Highland Boys Baseball — 2008-09
Name: Highland High School
City: Highland
City Population: Highland 8,000; Alhambra 650; Grant Fork 400; Pierron 350; New Douglas 400
County: Madison
Enrollment: 1076
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red & Black
Conference: Mississippi Valley
Superintendent: Marvin Warner
Principal: Josh Ebener
Athletic Director: Steve Lanxon
Head Coach: Joel Hawkins
Assistant Coaches: Sam Weber, Jason Wiegand, Caleb Houchins
Trainer: Jamie Wagner
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Edwardsville (H.S.), 2-1, in Class AA Sectional Semifinal
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Yr.
1 Gary Kharibian OF 5-9 165 18 Sr.
3 Travis Becherer OF-1B 6-2 175 17 Jr.
4 Brandon Koisher P-SS-3B5-11 175 17 Jr.
5 Randy Knebel P-OF 6-1 175 17 Jr.
7 Chris Sudhoff P-3B 6-2 170 17 Jr.
8 Luke Potthast P-OF 6-0 165 18 Sr.
9 Ben Fieker C 5-10 170 16 So.
10 Sean Gagen 2B 6-0 165 17 Jr.
11 Gabe Fuehne 3B 6-1 185 17 Jr.
12 Corey Gall P-SS-3B5-10 150 16 So.
15 Wes DeGroot OF 6-2 175 18 Sr.
16 Josh Ammann OF 5-11 155 17 Jr.
22 Andrew Kimmle P-SS 5-11 160 17 Jr.
23 Jake Odorizzi P-SS 6-2 175 18 Sr.
24 Justin Huelsmann C 6-0 175 16 So.
25 Dan Gifford P-1B-3B6-3 200 18 Sr.
28 Brent Kuper C 6-4 180 17 Jr.
L. Haberer
BATTING
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Josh Ammann 32 29 10 5 5 .172 0 1 1
Travis Becherer 38 1224 43 53 35 .043 14 3 2
Wes DeGroot 38 103 33 42 35 .408 11 1 6
Ben Fieker 6 5 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0
Gabe Fuehne 13 12 3 5 5 .417 0 0 1
Sean Gagen 33 85 24 21 12 .247 3 2 1
Corey Gall 38 86 22 25 28 .291 4 0 0
Dan Gifford 38 99 34 35 45 .354 10 0 8
L. Haberer 5 7 3 3 1 .429 0 0 2
Gary Kharibian 38 92 33 38 27 .413 7 2 1
Andrew Kimmle 19 6 4 1 3 .167 1 0 0
Randy Knebel 16 13 4 3 4 .231 1 0 1
Brandon Koisher 34 88 37 20 22 .227 3 1 4
Brent Kuper 38 98 35 33 36 .337 12 0 2
Jake Odorizzi 37 109 63 47 41 .431 10 2 15
Luke Potthast 13 2 2 1 0 .500 0 0 0
Chris Sudhoff 8 2 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 38 960 352 335 302 .349 77 12 42
OPPONENT TOTALS 38 886 99 200 87 .226 49 4 10
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Corey Gall 5 4-3 34.0 39 18 12 24 3.71
Dan Gifford 10 9-0 60.0 55 18 12 42 2.10
Andrew Kimmle 2 2-0 16.2 16 12 7 12 5.04
Randy Knebel 0 1-0 4.1 10 7 2 0 11.31
Brandon Koisher 0 0-0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0.00
Jake Odorizzi 14 13-0 82.0 27 1 5 133 0.09
Luke Potthast 6 5-1 32.1 43 20 17 9 4.33
Chris Sudhoff 1 0-0 8.2 9 8 8 6 6.46
TEAM TOTALS 38 34-4 239.0 201 84 63 226 2.46
OPPONENT TOTALS 38 4-34 223.0 335 227 150 168 7.13
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/24 Breese (Central) W 10 0
3/29 Edwardsville (H.S.) W 4 0
3/29 Carlyle W 9 2
4/2 Trenton (Wesclin) W 8 2
4/5 Cahokia (H.S.) W 12 0
4/5 Cahokia (H.S.) W 17 1
4/7 Mascoutah W 13 0
4/8 Troy (Triad) W 11 5
4/9 Roxana W 9 7
4/11 O'Fallon L 1 13
4/14 Waterloo (H.S.) W 11 0
4/16 Belleville (Althoff) W 9 6
4/17 Greenville W 9 1
4/21 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 5 0
4/23 Belleville (East) W 8 2
4/25 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 10 0
4/26 Collinsville W 13 8
4/26 Collinsville W 13 0
4/28 Mascoutah W 13 2
4/30 Troy (Triad) W 7 0
5/2 Chatham (Glenwood) L 2 3
5/3 Joliet (Twp.) W 16 6
5/3 Edwardsville (H.S.) W 6 4
5/5 Waterloo (H.S.) W 9 0
5/6 Alton (Sr.) W 12 8
5/10 Salem W 11 0
5/10 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 1 0
5/12 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) L 0 5
5/16 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 10 0
5/17 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) W 23 0
5/17 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) W 22 0
5/19 Belleville (West) L 4 12
5/19 Granite City W 6 5
Triad Regional
*5/21 Breese (Mater Dei) W 15 5
*5/24 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 4 0
Centralia Sectional
*5/28 Marion (H.S.) W 5 1
*5/31 Charleston W 4 1
Urbana (University of Illinois)
*6/2 Mt. Zion W 10 0
Year W-L
Highland
1992 22-10
1993 22-10
1994 14-15
1995 16-14
1996 18-15
1997 25-11
1998 13-15
1999 21-11
2000 25-10
2001 28-9
2002 27-6
2003 21-14
2004 19-11
2005 17-18
2006 21-14
2007 30-6
2008 34-4
17 yrs. 373-193
1958 5 16 0-1 (15-4) DNP Ed Hilbert
L 5 16 Skokie (Niles)