1979 Baseball

Standings
School	Conf.	Overall
Belvidere	13-2-1	19-3-2
Freeport	11-3	16-4
Rockford Boylan	9-6-1	14-9-1
Rockford Jefferson	10-6	12-9
Machesney Park Harlem	9-7	11-8
Rockford Guilford	6-10	8-11
Rockford East	5-11	9-14
Rockford West	4-10	7-10
Rockford Auburn	2-14	5-15

 

First Team All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School	Year
P	Gary Olsen	Belvidere	Jr.
P	Brad Zulke	Freeport	Sr.
C	Gary Andersen	Freeport	Sr.
1B	Tom Linebarger	Freeport	Jr.
2B	Ben Ognibene	Boylan	Jr.
3B	Al Wallace	Belvidere	Sr.
Ss	Bruce Nelson	Guilford	Sr.
OF	Don Carr	Freeport	Sr.
OF	Joe Heilman	Harlem	Sr.
OF	Mark Morris	Belvidere	Sr.
DH	Mike Woodward	Freeport	Sr.
Coach	Ken Anderson	Belvidere

 

Notes
Olsen	3-0, 2 saves, 0.00 ERA in 28.1 conf. innings with 32 Ks vs. 10 BB.
Zulke	4-0, 2 saves, 1.43 ERA in 29 innings, 34 ks.
Andersen	.302 average.
Linebarger	.428 average, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 24 hits. 3-0 as pitcher.
Ognibene	.340 average, 4 HR, 14 RBI.
Wallace	.308 average, 12 runs, 6 RBI, only 2 errors in 54 chances.
Nelson	.412 average, 2 errors in 62 chances.
Carr	.354 average, 11 stolen bases.
Heilman	.311 average, 8 RBI.
Morris	.372 average in conference, .451 overall. No errors.
Woodward	.380 average, 10 RBI.

 

Special Mention All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School	Year
P	Dale Badura	Jefferson	Sr.
C	Rich Bainter	Harlem	Sr.
1B	Rob Gehrke	Belvidere	Sr.
2B	Dave Allen	Harlem	Sr.
Ss	Brad Kawell	West	Sr.
OF	Brian Onken	East	Sr.
OF	Dave Scantlin	West	Jr.
OF	Jim Timmer	Auburn	Sr.
DH	Jim Mayberry	West	Jr.

 

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Pos.	Player	School
P	Scott Pobjecky	East
C	Larry Carlson	Jefferson
C	Tom Olson	East
1B	Jeff Negrl	West
1B	Dennis Scarpetta	Auburn
2B	Jeff Heckman	Belvidere
2B	Joel Morell	Jefferson
Ss	Bob Bierk	Freeport
OF	Brian Lundine	East
OF	John Toldo	Boylan
DH	Dan Cooper	East

 

IHSA Tournament
Regional Champion	Freeport