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Howells does it again

The Howells Hoosiers defended their Farmland title. Pictured from left are Luke Hegemann, Andrew Faltys, Justin Sindelar, Tyler Brester, Brady Brester, Sam Schlautman, Tyler Schwartz, Bryon Janata and Mike Bayer.

Howells won its third Golden Tractor in four years and fourth overall with a 95-73 win over Dodge. After the game, the 2018 All-Farmland team was named.

With an overtime win over No. 2 seed Oakland Sunday, the Dodge Gamecocks have qualified for their first Farmland championship game. Awaiting them will Goliath in the from of 3-time champion Howells, who qualified for its seventh straight FBL title game. Click here for the full playoff bracket.

At the FBL managers meeting Nov. 21, the fine for technical fouls was increased to $50. As in the past, a player must pay the fine to the league before the player participates in another Farmland game.

All players must fill out a Player Eligibligty and Information form (can download from the "Forms" tab on th left") and return it to the manager to send in to the league before playing in a Farmland game. Forms must be in to the league by the Thursday before your game.

2017-2018 Schedule and Results (Click for box scores - All games 6 p.m. unless noted) Feb. 18 - Championship Howells def. Dodge 95-73 Feb. 11 - Playoff Semifinals 3 Dodge def. 2 Oakland 76-72 (OT) 1 Howells def. 4 Wisner 89-67 Feb. 4 - Playoffs 3 Dodge def. 6 North Bend 88-70 4 Wisner def. 5 West Point 67-65 Jan. 29 Wisner def. Oakland 71-45 Jan. 28 Wisner def. North Bend 79-64 Oakland def. Clarkson 76-47 Howells def. West Point 87-66 Jan. 21 1/24: Oakland def. Howells 65-57 Wisner def. West Point 79-61 Dodge def. Clarkson 97-73 Jan. 14 West Point def. North Bend 60-56 Dodge def. Wisner 84-77 Howells def. Clarkson 84-68 Jan. 7 Howells def. North Bend 67-55 Clarkson def. Wisner 89-86 Oakland def. Dodge 58-48 Dec. 27 Dodge def. West Point 84-73 Oakland def. North Bend 76-68 Howells def. Wisner 80-74 Dec. 17 Dodge def. North Bend 65-52 West Point def. Clarkson 79-53 Dec. 10 North Bend def. Clarkson 83-76 Howells def. Dodge 69-68 West Point def. Oakland 55-50

team W L gb off. def. x-Howells 5 1 - 74.0 66.0 x-Oakland 4 2 1.0 61.7 57.7 x-Dodge 4 2 1.0 76.0 67.0 x-West Point 3 3 2.0 65.6 68.2 x-Wisner 3 3 2.0 77.7 70.5 x-North Bend 1 5 4.0 63.0 70.5 Clarkson 1 5 4.0 67.7 84.2             x- clinched playoff spot Final Season Scoring Leaders Rnk. Name Team Pt. Ave. 1. Bryan Ruzek Dod 26.7 2. John Steffensmeier Clk 23.5 3. Tyler Brester How 18.8 4. Bryan Mendlik Wis 18.7 5. Zach Rosenboom Oak 18.3 6. John Wesch NB 17.6 7. Bo Fullner Wis 16.8 8. Sam Schlautman How 16.0 9. Tommy Ruzek Dod 15.3 10. Justin Sindealr How 14.7 11. Zach Parolek Clk 13.8 12. Luke Hegemann How 13.5   updated 2/7 min. 4 games