Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Edwardsville (H.S.) (37-0)

 School Information
Name: Edwardsville High School
City: Edwardsville
City Population: 28,000
County: Madison
Enrollment: 1965
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Conference: Southwestern
Superintendent: Ed Hightower
Principal: Ed Harris
Athletic Director: Tim Dougherty
Head Coach: Tom Pile
Assistant Coaches: Mike Waldo, Darrell Butler, Ben Shashack
Captains: Chad Opel, Matt Evers
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Belleville (West), 2-1, in Sectional Final

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 14  Ben Shashack             Asst. Coach 
 23  Tom Pile                 Head Coach  
 26  Mike Waldo               Asst. Coach 
 41  Darrell Butler           Asst. Coach 
  1  Chad Opel                R  R  IF     5-9  165   18  Sr.
  2  Tim Hansel               R  R  IF     5-10 140   16  Jr.
  3  Ben Hutton               R  R  P      6-0  175   18  Sr.
  4  Andrew Honneger          R  R  IF     5-8  135   17  Jr.
  6  Matt Bogle               R  R  IF     5-10 175   16  Jr.
  7  Ryan Peterson            R  R  OF     6-4  175   16  Jr.
  9  Justin Hampson           L  L  P      6-1  180   18  Sr.
 10  Brad Grotefendt          R  R  P      6-0  180   17  Sr.
 11  Dave Crouthers           R  R  OF     6-2  180   18  Sr.
 12  Mike Harris              R  R  P      5-6  150   18  Sr.
 15  Joe Fisher               R  R  C      5-10 190   18  Sr.
 17  Bill Flowers             R  R  IF     6-0  160   16  Jr.
 18  Kory Kuba                R  R  OF     6-0  170   17  Sr.
 20  James Hutton             R  R  C/P    6-0  180   18  Sr.
 21  Matt Turner              R  R  1B/DH  6-3  165   17  Jr.
 22  Matt Evers               R  R  1B     6-1  205   18  Sr.
 24  Nick Seibert             R  R  OF/P   5-10 165   17  Jr.
 28  Robert Hohn              R  L  OF     6-0  150   18  Sr.
 30  Geoff Richey             R  R  OF     5-11 175   18  Sr.
 31  Chris Johnson            L  R  P      5-10 155  166  Jr.
 33  Ben Hosto                R  R  P      6-0  160   17  Jr.
 44  Travis Riggs             R  R  C      6-0  180   15  So.
     Team Totals                                             
     Opponents Totals                                        
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Matt Bogle 37 89 31 28 15 .315 8 0 2 Dave Crouthers 37 127 39 62 23 .488 12 0 1 Matt Evers 37 110 33 46 36 .418 13 0 5 Joe Fisher 20 16 1 4 1 .250 0 0 1 Tim Hansel 31 32 5 7 9 .219 3 0 0 Andrew Honneger 36 54 14 17 10 .315 3 0 0 James Hutton 37 101 16 38 25 .376 11 0 0 Kory Kuba 37 86 29 24 20 .279 3 1 4 Chad Opel 37 116 43 51 38 .440 11 5 5 Geoff Richey 15 9 3 3 0 .333 0 0 0 Nick Seibert 37 104 36 43 39 .413 10 0 7 Matt Turner 37 93 27 29 23 .312 3 0 2 Opponents Totals 37 840 55 165 43 .196 27 1 6 Team Totals 37 969 299 352 249 .363 74 6 27 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA Brad Grotefendt 5-0 9 28.0 19 4 5 20 1.00 Justin Hampson 6-0 12 52.2 29 9 21 60 1.20 Ben Hutton 16-0 16 80.1 53 13 7 78 1.13 Chris Johnson 1-0 2 5.0 5 2 1 4 2.80 Nick Seibert 2-0 8 21.0 15 2 9 16 0.67 Team Totals 37-0 37 239.0 165 38 55 222 1.11
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/26 St. Louis (Francis Howell), MO W 12 2 4/1 Freeburg W 13 0 4/6 Carbondale W 9 0 4/7 Granite City (H.S.) W 7 3 4/9 Collinsville W 10 0 4/10 Roxana W 14 0 4/11 Belleville (Althoff) W 6 2 4/11 Belleville (Althoff) W 11 0 4/14 East St. Louis (Sr.) W 10 2 4/16 Alton (Sr.) W 10 0 4/17 St. Louis (DeSmet), MO W 4 1 4/18 St. Louis (McCluer No.), MO W 6 4 4/21 Belleville (West) W 5 1 4/23 Belleville (East) W 6 3 4/29 Nashville W 4 0 4/30 East St. Louis (Lincoln) W 13 0 4/30 Trenton (Wesclin) W 9 0 5/2 St. Jacob (Triad) W 3 2 5/4 O'Fallon W 10 0 5/5 Granite City (H.S.) W 3 2 5/7 Collinsville W 2 1 5/8 St. Louis (Hazelwood), MO W 10 4 5/11 East St. Louis (Sr.) W 11 1 5/12 Alton (Sr.) W 7 1 5/13 Waterloo (H.S.) W 14 0 5/14 Belleville (West) (8 inn.) W 2 1 5/16 Springfield (H.S.) W 10 0 5/16 Springfield (H.S.) W 7 4 5/18 Alton (Marquette) W 10 0 5/19 Belleville (East) W 14 10 5/20 Highland (H.S.) W 4 0 5/26 Chatham (Glenwood) W 5 4 5/27 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 4 2 Alton (Sr.) Regional *5/30 Granite City (H.S.) W 7 1 *6/1 St. Jacob (Triad) W 4 0 Edwardsville (H.S.) Sectional *6/6 Belleville (East) W 13 3 *6/8 Collinsville W 9 1
 Head Coach Tom Pile
Year W-L 1981 24-12 1982 23-24 (3rd) 1983 29-12 1984 20-11 1985 20-14 1986 24-12 1987 29-6 1988 31-9 (3rd) 1989 31-6 1990 32-3 (1st) 1991 39-1 (2nd) 1992 25-10 1993 26-8 1994 25-8 1995 27-4 1996 31-4 1997 35-4 1998 37-0 School Years No. W-L At Washburn (Lowpoint-W.) 1971-73 3 60-10 At Edwardsville (H.S.) 1981-98 18 506-149 Total 21 566-159
For Edwardsville (H.S.)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.