It was the summer of 1983.  The Beecher Tool and Die Softball Team poses after a Saturday game at Shirley Park before heading to a postgame barbeque.  Remember everyone?  Front, from left, Chris Girolamo, Allen Urban, Bill Anhut, Bob Emeritz, Les Davison.  Rear, from left, Bill Kreykenbohm, Ken  Surprenant,  Mark Sarver, Mike Giglio, Founding Coach Bruce Urban, Jeff McTiernan, Terry Hiebert.  Were we really ever that young?

The 1987 Tools, sponsored by the late, great Keyhole Inn.  We'd given up our original green for powder blue.  Most of this squad won our first league title in the fall of 1985.  Front, from left, Coach Mark Sarver, Bill Anhut, Terry Hiebert, Bruce Urban, Bill Kreykenbohm.  Rear, from left, Ken Shoop, Rick Welch, Greg Fortine, Dave Van Waggoner, Steve Blechman, Mike Giglio, Terry Medley, Gerry Mello, Jim Simpson

The Tools of 1989 had our wildest bunch of characters, but did we have a great time!  After taking this photo, everyone piled on Sarv.  Front, from left, Bill Anhut, Scott, Bresnahan, Rich Sweeny, John Buchan, Coach Mark Sarver, Terry Hiebert.  Rear, from left, Bill Kreykenbohm, John Hampsey, Doug Walker, Joe Colletta, Rich White, Gerry Mello, Mike Giglio, Ken Shoop.

One of our great teams, the 1990 Tools were the first Arlington team that was last-seeded to win the spring post-season playoffs.  With newfound confidence, we raced to the fall league title, winning a sudden death one-game playoff 21-9.  Front, from left, Bill Kreykenbohm, Rich White, Coach Mark Sarver, Scott Bresnahan, Rick Mercer, Bill Anhut.  Rear, from left, Ken Shoop, Bruce Turner, Doug Walker, Gerry Mello, Mike Giglio, Howard Derkay, Terry Hiebert. 

After five key players moved away at the same time, the Tools began to rebuild our nucleus 1992.  We were a .500 club but had a lot of fun.  This photo was taken in the fall.  Front, from left, Gerry Mello, Craig Canfield, Bill Kreykenbohm, Bill Anhut with son Billy, Coach Mark Sarver, Terry Hiebert.  Rear, from left, Jim Rohrbach, Paul Haugh, Bill Summers, Doug Walker, Bill Summers, Bruce Turner.

Hanging out at Virginia Highlands Field, the 1995 Tools.  Front, from left, Tim Greening, Doug Walker, Jim Miles, Andy Schultheiss, Scott Bresnahan, Jim Rohrbach.  Rear, from left, Jim Stensland, Coach Mark Sarver, Bill Kreykenbohm, Phil Levezzo, Dave Hansen, Chris Thomas, Ken Ferebee, Matt Doyle, Dave Rosenthal, Terry Hiebert.

The 1997 Tools and fans relaxing after Saturday playoffs games.  We were a fun group.  Front, from left, Bill Kreykenbohm, Jim Stensland, Andy Schultheiss, Joe Lombardi, Jim Rohrbach, Dave Hansen.  Rear, from left, Jody, baby Sean and Doug Walker, Tim and Lisa Greening, Jim Miles, Coach Mark Sarver, Stacy Rohrbach, Matt Doyle.

The 1998 Tools were a team in transition, building towards future titles.  We won a special fall playoffs title.  In the opening game against arch rival Joseph's and its most infamous player, The Sheik, we scored 38 runs in one game, a record that still stands, and hit seven home runs in one inning!  That record will never be broken!  Front, from left, Doug Walker, Ken Ferebee, Coach Mark Sarver, Jim Rohrbach.  Rear, from left, Steve Sprague, Jeff Franco, Bill Kreykenbohm, Jim Stensland, Joe Lombardo, Scott Hill, Scott Bresnahan.  Missing, Terry Hiebert, Jim Miles, Andy Schultheiss, Bruce Turner. 

An intense Tools dugout before a big 1992 playoff game at Quincy Field 3.  Listening intently to Sarv's directions are Bill Anhut, Ken Shoop, Mike Giglio, Bill Summers [partially obscured], Terry Hiebert [#28] and Doug Walker. 

The Tools of 2001 was readying itself for a new championship era.  We fired a pair of warning shots with second place finishes in both the spring and fall seasons.  The very next spring we would win the Early Bird Tournament and go on to win consecutive spring regular season titles and the post-season playoffs in two of the next three years.  Front, from left, Doug Walker, Jeff Franco, Coach Mark Sarver, Mark Bultman, Tony Mason, Jay Braun.  Rear, from left, Ken Ferebee, Rich White, Scott Hill, Chris Hamm, Brian Hurney, Matt Doyle, Bill Kreykenbom.  Missing, Bill Anhut, Joe Lombardo.

The Tools won our first spring league championship in 2002 with a thrilling last inning come from behind five run rally in the season's final game. (left to right) Bill Kreykenbohm, Doug Walker, Tony Mason, Joe Lombardo, Mark Bultman, Richard White, Mark Sarver, Rich Menseck, Matt Doyle, Ken Ferebee, Jeff Franco. Missing: Bill Anhut, Jay Braun, Chris Hamm, Brian Hurney.

The Tools first undefeated team, the 2003 spring league champions went 17-0-1, won the spring post-season playoffs and in the fall extended our regular season unbeaten streak to 30 games.  Front, from left, Coach Mark Sarver, Bill Kreykenbohm, Ken Ferebee, Biko the Mascot, Doug Walker, Mark Bultman, Joe Lombardo.  Rear, from left, Tony Mason, Rich Menseck, Brian Hurney, Jay Braun, Chris Hamm, Jeff Franco.  Missing, Bill Anhut, Matt Doyle.

The Tools first undefeated team, the 2003 spring league champions, (front l to r) Jeff Franco, Joe Lombardo, Tony Mason, Bill Anhut, (rear l to r) Rich Menseck, Jay Braun, Chris Hamm, Brian Hurney, Doug Walker, Mark Bultman, Ken Ferebee. Missing: Matt Doyle, Bill Kreykenbohm. We were 17 - 0 - 1, won the summer playoffs, and in the fall extended our regular season unbeaten streak to 30 games.

Current and former Tools from three decades gathered for our annual party on February 28, 2008 honoring Bill Kreykenbohm on his retirement after 27 years. Standing, left to right: Bill Kreykenbohm, Terry Hiebert, Bill Anhut, Mark Sarver, Doug Walker, Chris Hamm, Brian Hurney, John Revette. Kneeling, left to right: Jim Stensland, Jim Rohrbach, Tony Mason, Ben Peden, Jeff Fus, Mike Gummey.

In 2009, the Tools underwent a major rebuild that paid immediate dividends, a 17-0-1 record and the spring league championship.  It also kicked off the most successful era in Tools history, with five league championships in a seven year period.  This is the fall 2009 squad.  Front, from left, Josh O'Donnell, Eric Stewart, Coach Mark Sarver, Will O'Day, Craig Hughes.  Rear, from left, Mike Gummey, Jeff Fus, Ben Peden, Chris Hamm, Chuck Ford, Mike Sabol, Mark Bultman.  Missing, Jay Braun, Brian Hurney, Dylan Kautz.

In 2010, the Tools won the spring season championship, the second time we won regular season titles in back-to-back years.  Front, from left, Will O'Day, Craig Hughes, Eric Stewart, Coach Mark Sarver, Jess McGraw.  Rear, from left, Ashby Daniels, Mike Sabol, John Revette, Chris Hamm, Jay Braun, Ben Peden, Doug Walker.  Missing, Mark Bultman, Mike Gummey, Jeff Fus.

The Tools of 2012 finished the spring season with a 15-3 record and the standings as posted initially had us as league champions.  But the league had secretly had another team play an extra two games to balance the schedule.  Two of their games did not count against their record -- both were losses to the Tools -- so they moved ahead of us and were awarded the title by one game.  The title was given away, but we were the best team in the league.  Front, from left, Chris Hamm, Jay Braun, Chris Bailey, Will O'Day, Craig Hughes.  Rear, from left, Mike Sabol, Jesse Johnson, John Revette, Mike Gummey, Coach Mark Sarver, Ben Peden, Doug Walker.  Missing, Bobby Bilicki, Eric Stewart.

One of our greatest teams ever, the 2015 Tools won both spring and fall league titles.  The fall team won games in which they trailed 11-4, 13-3 and 12-2.  They had three last inning walk-off wins.  Defending a one game lead for the last five weeks of the season, they won 10 straight games.  From left to right, Doug Walker, Matt O'Connell, Mike Sabol, Jeff Hart, Coach Mark Sarver, Ben Peden, Mike Gummey, Chris Hamm, Will O'Day, Eric Stewart.  Missing, Jay Braun, Craig Hughes, Drew Mitrisin. Chuck Spivey.

The Tools 2019 Spring Champions, winners of our 11th League Title:  Kneeling, Terrence Dolan, Kelly Heath, Ben Peden, Chris MacDonald, Sam Wallach.  Standing, Ben Simon, Mike Sabol, Eric Stewart, Ryan Krepp, Coach Mark Sarver, Jeff Hart, Jay Braun, Drew Mitrisin.  Rear, Chris Hamm.  Missing, Doug Walker.  We won 10 of our last 11 spring games,  overcoming an 11-1 deficit in the final one to clinch the title.  In the fall we finished 12-5-1 for a second place finish.

The Tools made a few youthful additions in 2022 that would head us back into contention.  Front row from left, Chris Hamm, Ben Peden, Mark Sarver, Terrence Dolan.  Rear from left, Sam Wallach, John Frauenheim, Jeff Hart, Matt Bailey, Chris MacDonald, Andrew Klang, Andy Zimmerman, Ryan Krepp, Ben Simon.  Missing, Jay Braun, Mike Sabol. 

In 2023, the youngest Tools squad in decades won our 12th regular season league championship and 5th spring playoffs title.  From left, Jay Braun, Andrew Klang, Rett Richey, Matt Bailey, Andy Zimmerman, Ryan Krepp, Ben Simon, Mark Sarver, Chris MacDonald, Sam Wallach, Ben Peden, Terrence Dolan, John Frauenheim.  Missing, Jeff Hart.

The Tools of 2024 developed an explosive offense that posted a record .610 team batting average in the fall, shattering the old mark by eight point.  They averaged 17.88 runs per game, just .12 short of that record.  Seated from left, Noah Cerrud-Osmer, Joe Coopersmith, Ryan Krepp, Chris MacDonald, Rett Richey.  Standing from left, Andy Zimmerman, Andrew Klang, Sam Wallach, Mark Sarver, Jeff Hart, Ben Peden, John Frauenheim.  Missing Neil Abramowitz, Matt Bailey.