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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 2004-05 

 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) (31-6)

 School Information
Name: Oak Park and River Forest High School
City: Oak Park
City Population:
County: Cook
Enrollment: 3,023
Nickname: Huskies
Colors: Orange/Blue
Conference: West Suburban Silver
Superintendent: Dr. Susan Bridge
Principal: Donna Stevens
Athletic Director: Barry Huitema
Head Coach: Chris Ledbetter
Assistant Coaches: Wayne Wente, Matt Maloney
Trainer: Mike Barnish, Holly Odean
Captains: Ian Berger, Tim Dennehy, Joe Froelich, Matt McFolling
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Niles (Notre Dame), 4-3, in Super-Sectionall

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  1  Mike Cunningham          R  R  SS     5-7  140   17  Jr.
  2  Matt Kowalczyk           R  R  3B     5-8  160   17  Jr.
  5  Andrew Blanco            R  R  2B     5-7  150   18  Sr.
  6  David Studer             R  R  C      5-8  165   17  Jr.
  7  Luke Karcher             R  R  SS     5-11 150   18  Sr.
  8  Dave Thueson             R  R  2B     5-10 145   18  Sr.
 10  Bobby Fratto             R  R  3B     6-0  180   17  Jr.
 12  Ryan Spierowski          R  R  C      5-10 190   18  Sr.
 13  Simon Noel               R  R  OF     6-1  160   18  Sr.
 14  Ricky Foytik             R  R  P      5-11 180   17  Jr.
 16  Tim Dennehy              L  L  1B-P   6-1  200   18  Sr.
 17  Joe Froelich             R  L  P      6-2  175   18  Sr.
 18  Ty Legan                 R  R  2B     5-10 150   17  Jr.
 19  Matt McFolling           L  L  OF     5-10 185   18  Sr.
 22  Adam Halla               L  L  P      5-11 165   17  Jr.
 25  Andrew Hagins            L  R  OF     6-2  215   17  Jr.
 27  Jon Meacham              R  R  P      6-1  205   17  Jr.
 28  Ian Berger               R  R  1B-P   6-0  200   18  Sr.
 29  Eric Lisle               R  R  DH     6-1  175   18  Sr.
 30  Neil Mejia               R  R  2B     5-9  150   16  So.


 Statistics

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Ian Berger              32   107    18    34    32  .318    14     0     2
Andrew Blanco           26    29    17    10     4  .345     3     0     0
Mike Cunningham         31   116    42    44    20  .379     6     1     2
Tim Dennehy             29    87    13    27    20  .310     5     2     2
Bobby Fratto            30   107    21    41    33  .383     9     0     4
Joe Froelich            20    24     0     4     2  .167     0     0     0
Andrew Hagins           30   100    26    34    22  .340    11     0     5
Matt Kowalczyk          10    29     6     6     4  .207     2     0     0
Ty Legan                24    56    13    14    11  .250     0     0     0
Eric Lisle               4     2     0     2     3 1.000     0     0     0
Matt McFolling          30   111    36    46    24  .414    14     1     4
Simon Noel              13    12    19     7     5  .583     4     0     0
Ryan Spierowski         25    61     6    25    16  .410     5     0     3
David Studer            25    77     9    26    16  .338     7     1     0
TEAM TOTALS                 1031   276   344   235  .334    86     6    24

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Ian Berger              10  10-0    66.0    44    10    19    74  1.06
Tim Dennehy             12   7-4    62.0    43    20    19    86  2.26
Ricky Foytik             6   2-0    21.0    21    13     3    12  4.33
Joe Froelich            11   7-3    55.0    49    24    15    79  3.05
Adam Halla               4          10.0     6     5     8    11  3.50
Luke Karcher             5   4-0    11.2    11     4     2    14  2.40
Jon Meacham              2           6.1     3     1     6     8  1.11
TEAM TOTALS             38  31-7   247.0   191    85    85   297  2.41
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/21 Lombard (Glenbard East) L 0 2 3/26 Evanston (Twp.) W 4 3 3/28 Schaumburg (H.S.) L 2 4 3/29 Glenview (Glenbrook South) W 3 0 4/2 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) W 3 1 4/2 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) W 3 0 4/4 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) W 14 10 4/7 Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) W 8 3 4/9 Downers Grove (North) W 4 1 4/9 Downers Grove (North) W 10 3 4/12 Downers Grove (North) W 7 2 4/15 Evanston (Twp.) (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/16 Hillside (Proviso West) (5 inn.) W 13 0 4/16 Hillside (Proviso West) (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/18 Villa Park (Willowbrook) W 10 7 4/19 Hillside (Proviso West) (5 inn.) W 12 1 4/21 Darien (Hinsdale South) (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/25 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) (8 inn.) W 8 5 4/26 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) L 5 6 4/27 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) W 12 7 4/29 Hinsdale (Central) L 4 7 5/2 Hinsdale (Central) W 7 2 5/3 Hinsdale (Central) L 9 15 5/5 Addison (A. Trail) W 13 9 5/7 Elmhurst (York) W 7 1 5/7 Elmhurst (York) W 7 0 5/10 Elmhurst (York) W 6 3 5/14 LaGrange (Lyons) L 6 7 5/14 LaGrange (Lyons) W 3 0 5/17 LaGrange (Lyons) W 6 5 5/18 Maywood (Proviso East) W 18 0 5/23 Oak Park (Fenwick) W 7 0 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) Regional *5/25 Chicago (Kelvyn Park) W 9 0 *5/28 Chicago (Gordon Tech) (5 inn.) W 15 3 Oak Park (Fenwick) Sectional *6/1 Chicago (St. Ignatius) W 5 1 *6/4 Chicago (Lane) W 8 0 Schaumburg (Alexian Field) Super-Sectional *6/6 Niles (Notre Dame) W 5 1

 Head Coach Chris Ledbetter

Year      W-L       
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
2001      32-11      (2nd)
2002      26-12     
2003      27-12     
2004      28-12     
2005      31-6      
5 yrs.    144-53    

 Tournament History

1942      20    2  3-0 (18-2)     1st  Frank Foster
      W    8    0  Normal (Community)
      W    5    0  Madison
      W    7    2  Streator (Twp.)
1981AA    31   12  3-0 (30-4)     1st  Jack Kaiser
      W   11    0  Lincoln
      W   12    9  Bartonville (Limestone)
      W    8    3  Chicago (Brother Rice)
1984AA    11   10  1-1 (30-8)     DNP  Jack Kaiser
      W    6    4  Lockport (Twp.)
      L    5    6  Burbank (Reavis)
1985AA     7    1  1-1 (35-4)     DNP  Jack Kaiser
      W    7    0  Chicago (Simeon)
      L    0    1  Oak Forest
1986AA    14   14  1-1 (31-11)    DNP  Jack Kaiser
      W   10    9  New Lenox (Providence Catholic)
      L    4    5  Chicago (Fenger)
1990AA    12   10  2-1 (30-7)     3rd  Jack Kaiser
      W    6    4  Mundelein (Carmel)
      L    2    3  Joliet (Catholic Academy)
      W    4    3  Chicago (Simeon)
1991AA    12    5  2-1 (35-7)     3rd  Jack Kaiser
      W    6    0  Chicago (Schurz)
      L    1    4  South Holland (Thornwood)
      W    5    1  Aurora (West)
1995AA    24   13  2-1 (32-11)    3rd  Jack Kaiser
      W    6    3  New Lenox (Providence Catholic)
      L    2    4  Chatham (Glenwood)
      W   16    6  Chicago (Clemente) (6 inn.)
1998AA     4   14  0-1 (36-5)     DNP  Jack Kaiser
      L    4   14  Edwardsville (H.S.)
2001AA    24   13  2-1 (31-11)    2nd  Chris Ledbetter
      W    8    4  Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) (8 inn.)
      W   14    4  LaGrange (Lyons) (6 inn.)
      L    2    5  Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)





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