History of the Kewanee Sports League

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'''KSL''' was founded in '''2002''' by '''Andrew Hughes'''. Andrew was interested in
doing Fantasy Sports for a few years and was able create a small
league that year. The First Five were Andrew, '''Kevin Smith''', '''Brian
Schoutteet''', '''Lance Frail''' and '''Sean Wederman'''. The first year saw a 4 team
playoff race and had bye weeks. Kevin finished 1st overall but Brian
was able to beat him in the championship match to capture the first
ever '''KSL Championship'''.

'''2003''' saw the introduction of '''Aaron Hughes''' and '''Mike Smith'''. Sean didn't
rejoin the league and KSL moved to a '''points system''' instead of head to
head. Lance ended up winning that year.

In '''2004''' KSL added '''Dave Pate''' and '''Charlie Harker''' to the league. KSL 04
stayed with the points system for one more year. Dave ended up winning
it all his first year in the league.

In '''2005''' '''Blake Clayton''', '''Russ Hughes''' and '''Par Chareer''' joined the league.
Meanwhile Lance and Charlie left completely and Mike took a year off. KSL went
back to the head to head style of matches which became the standard
system used to this day. Dave Pate finished the year 12-2, demolishing
his opponents. However, he was knocked out the first round in the
playoffs by Aaron. Russ ended up winning that year by defeating Blake
in the Championship match.

'''2006''' saw the introduction of '''Doug Hahn''' and reintroduction of Mike.
Russ and Par Chareer did not rejoin KSL. Brian ended up finishing 12-2
having lost his only 2 games to Mike who finished 7th overall. Brian
ended up losing in the first round. Meanwhile Aaron beat Doug to
become the 2006 KSL Champion. In the playoffs, Doug had scored the
second lowest each week only to play the person who scored the lowest.

In '''2007''' KSL expanded to 12 teams by adding '''Ty Palmer''', '''Joe Snider''', '''Jon
Oberg''' and '''Prime Time'''. Expanding the league to 12 people meant 4
wouldn't make the playoffs and for the first time ever, there was a
scramble to get in. The season was shortened from 14 games, down to
13. Brian, Aaron and Doug finished with the best records of 9-4 but
it didn't help them in the playoffs. Only Aaron made it past the first
but he lost to Dave. Mike finished the season in 8th place by winning
his last game and beat everyone else in the playoffs becoming the 2007
KSL Champion.

In '''2008''' we moved to '''My Fantasy Sports''' because it allowed for my
customization and more options. 2008 was also the year we added 5 more
teams to the league: '''Andy McConnell''', '''Travis Peterson''', '''Ryan something''',
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also split the league into '''two conferences''' which could house the same
players. This meant two teams could have a very similar team. We also
shortened the regular season to 12 games. 2008 was also the first
year that head to head matchups and divisional records were very
important. Dave ended up finishing above Brian because of a tie
breaker. This was the first year we had first round byes and reseeding
in the same way the NFL does their playoff system. Between the 4
divisions, Andrew, Dave, Doug and Blake won their divisions and
therefore had a round 1 bye. All the teams lost their next game except
Andrew who made it to the championship but lost to Ryan who had won
his last 8 straight games. Andrew had finished with the best overall
record but failed to capture the KSL Championship.

In '''2009''' KSL stayed in the '''MFL''' system because we had 16 teams. Andy
McConnell was out and '''Dave Nanninga''' was in. This caused a shift in the
divisions moving Oberg to Hula Burger and Nanninga to PBnJ. This year
saw the rise of Ty Palmer who went '''11-0''' until he played the last game
of the regular season against Ty Boardman and lost. That was the last
game he lost all year. for the first time in KSL history, the top two
teams faced each other in the final game. Travis had the second best
overall record and Palmer had the best. Palmer was victorious that
game and went on to become the 2009 KSL Champion.

'''2010''' saw a return to form from the last two years. KSL moved back to
Yahoo and dropped two teams. Ryan and Jon Occhi were the two
casualties. There were only two separate divisions which made drafting
very difficult. Ty Boardman emerged as the team to beat in one
division and Mike was the top dog in the other. Mike and Ty ended up
meeting each other in the championship match which saw Mike become the
first ever repeat champion in KSL. On the other side of things, Travis
and Blake were at the bottom of the league with 1 and 2 wins
respectively. Travis' only win came against Blake's team.

For '''2011''' KSL lost two more players to make it an even 12. Blake and
Travis had parted ways which led to the introduction of a 3 division
KSL. Joe ended the season with the best overall record at 10-3 but
Aaron ended up winning the championship.

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