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  Boys Baseball Class AA State Final Results 2002-03 

 Rockford (Boylan) 7, Crystal Lake (Central) 4

 Play-By-Play
Rockford (Boylan) 1st: Ben Dahlmeier strikes out 2-3 (1 out). Josh Bidzinski strikes out swinging (2 outs). Gabe DeMarco walks. Nate Love walks. Eric Bryant singles to left scoring DeMarco; runners advance on a wild throw to the plate (Ratliff). Matt Weber singles past a diving 2nd baseman to score Love and Bryant. Eric Rotello courtesy runs for Weber. Rotello advances on a wild pitch. Sean Thomas strikes out (3 outs). 3 – 2 – 1 – 1

Crystal Lake (Central) 1st: Pat Minogue walks. Adam Varassi chops a single over the 3rd baseman, Minogue. Rick Prioletti bounces into a 4-6-3 double play, Minogue to 3rd (2 outs). Ben Zander walks, Brian Meyer courtesey runs for Zander. Ted Ratliff bounces out 4-3 (3 outs). 0 – 1 – 0 – 1

Boylan 2nd: Bryan Bergeson walks. Bergeson advances to 3rd on a wild pickoff attempt (Steinsdoerfer) Bergeson scores ona wild pitch. Eric Gillam strikes out (1 out). Dahlmeier strikes out swinging (2 outs). Bidzinski singles to center. DeMarco walks, Bidzinski to 2nd. Love pops out to 1st (3 outs). 1 – 1 – 1 – 2

Crystal Lake 2nd: Chris Wietlispach strikes out looking (1 out). Quinn Ewert strikes out looking (2 outs). Bryan Rudden reaches on an error (DeMarco) Bobby Steinsdoerfer strikes out 2-3 (3 outs). 0 – 0 – 1 – 1

Boylan 3rd: Bryant strikes out looking (1 out). Weber walks and Rotello runs. Thomas strikes out looking (2 outs). Rotello advances on a wild pitch. Bergeson walks. Weber balks the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Gillam bounces out 5-3 (3 outs). 0 – 0 –0 – 2

Crystal Lake 3rd: Minogue strikes out 2-3 (1 out). Varassi singles to center. Prioletti singles to center, Varassi to 2nd. Zander bounces out 4-3, runners advance to 2nd and 3rd (2 outs). Ratliff walks to load the bases. Weitlispach singles to center scoring two and when the centerfielder overruns the ball (E – Bryant), Ratliff scores and Weitlispach advances to 2nd. Ewert strikes out swinging (3 outs). 3 – 3 – 1 – 1

Boylan 4th: Dahlmeier rolls out 5-3 (1 out). Bidzinski pops out to 1st (2 outs). DeMarco flies out to center (3 outs). 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Crystal Lake 4th: Rudden walks. Rudden steal 2nd. Steinsdoerfer softly lines out to 2nd (1 out). Minogue lines out to center (2 outs). Rudden advances to 3rd on a wild pitch. Varassi singles home Rudden to tie the game. Prioletti reaches on an infield single, Varassi to 2nd. Zander strikes out looking (3 outs). 1 – 2 – 0 – 2

Boylan 5th: Love walks. Bryant flies out to left (1 out). Weber strikes out swinging (2 outs). Thomas walks, Love to 2nd. Bergeson bounces out 6-3 (3 outs). 0 – 0 – 0 – 2

Boylan 6th: {Crystal Lake defensive changes: Ewert moves to 3rd, Ratliff moves to pitch, Steinsdoerfer moves to 2nd, Brian Meyer enters to play left} Gillam flies out to center (1 out). Dahlmeier bounces out 1-3 (2 outs). Bidzinski singles to left. Bidzinski advances on a balk (Ratliff) DeMarco triples down the 1st base line driving in Bidzinski, DeMarco scores when the relay throw (Steisdoerfer) is wild. Love strikes out swinging (3 outs). 2 – 1 – 1 – 0

Crystal Lake 6th: Rudden strikes out looking (1 out). Steinsdoerfer strikes out swinging (2 outs). Minogue rolls out 6-3 (3 outs). 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

Boylan 7th: Bryant strikes out swinging (1 out). Weber walks (Rotello runs). Gillam walks, Weber to 2nd. Michael Cortese pinch runs for Gillam. Dahlmeier strikes out swinging (3 outs). 1 – 0 – 2 – 1

Crystal Lake 7th: Varassi singles to center. Prioletti strikes out looking (1 out). Zander strikes out swinging (2 outs). Ratliff singles to right, Varassi to 2nd. Weitlispach walks to load the bases; Sean Evans pinch runs at 1st. Ewert flies out to left (3 outs). 0 – 2 – 0 - 3

Game ends:6:39 p.m.
Time of the game: 2:11


 Box Score


2003 IHSA Class AA Boys Baseball Tournament
Game #3 Box Score

Rockford (Boylan)          AB   R   H RBI  BB  SO
Dahlmeier, dh               5   0   0   0   0   3
   DePorter, rf             0   0   0   0   0   0
Bidzinski, c                4   1   2   0   0   1
DeMarco, 2b                 2   2   1   1   2   0
Love, 3b                    2   1   0   0   2   1
Bryant, cf                  4   1   1   1   0   2
Weber, p                    2   0   1   2   2   1
   Rotello, cr              0   1   0   0   0   0
Thomas, lf                  2   0   0   1   1   2
Bergeson, ss                2   1   0   0   2   0
Gillam, 1b                  3   0   0   0   1   1
   Cortese, pr              0   0   0   0   0   0
                         
Totals                     26   7   5   5  10  11
                         
E –DeMarco, Bryant       
2B --                    
3B --DeMarco             
HR --                    
SB --                    
CS --                    
SF -- Thomas             
SH --                    
DP –DeMarco-Bergeson-Gillam
LOB --                   
PO-A –                   
                         
                         
Crystal Lake (Central)     AB   R   H RBI  BB  SO
Minogue, rf                 3   0   0   0   1   1
Varassi, ss                 4   1   4   1   0   0
Prioletti, dh               4   1   2   0   0   1
   Marolt, 2b               0   0   0   0   0   0
   Meyer, lf                0   0   0   0   0   0
Zander, c                   3   0   0   0   1   2
Ratliff, 3b,ss              3   1   1   0   1   1
Weitlispach, 1b             3   0   1   2   1   1
    Evans, pr               0   0   0   0   0   0
Ewert, lf, 3b               4   0   0   0   0   3
Rudden, rf                  2   1   0   0   1   1
Steinsdoerfer, p,2b         3   0   0   0   0   2
                         
Totals                     29   4   8   3   5  11
                         
E – Ratliff (2), Steinsdoerfer (2), Ewert 
2B --                    
3B --                    
HR --                    
SB --Rudden              
CS --                    
SF --                    
SH --                    
DP --                    
LOB --                   
PO-A --                  
                         
Pitching Summary         
Rockford (Boylan)             IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
Weber (W 14-1)                 7   8   4   3   5  11
                         
Crystal Lake (Central)        IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
Steinsdoerfer                  5   3   4   2   8   9
Ratliff (L 10-2)               2   2   3   1   2   2
                         
                         
WP -- Steinsdoerfer (2)  
PB --                    
HBP --                   
Balk --Ratliff           
                         
Score By Innings          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    Total
Rockford (Boylan)         3 1 0 0 0 2 1    7 – 5 - 2
Crystal Lake (Central)    0 0 3 1 0 0 0    4 – 8 - 5
                         
                         
Umpires: Charles Huston (Macomb), Bill Orris (Palatine), Sam Nicholos (Kankakee)
                         
Time – 2:11              
Attendance – 975 (est)   
                         



 Notes & Quotes
NOTES AND QUOTES

Winning coach, Paul Heitkamp of (Rockford) Boylan High School: ``We talked about scoring early and we did that. I was comfortable with that lead. They (Crystal Lake) fought back and then it was our turn to fight back. First we focused on pitching and second was defense behind the pitching."

(Matt Weber) ``There were lots of guys that calmed me down and I was able to gain my composure. I then thought more about each pitch and less about the previous ones. Today was a team victory. Our hitters came through and we only had two errors. Some people talk about me winning a game, but not today.”

(Sean Thomas on his spectacular catch) ``My heart stopped. It was right at me and those are hard to judge. They backed me up five or six steps too. I’m just glad I caught it.”

Losing coach, Jeff Aldridge of (Crystal Lake) Central High School: ``This was a frustrating game. I’m real proud of how we scratched and gouged and fought in this environment. I thought it showed a lot that we had everyone on their toes at the end of it. It shows a lot about character and the character of this team."

``We were feeling good (after the tie-up). I thought we hit the ball solid all day and to do it off a kid like that shows a lot about these guys.”

``I’m not going to blame anybody or anything. We walked a lot of guys. It is something that happened. It is not typical of us, but it happened today.”

(Brian Meyer) ``I think we all thought that we’d come back again because we’ve come back from deficits before, but it just didn’t happen for us today.”

``I thought we had good at-bats. I’m happy with the way things were. I think we battled through and through and I’m real proud of them for that.”




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