Crystal Lake (Central) Boys Baseball — 2008-09 

 Crystal Lake (Central) (19-14)

 School Information
Name: Central High School
City: Crystal Lake
City Population: Crystal Lake ; Cary; Fox River Grove; Prairie Grove; Lake Wood
County: McHenry
Enrollment: 1434
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Conference: Fox Valley
Superintendent: Dr. Jill Hawk
Principal: Steven E. Olson
Athletic Director: Doug Blundy
Assistant Principal: Dr. Lorena Gorey
Head Coach: Jeff Aldridge
Assistant Coaches: Rich Czeslawski, Tom Mueller, Mike Goeske, Jason Schwab, Rich Hoover, Tim Bacak, Pat Maguire

Trainer: Gino Lech
Captains: Josh Fick, Zac Cannizzo, Lee Spinelle
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to St. Charles (North), 9-2, in Class AA Regional Semfinal

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  2  Stephen Ladner           R  R  C             0       Jr.
  3  Eric Bremicker           R  R  P-OF          0       Jr.
  5  Jake Heckman             R  R  2B-OF         0       Jr.
  7  Dan Herdzina             R  R  P-SS          0       Jr.
  8  Kyle Pokrzywa            S  R  P-3B          0       Jr.
  9  Connor Buxton            R  R  OF-P          0       Jr.
 10  Robert Bellish           R  R  3B            0       Sr.
 14  Bob Chain                R  R  P-OF          0       Jr.
 15  Paul Brandwein           R  R  1B-OF         0       Sr.
 17  Josh Fick                L  R  C             0       Sr.
 18  Zac Cannizzo             R  R  OF            0       Sr.
 20  Adam Nisenson            L  R  OF-P          0       Sr.
 21  Ryan Pollock             R  R  P             0       Sr.
 23  Kris Cherney             R  R  P-1B          0       Jr.
 25  Brandon Whittier         R  R  OF-P          0       Jr.
 26  Lee Spinelle             R  R  SS            0       Jr.
 27  Will Streit              L  R  OF-P          0       Jr.
 30  Chad Staudt              L  L  OF-P          0       Sr.
 33  Nick Knoeppel            R  R  1B-P          0       Jr.
 34  Steven Dominici          S  R  2B-C          0       Jr.
 51  Kyle Robins              S  R  1B            0       Sr.


 Statistics

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Robert Bellish          28    80    17    26    17  .325     5     0     1
Paul Brandwein           2     2     1     1     0  .500     0     0     0
Eric Bremicker           4     0     0     0     0           0     0     0
Connor Buxton           28    78    21    22     7  .282     8     0     0
Zac Cannizzo             2     1     0     1     0 1.000     0     0     0
Bob Chain                2     1     0     0     0  .000     0     0     0
Kris Cherney             0     0     0     0     0           0     0     0
Steven Dominici          6     8     1     2     2  .250     1     1     0
Josh Fick               29    91    11    25    24  .275     2     0     5
Jake Heckman            30   102    17    31    16  .304     6     0     0
Dan Herdzina            29     6     3     0     0  .000     0     0     0
Nick Knoeppel            7    10     1     4     1  .400     1     0     0
Stephen Ladner           6     4     2     1     0  .250     0     0     0
Adam Nisenson           29    81    19    31    10  .383     8     0     0
Kyle Pokrzywa            7     4     0     0     0  .000     0     0     0
Ryan Pollock             9     0     0     0     0           0     0     0
Kyle Robins             30    85    14    24    16  .282     8     0     2
Lee Spinelle            30    98    17    27    16  .276     5     0     1
Chad Staudt             27    77    17    28     9  .364     8     2     0
Will Streit             26    57    14    18    13  .316     6     2     0
Brandon Whittier        19     6     0     0     0  .000     0     0     0
TEAM TOTALS             30   791   163   241   131  .305    58     5     9
OPPONENT TOTALS         30   866   159   205   121  .237    52     1     2

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Eric Bremicker           6   2-0    17.0    17     7     9     4  2.88
Connor Buxton           10   6-2    48.0    40    19    28    57  2.77
Dan Herdzina             5   0-3    11.0    18     9     9    11  5.73
Adam Nisenson           12   2-1    25.0    22    10    15    30  2.80
Ryan Pollock            10   2-1    31.0    16    20    37    45  4.52
Chad Staudt             11   5-3    51.0    34    29    31    48  3.98
Brandon Whittier         9   1-3    27.0    37    18    11    18  4.67
TEAM TOTALS             30 16-14   200.0   205   122   146   212  4.27
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 4/2 Rockton (Hononegah) L 3 4 4/3 Marengo (5 inn.) W 9 1 4/4 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) W 12 8 4/5 Vernon Hills L 8 15 4/7 Woodstock (Marian) W 4 2 4/8 McHenry L 2 6 4/9 Mundelein (H.S.) L 2 8 4/11 Wauconda L 4 5 4/14 Woodstock (H.S.) W 10 9 4/15 Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) W 10 6 4/16 Algonquin (Jacobs) L 0 3 4/18 Cary (C.-Grove) (6 inn.) L 1 12 4/19 Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) L 2 5 4/21 Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) L 6 9 4/22 Grayslake (North) L 2 8 4/23 Grayslake (Central) L 0 3 4/25 Grayslake (Central) W 10 1 4/29 Johnsburg (5 inn.) W 11 0 4/30 Johnsburg W 7 4 5/1 Huntley W 6 3 5/5 Huntley W 7 6 5/7 Grayslake (North) W 2 0 5/8 Grayslake (North) W 10 9 5/10 Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) L 4 8 5/12 Grayslake (Central) W 5 4 5/14 Johnsburg L 4 6 5/16 Huntley W 6 2 5/19 Algonquin (Jacobs) L 1 8 Huntley Regional *5/22 Chicago (Lake View) (5 inn.) W 10 0 *5/24 Huntley W 5 4 Grayslake (Central) Sectional *5/28 Lake Villa (Lakes) (6 inn.) W 14 3 *5/31 Woodstock (Marian) W 9 1 Schaumburg (Alexian Field) Super-Sectional *6/2 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) W 4 2

 Head Coach Jeff Aldridge

Year      W-L       
Crystal Lake (Central)
2000      15-18     
2001      20-12     
2002      19-11-2   
2003      29-6-1    
2004      18-15     
2005      29-7      
2006      16-15     
2007      12-16     
2008      19-14     
9 yrs.    177-114-3 

 Tournament History

2003-AA     4    7  0-1 (29-6-1)   DNP  Jeff Aldridge
      L    4    7  Rockford (Boylan)