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Ottawa (Marquette) Crusaders (33-3)


School Information

Name: Marquette High School
City: Ottawa
County: LaSalle
Classification Enrollment: 254.1
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Blue/Gold
Conference: Tri-County
Superintendent: Dr. Jerry Sanderson
Principal: Brooke Rick
Athletic Director: Todd Hopkins
Dean of Students: Mike Hall
Head Coach: Todd Hopkins
Assistant Coaches: Brian Bressner, Jimmy DeAngelo, Brad Waldron, Matt Nelson
Athletic Trainer: Brandi Peters
Captains: Payton Gutierrez, Sam Mitre, Keaton Davis
Manager: Steve "Pizza" Scherer
Last Year's Advancement: Won 1A State Championship vs. Altamont, 6-2

Team Photo

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Grady Dose R R OF 5-8 150 Fr.
3 Beau Thompson L R OF-IF 5-8 140 So.
5 Caden Durdan L R 3B 5-11 160 So.
6 Connor Baker R R OF 6-1 160 Fr.
7 Keaton Davis R R C 6-1 180 Sr.
8 Rush Keefer R R OF 6-0 160 Sr.
9 Jaxsen Higgins R R OF 5-8 175 Jr.
12 Payton Gutierrez R R OF 6-0 185 Sr.
14 Billy Galyen R R C 5-9 175 Jr.
15 Alec Novotney R R SS-P 5-11 175 Jr.
17 Michael Johnson R R IF-OF 5-7 140 Fr.
21 Easton Debernardi L R OF-P 5-11 175 So.
22 Griffin Dobberstein R R SS-2B-OF-P 5-10 155 So.
23 Grant Dose R R OF-P 5-7 200 Jr.
24 Anthony Couch R R 2B-P 5-10 185 Jr.
25 Jaxon Rix L R 1B 6-2 220 Sr.
26 Braxton Nelle R R IF 5-6 175 So.
32 Sam Mitre R R 1B-P 5-11 220 Sr.
33 David Clairmont R R OF 5-7 160 Jr.
34 Luke McCullough R R OF-P 6-5 200 Fr.
35 Blayden Cassell R R OF-P 6-5 240 Fr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Connor Baker 17 6 14 4 1 .667 1 0 0
Blayden Cassell 1 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
David Clairmont 5 5   1   .200      
Anthony Couch 36 108 33 40 37 .370 10 1 3
Keaton Davis 35 106 15 46 32 .434 13 1 3
Easton Debernardi 30 48 15   11   1 2 0
Griffin Dobberstein 35 100 45 34 20 .340 6 4 2
Grant Dose 35 93 31 28 20 .301 6 1 0
Caden Durdan 29 55 18 17 13 .309 2 0 0
Billy Galyen 7 5 0 1 2 .200 0 0 0
Payton Gutierrez 35 82 13 20 13 .244 3 0 0
Jaxsen Higgins 35 98 16 29 32 .296 3 2 0
Rush Keefer 26 6 19 2 1 .333 0 0 0
Sam Mitre 36 101 40 47 41 .465 17 0 3
Braxton Nelle 6 3 1            
Alec Novotney 34 116 44 47 20 .405 9 2 1
Jaxon Rix 6 3     1        
Beau Thompson 5 2 1 1   .500      
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Anthony Couch 13 6-2 50.0 32 18 31 75 2.52
Easton Debernardi 10 4-0 27.0 13 7 22 45 1.81
Griffin Dobberstein 14 8-1 50.0 32 8 16 67 1.12
Grant Dose 8 3-0 17.0 8 3 9 15 1.24
Jaxsen Higgins 9 3-0 20.0 15 6 12 36 2.10
Luke McCullough 1   1.0     3 1  
Sam Mitre 1   1.0          
Alec Novotney 14 9-0 58.0 21 1 6 114 0.12

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/17 Lexington W 10 0
3/21 Genoa (G.-Kingston) W 15 0
3/22 Valmeyer W 10 0
3/22 Galena (H.S.) W 15 0
3/24 Newark W 15 0
3/27 Aurora (Marmion Academy) L 4 5
3/29 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 10 0
3/29 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 7 1
4/1 Streator (Woodland) W 11 1
4/3 Streator (Woodland) W 16 1
4/8 Dwight W 9 3
4/10 Dwight W 3 2
4/12 Yorkville (Parkview Christian Academy) W 6 1
4/15 Roanoke (R.-Benson) W 10 0
4/16 Roanoke (R.-Benson) W 3 2
4/21 Henry (H.-Senachwine) W 12 0
4/22 Henry (H.-Senachwine) W 3 2
4/24 Peru (St. Bede) W 11 0
4/26 Yorkville (Y. Christian) L 5 7
4/28 Peru (St. Bede) L 3 5
4/29 Granville (Putnam County) W 7 3
5/2 Granville (Putnam County) W 2 0
5/3 Spring Valley (Hall) W 4 1
5/6 Seneca W 11 1
5/8 Seneca W 7 0
5/10 Champaign (Centennial) W 9 2
5/10 Tolono (Unity) W 7 5
5/12 Varna (Midland) W 4 0
5/13 Varna (Midland) W 15 5
5/16 Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) W 13 0
5/17 Forreston W 10 4
Ottawa (Marquette) Regional
5/21 Serena W 9 1
5/24 Newark W 2 1
Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) Sectional
5/28 Elgin (St. Edward) W 18 2
5/31 Aurora (A. Christian) W 5 1
DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
6/2 Fulton (H.S.) W 6 3

Head Coach Todd Hopkins

  
Year W-L
Ottawa (Marquette)
1998 17-8
1999 27-9 (4th)
2000 19-14
2001 19-13
2002 17-11
2003 26-6
2004 26-5
2005 29-4
2006 25-9
2007 17-17
2008 22-7
2009 18-11
2010 31-7
2011 20-5
2012 30-8
2013 25-8
2014 31-7
2015 27-6
2016 26-7
2017 27-4
2018 30-4 (4th)
2019 33-1 (1st)
2021 17-2
2022 32-4 (3rd)
2023 28-3
2024 31-2 (1st)
2025 33-3
27 yrs. 683-185

Tournament History

1999-A      6   10  1-2 (27-9)     4th  Todd Hopkins
       W    4    3  Stanford (Olympia)
       L    4    6  Teutopolis
       L    6   10  Metropolis (Massac County)
2018-1A     2    3  0-2 (30-4-0)   4th  Todd Hopkins
       L    8   13  Aurora (A. Christian)
       L    2    3  Goreville
2019-1A    14    5  2-0 (33-1-0)   1st  Todd Hopkins
       W   10    8  Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy)
       W   14    5  Waterloo (Gibault Catholic)
2022-1A    12    0  1-1 (32-4-0)   3rd  Todd Hopkins
       L    1    2  Mt. Sterling (Brown County)
       W   12    0  LeRoy
2024-1A     6    2  2-0 (31-2-0)   1st  Todd Hopkins
       W    9    3  Jacksonville (Routt)
       W    6    2  Altamont