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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1998-99 

 Stanford (Olympia) (34-6)

 School Information
Name: Olympia High School
City: Stanford
City Population: 12,000; Hopedale; Minier; Stanford; Armington; Waynesville; Atlanta; Danvers; McLean
County: McLean
Enrollment: 721
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Columbia Blue/Navy/White
Conference: Corn Belt
Superintendent: Dr. Frances Karanovich
Principal: James Dunnau
Athletic Director: Tom Gillhouse
Head Coach: Ron Smith
Assistant Coaches: Mark Finchum, Brian Finchum, Dan Logsdon, Mike Hayes, Scott Thornton
Captains: Howie Frank, Andy Brandt
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Morton, 16-4, in Class AA Regional Quarterfinal

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
     Mark Finchum             Asst. Coach 
     Brian Finchum            Asst. Coach 
     Mike Hayes               Asst. Coach 
     Dan Logsdon              Asst. Coach 
     Scott Thornton           Asst. Coach 
 23  Ron Smith                Head Coach  
  5  Troy Ackerson            R  R  OF     5-8  160   17  Jr.
 10  Brian Ahlers             R  L  P/1B   6-2  170   17  Jr.
 11  Andy Brandt              R  R  P/IF   6-1  165   17  Jr.
 14  Brandon Gale             R  R  P/OF   6-2  180   17  So.
 16  Ben Lee                  R  R  P/IF   5-10 145   16  So.
 18  Alex Hawkins             R  R  P      6-1  190   17  Jr.
 19  Kyle Wurmnest            R  R  P/OF   6-1  150   18  Jr.
 20  Erik Rich                R  R  DH     6-0  190   18  Sr.
 21  Howie Frank              R  R  P/1B   6-3  185   18  Sr.
 24  Doug Yoder               L  L  OF     6-0  170   18  Sr.
 25  Sam Denny                R  R  C      6-0  190   18  Sr.
 26  Shadd Gordon             R  R  OF     6-1  180   18  Jr.
 27  Craig Johnson            R  L  OF     6-1  150   17  Jr.
 29  Brandon O'Connor         R  R  OF     5-10 165   17  Jr.
 30  Chris Frank              R  R  P/OF   5-8  150   15  Fr.
 31  Steve Raleigh            L  R  IF     5-7  165   15  Fr.
 32  Reid Nannen              R  R  C      6-1  170   17  Jr.
 34  Calvin Weaver            R  R  IF/OF  6-0  160   18  Sr.
 37  Adam Chase               R  R  P/OF   6-1  190   17  Jr.
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Troy Ackerson 3 2 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 Brian Ahlers 32 86 29 32 34 .372 6 0 2 Andy Brandt 29 92 35 38 27 .413 8 1 2 Adam Chase 28 83 32 33 17 .398 5 0 4 Sam Denny 14 3 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Chris Frank 8 21 5 9 9 .429 6 0 0 Howie Frank 22 48 11 13 7 .271 3 0 1 Brandon Gale 26 54 14 13 9 .241 1 0 2 Shadd Gordon 18 36 8 11 9 .306 3 1 1 Alex Hawkins 5 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Craig Johnson 7 6 1 3 6 .500 0 0 0 Ben Lee 39 136 49 57 24 .419 11 1 0 Reid Nannen 32 28 11 11 7 .393 3 0 0 Brandon O'Connor 2 2 1 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 Steve Raleigh 39 131 45 52 24 .397 7 2 0 Erik Rich 39 115 35 41 36 .357 6 1 5 Calvin Weaver 39 122 40 48 48 .393 12 3 4 Kyle Wurmnest 25 41 7 11 8 .268 1 0 0 Doug Yoder 22 61 18 26 18 .426 6 1 0 TEAM TOTALS 40 1091 347 407 287 .373 79 10 21 OPPONENT TOTALS 40 1033 180 208 123 .201 43 7 24 PITCHING Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA Brian Ahlers 11 7-2 63.2 72 30 22 35 3.30 Andy Brandt 7 2-0 18.1 17 11 11 24 4.20 Adam Chase 8 5-0 26.2 26 10 6 27 2.63 Chris Frank 2 2-0 9.0 13 4 0 8 3.11 Howie Frank 13 9-2 71.0 61 27 41 60 2.66 Brandon Gale 6 3-1 28.2 31 16 13 26 3.91 Alex Hawkins 4 2-1 10.2 15 11 4 10 7.22 Ben Lee 2 1-0 6.0 15 11 2 5 12.83 Calvin Weaver 1 0-0 2.0 4 2 2 4 7.00 Kyle Wurmnest 9 3-0 17.2 18 6 8 11 2.38 TEAM TOTALS 40 34-6 257.0 281 180 111 215 4.90
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/23 Macomb W 8 7 3/25 LeRoy (6 inn.) W 14 4 3/27 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 12 3 3/27 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 7 1 3/29 Metamora W 14 11 3/30 Morton (5 inn.) L 11 18 4/1 Canton W 6 3 4/3 Manito (Midwest Central) W 12 7 4/7 Normal (Community West) L 2 4 4/8 Delavan (6 inn.) W 12 2 4/10 Champaign (Central) L 7 14 4/10 Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) W 7 1 4/13 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 5 4 4/18 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 7 0 4/20 Tremont (6 inn.) W 19 9 4/21 Normal (University) W 2 0 4/23 Bartonville (Limestone) W 2 0 4/24 Peoria (H.S.) W 11 4 4/24 Peoria (H.S.) (6 inn.) W 11 1 4/26 Pontiac W 8 4 4/28 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 10 5 4/29 Lexington W 4 0 4/30 Downs (Tri-Valley) W 9 7 4/30 Downs (Tri-Valley) W 11 3 5/2 Maroa (M.-Forsyth) W 7 6 5/3 Bloomington (Central Catholic) (6 inn.) W 20 8 5/5 Normal (University) L 3 4 5/7 Fairbury (Prairie Central) L 5 8 5/8 Clinton L 5 7 5/8 Eureka (5 inn.) W 16 6 5/10 Pontiac (6 inn.) W 14 4 5/12 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 7 3 5/14 Mason City (Illini Central) W 3 1 5/15 Lincoln W 5 2 5/18 Pekin W 9 8 Delavan Regional *5/20 Petersburg (PORTA) (6 inn.) W 12 2 *5/22 Virginia W 12 1 *5/24 Manito (Midwest Central) W 6 3 Beardstown Sectional *5/29 Farmington W 9 8 *5/31 Quincy (Notre Dame) (5 inn.) W 16 3
 Head Coach Ron Smith
Year W-L Stanford (Olympia) 1992 13-17 1993 14-15 1994 13-14 1995 14-14 1996 17-12 1997 22-12 1998 12-17 1999 33-6 8 yrs. 138-107
 Tournament History
1987A 2 6 0-1 (21-13) DNP Jerry Webb L 2 6 Cobden 1997A 2 3 0-1 (22-13) DNP Ron Smith L 2 3 Rock Island (Alleman)


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