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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1998-99 

 Pleasant Plains (25-6)

 School Information
Name: Pleasant Plains High School
City: Pleasant Plains
City Population: 750
County: Sangamon
Enrollment: 362
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/Blue
Conference: Sangamo
Superintendent: Dr. John Hunt
Principal: Mary Wood
Athletic Director: Gary Fraase
Head Coach: Dave Greer
Assistant Coach: Dan Watson
Captains: Ryan Murphy, Dusty Bensko, Matt Clark
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Rochester 9-1 in Regional Final

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 11  Dan Watson               Asst. Coach 
 17  Dave Greer               Head Coach  
  1  Bo Gum                   R  R  OF/P   5-10 170   16  So.
  2  Aaron Sczurko            R  R  2B     6-0  155   17  Jr.
  3  Marcus McGlasson         R  R  OF     5-11 155   16  So.
  4  Jeremy Pinkerton         R  R  1B/P   5-10 150   17  Jr.
  5  Tyler Kastner            R  R  OF/SS/P5-10 165   16  So.
  6  Josh Tippen              R  R  OF/3B  5-10 150   17  Jr.
  7  Ryan Murphy              R  R  3B/P   6-1  175   17  Sr.
  8  Gibbs Glisson            R  R  OF/2B  5-8  150   16  So.
  9  Ryan Nelson              R  R  OF     6-3  185   16  Jr.
 10  Jess Durako              R  R  C/P    6-3  175   16  So.
 12  Matt Clark               R  R  OF/P   6-2  185   16  Jr.
 13  Heath Hendren            R  R  1B/DH  6-0  150   16  So.
 14  Jordan Roth              R  R  1B/P   6-4  150   15  Fr.
 15  Josh Myren               R  R  DH/1B  6-3  210   17  Jr.
 16  Dusty Bensko             R  R  SS/P   6-4  205   16  So.
 21  Joe Albsmeyer            R  R  OF     5-10 160   15  Fr.
 22  Ryan Needham             R  R  C      5-11 160   14  Fr.
 23  Ryan Sunley              R  R  OF/P   6-0  160   14  Fr.
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Joe Albsmeyer 29 74 23 30 16 .405 4 0 1 Dusty Bensko 31 102 42 53 49 .520 15 1 8 Matt Clark 30 78 14 19 16 .244 3 0 1 Jess Durako 24 53 8 17 9 .321 1 0 0 Gibbs Glisson 17 11 8 2 2 .182 0 0 0 Bo Gum 23 73 21 32 11 .438 7 0 0 Heath Hendren 27 63 11 14 7 .222 1 0 0 Tyler Kastner 31 93 31 39 14 .419 8 1 0 Marcus McGlasson 10 3 1 1 1 .333 0 0 0 Ryan Murphy 31 100 34 45 36 .450 18 1 3 Josh Myren 19 20 2 3 2 .150 0 0 1 Ryan Needham 14 5 1 1 1 .200 1 0 0 Ryan Nelson 23 32 5 7 2 .219 1 0 0 Jeremy Pinkerton 20 7 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Jordan Roth 16 15 5 4 4 .267 1 1 0 Aaron Sczurko 31 69 15 14 11 .203 3 0 1 Ryan Sunley 15 14 12 3 0 .214 0 0 0 Josh Tippen 21 17 10 3 5 .176 0 0 0 TEAM TOTALS 31 829 243 287 187 .346 59 4 15 OPPONENT TOTALS 31 630 85 113 94 .179 21 4 9 PITCHING Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA Dusty Bensko 14 8-3 64.1 33 17 39 107 1.85 Matt Clark 14 10-1 68.0 37 16 29 98 1.65 Bo Gum 6 4-0 22.1 16 5 7 21 1.57 Tyler Kastner 5 1-1 21.0 13 10 18 10 3.33 Ryan Murphy 5 1-1 7.2 6 3 1 7 2.74 Jeremy Pinkerton 3 0-0 3.0 4 1 1 2 2.33 Jordan Roth 3 1-0 3.0 4 3 1 4 7.00 TEAM TOTALS 31 25-6 189.1 113 55 96 249 2.03 OPPONENT TOTALS 31 171.0 285 198 105 147 8.11
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/26 Virden (5 inn.) W 11 1 3/30 Bluffs W 7 1 4/1 Springfield (Southeast) (5 inn.) W 22 0 4/2 Auburn (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/5 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 7 3 4/6 Lewistown L 3 4 4/8 Jacksonville (Routt) W 21 6 4/9 Rock Island (Alleman) W 7 2 4/10 Strasburg (Stewardson-S.) L 2 3 4/13 Athens (5 inn.) W 12 1 4/14 Beardstown W 7 6 4/20 New Berlin W 8 0 4/22 Rochester W 7 3 Pleasant Plains Plains Classic *4/23 Dupo L 5 6 *4/24 Dunlap W 3 2 *4/24 Paxton (P.-Buckley-Loda) L 7 8 4/26 Buffalo (Tri-City) (6 inn.) W 11 1 4/29 Mt. Pulaski W 7 4 5/1 Springfield (Lutheran) W 6 1 5/3 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) L 3 4 5/4 Manito (Midwest Central) L 2 7 5/5 Williamsville W 7 3 5/6 Mason City (Illini Central) W 5 3 5/10 Springfield (H.S.) W 6 0 5/11 Riverton W 9 0 5/13 Petersburg (PORTA) W 1 0 Springfield (Ursuline) Regional *5/20 Springfield (Calvary) (6 inn.) W 10 0 *5/22 Riverton W 5 4 *5/24 Williamsville W 12 4 Rochester Sectional *5/29 Carlinville W 9 1 *5/31 Morrisonville W 11 7
 Head Coach Dave Greer
Year W-L Pleasant Plains 1990 5-12 1991 7-15 1992 8-12 1993 12-13 1994 22-3 1995 30-2 (3rd) 1996 25-5 1997 20-11 1998 21-4 1999 25-6 10 yrs. 175-83
 Tournament History
1995A 19 21 2-1 (30-2) 3rd Dave Greer W 6 4 DuQuoin L 6 11 Byron W 7 6 Harrisburg (9 inn.)


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