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Highland Boys Baseball — 2008-09 

 Highland (34-4)

 School Information
Name: Highland High School
City: Highland
City Population: Highland 8,000; Alhambra 650; Grant Fork 400; Pierron 350; New Douglas 400
County: Madison
Enrollment: 1076
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red & Black
Conference: Mississippi Valley
Superintendent: Marvin Warner
Principal: Josh Ebener
Athletic Director: Steve Lanxon
Head Coach: Joel Hawkins
Assistant Coaches: Sam Weber, Jason Wiegand, Caleb Houchins

Trainer: Jamie Wagner
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Edwardsville (H.S.), 2-1, in Class AA Sectional Semifinal

 Roster 

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  1  Gary Kharibian                 OF     5-9  165   18  Sr.
  3  Travis Becherer                OF-1B  6-2  175   17  Jr.
  4  Brandon Koisher                P-SS-3B5-11 175   17  Jr.
  5  Randy Knebel                   P-OF   6-1  175   17  Jr.
  7  Chris Sudhoff                  P-3B   6-2  170   17  Jr.
  8  Luke Potthast                  P-OF   6-0  165   18  Sr.
  9  Ben Fieker                     C      5-10 170   16  So.
 10  Sean Gagen                     2B     6-0  165   17  Jr.
 11  Gabe Fuehne                    3B     6-1  185   17  Jr.
 12  Corey Gall                     P-SS-3B5-10 150   16  So.
 15  Wes DeGroot                    OF     6-2  175   18  Sr.
 16  Josh Ammann                    OF     5-11 155   17  Jr.
 22  Andrew Kimmle                  P-SS   5-11 160   17  Jr.
 23  Jake Odorizzi                  P-SS   6-2  175   18  Sr.
 24  Justin Huelsmann               C      6-0  175   16  So.
 25  Dan Gifford                    P-1B-3B6-3  200   18  Sr.
 28  Brent Kuper                    C      6-4  180   17  Jr.
     L. Haberer

 Statistics 

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Josh Ammann             32    29    10     5     5  .172     0     1     1
Travis Becherer         38  1224    43    53    35  .043    14     3     2
Wes DeGroot             38   103    33    42    35  .408    11     1     6
Ben Fieker               6     5     0     3     2  .600     0     0     0
Gabe Fuehne             13    12     3     5     5  .417     0     0     1
Sean Gagen              33    85    24    21    12  .247     3     2     1
Corey Gall              38    86    22    25    28  .291     4     0     0
Dan Gifford             38    99    34    35    45  .354    10     0     8
L. Haberer               5     7     3     3     1  .429     0     0     2
Gary Kharibian          38    92    33    38    27  .413     7     2     1
Andrew Kimmle           19     6     4     1     3  .167     1     0     0
Randy Knebel            16    13     4     3     4  .231     1     0     1
Brandon Koisher         34    88    37    20    22  .227     3     1     4
Brent Kuper             38    98    35    33    36  .337    12     0     2
Jake Odorizzi           37   109    63    47    41  .431    10     2    15
Luke Potthast           13     2     2     1     0  .500     0     0     0
Chris Sudhoff            8     2     2     0     0  .000     0     0     0
TEAM TOTALS             38   960   352   335   302  .349    77    12    42
OPPONENT TOTALS         38   886    99   200    87  .226    49     4    10

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Corey Gall               5   4-3    34.0    39    18    12    24  3.71
Dan Gifford             10   9-0    60.0    55    18    12    42  2.10
Andrew Kimmle            2   2-0    16.2    16    12     7    12  5.04
Randy Knebel             0   1-0     4.1    10     7     2     0 11.31
Brandon Koisher          0   0-0     1.0     2     0     0     0  0.00
Jake Odorizzi           14  13-0    82.0    27     1     5   133  0.09
Luke Potthast            6   5-1    32.1    43    20    17     9  4.33
Chris Sudhoff            1   0-0     8.2     9     8     8     6  6.46
TEAM TOTALS             38  34-4   239.0   201    84    63   226  2.46
OPPONENT TOTALS         38  4-34   223.0   335   227   150   168  7.13




 Scores
 


Date   Opponent                     W/L Own Opp
3/24   Breese (Central)               W  10   0
3/29   Edwardsville (H.S.)            W   4   0
3/29   Carlyle                        W   9   2
4/2    Trenton (Wesclin)              W   8   2
4/5    Cahokia (H.S.)                 W  12   0
4/5    Cahokia (H.S.)                 W  17   1
4/7    Mascoutah                      W  13   0
4/8    Troy (Triad)                   W  11   5
4/9    Roxana                         W   9   7
4/11   O'Fallon                       L   1  13
4/14   Waterloo (H.S.)                W  11   0
4/16   Belleville (Althoff)           W   9   6
4/17   Greenville                     W   9   1
4/21   Bethalto (Civic Memorial)      W   5   0
4/23   Belleville (East)              W   8   2
4/25   Jerseyville (Jersey)           W  10   0
4/26   Collinsville                   W  13   8
4/26   Collinsville                   W  13   0
4/28   Mascoutah                      W  13   2
4/30   Troy (Triad)                   W   7   0
5/2    Chatham (Glenwood)             L   2   3
5/3    Joliet (Twp.)                  W  16   6
5/3    Edwardsville (H.S.)            W   6   4
5/5    Waterloo (H.S.)                W   9   0
5/6    Alton (Sr.)                    W  12   8
5/10   Salem                          W  11   0
5/10   Jacksonville (H.S.)            W   1   0
5/12   Bethalto (Civic Memorial)      L   0   5
5/16   Jerseyville (Jersey)           W  10   0
5/17   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)              W  23   0
5/17   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)              W  22   0
5/19   Belleville (West)              L   4  12
5/19   Granite City                   W   6   5
Triad Regional
*5/21  Breese (Mater Dei)             W  15   5
*5/24  Bethalto (Civic Memorial)      W   4   0
Centralia Sectional
*5/28  Marion (H.S.)                  W   5   1
*5/31  Charleston                     W   4   1
Urbana (University of Illinois)
*6/2   Mt. Zion                       W  10   0

 Head Coach Joel Hawkins 

Year      W-L       
Highland
1992      22-10     
1993      22-10     
1994      14-15     
1995      16-14     
1996      18-15     
1997      25-11     
1998      13-15     
1999      21-11     
2000      25-10     
2001      28-9      
2002      27-6      
2003      21-14     
2004      19-11     
2005      17-18     
2006      21-14     
2007      30-6      
2008      34-4      
17 yrs.   373-193

 Tournament History 

1958        5   16  0-1 (15-4)     DNP  Ed Hilbert
      L    5   16  Skokie (Niles)