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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Ottawa (Twp.) (19-11)

 School Information
Name: Ottawa Township High School
City: Ottawa
City Population: 18,000
County: LaSalle
Enrollment: 1638
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Crimson/White
Conference: NCIC Northeast
Superintendent: Michael Clinch
Principal: Tom Jobst
Athletic Director: Tim Jobst
Head Coach: Randy Bretag
Assistant Coaches: Mark Andrews, Don Heaberlin
Captains: Travis Harth, Brandon Canada, B.J. Olson

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
     Don Heaberlin            Asst. Coach 
 26  Mark Andrews             Asst. Coach 
 40  Randy Bretag             Head Coach  
  7  Cory Newman              R  R  OF     5-9  160   17  Jr.
  9  Rob Smeets               R  R  OF     5-9  155   17  Jr.
 10  Mark Loudon-Brown        L  R  IF     5-10 150   17  Jr.
 11  Nick Vessell             R  R  IF     5-9  150   17  Jr.
 15  Pete Hoffmann            R  R  IF     5-11 155   17  Jr.
 19  Daren Bragg              L  L  P      5-10 165   17  Jr.
 20  Boby Torres              R  R  P/OF   5-11 160   18  Sr.
 21  Ben Newell               R  R  OF     5-10 175   18  Sr.
 22  Doug Shumway             R  R  C      6-0  180   18  Sr.
 23  Eric Katrein             L  R  IF     6-2  185   17  Jr.
 24  Carl Hortega             R  R  IF     5-8  155   18  Sr.
 25  Brandon Canada           L  R  P/DH   6-0  175   18  Sr.
 27  Brent Heaberlin          R  R  C      5-10 170   17  Jr.
 29  Mitch Hetelle            R  R  P      6-4  240   16  So.
 30  B.J. Parrott             L  L  P      5-11 210   16  So.
 31  Eric Farmer              R  R  P      6-0  215   16  So.
 32  Jim Mitchell             R  R  OF     6-0  170   17  Jr.
 33  Travis Harth             R  L  P      6-2  185   18  Sr.
 34  Ryan Lowery              R  R  OF     6-4  200   18  Sr.
 35  B.J. Olson               R  R  IF     5-11 230   18  Sr.
 Statistics
NOTE: Statistics do not include sectional final. BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Daren Bragg 7 2 1 .286 0 0 0 Brandon Canada 55 23 13 .418 6 0 0 Eric Farmer 17 4 5 .235 0 0 0 Travis Harth 79 25 16 .316 10 0 0 Brent Heaberlin 58 20 20 .345 5 0 3 Mitch Hetelle 8 2 1 .250 0 0 0 Pete Hoffmann 25 5 1 .200 1 1 0 Eric Katrein 23 10 3 .435 1 1 0 Mark Loudon-Brown 49 16 7 .327 2 0 0 Ryan Lowery 34 8 5 .235 2 0 0 Jim Mitchell 12 2 1 .167 0 0 0 Ben Newell 40 16 10 .400 1 0 0 Cory Newman 81 34 15 .420 8 0 0 B.J. Olson 87 39 42 .448 10 1 10 B.J. Parrott 5 2 1 .400 0 0 0 Doug Shumway 26 6 10 .231 0 0 0 Rob Smeets 12 2 5 .167 1 0 1 Nick Vessell 67 19 12 .284 1 0 0 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA Daren Bragg 1-0 8 13 Brandon Canada 5-1 19 48 Eric Farmer 1-1 14 23 Travis Harth 9-0 38 63 Mitch Hetelle 1-1 Ryan Lowery 0-0 B.J. Parrott 1-1
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/23 Seneca (forfeit) LF 8 0 3/27 Cary (C.-Grove) W 8 7 3/27 Cary (C.-Grove) (forfeit) LF 10 3 4/4 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) W 7 3 4/4 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) W 10 0 4/14 Aurora (A. Christian) (forfeit) LF 11 4 4/15 Sterling (H.S.) (forfeit) LF 12 4 4/16 Princeton (forfeit) LF 13 3 4/18 Geneseo (Darnall) W 8 2 4/18 Geneseo (Darnall) L 5 11 4/21 Rochelle (forfeit) LF 7 1 4/23 Kewanee (H.S.) (forfeit) LF 11 0 4/24 Spring Valley (Hall) W 3 0 4/28 Sycamore W 8 6 4/30 Streator (Twp.) W 2 0 5/1 Mendota W 8 4 5/4 Granville (Putnam County) W 4 1 5/9 Peru (St. Bede) L 1 9 5/11 DeKalb W 11 8 5/12 Rock Falls W 10 1 5/13 Ottawa (Marquette) W 5 3 5/14 Dixon W 22 6 5/15 Mendota L 3 8 5/18 LaSalle (L.-Peru) W 11 4 5/19 Pontiac L 3 7 5/23 Naperville (Central) W 5 3 Rochelle Regional *5/30 Rochelle W 6 2 *6/2 Sycamore W 10 4 Galesburg Sectional *6/6 Moline W 8 3 *6/8 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 9 8
 Head Coach Randy Bretag
Year W-L 1991 15-11 1992 17-15 1993 20-12 1994 26-7 1995 32-3 1996 20-8 1997 16-14 1998 19-11 School Years No. W-L At Ottawa (Twp.) 1991-98 8 165-81 Total 8 165-81
For Ottawa (Twp.)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.


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