1968 Baseball

Standings
Team	Conf.	Overall
Guilford	11 ½ - 2 ½	20 ½ - 3 ½
Boylan	10 ½ - 3 ½	19 ½ - 8 ½
East	7-7	9-11
Freeport	6 ½ - 7 ½	10 ½ - 8 ½
Harlem	5 ½ - 7 ½	8 ½ - 9 ½
Belvidere	5-8	9-13
West	4 ½ - 8 ½	8 ½ - 10 ½
Auburn	3 ½ - 9 ½	6 ½ - 10 ½

 

All-Conference
First team	Pos.	School
Mike Panther	1B	Boylan
Brad Lundberg	2B	East
Ron Purifoy	Ss	Harlem
Brad Blair	3B	Guilford
Nick Janicki	OF	Guilford
Dick Dummer	OF	Guilford
Brad Lofgren	OF	East
Mike Muzzarelli	C	Boylan
Glenn Nowicki	P	Guilford
Steve Nelson	P	Boylan
Steve Randall	P	Freeport
Ron Holmer	P	Guilford
Mike Wieskircher	PR	Boylan
Second Team	Pos	School
Mark Hunt	1B	Guilford
Dan Broman	2B	Harlem
Greg Lemek	Ss	Auburn
Don Plumley	3B	Belvidere
Paul Pederson	OF	Belvidere
Bill Kuss	OF	Boylan
Russ Johnson	OF	Harlem
Tim Carlson	C	East
Sam Pobjecky	P	Auburn
Mike Rigby	P	East
Steve Anderson	P	Harlem
Don James	PR	Guilford

 

Leaders – hitting
Player	School		G	AB	H	Avg.
Panther	Boylan		14	48	20	.417
Dummer	Guilford		10	37	15	.405
Purifoy	Harlem		13	38	13	.342
Plumley	Belvidere		13	38	13	.342
Lofgren	East		14	50	17	.340
Painhilt	Freeport		13	39	13	.333
Heaberlin	Boylan		14	49	16	.327
Laughlin	Freeport		14	46	15	.326
Johnson	Harlem		13	37	12	.324
Muzzarelli	Boylan		14	53	17	.321
Lundberg	East		14	50	16	.320
Horton	West		12	38	12	.316
Grazioli	Boylan		14	46	14	.304
Lemek	Auburn		13	40	12	.300
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
At bats	Muzzarelli		Boylan			53
Runs	Weiskircher		Boylan			13
Hits	Panther		Boylan			20
Doubles	Valentine		East			4
Triples	7 tied with					2
Home runs	Kuss		Boylan			2
Home runs	James		Guilford			2
Home runs	Janicki		Guilford			2
RBI	Muzzarelli		Boylan			12
SBs	Weiskircher		Boylan			15
Leaders – pitching Pitcher School W-L IP H BB So ERA Nelson Boylan 5-0 44.1 35 20 42 1.58 Nowicki Guilford 4-0 46.2 33 17 27 1.05 Randall Freeport 4-3 54 43 12 57 1.04 Klaas West 4-3 32 26 11 23 1.97 Holmer Guilford 3-0 34.2 30 12 35 2.02 Janicki Guilford 3-1 29.2 20 16 23 0.71 Cooper West 3-2 35.2 31 18 31 1.77 Suhr Belvidere 3-2 36.2 27 27 50 2.10 Anderson Auburn 3-7 63.2 64 21 65 2.09 Roth West 1-4 39.2 28 18 42 1.59

 

IHSA tournament results
Quarterfinals	Rockford Guilford 6, Albion Edwards County 5
Semifinals	Rockford Guilford 3, Champaign Central 1
Championship	Peoria Manual 9, Rockford Guilford 3