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Rockford (Lutheran) (26-5)


School Information

Name: Rockford Lutheran High School
City: Rockford
County: Winnebago
Classification Enrollment: 422
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Purple/White
Conference: Big Northern
Executive Director: Don Gillingham
Principal: Don Kortze
Athletic Director: Dirk Campbell
Head Coach: Neal Bertram
Assistant Coaches: Steve Hall, Jordan Shaver, Mark West
Athletic Trainer: Brad Bauman
Captains: Johnny Sanchez, Brady West, Justin Woolbright
Manager:
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Belvidere (North), 4-0, in 3A Regional Final

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
3 Equavion Dismuke R R OF-2B 5-6 135 Jr.
9 Carson Morgan R R SS 5-10 145 Jr.
10 Riley West L L OF-1B 5-6 130 So.
13 Caleb Ziehr R R OF-3B-C 5-10 175 So.
14 Reed Butz R L OF-P 6-1 155 Jr.
15 Justin Mercer L L P-OF-1B 5-10 195 Sr.
17 Brady West L R C-2B 5-10 210 Sr.
19 Grant Bliss R R P-1B-OF 6-5 185 Sr.
23 Jack Harezlak R R P-IF 5-7 130 Fr.
24 Nick Todaro R R IF 5-10 185 Sr.
26 Johnny Sanchez R R P-3B 5-11 210 Sr.
29 Justin Woolbright R R P-1B-3B 6-2 210 Sr.
30 Nick Brigham R R OF-P 6-3 220 Jr.
33 Bret Wilhelmi R R IF-C 6-1 160 So.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Grant Bliss 10 22 2 3 0 .136 1 0 0
Nick Brigham 29 83 20 29 24 .349 9 0 3
Reed Butz 28 65 17 20 15 .308 0 0 0
Equavion Dismuke 29 19 14 5 1 .263 1 0 0
Jack Harezlak 1 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Justin Mercer 28 97 29 31 16 .320 4 0 3
Carson Morgan 29 84 26 25 8 .298 2 0 0
Johnny Sanchez 31 103 28 35 34 .340 12 0 3
Nick Todaro 31 100 20 35 13 .350 8 1 0
Brady West 31 99 20 38 41 .384 9 0 9
Riley West 5 1 2 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
Bret Wilhelmi 23 27 13 3 3 .111 0 0 0
Justin Woolbright 31 97 18 32 24 .330 9 1 1
Caleb Ziehr 28 64 21 17 9 .266 4 0 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Grant Bliss 7 6-0 31.1 27 5 7 22 1.12
Nick Brigham 6 2-1 17.1 15 7 15 25 2.83
Reed Butz 3 0-1 10.0 10 4 7 15 2.80
Justin Mercer 12 6-0 50.0 42 10 22 63 1.40
Johnny Sanchez 16 7-0 50.2 35 12 19 72 1.66
Justin Woolbright 13 5-3 51.0 39 13 19 65 1.78
Caleb Ziehr 1 0-0 .1 0 0 0 1 0.00

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/14 Lena (L.-Winslow) W 29 0
3/18 Nashville W 5 0
3/19 Okawville W 5 1
3/19 Nashville W 3 0
3/29 Byron W 12 6
3/30 Johnsburg W 5 2
4/9 Freeport (H.S.) W 5 1
4/12 Rock Falls L 2 6
4/14 Rock Falls W 5 4
4/19 Stillman Valley W 7 3
4/20 Forreston W 4 0
4/21 Stillman Valley L 1 3
4/23 Rockford (Guilford) W 10 0
4/23 Rockford (Guilford) L 5 10
4/26 Mendota W 4 3
4/28 Mendota L 4 5
4/30 Rockford (Boylan) W 6 3
5/3 Dixon W 4 3
5/4 Winnebago W 3 2
5/4 Winnebago L 4 5
5/5 Dixon W 13 0
5/7 Putnam County W 12 1
5/7 Ottawa Marquette W 13 0
5/11 Oregon W 7 0
5/12 Oregon W 8 1
5/16 Byron W 10 0
Rockford (Lutheran) Regional
5/19 North Boone W 5 4
5/21 Aurora Christian W 10 6
Morrison Sectional
5/25 Fulton W 16 9
5/28 Stillman Valley W 3 1
Rock Island (Augustana College) Super-Sectional
5/30 Macomb W 12 9

Head Coach Neal Bertram

  
Year W-L
Rockford Lutheran
1985 3-12
1986 2-14
1987 4-12
1988 3-12
1989 6-13
1990 10-10
1991 12-11
1992 16-11
1993 10-9-1
1994 14-10
1995 18-5
1996 15-10
1997 19-5-1
1998 14-11
1999 22-8
2000 24-6
2001 23-6
2002 27-2
2003 19-9
2004 12-19
2005 9-21
2006 13-16-1
2007 14-13
2008 10-13
2009 12-15
2010 18-12
2011 14-10
2012 13-14
2014 12-18
2015 21-9
2016 26-5
31 yrs. 435-341-3

Tournament History

This is the first tournament appearance for Rockford (Lutheran).