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Libertyville Wildcats (34-4)


School Information

Name: Libertyville High School
City: Libertyville
County: Lake
Classification Enrollment: 1784
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Black/Orange
Conference: North Suburban
Co-Superintendent: Rebecca Nelson
Co-Superintendent: Raymond Lechner
Principal: Ray Albin
Athletic Director: John Woods
Head Coach: Matt Thompson
Assistant Coaches: Dan Gooris, Patrick Kelly, Thomas Carlucci, James Ori
Athletic Trainer: Megan Hutchins
Last Year's Advancement: Lost Sectional Semifinal to Hoffman Estates (Conant), 16-4

Team Photo

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Cole Lockwood L R IF 5-10 150 Sr.
3 Vijay Sreedharan R R IF 5-5 150 Sr.
4 Nick Farmakis R R OF 5-8 145 Jr.
5 Trevor Wallace R R IF 5-10 170 Jr.
6 Johnny Leoris R R OF 6-2 200 Sr.
7 Mason Strader R R OF 6-0 190 Sr.
8 Steve Strelow L R IF 5-10 185 Sr.
10 Charlie Gretz R R P 6-1 185 Sr.
11 Chase Lockwood L R P-IF 6-2 180 Jr.
12 Anthony Fry R R P 6-0 170 Sr.
13 Tommy Buenik R R P-OF 6-2 160 Sr.
14 Judson Graeb R R P 6-0 145 Sr.
15 Josh Holst L L P-IF 6-3 215 Sr.
16 Nico Harper L L P-OF 5-10 170 Jr.
17 Johnny Sellers R R UTL 6-0 170 Sr.
18 Bode Rohrbach R R P-3B-1B 6-3 200 Jr.
20 Zachary Seiler R R P-IF 6-1 175 Sr.
21 Joey Ciullo R R IF 6-0 185 Sr.
23 Quinn Schambow R R C 6-0 210 Sr.
24 Harrison Clarkson L R IF 6-3 190 Sr.
25 Jack Cenar R R OF-P 6-1 190 Jr.
26 Matthew Hara R R C-3B 5-11 180 So.
27 Joey Marella L R C-IF 6-1 205 Sr.
28 Aksel McKnight R R P-IF 6-2 205 So.
30 Brady Buenik R R P 6-4 220 So.
32 Carson Holmes R R IF-OF 5-11 215 Jr.
42 Ryan Wilberding R R C-IF-OF 6-0 205 So.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Brady Buenik 1 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Tommy Buenik 27 0 14 0 0   0 0 0
Jack Cenar 31 79 19 22 20 .278 6 1 1
Joey Ciullo 7 7 1 1 1 .143 0 0 0
Harrison Clarkson 17 19 4 3 3 .158 1 0 0
Nick Farmakis 6 0 6 0 0   0 0 0
Anthony Fry 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Judson Graeb 4 0 3 0 0   0 0 0
Charlie Gretz 1 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Matthew Hara 1 0 1 0 0   0 0 0
Nico Harper 6 9 1 1 2 .111 1 0 0
Carson Holmes 32 68 17 28 23 .412 7 0 5
Josh Holst 36 103 14 37 39 .359 14 0 5
Johnny Leoris 18 23 7 5 7 .217 1 0 0
Chase Lockwood 33 87 12 23 23 .264 9 1 1
Cole Lockwood 38 102 50 42 16 .412 8 1 3
Joey Marella 13 10 2 2 2 .200 0 0 0
Aksel McKnight 3 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
Bode Rohrbach 35 87 19 25 12 .287 8 0 1
Quinn Schambow 38 111 31 51 47 .459 18 4 3
Zachary Seiler 13 16 5 5 6 .313 0 0 0
Johnny Sellers 5 9 5 5 0 .556 0 0 0
Vijay Sreedharan 13 15 7 6 5 .400 1 0 0
Mason Strader 33 74 25 21 16 .284 1 0 0
Steve Strelow 36 35 24 7 7 .200 0 0 0
Trevor Wallace 25 52 13 16 11 .308 2 0 0
Ryan Wilberding 34 81 26 32 17 .395 5 0 3
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Brady Buenik 8 5-0 28.1 15 5 11 34 1.24
Tommy Buenik 4 0-0 4.0 1 0 1 3 0.00
Anthony Fry 8 2-0 14.0 13 3 5 16 1.50
Judson Graeb 8 1-0 7.2 4 1 4 6 0.91
Charlie Gretz 14 1-2 23.0 14 2 12 22 0.61
Matthew Hara 1 0-0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Nico Harper 8 2-2 20.0 20 7 7 18 2.45
Josh Holst 13 12-0 66.1 31 13 24 110 1.37
Chase Lockwood 12 9-0 51.2 34 7 11 57 0.95
Aksel McKnight 1 0-0 1.0 1 0 1 3 0.00
Zachary Seiler 12 2-0 21.0 16 1 9 16 0.33

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/17 Crystal Lake (Central) W 9 4
3/18 South Elgin W 12 1
Coach Bob National Invitational
3/24 Glendale Mountain Ridge, AZ W 4 3
3/25 Lake Oswego, OR W 14 1
3/26 Eugene Churchill, OR W 5 0
 
3/27 Chandler Valley Christian, AZ W 2 1
3/28 Surprise Valley Vista, AZ W 9 1
4/1 Grayslake (North) W 9 0
4/4 Buffalo Grove W 11 1
4/5 Park Ridge (Maine South) W 5 4
4/8 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) W 11 1
4/10 Barrington W 4 0
4/11 Elk Grove Village (E.G.) W 4 0
4/14 Lake Zurich W 8 5
4/15 Lake Zurich W 14 1
4/16 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) W 8 0
4/19 St. Charles (North) L 0 3
4/21 Mundelein (H.S.) W 5 0
4/22 Mundelein (H.S.) L 5 6
4/25 Glenview (Glenbrook South) W 9 3
4/28 Waukegan (H.S.) W 15 0
4/29 Waukegan (H.S.) W 16 0
5/3 Highland Park W 1 0
5/5 Zion (Z.-Benton) W 15 0
5/6 Zion (Z.-Benton) W 16 0
5/8 Mundelein (Carmel) W 8 1
5/10 Grayslake (Central) L 4 6
5/12 Lake Forest (H.S.) W 11 0
5/13 Lake Forest (H.S.) W 11 2
5/17 Arlington Heights (Hersey) L 3 7
5/19 Gurnee (Warren) W 11 0
5/23 Gurnee (Warren) W 11 0
5/24 Northbrook (Glenbrook North) W 5 1
Hoffman Estates (H.S.) Regional
5/28 Hoffman Estates (H.S.) (3 inn.) W 7 0
5/31 Highland Park W 5 2
Lincolnshire (Stevenson) Sectional
6/4 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) W 1 0
6/7 Lake Zurich W 5 4
Schaumburg (Wintrust Field) Super-Sectional
6/9 Park Ridge (Maine South) W 13 4

Head Coach Matt Thompson

  
Year W-L
Libertyville
2016-17 30-7
2017-18 28-10
2018-19 21-14
2020-21 26-9
2021-22 27-10
2022-23 22-14-2
2023-24 26-10-2
2024--25 34-4
8 yrs. 214-78-4

Tournament History

1976        4    5  2-1 (32-5)     2nd  Ernie Ritta
       W    7    3  Albion (Edwards County)
       W    8    2  O'Fallon (H.S.)
       L    4    5  Chicago (Brother Rice)
2013-4A     1    2  1-1 (28-12-1)  2nd  Jim Schurr
       W    9    6  St. Charles (East)
       L    1    2  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)