1978 Baseball

Standings
School	Conf.	Overall
Rockford Guilford	13-3	14-5
Rockford West	11-5	13-6
Freeport	10-6	17-11
Rockford Jefferson	9-7	10-9
Rockford Boylan	8.5-7.5	13.5-10.5
Rockford Auburn	7-9	14-11
Belvidere	6.5-9.5	16.5-11.5
Machesney Park Harlem	6-10	9-13
Rockford East	1-15	2-19

 

First Team All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School	Year
P	Jeff Anderson	Auburn	Sr.
P	Dave Kemper	Guilford	Sr.
C	Tom Cassidy	Freeport	Sr.
1B	Wes Schoenberg	Guilford	Sr.
2B	Steve Pemberton	Guilford	Sr.
3B	Bruce Bell	West	Sr.
Ss	Tim Mahan	Jefferson	Sr.
OF	Pete Norman	Freeport	Sr.
OF	Jim Moyer	Jefferson	Sr.
OF	Bob Dunlap	West	Sr.
DH	Gary Anderson	Freeport	Sr.
Coach	Herb Sisler	Guilford

 

Notes
J. Anderson	3-2, 0.95 ERA, 32 strikeouts in 36.2 innings
Kemper	7-0, 1.38 ERA, 35 strikeouts in 38 innings
Cassidy	.435 average, 12 RBI
Schoenberg	.535 average, 8 HR, only 4 ks in 45 plate appearances
Pemberton	.439 average, just one error
Bell	Reached base 32 times in 58 plate appearances
Mahan	.509 average, school record hits (29) and RBI (24)
Norman	.558 average, 5 stolen bases
Moyer	.533 average, school record, 7 triples
Dunlap	.465 average, 15 RBI
G. Anderson	.476 average

 

Second Team All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School	Year
P	Jake Hillyer	Boylan	Sr.
P	Brad Zulke	Freeport	Jr.
C	Mike Broski	Boylan	Sr.
1B	Keith Maragi	Boylan	Sr.
2B	Tim Meyers	Freeport	Sr.
3B	Scott Taylor	Guilford	Sr.
Ss	Bob Bierk	Freeport	Jr.
OF	J.F. Gaziano	Boylan	Sr.
OF	Joe Fulton	Guilford	Sr.
OF	George Schultz	Guilford	Sr.
OF	Steve Prezioso	Jefferson	Sr.
DH	Steve Hyser	Belvidere	Sr.

 

Special Mention All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School
C	Mike Miller	Guilford

 

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School
P	Randy Shipp	Freeport
P	Mark Matthews	Freeport
P	Don Buss	Harlem
P	Dale Badura	Jefferson
P	Marty Hobby	West
C	Rich Bainter	Harlem
C	Mark Manalli	West
1B	Dave Carroll	Auburn
2B	Kevin McDermott	Boylan
3B	Dan Green	Auburn
3B	Dennis Little	Boylan
Ss	Bruce Nelson	Guilford
DH	Dan Cooper	East

 

1959 Baseball (Rock Valley Conference)

Rock Valley Conference standings
School	W	L
DeKalb	9	2
Freeport	6	4
West Rockford	6	6
St. Thomas	6	6
Belvidere	5	6
East Rockford	4	7
Dixon	3	8

 

First Team All-RVC
1st Base	Steve Land, DeKalb
2nd Base	Bill Wagner, Freeport
Shorstop	Rick Lindstrom, West Rockford
3rd Base	Mike Henigan, DeKalb
Outfield	Dave Shank, Dixon
Outfield	Frank DeCastris, St. Thomas
Outfield	Jim Hyland, Belvidere
Catcher	Roger Wolfe, Dixon
Pitcher	Jack Pillmore, DeKalb
Pitcher	Jerry Olson, St. Thomas
Pitcher	Chuck Wolfe, West Rockford

 

Local Honorable Mention All-RVC
1st Base	Larry Friel, East Rockford
2nd Base	Larry Johnson, East Rockford Bill Wilson, Belvidere
Shorstop	Charles Shukhart, Belvidere
3rd Base	Ed Henby, West Rockford Tom Walz, Freeport
Outfield	Marty Pirrello, West Rockford Gary Bredeson, East Rockford Larry Hedberg, East Rockford Jack Chamberlin, Belvidere Gary Criddle, Freeport Jerry Rehfeldt, Freeport
Catcher	Joe Pirrello, St. Thomas Cal DeWeerdt, West Rockford Tom McFaul, East Rockford
Pitcher	Bill Morrow, Freeport Roger Schaer, Freeport Dan Bunch, West Rockford Kelly Thrun, Belvidere

                                                 

Leading hitters
Player, School	AB	R	H	Avg.
R. Smith, Belvidere	25	4	9	.360
Chamberlin, Belvidere	26	5	9	.346
Walz, Freeport	26	6	9	.346
Land, DeKalb	30	6	10	.333
Shuckhart, Belvidere	25	4	8	.320
R. Wolfe, Dixon	35	5	11	.314
D. Mercer, Dixon	35	5	11	.314
D. Anderson, DeKalb	33	7	10	.303
Bruce, Dixon	25	6	7	.280
McCallister, DeKalb	34	4	9	.273

 

RBI leaders
Chamberlin, Belvidere	12
R. Smith, Belvidere	9
R. Wolfe, Dixon	7
Stolen base leaders
Land, DeKalb	5
Bredeson, East Rockford	5

 

Leading pitchers
Player, School	IP	R	H	W-L
Pillmore, DeKalb	42	11	24	7-1
Olson, St. Thomas	36	18	33	4-1
Thrun, Belvidere	22	13	23	3-2

 

Strikeout leaders
Pillmore, DeKalb	57
Olson, St. Thomas	38
Thrun, Belvidere	36
Detweiler, Dixon	31
C. Wolfe, West Rockford	23