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Byron (35-5)


School Information

Name: Byron High School
City: Byron
County: Ogle
Classification Enrollment: 506
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Conference: Big Northern
Superintendent: James Hammack
Principal: Peter Verona
Athletic Director: Jeff Flater
Head Coach: Ray Bielskis
Assistant Coaches: Jeff Boyer, Brian Peterson, Jeff Heiser, Brett Strehlow
Athletic Trainer: Kim Girton
Captains: Tyler Nunez, Austin Carlson, Nathan Peterson, Daniel Lowe
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Oregon, 5-4, in Sectional Final

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Dan Lowe L L P-1B 6-5 185 Sr.
2 Tyler Nunez R R SS 5-9 145 Sr.
3 Jeff Lillard R R 1B 6-2 180 Sr.
6 Base Byers R R RF 6-0 160 Sr.
8 Austin Carlson L R CF 5-8 165 Sr.
9 Jack Fleeger R R C 6-1 180 Sr.
11 Riley Lorden R R P-3B 5-10 210 Jr.
12 Ethan Johnson R R OF 6-0 165 Jr.
14 Nathan Peterson L L P-1B 5-9 160 Sr.
16 Jake Elsbury R R CF 5-9 155 So.
17 Tyler Rowland R R 3B 6-1 185 So.
18 Austin Van Lankvelt R R 2B 5-10 150 Sr.
19 Dylan Garbutt R R LF 5-10 190 Sr.
21 Grant Devries R R OF 6-1 180 Jr.
22 Ben Reibel L R DH 6-0 225 Sr.
23 Nick Schultz R R SS 5-6 135 Jr.
25 Zack Cogswell R R P-3B 6-3 180 So.
27 Dennis Reedy R R 2B-P 5-9 170 Jr.
33 Daniel Stickler R R 1B 6-3 200 Jr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Base Byers 40 110 32 35 11 .318 3 0 0
Austin Carlson 40 127 47 52 25 .409 5 4 1
Zack Cogswell 14 15 3 1 2 .067 0 0 1
Grant Devries 6 3 3 1 1 .333 0 0 0
Jake Elsbury 1 0 2 0 0   0 0 0
Jack Fleeger 40 122 43 54 39 .443 12 5 5
Dylan Garbutt 38 92 17 24 21 .261 5 0 1
Ethan Johnson 2 0 1 0 0   0 0 0
Jeff Lillard 23 22 5 8 2 .364 2 1 0
Riley Lorden 15 23 5 4 3 .174 1 0 0
Dan Lowe 38 110 20 37 26 .336 8 2 1
Tyler Nunez 40 140 44 55 30 .393 11 1 1
Nathan Peterson 37 103 14 28 21 .272 5 2 0
Dennis Reedy 36 44 7 9 4 .205 3 1 0
Ben Reibel 39 121 30 45 39 .372 14 0 5
Tyler Rowland 29 80 20 28 17 .350 4 4 2
Nick Schultz 11 5 10 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Daniel Stickler 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Austin Van Lankvelt 31 0 2 0 0   0 0 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Zack Cogswell 14 2-1 15.0 11 10 18 23 4.67
Jeff Lillard 23 1-1 8.2 12 9 17 7 7.27
Riley Lorden 15 3-1 32.0 31 10 32 24 2.19
Dan Lowe 38 8-1 65.1 65 18 20 81 1.93
Nathan Peterson 37 12-0 85.1 68 15 24 95 1.23
Dennis Reedy 36 8-1 59.0 49 13 14 38 1.54
Ben Reibel 39 1-0 6.0 6 6 7 9 7.00
Nick Schultz 11 0-0 .2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/29 Erie W 5 4
3/29 Erie W 15 5
3/31 Dixon (H.S.) W 15 4
4/1 Rock Falls W 6 4
4/5 Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) W 3 1
4/5 Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) W 9 8
4/7 Durand W 17 6
4/8 Belvidere (North) L 0 5
4/9 Harvard L 0 4
4/11 Rockford (Jefferson) W 21 1
4/12 Morrison W 12 4
4/12 Morrison W 11 5
4/15 Oregon W 1 0
4/17 Oregon W 9 1
Byron Tourney
4/18 East Dubuque W 11 2
4/19 Lanark (Eastland) W 12 2
4/19 Rockford (R. Christian) L 6 12
4/21 Rock Falls W 5 4
4/21 Mendota W 7 5
4/24 Mendota L 5 7
Plains Invite
4/25 Riverton W 17 5
4/26 Pleasant Plains W 3 2
4/26 Rockford (Auburn) W 6 3
4/29 Stillman Valley W 7 2
5/2 Stillman Valley W 5 0
5/3 Elgin (Westminster Christian) W 6 0
5/3 Elgin (Westminster Christian) W 2 1
5/6 Winnebago W 8 2
5/7 Warren/Stockton W 8 1
5/8 Winnebago W 12 2
5/13 Rockford Lutheran L 5 16
5/15 Rockford Lutheran W 9 5
5/16 Aurora Central Catholic W 4 3
5/17 Amboy W 14 3
5/19 Genoa-Kingston W 3 1
Stillman Valley Regional
5/21 Oregon W 4 1
5/24 Stillman Valley W 6 0
Morrison Sectional
5/29 Prophetstown [Coop] W 8 1
5/31 Aurora (A. Christian) W 5 2
Rock Island (Augustana Coll.) Super-Sectional
6/2 Sherrard W 3 2

Head Coach Ray Bielskis

  
Year W-L
Byron
2008 12-16
2009 21-17
2010 23-13
2011 23-11
2012 21-15
2013 21-10
2014 35-5
7 yrs. 156-87

Tournament History

1995-A      2    8  2-1 (26-7)     2nd  Dale Hartman
       W    8    4  Herscher
       W   11    6  Pleasant Plains
       L    2    8  Roanoke (R.-Benson)
2001-A      0    4  0-1 (23-11)    DNP  Dale Hartman
       L    0    4  Monmouth (H.S.)