3 43 +7 14
T21 Bob Ciorra Green Assassins! 11 52 +16 13
T21 Jeff Hensler Stableford Stars 13 54 +18 13
T21 John Harr Gopher Killers 7 48 +12 13
T21 Kevin Powanda Green Assassins! 9 50 +14 13
T21 Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 7 50 +14 13
26 Al Powanda Green Assassins! 7 49 +13 12
27 Tim Townsend Stableford Stars 1 45 +9 11
28 Vic Hensler Stableford Stars 10 55 +19 9
29 John Hensler Four Play 10 56 +20 8

🏅 Week 18 Team Scores

Top 4 scores per team count toward weekly totals.

The Gopher Killers are doing it again. For the second time this season they posted a 69-point team night — matching their Week 15 season best — and once again the depth of their roster is almost unfair. Babjak (20) and Ankeny (19) gave them a lethal 1-2 at the top, with Al Kabana (15) and Jim Colinear (15) filling out the counted four. The footnote that tells the real story: Todd Morgan posted 15 points and did not count, and John Harr posted 13 and did not count either. Six Gopher Killers, six double-digit rounds, four of them enough to win the night as a team. This is a roster operating at full throttle heading into the final two weeks of the period.

DragonballZ continue to be the team nobody is talking about enough — 61 points, their fourth strong week in a row, with Bryan Conn (16), Dwight Helfrich (16), and Larry Dzendzel (16) all tying as the team’s top contributors alongside Matt Simkovic (13). Three players at exactly 16 on the same night is an unusual kind of consistency, and it shows a roster that knows exactly what it is doing on the Back Nine.

The Green Assassins! and Stableford Stars finished in a dead lock at 60 points each — a remarkable coincidence given that they got there completely differently. David Del Signore’s 17 led the Assassins with Siegel (16), Morgan (14), and Ciorra (13) filling the counted four, while John Gogets’ 17 paced the Stars with Tom Baldwin (16), Chuck Tyke (14), and Jeff Hensler (13) all contributing. Two teams, same total, very different paths.

Four Play (56 pts) had Jake Kovac’s 17 lead the way, while the Par-Tee Animals — with only three scorers — posted 53 points entirely on the backs of Mallick (19), Maffit (19), and Hobaugh (15). The top two alone accounted for 38 of those 53 points. The Animals need more bodies on the tee sheet for these final two weeks.

Team Top 4 Scores All Scorers Wk 18 Pts
Gopher Killers 🔥 Rich Babjak (20), Matt Ankeny (19), Al Kabana (15), Jim Colinear (15) + Todd Morgan (15), John Harr (13) 69
DragonballZ Bryan Conn (16), Dwight Helfrich (16), Larry Dzendzel (16), Matt Simkovic (13) — 61
Green Assassins! D. Del Signore (17), Jeff Siegel (16), Jerry Morgan (14), Bob Ciorra (13) + Kevin Powanda (13), Al Powanda (12) 60
Stableford Stars John Gogets (17), Tom Baldwin (16), Chuck Tyke (14), Jeff Hensler (13) + Tim Townsend (11), Vic Hensler (9) 60
Four Play Jake Kovac (17), Bill Hensler (16), Adam Peters (15), John Hensler (8) — 56
Par-Tee Animals John Mallick (19), Ray Maffit (19), Randy Hobaugh (15) — 53*

* Par-Tee Animals had 3 scorers — all three counted.

📋 Handicap Updates — Effective Week 19

Ten players received updated WHS course handicaps effective Wednesday, August 26th. The headline belongs to Clay Karadus — down three strokes from 14 to 11, the biggest single adjustment in the field and recognition of the best stretch of golf he has played in his WFL career. Jake Kovac also earns a two-stroke reduction to 6, a reflection of his consistently strong Period 3 play. Six players saw reductions in total — a sign that Late Season scoring has been sharp across the board — while four players picked up an extra stroke, including Timmy “10” Townsend ticking from 1 to 2.

Player Team Old HCP New HCP Change
Clay Karadus Four Play 14 11 ▼ −3
Jake Kovac Four Play 8 6 ▼ −2
Jeff Hensler Stableford Stars 13 12 ▼ −1
John Mallick Par-Tee Animals 9 8 ▼ −1
Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 7 6 ▼ −1
Ray Maffit Par-Tee Animals 9 8 ▼ −1
Al Powanda Green Assassins! 7 8 ▲ +1
Buzzy Peters Four Play 4 5 ▲ +1
Kevin Powanda Green Assassins! 9 10 ▲ +1
Tim Townsend Stableford Stars 1 2 ▲ +1

⛳ WFL Members Tee It Up for the Norwin Band

Before the final two Wednesdays of the 2026 season arrive, we want to take a moment to recognize something that happened the Sunday before Week 19 — and it says everything about the character of this league.

On Sunday, August 23rd, WFL members laced up their spikes and turned out to support the Norwin Band. Under a brilliant blue sky with perfect late-summer conditions — the kind of day that makes you wonder why you ever leave the course — our guys represented the Wednesday Fun League with the same competitive spirit and camaraderie they bring to Manor Valley every week.

The photos say it all. Matching shirts, golf clubs in hand, and the unmistakable energy of a group of guys who genuinely enjoy each other’s company on the course. The Norwin Knight statue standing guard at the first tee provided a fitting backdrop for what looks like it was a genuinely great day of golf for a great cause.

To everyone who played in the Norwin Band outing — well done for showing up, well done for supporting the community, and we hope the scorecard was kind to you. The WFL is proud to have members who give back beyond Wednesday nights. 👏

🃏 Wildcard Watch — The 4th Championship Berth

With two weeks remaining in Period 3, the WFL Championship picture is coming into sharp focus. The Green Assassins! claimed the Period 1 berth. The Stableford Stars secured Period 2. The Period 3 title is still being decided. And then there is the Wildcard — the fourth and final Championship berth, awarded to the highest-scoring eligible team across the full regular season.

Right now, it belongs to the Gopher Killers.

With 916 season points, the Killers lead the Wildcard standings as the top eligible team — and after a 69-point team night in Weeks 18, that lead only grew on Wednesday. If they win Period 3 outright, the Wildcard passes to the next team in line. If they do not, they hold the Wildcard themselves and still make the Championship. Either way, right now the Gopher Killers are going to the WFL Championship.

Four Play sit second in the Wildcard race at 835 points — 81 back of the Killers with two weeks to play. Mathematically alive, but they would need a historically dominant finish and a Killers collapse simultaneously. DragonballZ are third at 807 and Par-Tee Animals fourth at 796. Both teams need a miracle and a meltdown, in that order.

# Team Season Pts Status
1 🃏 Gopher Killers 916 Leading — Wildcard holder
2 Four Play 835 81 pts back
3 DragonballZ 807 109 pts back
4 Par-Tee Animals 796 120 pts back

The standings update in real time as scores are entered each week. Keep an eye on the live tracker heading into Weeks 19 and 20: 👉 WFL Live Standings →

🔜 Two Weeks to Go — The Period 3 Finish Line

Weeks 19 and 20 are all that stand between the 2026 WFL field and the end of Period 3. The Gopher Killers have been the team of the Late Season so far, and with Rich Babjak and Matt Ankeny both in peak form, they have the firepower to close this period strong. The Green Assassins! and Stableford Stars are not going anywhere either — two Championship berths already secured between them, but pride and standings points are still on the line.

For every player chasing individual honors, these final two Wednesdays are your last chance to move the needle. New handicaps are in effect. The Front Nine awaits on Week 19. Leave everything on the course.

See everyone on the first tee. ⛳

Scoring data sourced from official WFL weekly scorecards. Period 3 covers Weeks 15–20. Team standings use top 4 scores per team per week. Handicap updates effective Week 19, August 26, 2026. Photos from the Norwin Band Golf Outing, August 23, 2026.

Gopher Killers Roar Into Period 3 as Siegel and Babjak Reminds Everyone Who They Are

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 · Manor Valley Golf Course · Front Nine · Week 15 — Period 3: Late Season

Period 3 is underway, and the Wednesday Fun League wasted absolutely no time announcing itself. Twenty-nine players showed up for the Front Nine on a Wednesday evening, and what they produced was one of the most complete nights of team golf the 2026 season has seen. The Gopher Killers put on a clinic. Jeff Siegel delivered one of the finest individual rounds of the year. And somewhere in the Gopher Killers’ scoring pile, Rich Babjak posted 16 Stableford points and did not even make the top four. Let that sink in.

Welcome to Late Season. Nobody is taking a night off.

🏆 Individual Leaderboard — Week 15

For the second time in Period 3’s opening week, Jeff Siegel (Green Assassins!) reminded the field that when he is locked in, he is nearly untouchable. Playing off a 4 handicap from the Gold tees on the Front Nine, Siegel fired a 38-stroke round — just two over par — for 20 Stableford points. Two over par with four net strokes to spare is elite ball-striking by any measure, and it marks his third 20-point performance of the 2026 season. The man knows how to open a period.

Three players tied for second at 18 points — and each of them got there a completely different way. Matt Ankeny (Gopher Killers) shot 41 from a 5 handicap, five over par and impressively tidy. Randy Hobaugh (Par-Tee Animals) was even cleaner — 39 strokes, three over par off a 3 handicap, a round that would have won almost any other week outright. And Larry Dzendzel (DragonballZ) continued his blazing Period 2 form into the new period, shooting 40 strokes off a 4 handicap — four over par, immaculate course management from tee to green.

A four-way tie at 17 points rounded out the top five and told the whole story of how loaded the field was on the night: Bill Hensler (Four Play), Bryan Conn (DragonballZ), Ray Maffit (Par-Tee Animals), and Todd Morgan (Gopher Killers). That is four different teams, four different styles, four 17-point rounds on the same nine holes. On any ordinary Wednesday, 17 points wins the night. Not this one.

# Player Team HCP Strokes vs Par Pts
1 Jeff Siegel Green Assassins! 4 38 +2 20
T2 Matt Ankeny Gopher Killers 5 41 +5 18
T2 Randy Hobaugh Par-Tee Animals 3 39 +3 18
T2 Larry Dzendzel DragonballZ 4 40 +4 18
T5 Bill Hensler Four Play 12 49 +13 17
T5 Bryan Conn DragonballZ 16 53 +17 17
T5 Ray Maffit Par-Tee Animals 9 46 +10 17
T5 Todd Morgan Gopher Killers 4 41 +5 17
T9 Chris Del Signore Par-Tee Animals 5 43 +7 16
T9 Jim Colinear Gopher Killers 10 48 +12 16
T9 Joe Smith DragonballZ 4 42 +6 16
T9 John Harr Gopher Killers 6 44 +8 16
T9 Rich Babjak Gopher Killers 8 46 +10 16
T9 Tim Townsend Stableford Stars 1 39 +3 16
T15 Al Kabana Gopher Killers 15 54 +18 15
T15 Bob Ciorra Green Assassins! 10 49 +13 15
T15 Tom Baldwin Stableford Stars 8 47 +11 15
18 David Del Signore Green Assassins! 4 44 +8 14
T19 Adam Peters Four Play 3 44 +8 13
T19 Clay Karadus Four Play 13 55 +19 13
T19 Jeff Hensler Stableford Stars 13 54 +18 13
T19 Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 6 47 +11 13
T23 Al Powanda Green Assassins! 7 49 +13 12
T23 Chuck Tyke Stableford Stars 9 51 +15 12
T23 Jerry Morgan Green Assassins! 2 44 +8 12
T23 Vic Hensler Stableford Stars 9 51 +15 12
27 John Hensler Four Play 9 52 +16 11
28 Buzzy Peters Four Play 4 48 +12 10
29 Dwight Helfrich DragonballZ 10 56 +20 9

🏅 Week 15 Team Scores

Top 4 scores per team count toward weekly totals.

The Gopher Killers produced the team performance of the week — and it might be one of the best collective nights any team has put together all season. All six Killers in the field scored in double figures. Their top four — Matt Ankeny (18), Todd Morgan (17), Jim Colinear (16), and John Harr (16) — combined for a dominant 67 points. The remarkable footnote: Rich Babjak posted 16 points and did not even make the counted four, and Al Kabana’s 15 did not either. Six players, six double-digit rounds. That is jaw-dropping team depth on a single Wednesday evening.

DragonballZ continue to look dangerous in Period 3, posting 64 points on Larry Dzendzel’s 18-point gem, Bryan Conn’s 17, Joe Smith’s 16, and Matt Simkovic’s 13. Four of their five-man roster in double figures and all four counted scores contributing meaningfully.

The Green Assassins! put up 61 points anchored by Siegel’s dominant 20, with Bob Ciorra (15), David Del Signore (14), and Al Powanda (12) all counted — Jerry Morgan’s 12 just missing the cut in a narrow call at the bottom. The Stableford Stars checked in at 56 points, steady as always behind Tim Townsend (16) and Tom Baldwin (15).

Four Play (54 pts) had Bill Hensler lead the way with 17, and the Par-Tee Animals posted 51 points with only three scorers on the night — Randy Hobaugh (18), Ray Maffit (17), and Chris Del Signore (16) all counting, every single one of them.

Team Top 4 Scores Wk 15 Pts
Gopher Killers 🔥 Matt Ankeny (18), Todd Morgan (17), Jim Colinear (16), John Harr (16) 67
DragonballZ Larry Dzendzel (18), Bryan Conn (17), Joe Smith (16), Matt Simkovic (13) 64
Green Assassins! Jeff Siegel (20), Bob Ciorra (15), D. Del Signore (14), Al Powanda (12) 61
Stableford Stars Tim Townsend (16), Tom Baldwin (15), Jeff Hensler (13), Chuck Tyke (12) 56
Four Play Bill Hensler (17), Adam Peters (13), Clay Karadus (13), John Hensler (11) 54
Par-Tee Animals Randy Hobaugh (18), Ray Maffit (17), Chris Del Signore (16) 51*

* Par-Tee Animals had 3 scorers this week — all three counted.

📋 Handicap Updates — Effective Week 16

Ten players received updated WHS course handicaps effective Wednesday, August 5th. Every single change is a one-stroke increase — a sign that the scoring environment has been competitive enough this season to push indexes upward across multiple teams. Notable among the ten: Jerry Morgan moves from 2 to 3, and Vic Hensler ticks up from 9 to 10 after a steady string of mid-range performances. The full list:

Player Team Old HCP New HCP Change
Bob Ciorra Green Assassins! 10 11 ▲ +1
Chris Del Signore Par-Tee Animals 5 6 ▲ +1
Clay Karadus Four Play 13 14 ▲ +1
Dwight Helfrich DragonballZ 10 11 ▲ +1
Jerry Morgan Green Assassins! 2 3 ▲ +1
John Harr Gopher Killers 6 7 ▲ +1
John Hensler Four Play 9 10 ▲ +1
John Mallick Par-Tee Animals 8 9 ▲ +1
Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 6 7 ▲ +1
Vic Hensler Stableford Stars 9 10 ▲ +1

📸 Check Out the New WFL Photo Gallery!

The Wednesday Fun League has a brand new Photo Gallery now live on the app — and it is worth a look. Whether you want to relive the best moments of the 2026 season, find that photo from Fun Night, or see if someone caught your best swing on camera, it is all in there.

Head over to the gallery right here: WFL Photo Gallery →

Got a great shot from a Wednesday night? Share it with the league — the gallery is only as good as the photos we put in it. ⛳📸

🔜 Looking Ahead — Week 16

Period 3 is off to a flying start and the standings race is wide open. The Gopher Killers served notice on Wednesday night that they are not here to finish fourth again. With Rich Babjak, Matt Ankeny, Todd Morgan, Jim Colinear, John Harr, and Al Kabana all contributing double-digit rounds in Week 15, this is a six-deep roster that can produce 67-point team nights — and in a top-4-counts format, that is an extremely dangerous team to chase down.

Week 16 brings the Back Nine back into rotation on Wednesday, August 5th. New handicaps in effect, full bags on the cart, and a Period 3 title still very much up for grabs. Do not miss it.

See everyone on the 10th tee. ⛳

Scoring data sourced from official WFL weekly scorecards. Period 3 covers Weeks 15–20. Team standings use top 4 scores per team per week. Handicap updates effective Week 16, August 5, 2026.

Stableford Stars Lead Period 2 as Chuck Tyke Puts the League on Notice

Period 2: Mid-Season Final Standings — Weeks 8–13 · Manor Valley Golf Course · Wednesday Fun League · 2026

Six weeks. Six chances to separate from the field. When the Wednesday Fun League teed it up for the final time in Period 2 on July 15th, the Stableford Stars had already done enough — but they went out and won Week 13 anyway, just to make a point. When the scorecards were tallied and the period was officially closed, one team had earned their place in the WFL Championship, and one player had put together one of the most dominant individual stretches the league has ever seen.

The Stableford Stars are the Period 2 Champions. And Chuck Tyke is the Period 2 MVP.

🏆 Final Period 2 Team Standings

The Stableford Stars close Period 2 as champions with 368 points — earning their berth in the WFL Championship. Their secret was simple and ruthless: they never had a bad week. Not one. Their floor across six weeks was 55 points, and they peaked at 68 in the finale. Week after week, Chuck Tyke, Jeff Hensler, Tim Townsend, and the rest of the Stars roster showed up and put numbers on the board. That kind of consistency does not happen by accident. It is the hallmark of a well-built team, and it was enough to hold off a Green Assassins! squad that was brilliant at the top but could not quite match the Stars’ depth across the full six weeks.

The Green Assassins! finish second at 365 points — just three back. They owned the opening three weeks of Mid-Season with back-to-back-to-back 66, 65, and 66-point efforts and Jerry Morgan’s two even-par masterclasses. In another period, against a different team, that would have been enough. Not this time. The Stars answered every challenge and simply would not be caught.

Four Play close third at 340 points — the feel-good story of Period 2. After finishing last in Period 1, Clay Karadus, Bill Hensler, and the Peters transformed this team into a genuine threat. Gopher Killers finish fourth at 337, powered by Rich Babjak’s continued excellence and a blistering finish — back-to-back 64-point team nights in Weeks 12 and 13 signal that the Killers are a team Period 3 will need to reckon with.

PosTeamWk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Total
1Stableford Stars 🏆586161556568368
2Green Assassins!666566555855365
3Four Play565949496364340
4Gopher Killers585644575864337
5Par-Tee Animals615756543843309
6DragonballZ354546535157287

🌟 Week-by-Week Highlights

Week 8 — June 10 · Back Nine · 25 Players

Jerry Morgan (Green Assassins!) opened Period 2 with a statement — 20 Stableford points on an even-par 36-stroke round from the Gold tees with a handicap of just 2. Even par on the Back Nine at Manor Valley is not something that happens very often. Bob Ciorra returned to the scorecard with 18 points, giving the Assassins a lethal 1-2 that powered a 66-point team night. The field was tight behind them — Gopher Killers, Stableford Stars, and Par-Tee Animals all posted between 58 and 61.

Week 9 — June 17 · Front Nine · 33 Players

The biggest field of Mid-Season — 33 players — and Jeff Siegel rose to the moment with 19 points on a 40-stroke front nine. Welcome returns from Buzzy Peters, Chris Del Signore, and Jeff O’Neil swelled the Par-Tee Animals’ lineup. The Green Assassins! (65) and Stableford Stars (61) led the team charts.

Week 10 — June 24 · Back Nine · 26 Players

Jerry Morgan did it again — another 20 Stableford points, another even-par 36-stroke round from the Gold tees. Twice in three weeks. The man became Manor Valley folklore in Period 2. The Green Assassins! won the team night again at 66, while Joe Smith (DragonballZ) posted a career-high 17 points on just 42 strokes.

Week 11 — July 1 · Front Nine · 28 Players

The Gopher Killers roared to the top of the weekly team chart with 57 points. Rich Babjak returned to Period 1 MVP form with 18 points on 45 strokes. Joe Smith (DragonballZ) matched him — 18 points, 41 strokes, four over par with a 5 handicap. The Stableford Stars and Green Assassins! deadlocked at 55 apiece.

Week 12 — July 8 · Back Nine · 28 Players

The night Chuck Tyke put the league on notice. 23 Stableford points — the highest single-round score of the entire 2026 season — on a 44-stroke Back Nine with a 13 handicap. Eight net under par. It was a virtuoso performance that powered the Stableford Stars to 65 team points. Joe Smith followed with a career-best 21 points on just 38 strokes, and Clay Karadus posted 19 — Four Play’s best individual effort of the period.

Week 13 — July 15 · Front Nine · 27 Players · Period 2 Final

Tyke made it back-to-back dominant performances with 21 more points, and the Stableford Stars closed Period 2 with a season-best 68 team points — their finest team effort of the entire season, saved for the final night. Larry Dzendzel had the finest individual night of his season — 18 points on 38 strokes, two over par on the Front Nine from a 2 handicap. Adam Peters (17), Matt Ankeny (17), and Tim Townsend (17) all contributed stellar efforts. Four Play and the Gopher Killers tied at 64 each for second-best team on the closing night — both teams sending a clear message heading into Period 3.

#PlayerTeamHCPStrokesvs ParPts
1Chuck TykeStableford Stars1346+1021
2Larry DzendzelDragonballZ238+218
3Rich BabjakGopher Killers945+918
T4Adam PetersFour Play239+317
T4Matt AnkenyGopher Killers542+617
T4Tim TownsendStableford Stars138+217
T7Clay KaradusFour Play1150+1416
T7Jeff HenslerStableford Stars1250+1416
T7John HenslerFour Play947+1116
T7Ray MaffitPar-Tee Animals644+816
T7Todd MorganGopher Killers139+316
12Jake KovacFour Play544+815
T13Jeff SiegelGreen Assassins!545+915
T13John MallickPar-Tee Animals847+1115
T15David Del SignoreGreen Assassins!343+714
T15Joe SmithDragonballZ545+914
T15Tom BaldwinStableford Stars546+1014
T15Vic HenslerStableford Stars747+1114
T19Al KabanaGopher Killers1051+1513
T19Al PowandaGreen Assassins!748+1213
T19Jerry MorganGreen Assassins!243+713
T19Matt SimkovicDragonballZ546+1013
23Bryan ConnDragonballZ1456+2012
T24Dale BickerstaffPar-Tee Animals749+1312
T24Dwight HelfrichDragonballZ1053+1712
26Bill HenslerFour Play1057+2111
27John HarrGopher Killers346+1011

🥇 Period 2 MVP — Chuck Tyke, Stableford Stars

It was never really a contest after Week 12. Chuck Tyke is the Period 2 MVP with 108 points across six weeks — an average of 18.0 per round and the two highest individual scores of the entire period in back-to-back weeks (23 and 21). He was the most dominant individual performer Mid-Season produced, and his 23-point masterclass in Week 12 stands as the single highest score of the entire 2026 WFL season.

Runner-up honours go to Jerry Morgan (Green Assassins!) at 94 points — built on two even-par rounds on the Back Nine that belong in WFL highlight reels forever. Jeff Hensler (Stableford Stars) rounds out the podium at 90 points, his quiet consistency an enormous contributor to the Stars’ championship run.

PosPlayerTeamWk8Wk9Wk10Wk11Wk12Wk13Total
1Chuck Tyke 🥇Stableford Stars161717142321108
2Jerry MorganGreen Assassins!20132015131394
3Jeff HenslerStableford Stars15131612181690
T4Clay KaradusFour Play17161110191689
T4Matt AnkenyGopher Killers17171013151789
T6Al PowandaGreen Assassins!16161812111386
T6Jeff SiegelGreen Assassins!10191316131586
8Ray MaffitPar-Tee Animals14141214141684
9Bill HenslerFour Play13171116141182
10David Del SignoreGreen Assassins!12151212151480

📋 Handicap Updates — Effective Week 14

New WHS handicap indexes are effective starting Wednesday, July 22nd. Twenty-three players saw changes — 17 increased and 6 decreased. The biggest jump: Al Kabana up five strokes to a course handicap of 15. The biggest drop: Chuck Tyke down four strokes to 9 — you post back-to-back 23 and 21-point rounds, the math catches up with you. Also earning reductions for their strong play: Rich Babjak, Jeff Siegel, Bob Ciorra, Joe Smith, and Jim Colinear.

PlayerTeamIndexCourse HCPChangeTees
Al KabanaGopher Killers20.115▲ +5Gold
Jake KovacFour Play11.08▲ +3White
John HarrGopher Killers10.96▲ +3Gold
Ray MaffitPar-Tee Animals13.39▲ +3Gold
Todd MorganGopher Killers6.94▲ +3White
Tom BaldwinStableford Stars10.88▲ +3White
Bill HenslerFour Play15.412▲ +2White
Bryan ConnDragonballZ19.816▲ +2White
Clay KaradusFour Play16.113▲ +2White
John GogetsStableford Stars11.28▲ +2White
Larry DzendzelDragonballZ8.04▲ +2Gold
Vic HenslerStableford Stars14.19▲ +2Gold
Adam PetersFour Play5.73▲ +1White
David Del SignoreGreen Assassins!6.94▲ +1White
Jeff HenslerStableford Stars17.713▲ +1Gold
Matt SimkovicDragonballZ9.56▲ +1White
Randy HobaughPar-Tee Animals7.63▲ +1Gold
Chuck TykeStableford Stars12.79▼ −4White
Rich BabjakGopher Killers11.48▼ −1White
Jeff SiegelGreen Assassins!8.94▼ −1Gold
Bob CiorraGreen Assassins!13.610▼ −1White
Joe SmithDragonballZ7.34▼ −1White
Jim ColinearGopher Killers14.410▼ −1Gold

✈️ Golf Trip Reminder — See Vic Hensler for Thursday!

Attention all WFL members making the annual trip — there is one important item to handle before you pack your clubs.

If you are planning to golf on Thursday, you need to see Vic Hensler. Vic has the first tee time locked in for Thursday at 10:45 AM at Sable Creek in Hartville, Ohio. If you want in on that round, coordinate with Vic directly so he can confirm the group size.

Do not assume you are on the list. See Vic. Lock in your spot. Show up ready to play. Sable Creek is a beautiful layout and a Thursday morning round is the perfect way to kick off what promises to be a fantastic weekend. Do not miss out. ⛳

🔜 Looking Ahead — Period 3 and the WFL Championship

Two periods down. Two championship berths claimed. The Green Assassins! won Period 1. The Stableford Stars won Period 2. Period 3 is the final road to the WFL Championship, and every team that has not yet punched their ticket has everything to play for starting Wednesday, July 29th.

New handicaps are in effect. The slate is clean. The best weeks of the 2026 season are still ahead. See everyone on the first tee. ⛳

Scoring data sourced from official WFL weekly scorecards. Period 2 covers Weeks 8–13. Team standings use top 4 scores per team per week. Handicap updates effective Week 14, July 22, 2026 per WHS indexes dated July 20, 2026.

Babjak Fires 21 to Claim MVP as Green Assassins! Win Period 1 Championship

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 · Manor Valley Golf Course · Back Nine · Week 6 — Final Week of Period 1

Six weeks. Thirty-two players. One championship berth on the line. When the Wednesday Fun League gathered at Manor Valley for the final night of Period 1, the standings were tight, the stakes were real, and someone was going to have to step up and play the round of the season to tip the scales. That someone was Rich Babjak.

In the most decisive individual performance of the entire Period 1 campaign, Babjak carded a season-best 21 Stableford points to claim the Period 1 MVP award. But while Babjak owned the individual spotlight, it was the Green Assassins! who clinched what they had been chasing all season — a first-place finish in Period 1 and the league’s first Championship berth. Here is how it all unfolded.

🏆 Individual Leaderboard — Week 6

Rich Babjak (Gopher Killers) turned in the finest individual round of the 2026 season — 21 Stableford points on a 43-stroke Back Nine off a 10 handicap. Seven over par and somehow seven net under — that is the kind of scorecard that makes the rest of the field stop and take notice. It was Babjak’s sixth consecutive week in double figures, and it served as the perfect exclamation point on an MVP-calibre Period 1.

Second place was shared at 18 points between Jerry Morgan (Green Assassins!) and Tim Townsend (Stableford Stars). Morgan’s 39-stroke round off a 3 handicap was nothing short of surgical — three over par with barely any net help. Townsend matched him at 18 points from a 36-stroke round, again playing off scratch. Two of the cleanest rounds on the Back Nine all season, on the same night.

A trio tied at 17 points rounded out the top five: Al Powanda and Jeff Siegel (both Green Assassins!), and together with Morgan they gave the Assassins a dominant three-man punch that made the Period 1 result inevitable. Siegel’s 17 was his fifth consecutive week of 17 points or better — a streak of consistency that ranks among the most impressive of the season.

# Player Team HCP Strokes vs Par Pts
1 Rich Babjak Gopher Killers 10 43 +7 21
T2 Jerry Morgan Green Assassins! 3 39 +3 18
T2 Tim Townsend Stableford Stars 0 36 E 18
T4 Al Powanda Green Assassins! 7 44 +8 17
T4 Jeff Siegel Green Assassins! 4 41 +5 17
6 Todd Morgan Gopher Killers 1 39 +3 16
7 Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 6 45 +9 15
T8 Chuck Tyke Stableford Stars 11 51 +15 14
T8 Joe Smith DragonballZ 4 44 +8 14
T8 John Gogets Stableford Stars 5 46 +10 14
T8 Matt Ankeny Gopher Killers 4 44 +8 14
T12 David Del Signore Green Assassins! 2 43 +7 13
T12 Kevin Powanda Green Assassins! 8 49 +13 13
T12 Randy Hobaugh Par-Tee Animals 1 42 +6 13
T15 Chris Del Signore Par-Tee Animals 4 46 +10 12
T15 Jake Kovac Four Play 6 48 +12 12
T15 Jeff O’Neil Par-Tee Animals 14 57 +21 12

🏅 Week 6 Team Scores

Only the top 4 scores per team count toward weekly totals.

The Green Assassins! produced yet another dominant team showing — 65 points — with Jerry Morgan (18), Al Powanda (17), Jeff Siegel (17), and David Del Signore (13) all counting. That is four players with 13 or better on the night, which tells you everything about the depth that carried this team to the Period 1 title.

The Gopher Killers were right behind at 60 points, powered by Babjak’s historic 21 and a strong 16-point effort from Todd Morgan. The Stableford Stars posted 57 points — their consistency intact to the final bell, with Tim Townsend (18), Chuck Tyke (14), John Gogets (14), and Jeff Hensler (11) all contributing. The Stars finish the period without a single team score below 48. That is quiet, steady excellence.

One performance that demands mention even in a losing cause: Vic Hensler (Stableford Stars) posted just 4 points on a 57-stroke evening — his lowest round of the season by a wide margin after five consecutive weeks of 15 points or better. It happens to the best of them, and Vic has more than enough credit in the bank.

Team Week 6 Top 4 Scores Wk 6 Pts
Green Assassins! Jerry Morgan (18), Al Powanda (17), Jeff Siegel (17), D. Del Signore (13) 65
Gopher Killers Rich Babjak (21), Todd Morgan (16), Matt Ankeny (14), John Harr (9) 60
Stableford Stars Tim Townsend (18), Chuck Tyke (14), John Gogets (14), Jeff Hensler (11) 57
DragonballZ Matt Simkovic (15), Joe Smith (14), Larry Dzendzel (11), Bryan Conn (8) 48
Par-Tee Animals Randy Hobaugh (13), Chris Del Signore (12), Jeff O’Neil (12), Ray Maffit (10) 47
Four Play Jake Kovac (12), Adam Peters (11), Bill Hensler (11), Clay Karadus (7) 41

🏆 Final Period 1 Standings — Green Assassins! Claim Championship Berth

The Green Assassins! are the Period 1 champions with 337 points — a nine-point margin of victory that feels wider than it looks when you consider how close the race was at the midpoint. The Assassins were the most complete team of Period 1, producing the season’s highest single-week team score (69 in Week 5), the best Week 1 in the field, and closing with a 65-point flourish. They have earned their WFL Championship berth.

In a remarkable dead heat, the Gopher Killers and Stableford Stars tied for second at 328 points apiece. The Killers powered their way through the middle weeks on the back of Babjak’s individual brilliance; the Stars did it through week-in, week-out team consistency. Both will be back fighting for the title in Period 2.

DragonballZ finish fourth at 284, followed by the Par-Tee Animals (272) and Four Play (263). Both the Animals and Four Play had weeks where the full roster simply wasn’t there, and in a top-4 format, that is extremely costly.

Pos Team Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Total
1 Green Assassins! 🏆 62 45 51 45 69 65 337
T2 Gopher Killers 53 48 57 47 63 60 328
T2 Stableford Stars 48 51 59 51 62 57 328
4 DragonballZ 52 46 43 46 49 48 284
5 Par-Tee Animals 49 50 40 50 36 47 272
6 Four Play 55 44 33 44 46 41 263

🥇 Period 1 MVP — Rich Babjak, Gopher Killers

There was never really any doubt after Wednesday night. Rich Babjak is the Period 1 MVP with 105 Stableford points across six weeks — an average of 17.5 per round and not a single week below 13. He led the league in individual scoring from Week 1 and never relinquished that lead, capping the run with the best round anyone played all period.

Runner-up honours go to Jeff Siegel (Green Assassins!) at 99 points — a thoroughly deserving performance in his own right, built on five weeks of 17-or-better scoring. The gap between Babjak and Siegel was just two points entering the final week; Babjak’s 21 closed the door emphatically.

Pos Player Team Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Total
1 Rich Babjak 🥇 Gopher Killers 13 17 19 17 18 21 105
2 Jeff Siegel Green Assassins! 15 17 14 17 19 17 99
3 David Del Signore Green Assassins! 16 16 11 16 16 13 88
4 Tim Townsend Stableford Stars 12 12 16 12 15 18 85
5 Matt Simkovic DragonballZ 15 14 10 14 15 15 83
6 Jerry Morgan Green Assassins! 17 7 15 7 16 18 80
7 Vic Hensler Stableford Stars 13 15 17 15 15 4 79
T8 Matt Ankeny Gopher Killers 12 11 15 8 16 14 76
T8 Ray Maffit Par-Tee Animals 15 15 10 15 11 10 76
T8 Todd Morgan Gopher Killers 10 10 13 11 16 16 76

📋 Handicap Update — 25 Players Revised Effective Week 7

New WHS handicap indexes have been calculated and are effective starting with Week 7 on June 3rd. A total of 25 players saw their course handicap change — 19 moved up and 6 moved down. The standout stories: Rich Babjak earned a one-stroke reduction (10 → 9) in recognition of his outstanding Period 1 play. Tim Townsend moves from scratch (0) to 1, while Bryan Conn sees the largest upward adjustment at +2 (12 → 14).

The full list of changes:

Player Old HCP New HCP Change
Bryan Conn 12 14 ▲ +2
Chuck Tyke 11 13 ▲ +2
Chris Del Signore 4 5 ▲ +1
Clay Karadus 10 11 ▲ +1
Dale Bickerstaff 6 7 ▲ +1
David Del Signore 2 3 ▲ +1
Jeff O’Neil 14 15 ▲ +1
Jeff Siegel 4 5 ▲ +1
Jim Colinear 8 9 ▲ +1
Joe Smith 4 5 ▲ +1
John Gogets 5 6 ▲ +1
Kevin Powanda 8 9 ▲ +1
Larry Dzendzel 1 2 ▲ +1
Matt Ankeny 4 5 ▲ +1
Randy Hobaugh 1 2 ▲ +1
Tim Morgan 7 8 ▲ +1
Tim Townsend 0 1 ▲ +1
Tom Baldwin 4 5 ▲ +1
Bob Ciorra 12 11 ▼ −1
Buzzy Peters 5 4 ▼ −1
Dwight Helfrich 11 10 ▼ −1
Jake Kovac 6 5 ▼ −1
Jerry Morgan 3 2 ▼ −1
Matt Simkovic 6 5 ▼ −1
Rich Babjak 10 9 ▼ −1

⛳ Week 7 Preview — The First Fun Night: 3 Clubs + Putter

Wednesday, June 3rd marks the first Fun Night of the 2026 WFL season. The rules are beautifully simple and brutally limiting: each player selects just three clubs plus their putter — and that is all they get for the entire nine holes.

No bag. No options. No reaching for the hybrid when the 7-iron won’t cut it. Every shot requires a decision, and every missed green turns into a test of creativity. Club selection becomes the most important choice you make before the round even begins.

So here is the question every WFL member is wrestling with this week: which three clubs do you bring? The conventional wisdom says a mid-iron, a short iron, and something off the tee — but convention has a way of going out the window at Manor Valley’s Front Nine. Do you sacrifice distance for short-game versatility? Do you trust yourself with a hybrid around the greens? Can you actually driver-punch your way out of trouble on the par-5s?

Think it through. Choose wisely. And see everyone on the first tee Wednesday night.

Period 2 starts now. ⛳

Scoring data sourced from official WFL weekly scorecards. Team standings use top 4 scores per team per week. Period 1 covers Weeks 1–6. Handicap changes effective Week 7 per updated WHS indexes dated June 3, 2026.

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