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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Rochester (24-6)

 School Information
Name: Rochester High School
City: Rochester
City Population: 3,000
County: Sangamon
Enrollment: 535
Nickname: Rockets
Colors: Navy Blue/Orange
Conference: Sangamo
Superintendent: Bruce Hays
Principal: John Rigg
Athletic Director: Bill Derks
Head Coach: Don Alton
Assistant Coaches: Curt Fitzgerald, Brian Tweryon

Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Williamsville, 4-1, in Regional

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 12  Brian Tweryon            Asst. Coach 
 14  Curt Fitzgerald          Asst. Coach 
 23  Don Alton                Head Coach  
  1  Ryan Chrans              R  R  CF     5-7  140   16  So.
  3  Mike Hoban               R  R  RF     6-1  160   18  Sr.
  6  Josh Fieldbinder         R  R  P/2B   6-1  160   18  Sr.
  7  Aaron Milliken           R  R  3B     5-11 180   17  Jr.
  8  Matt Messmore            R  R  P/RF   5-11 160   17  Sr.
  9  David Travis             L  R  SS     6-3  165   17  Jr.
 10  Brad Weitekamp           R  R  C      6-1  180   18  Sr.
 11  Troy Chrans              R  R  OF     5-9  150   18  Sr.
 13  Paul Egan                R  R  LF/2B  5-8  150   16  Jr.
 24  Brad Tweryon             R  R  DH     5-11 170   17  Jr.
 28  Keith Gray               R  R  C      5-11 160   17  Jr.
 31  Troy Marion              R  R  P/OF   5-10 155   17  Jr.
 32  Justin Porter            L  R  LF     5-10 160   17  Jr.
 33  Kyle Appenzellar         R  R  P      6-2  170   15  So.
 35  Drew Long                L  L  P/1B   6-0  185   17  Jr.
 36  Jake Green               R  R  P/1B   6-3  180   17  Sr.
     Opponents Totals                                        
     Team Totals                                             
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Kyle Appenzellar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Chrans 26 60 20 12 6 .200 1 0 0 Troy Chrans 10 21 5 5 4 .238 2 0 0 Paul Egan 28 87 41 34 17 .391 8 2 3 Josh Fieldbinder 26 83 22 28 23 .337 7 2 3 Keith Gray 12 29 2 3 8 .103 1 0 0 Jake Green 28 96 27 31 36 .323 5 0 8 Mike Hoban 14 19 5 2 2 .105 1 0 0 Drew Long 22 45 9 13 11 .289 3 0 0 Troy Marion 7 13 2 1 2 .077 1 0 0 Matt Messmore 25 47 11 15 11 .319 4 1 1 Aaron Milliken 28 69 29 22 14 .319 1 3 3 Justin Porter 25 58 20 16 9 .276 4 1 2 David Travis 28 87 27 29 38 .333 6 2 7 Brad Tweryon 6 15 3 4 2 .267 0 0 0 Brad Weitekamp 28 99 36 48 43 .485 7 5 12 Team Totals 29 828 259 263 226 .318 51 16 39 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA Josh Fieldbinder 6-1 7 40.0 38 15 12 36 2.63 Jake Green 2-0 14 29.2 22 8 25 43 1.89 Drew Long 6-2 9 47.0 50 26 31 52 3.87 Troy Marion 0-1 1 4.0 12 11 3 1 19.25 Matt Messmore 8-2 13 62.1 39 23 28 92 2.58 Justin Porter 1-0 1 6.0 4 1 0 4 1.17 Team Totals 23-6 29 189.0 165 84 99 228 3.11
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/25 Virden (5 inn.) W 10 0 3/30 Carlinville (6 inn.) W 16 5 4/2 Riverton W 5 0 4/9 Springfield (Ursuline) W 9 6 4/16 Petersburg (PORTA) W 11 2 4/17 Pleasant Plains L 3 8 4/18 Williamsville W 8 2 4/18 Williamsville W 7 6 4/20 Springfield (Southeast) W 12 4 4/20 Springfield (Southeast) L 0 11 4/21 Palmyra (Northwestern) W 25 2 4/22 Pawnee W 17 2 4/24 Buffalo (Tri-City) W 7 2 5/2 Springfield (Lanphier) W 9 4 5/2 Springfield (Lanphier) (8 inn.) L 7 8 5/4 Mason City (Illini Central) W 4 0 5/6 Pana W 9 6 5/9 Athens W 5 1 5/9 Athens W 7 5 5/11 Springfield (H.S.) L 4 10 5/12 Auburn (Forfiet) W 7 0 5/13 Beardstown W 9 5 5/14 Nokomis L 3 9 5/16 Mt. Pulaski W 19 0 5/18 Chatham (Glenwood) L 1 6 Springfield (Ursuline) Regional *5/21 Athens W 12 0 *5/25 Williamsville W 14 3 *5/26 Pleasant Plains W 8 1 Rochester Sectional *5/30 Raymond (Lincolnwood) W 16 6 *6/1 Staunton W 3 1
 Head Coach Don Alton
Year W-L 1978 7-7 1979 8-4 1980 11-6 1981 7-10 1982 10-10 1983 10-11 1984 14-9 1985 17-9 1986 17-12 1987 17-8 1988 20-11 1989 13-10 1990 13-4 1991 13-6 1992 17-8 1993 23-3 (4th) 1995 8-15 1996 7-12 1997 23-9 1998 24-6 School Years No. W-L At Mt. Auburn 1978-79 2 15-11 At Riverton 1980-93 14 202-117 At Rochester 1995-98 4 62-42 Total 20 279-170
For Rochester's previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.


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