Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Lewistown (24-7)

 School Information
Name: Lewistown High School
City: Lewistown
City Population: 2,600
County: Fulton
Enrollment: 324
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Scarlet Red/Columbia Blue
Conference: Prairieland
Superintendent: Dan Whitsitt
Principal: Randall Dwyer
Athletic Director: Brad Kenser
Head Coach: Ned Graham
Assistant Coach: Mike Trone
Captains: Chad Swearingen, Justin Sims
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Virginia, 2-1 (8 inn.), in Regional Final

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 10  Mike Trone               Asst. Coach 
 15  Ned Graham               Head Coach  
  1  Gentre Graham            R  R  2B     5-9  140   16  So.
  7  Chad Swearingen          R  R  C      6-0  165   19  Sr.
  9  J.P. McLaughlin          R  R  OF     5-10 160   16  Jr.
 14  Jeff Shelby              R  R  C      6-0  185   16  So.
 16  Josh Hartle              R  R  2B     5-7  135   17  Jr.
 20  Derek Juliusson          R  R  SS     6-2  160   16  So.
 22  Jason Timmons            R  R  OF     6-0  175   17  Jr.
 24  Ryan Hill                R  R  2B     5-10 135   18  Jr.
 25  Korey Del Mastro         L  L  OF/P   6-0  160   17  Jr.
 28  Ryan Smick               R  R  2B     5-7  125   14  Fr.
 29  J.T. Bucy                R  R  1B/P   6-2  165   16  So.
 30  Leo Finn                 R  R  SS/OF  5-7  140   15  Fr.
 33  Brian Postin             R  R  OF     6-2  170   17  Jr.
 35  Troy Shelby              L  L  P/OF   6-1  180   16  Jr.
 39  Clint Bull               R  R  OF     5-11 155   15  So.
 42  Justin Sims              R  R  3B/P   5-8  160   18  Sr.
 44  Mark Pickrel             R  R  OF     5-10 155   16  So.
 99  Brock Till               R  R  3B/P   5-10 185   17  Jr.
     Opponents Totals                                        
     Team Totals                                             
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR J.T. Bucy 29 89 39 31 27 .348 7 0 3 Clint Bull 8 6 0 3 2 .500 1 0 0 Korey Del Mastro 30 66 26 19 19 .288 5 0 0 Leo Finn 8 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Gentre Graham 25 1 1 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 Josh Hartle 16 15 5 6 5 .400 0 1 0 Ryan Hill 30 77 24 22 10 .286 0 0 0 Derek Juliusson 31 52 14 18 15 .346 0 0 0 J.P. McLaughlin 26 36 6 8 7 .222 2 0 0 Mark Pickrel 18 4 3 3 1 .750 0 0 0 Brian Postin 31 95 21 32 19 .337 3 0 2 Jeff Shelby 30 67 18 18 16 .269 5 0 2 Troy Shelby 31 99 34 47 49 .475 13 2 8 Justin Sims 18 13 2 2 1 .154 1 0 0 Ryan Smick 8 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Chad Swearingen 31 86 20 33 11 .384 8 0 1 Brock Till 31 101 51 50 38 .495 13 2 8 Jason Timmons 31 97 33 30 14 .309 5 0 1 Team Totals 31 906 297 323 234 .357 64 5 25 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA J.T. Bucy 8-2 12 57.0 48 14 24 53 1.72 Korey Del Mastro 3-3 9 37.0 41 28 33 37 5.30 J.P. McLaughlin 0-0 1 1.0 5 4 0 1 28.00 Troy Shelby 11-1 16 74.0 60 21 17 74 1.99 Justin Sims 2-0 7 21.0 20 7 5 23 2.33 Brock Till 0-1 6 9.0 5 6 8 17 4.67 Team Totals 24-7 51 200.0 179 80 87 205 2.80
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/28 Monmouth (H.S.) L 7 9 3/28 Monmouth (H.S.) W 7 1 4/4 Wheaton (St. Francis) W 4 2 4/11 Peoria Heights W 13 3 4/11 Peoria Heights W 12 2 4/14 Rushville L 6 12 4/17 Princeville W 20 4 4/18 Cuba W 14 4 4/18 Cuba W 10 0 4/20 Farmington W 12 2 4/21 Canton L 1 9 4/22 Sciota (Northwestern) (Coop) W 8 7 4/25 Pittsfield W 10 0 4/25 Beardstown L 3 10 4/27 Macomb L 1 3 5/2 Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) W 11 0 5/2 Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) W 9 1 5/4 Glasford (Illini Bluffs) W 4 1 5/9 Havana L 2 6 5/9 Havana W 9 1 5/11 Dunlap L 5 8 5/13 Table Grove (VIT) (Coop) W 6 0 5/13 Table Grove (VIT) (Coop) W 8 0 5/14 Delavan W 17 0 5/16 Abingdon W 13 0 5/16 Abingdon W 16 5 Lewistown Regional *5/21 Abingdon W 11 9 *5/25 Avon (Coop) W 7 0 *5/27 Macomb W 10 3 Beardstown Sectional *5/29 Pittsfield W 6 2 *6/1 Manito (Midwest Central) W 7 3
 Head Coach Ned Graham
Year W-L 1978-85- 1987 16-12 1988 18-11 1989 25-2 1990 26-3 (3) 1991 27-6 1992 22-9 1993 30-3 (1) 1994 32-5 (2) 1995 29-3 1996 22-8-1 1997 23-12 1998 24-7 School Years No. W-L At Cuba 1978-85 8 - At Lewistown 1987-98 12 294-81-1 Total 20 -
For Lewistown's previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.