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State Final Teams: Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) | LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) | Morton | Troy (Triad)

Morton (28-6)


School Information

Name: Morton High School
City: Morton
County: Tazewell
Classification Enrollment: 931
Nickname: Potters
Colors: Cherry/Grey
Conference: Mid-Illini
Superintendent: Jeff Hill
Principal: Michael Gourley
Athletic Director: Scott Jones
Head Coach: Jesse Crawford
Assistant Coaches: Benji Cashdollar, Doug McCarty, Craig Wright
Athletic Trainer: Katie Gavin
Captain:
Manager: Cam Crawford
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Aurora (Marmion Academy), 6-3, in Super Sectional

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Riggs Wilkinson R L OF 5-11 165 Jr.
3 Evan Pfeifer R R SS 6-0 175 Sr.
4 Isaac Weber R R LF 5-10 150 Sr.
5 Isaiah Gudeman R R C 6-2 200 So.
7 Evan Heal R R CF 6-0 175 Sr.
8 Isaiah Davis R R P 6-0 170 Sr.
9 Ben Corum R R 3B 5-11 170 Jr.
10 Ashton Holcomb R R 2B 5-10 155 Jr.
11 Jack Brennan R R OF 5-10 160 Jr.
13 Braden Brown L L CF 6-0 165 Jr.
15 Vinni Massaglia R R P-1B 6-0 185 Sr.
16 Kyle Killion R R OF 5-10 175 Sr.
17 Logan Peterson R R P-3B 6-0 180 Sr.
18 Jake Moza L L C 5-0 155 Jr.
22 Ben Meyer R R P 6-0 175 Jr.
24 Nick Guerra R R P-3B 6-3 200 Jr.
28 Bobby Hines L R OF 6-3 185 So.
29 Karter Hostetler R R C 6-2 210 So.
34 Connor Kelly R R P 6-5 205 Sr.
37 Haegan Kelly R R P 6-3 190 Sr.
40 Andrew Osing L L P 5-8 155 So.
50 Bryce Brown R R SS 6-2 165 So.
60 Drew Fuiten R R 2B 5-8 155 Jr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Jack Brennan 10 3 5 1 1 .333 0 0 0
Braden Brown 27 61 20 17 10 .279 2 1 0
Bryce Brown 2 4 0 1 1 .250 0 0 0
Ben Corum 2 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Isaiah Davis 16 33 4 4 5 .121 0 0 1
Drew Fuiten 4 0 2 0 0   0 0 0
Isaiah Gudeman 29 74 12 22 14 .297 5 1 1
Nick Guerra 34 113 36 48 41 .425 12 4 6
Evan Heal 18 25 9 6 2 .240 2 1 0
Bobby Hines 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Ashton Holcomb 32 89 22 19 15 .213 6 0 2
Karter Hostetler 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Connor Kelly 2 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Haegan Kelly 2 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Kyle Killion 32 99 21 34 21 .343 8 1 2
Vinni Massaglia 34 113 27 36 35 .319 7 1 10
Ben Meyer 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Jake Moza 1 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Andrew Osing 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Logan Peterson 33 107 34 48 28 .449 8 1 4
Evan Pfeifer 32 113 18 39 14 .345 4 1 1
Isaac Weber 34 102 32 28 19 .275 6 0 1
Riggs Wilkinson 18 32 9 12 4 .375 1 0 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Braden Brown 8 2-1 15.2 13 8 20 24 3.57
Nick Guerra 11 6-1 39.2 28 9 9 29 1.59
Ashton Holcomb 7 1-0 11.1 17 6 4 14 3.71
Connor Kelly 11 6-1 41.2 27 7 15 53 1.18
Haegan Kelly 9 2-1 23.2 18 10 10 26 2.96
Vinni Massaglia 13 5-0 43.0 31 7 13 52 1.14
Logan Peterson 16 6-2 48.1 34 12 24 68 1.74

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/21 Bloomington (H.S.) W 8 1
3/22 Normal (Community) L 1 4
3/23 St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) W 15 7
Central Illinois Showcase
3/30 Chicago (Solorio Academy) W 10 5
Central Illinois Showcasel
3/30 Oak Lawn (Richards) W 8 7
4/5 Metamora L 2 3
Super Prep 2018
4/6 Clarksville Providence, IN L 2 10
4/9 Bartonville (Limestone) W 13 6
4/10 Stanford (Olympia) W 10 1
4/11 Bartonville (Limestone) W 5 2
4/12 Metamora W 8 5
4/13 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 13 6
4/16 Galesburg (H.S.) W 5 3
4/20 Dunlap L 3 4
4/23 Pekin W 13 0
4/24 Lincoln W 9 1
4/25 Pekin W 4 2
4/26 Dunlap W 3 1
4/30 East Peoria W 10 5
4/30 East Peoria W 11 0
5/4 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 2 0
5/5 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 9 2
5/5 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) W 8 7
5/7 Canton W 3 2
5/8 Lincoln L 6 14
5/9 Canton W 12 5
5/14 Washington W 4 3
5/16 Washington L 0 3
5/19 Peoria (Richwoods) W 4 3
East Peoria Regional
5/23 East Peoria W 8 4
5/26 Bloomington (H.S.) W 3 1
Washington Sectional
5/31 Peoria (Richwoods) W 12 0
6/2 Washington W 11 5
Rock Island (Augustana College) Super-Sectional
6/4 Stillman Valley W 16 8

Head Coach Jesse Crawford

  
Year W-L
Knox County
2007 5-16
2008 17-4
2009 10-8
2010 16-16
4 yrs. 48-44
Morton
2013 14-16
2014 13-20
2015 31-5
2016 27-8
2017 26-11
2018 28-6
6 yrs. 139-66
GRAND TOTAL
10 yrs. 187-110

Tournament History

1984-AA     9    7  3-0 (25-11)    1st  Mike McDonald
       W   16    5  Belleville (West) (6 inn.)
       W   20    8  Taylorville (6 inn.)
       W    9    7  Burbank (Reavis)
1994-AA     0   10  2-1 (28-7)     2nd  Mike McDonald
       W    9    1  Belvidere (H.S.)
       W   11    1  Chicago (Lane) (5 inn.)
       L    0   10  Joliet (Catholic Academy)