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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Normal (University) (37-3)

 School Information
Name: University High School
City: Normal
City Population: 48,000
County: McLean
Enrollment: 579
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green/Gold
Conference: Cornbelt
Director: Dr. Robert Dean
Principal: Dr. Gary O'Malley
Athletic Director: Curt Christenson
Asst. Principal: Bill Ducett
Head Coach: Greg Bee
Assistant Coaches: Tom Lane, Steve Wilson
Captains: Pete Martin, Jon Charles, Lance McMillan, Dan States
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Colfax (Ridgeview), 10-5, in Regional Final

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  6  Greg Bee                 Head Coach  
  7  Tom Lane                 Asst. Coach 
 23  Steve Wilson             Asst. Coach 
  1  Dan States               L  R  2B     5-7  145   19  Sr.
  2  Jon Hand                 R  R  C      5-7  155   16  So.
  8  Jason Rainey             R  R  OF     5-10 175   17  Jr.
  9  Lance McMillan           R  R  SS     6-3  180   18  Sr.
 10  Todd Witherow            L  L  P/1B   5-11 170   16  Jr.
 11  Jon Berry                S  R  OF/P   5-10 165   17  Jr.
 12  Calen Foster             R  R  C      5-9  185   18  Sr.
 13  David Knuth              R  R  2B     5-10 165   18  Sr.
 14  Matt Alvey               R  R  OF/1B  6-0  175   18  Sr.
 15  Pete Martin              R  R  P/OF   6-2  185   18  Sr.
 17  Erik Spong               R  R  3B     5-9  180   17  Sr.
 18  Tom Menning              R  R  SS/P   6-1  175   16  So.
 20  Jon Charles              R  L  P/OF   6-2  185   18  Sr.
 21  Brad Nichols             R  R  1B     6-0  245   17  Jr.
 25  Ryan Felkamp             L  R  3B     6-2  235   16  Jr.
     Opponents Totals                                        
     Team Totals                                             
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Matt Alvey 40 115 25 38 35 .330 12 1 4 Jon Berry 19 11 2 3 1 .273 1 0 0 Jon Charles 40 120 34 56 42 .467 7 6 3 Ryan Felkamp 19 27 4 9 1 .333 1 0 0 Calen Foster 36 101 33 40 16 .396 4 8 1 Jon Hand 15 17 2 6 2 .353 0 0 0 David Knuth 18 12 1 2 2 .167 1 0 0 Pete Martin 40 93 16 28 27 .301 3 1 3 Lance McMillan 40 123 37 57 44 .463 14 3 2 Tom Menning 18 21 10 9 1 .429 0 2 0 Brad Nichols 19 11 1 4 5 .364 0 0 0 Jason Rainey 39 125 41 51 34 .408 7 6 2 Erik Spong 36 88 8 30 20 .341 4 0 0 Dan States 40 129 45 59 23 .457 12 2 8 Todd Witherow 39 82 12 31 15 .378 5 0 0 Opponents Totals 40 898 135 202 101 .225 30 10 8 Team Totals 40 1075 330 423 268 .393 71 22 17 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA Matt Alvey 1-0 2 7.0 7 4 6 6 4.00 Jon Berry 2-0 2 10.0 8 2 7 6 1.40 Jon Charles 7-1 12 48.0 36 12 18 53 1.75 Pete Martin 10-1 13 58.0 36 14 43 127 1.69 Tom Menning 6-1 9 38.0 27 10 8 29 1.84 Team Totals 37-3 40 220.0 156 59 91 263 1.88 Todd Witherow 11-0 13 59.0 42 17 9 42 2.02
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/28 LeRoy W 12 2 3/28 LeRoy W 12 0 4/2 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 2 1 4/4 Clifton (Central) W 9 2 4/4 Clifton (Central) W 9 1 4/6 Roanoke (R.-Benson) W 9 0 4/10 Bloomington (H.S.) L 3 12 4/11 Metamora W 14 5 4/11 Metamora W 23 2 4/14 Normal (Community West) L 5 8 4/16 Peru (St. Bede) W 12 0 4/17 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 10 0 4/18 Clinton W 5 3 4/18 Clinton L 6 7 4/20 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 9 1 4/22 Stanford (Olympia) W 5 2 4/24 Springfield (Southeast) W 9 3 4/25 Petersburg (PORTA) W 9 0 4/28 Herscher W 10 6 4/30 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 7 3 5/4 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 9 3 5/5 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 9 2 5/8 Normal (Community) W 9 1 5/8 Normal (Community) W 5 3 5/9 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 4 3 5/9 Brimfield W 11 1 5/11 Tremont W 10 0 5/12 Downs (Tri-Valley) W 7 1 5/13 Pontiac W 6 3 5/13 Pontiac W 7 2 5/14 Stanford (Olympia) W 8 3 5/15 St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) W 14 0 5/16 Princeton W 13 1 5/16 Blue Island (Eisenhower) W 8 2 5/18 El Paso W 16 9 Downs (Tri-Valley) Regional *5/21 Streator (Woodland) W 10 0 *5/23 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 8 3 *5/25 Colfax (Ridgeview) W 6 2 Bloomington (Central Catholic) Sectional *5/30 Herscher W 9 6 *6/1 Beecher (5 inn.) W 12 1
 Head Coach Greg Bee
Year W-L 1995 15-10 1996 24-11 (3rd) 1997 22-11 1998 27-3 School Years No. W-L At Normal (University) 1995-98 4 98-35 Total 4 98-35
For Normal (University)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.


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