Tuesday, July 31, 2018

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

 

Sunday, July 29, 2018

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