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Coal City Boys Baseball — 2007-08 

 Coal City (22-11)

 School Information
Name: Coal City High School
City: Coal City
City Population: Coal City 4,797; Diamond 1,393; Carbon Hill 392
County: Grundy
Enrollment: 666
Nickname: Coalers
Colors: Dark Green/White/Gold
Conference: Interstate Eight
Superintendent: Dr. Kent Bugg
Principal: Ken Miller
Athletic Director: Dan Hutchings
Head Coach: Jerry McDowell
Assistant Coaches: Greg Wills, Matt Hines, Nate Wills, CJ Dzuiban

Captains: JT Blaine, Jesse Gregurich
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Braidwood (Reed-Custer), 1-0, in Class A Sectional Final

 Roster 

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  2  Bryan Bertani            R  R  OF-IF  5-8  145   18  Sr.
  3  Alec Smith               R  R  IF     5-8  150   16  So.
  4  Anthony Hakey            R  R  OF     5-7  170   16  So.
  5  Ryan VanDuyne            R  R  OF     6-1  210   18  Sr.
  6  JT Blaine                R  R  P-SS   5-11 165   18  Sr.
  7  Kevin Gabehart           L  R  2B-SS  5-8  160   17  Jr.
  8  Ryan Verdun              R  R  C      6-2  200   18  Sr.
  9  Kyle Dearth              R  R  C      5-9  200   17  Jr.
 10  Ryan Collier             R  R  OF     5-9  165   16  So.
 11  Jesse Gregurich          S  R  3B     5-10 170   18  Sr.
 13  Tom Taylor               R  R  OF     6-1  180   16  So.
 14  Taylor Olson             L  L  OF-1B  6-1  190   17  Jr.
 15  Joel Lardi               R  R  1B-P   6-3  205   18  Sr.
 17  Tyler Hanley             R  R  3B     5-7  140   17  Jr.
 18  Colt Smith               R  R  OF-P   6-0  180   16  So.
 20  Nick Trotter             R  R  OF     6-1  240   18  Sr.

 Statistics 

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Bryan Bertani           33    90    21    25    16  .278     3     2     1
JT Blaine               33   112    43    53    38  .473    18     1     8
Ryan Collier            13    18     3     4     2  .222     0     0     0
Kyle Dearth             30    18     9    21    11 1.167     3     0     1
Kevin Gabehart          33   124    30    39    19  .315     3     3     1
Jesse Gregurich         19    63    24    25    21  .397     8     1     6
Anthony Hakey           33    60    16    17    11  .283     3     0     0
Tyler Hanley            24    21     2     3     0  .143     0     0     0
Joel Lardi              27    83    20    33    28  .398     8     0     5
Taylor Olson            31    87    14    28    19  .322     6     0     2
Alec Smith              20     7     0     1     0  .143     0     0     0
Colt Smith              32    67    18    24    12  .358     6     1     2
Tom Taylor               5     1     0     0     0  .000     0     0     0
Nick Trotter            26    43     6     8     3  .186     3     0     1
Ryan VanDuyne           24    21     6     6     1  .286     0     0     0
Ryan Verdun             33    95    25    38    25  .400     7     1     3
TEAM TOTALS             33   970   237   325   206  .335    68     9    30
OPPONENT TOTALS         33   925   162   217   106  .235    42     5    10

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Bryan Bertani            8   1-0    20.0    22    15     9    14  5.25
JT Blaine               15   9-4    76.0    64    18    21   103  1.66
Kevin Gabehart           3   0-0     6.0    11     5     3     6  5.83
Jesse Gregurich          3   1-1    16.0    28    15     6    17  6.56
Joel Lardi              10   3-2    35.0    28    15    26    40  3.00
Taylor Olson             4   1-1    15.0    17    11    10    12  5.13
Colt Smith              13   7-3    59.0    47    27    31    74  3.20
TEAM TOTALS             33 22-11   227.0   325   106   112   179  3.27
OPPONENT TOTALS         33 11-22   227.0   217   206   106   266  6.35




 Scores
 


Date   Opponent                     W/L Own Opp
3/20   Beecher (5 inn.)               W  11   0
3/24   Streator (Twp.)                W   7   2
3/25   Pontiac                        W   5   0
3/26   Yorkville                      L   2   3
4/4    Wilmington                     W   4   0
4/5    Sciota (West Prairie)          W   9   2
4/5    Rochester (6 inn.)             L   2  15
4/7    Sandwich                       W  10   6
4/7    Sandwich                       L   0   1
4/14   Seneca (5 inn.)                L   3  13
4/15   Seneca                         L   5   7
4/16   Lansing (Illiana Christian)    L   9  13
4/18   Herscher                       W   5   1
4/21   Plano (5 inn.)                 W  11   1
4/22   Plano                          L   2   3
4/24   Dwight                         W   5   3
4/25   Manteno                        L   9  11
4/26   Wilmington (8 inn.)            L   7   8
4/26   Minonk (Fieldcrest)            L  15  17
4/28   Westmont                       W   8   4
4/30   Fairbury (Prairie Central)     W   6   2
4/30   New Lenox (Providence Catholic)   W  12  10
5/5    Lisle (Sr.)                    W  10   6
5/6    Lisle (Sr.)                    W  20   4
5/7    Gardner (G.-South Wilmington)   L   0   2
5/9    Braidwood (Reed-Custer)        W   4   0
5/10   Morris                         W   6   3
5/13   Westmont                       W  10   5
Ottawa (Marquette) Regional
*5/16  Ottawa (Marquette)             W   9   3
*5/17  Seneca                         W  10   8
Braidwood (Reed-Custer) Sectional
*5/21  Watseka                        W   9   3
*5/24  Wilmington                     W  10   5
Lisle (Benedictine University) Super-Sectional
*5/26  Addison (Driscoll)             W   8   4

 Head Coach Jerry McDowell 

Year      W-L       
Gardner (G.-South Wilmington)
1988      16-7      
Coal City
1996      17-5      
1997      21-8      
1998      21-6      
1999      22-11     
2000      25-9-1    
2001      34-3      
2002      28-6      
2003      29-5-1    
2004      25-13     
2005      33-5      
2006      25-13     
2007      31-6      
2008      22-11     
13 yrs.   333-101-2 
GRAND TOTAL
14 yrs.   349-108-2

 Tournament History 

2002-A      2    6  0-1 (28-6)     DNP  Jerry McDowell
      L    2    6  Anna (A.-Jonesboro)