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Highland (26-13)


School Information

Name: Highland High School
City: Highland
County: Madison
Classification Enrollment: 979
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red/Black
Conference: Mississippi Valley
Superintendent: Mike Sutton
Principal: Karen Gauen
Athletic Director: Steve Lanxon
Head Coach: Joel Hawkins
Assistant Coaches: Sam Weber, Joel Hawkins, Caleb Houchins
Athletic Trainer: Erin Hoepfner
Captain:
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Jerseyville (Jersey), 11-4, in Regional Semifinal

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
3 Seth Luitjohan R R 2B-SS 5-8 155 Jr.
4 Tyler Kimmle R R 2B-P 5-11 155 Sr.
5 Mike McGill R R 3B 5-11 165 Jr.
6 Pete Baumgartner L L P 5-11 168 Sr.
7 Austin Brown R R C 5-10 160 Jr.
8 Will Greenwald R R OF 5-8 155 Jr.
10 Jim Smith L L P-OF 5-9 160 Jr.
11 Jarrett Dubach R R OF 6-1 160 Jr.
12 Griffin Welz R R 3B 5-11 158 Jr.
13 Grant Geppert L R OF-1B-P 5-11 170 Sr.
14 Tyler Pollard R R 2B 5-8 166 Jr.
15 Cody Bentlage R R SS 5-11 160 Sr.
17 Sam Greene R R C-P 5-11 170 Jr.
18 Chris Dickman R R OF 6-2 185 Jr.
20 Andrew Winning R R OF 5-8 185 Jr.
24 Matt Augustin R R C 5-8 175 Sr.
27 Jordan Smith R R 1B 6-1 180 Jr.
28 Nick Schmollinger R R C 5-9 180 Jr.
29 Kyle Schmitt L L P 5-7 145 Jr.
31 Matt Beyer R R P 5-11 180 Jr.
33 Trent Carriger R R 1B 5-11 190 Jr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Matt Augustin 36 96 13 24 17 .250 7 0 1
Pete Baumgartner 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Cody Bentlage 38 112 32 39 21 .348 4 3 0
Matt Beyer 7 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Austin Brown 12 12 3 2 0 .167 1 0 0
Trent Carriger 16 16 3 2 4 .125 1 0 0
Chris Dickman 38 55 14 9 5 .164 1 0 0
Jarrett Dubach 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Grant Geppert 39 111 34 42 29 .378 5 1 0
Sam Greene 37 75 9 23 17 .307 4 0 0
Will Greenwald 39 123 33 40 7 .325 4 0 0
Tyler Kimmle 39 64 14 17 9 .266 3 0 0
Seth Luitjohan 35 50 15 12 10 .240 1 0 0
Mike McGill 11 14 0 3 4 .214 2 0 0
Tyler Pollard 24 13 5 3 2 .231 0 0 0
Kyle Schmitt 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Nick Schmollinger 12 5 1 1 1 .200 0 0 0
Jim Smith 13 15 7 7 5 .467 1 0 2
Jordan Smith 38 70 11 20 18 .286 1 0 0
Griffin Welz 38 90 13 21 18 .233 2 0 0
Andrew Winning 33 95 17 38 22 .400 9 0 1
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Pete Baumgartner 17 2-3 44.0 34 10 24 46 1.59
Matt Beyer 7 2-0 15.0 24 10 8 13 4.67
Grant Geppert 14 8-3 74.0 62 20 35 74 1.89
Sam Greene 7 1-1 22.0 22 12 9 17 3.82
Tyler Kimmle 18 6-2 56.0 63 25 20 51 3.13
Kyle Schmitt 3 0-0 1.0 5 3 0 1 21.00
Jim Smith 2 0-1 3.0 1 0 0 4 0.00
Jordan Smith 12 5-1 37.0 41 14 5 14 2.65
Griffin Welz 7 2-2 15.0 29 17 3 7 7.93

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/23 Mundelein (Carmel) W 3 0
3/24 Lake Villa (Lakes) W 3 2
3/27 Roxana W 11 2
3/30 Breese (Central) W 4 2
4/2 Darien (Hinsdale South) W 9 1
4/6 Granite City W 6 5
4/10 Effingham (H.S.) W 12 2
4/11 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 9 4
4/11 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 13 6
4/13 Mascoutah L 3 4
4/14 Breese (Mater Dei) W 10 6
4/15 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 10 1
4/17 O'Fallon (H.S.) W 3 2
4/20 Troy (Triad) W 8 1
4/22 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 5 4
4/23 Greenville W 8 6
4/24 Alton (Sr.) L 2 8
4/25 Belleville (East) L 4 10
4/27 Waterloo (H.S.) L 4 5
4/29 Mascoutah L 1 4
4/30 Waterloo, IL (Busch) W 14 7
5/1 Belleville (West) L 1 5
5/2 Collinsville L 5 8
5/2 Collinsville L 1 11
5/4 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) L 2 5
5/6 Troy (Triad) W 9 4
5/11 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 4 3
5/13 Waterloo W 4 1
5/14 Salem W 5 3
5/21 Centralia W 10 3
5/22 Chatham (Glenwood) L 3 4
5/23 Mt. Vernon L 0 1
5/23 Mt. Vernon L 4 6
5/25 Freeburg L 0 10
Jerseyville (Jersey) Regional
5/27 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) W 9 3
6/1 Jerseyville (Jersey) W 8 1
Salem Sectional
6/3 Waterloo W 9 5
6/6 Mt. Vernon W 6 5
Sauget (GCS Park) Super-Sectional
6/8 Champaign (Centennial) W 3 2

Head Coach Joel Hawkins

  
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 36-4 (1st)
2009 24-11
2010 16-17
2011 21-14
2012 25-12
2013 27-10
2014 22-14
2015 26-13
24 yrs. 536-284

Tournament History

1958        5   16  0-1 (15-4)     DNP  Ed Hilbert
       L    5   16  Skokie (Niles)
2008-3A     6    2  2-0 (36-4)     1st  Joel Hawkins
       W    1    0  Crystal Lake (Central)
       W    6    2  Rock Falls