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Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) (37-3)


School Information

Name: Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
City: Springfield
County: Sangamon
Classification Enrollment: 776
Nickname: Cyclones
Colors: Gold/Black
Conference: Central State Eight
Superintendent: Sr. Katherine O'Connor, O.P.
Principal: Sr. Margaret Joanne Grueter, O.P.
Athletic Director: Ken Leonard
Head Coach: Mike Eck
Assistant Coaches: Ryan Bangert, Joel Naumovich, Nicholas Naumovich, Tom Weir
Athletic Trainer: Pete Stoll
Captains: Conor White, Justin Zanger
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Chatham (Glenwood), 7-4, in Regional Final

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Justin Zanger R R 2B 5-7 150 Jr.
2 Conor White L R CF 5-10 175 Sr.
3 Patrick Kelly L R P 5-9 150 Sr.
4 Sean Mason R R OF-C 5-11 170 Jr.
5 Cole Daily L R SS 6-0 170 Jr.
6 Corey Mason R R LF-3B-P 5-10 175 Sr.
7 Clayton Taylor R L OF 5-10 165 Jr.
8 Alex Mandeville R R LF-P 5-10 160 Jr.
9 Ryne Elvers R R 3B 5-11 170 Sr.
10 Mitch Trees R R C 6-2 200 Sr.
11 Nolan Aherin L R 1B 6-3 180 Sr.
12 Connor Etheridge R R P 6-4 185 Sr.
13 Kevin Zanger R R 2B-P 5-9 150 Sr.
14 Ben McElwee L L P 6-3 175 Jr.
15 Cal Elvers R R OF-C 6-1 175 So.
17 Peyton Minder R R 3B-P 5-11 190 Jr.
20 Dalton Henderson R R P 5-6 180 Sr.
21 Steve Sartore R R OF 5-10 180 Sr.
22 Brett Vicari R R SS 5-4 160 Jr.
23 Pete Young R R P 6-3 210 Sr.
24 Matt Richey R R P 6-2 225 Jr.
27 Mike Richey R R C-1B 6-2 240 Jr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Nolan Aherin 40 106 27 30 15 .283 9 0 1
Cole Daily 38 123 35 46 19 .374 10 2 0
Cal Elvers 25 64 14 19 15 .297 4 3 0
Ryne Elvers 31 71 11 12 8 .169 1 0 0
Connor Etheridge 1 3 0 1 4 .333 1 0 0
Patrick Kelly 1 2 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0
Alex Mandeville 14 17 9 4 3 .235 3 0 0
Corey Mason 39 113 27 46 37 .407 12 2 4
Sean Mason 33 76 21 19 18 .250 4 2 3
Peyton Minder 8 16 5 6 5 .375 0 0 1
Mike Richey 4 5 2 2 1 .400 0 0 0
Steve Sartore 39 112 25 45 29 .402 9 2 0
Clayton Taylor 7 12 5 5 6 .417 0 0 1
Mitch Trees 40 109 42 44 37 .404 7 5 5
Brett Vicari 4 3 3 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Conor White 29 83 31 38 18 .458 7 1 0
Pete Young 1 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Justin Zanger 17 24 13 10 5 .417 3 0 0
Kevin Zanger 39 116 31 56 29 .483 8 3 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Connor Etheridge 17 13-0 80.0 55 8 26 96 0.70
Dalton Henderson 2 1-0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1.75
Patrick Kelly 6 4-1 24.0 19 6 2 15 1.75
Corey Mason 6 0-1 7.0 5 4 5 9 4.00
Ben McElwee 12 9-0 57.1 24 7 28 77 0.85
Matt Richey 4 0-0 4.2 5 1 4 4 1.50
Pete Young 17 9-1 61.0 42 3 4 38 0.34
Kevin Zanger 6 1-0 13.2 15 1 1 11 0.51

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/18 Williamsville W 10 1
3/20 Kankakee (McNamara) W 10 0
3/24 Arlington Heights (Hersey) W 3 0
3/28 Normal (Community West) W 9 0
3/29 Peoria (Notre Dame) L 2 3
4/1 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 9 1
4/2 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 5 0
4/5 Deerfield (H.S.) W 11 0
4/5 Deerfield (H.S.) W 10 2
4/8 Lincoln W 5 0
4/9 Lincoln W 15 3
4/11 Edwardsville (H.S.) W 7 0
4/15 Rochester W 4 1
4/16 Rochester W 11 0
4/21 Quincy (Notre Dame) W 10 0
4/22 Chatham (Glenwood) W 4 2
4/23 Chatham (Glenwood) W 6 0
4/24 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) W 5 0
4/26 St. Louis (Lutheran South), MO W 2 0
4/26 St. Louis (Christian Brothers), MO L 1 4
4/29 Springfield (Southeast) W 17 0
4/30 Springfield (Southeast) W 11 0
5/2 East Peoria W 6 0
5/6 Springfield (Southeast) W 4 0
5/7 Springfield (Southeast) W 12 0
5/10 Collinsville W 3 2
5/10 Collinsville W 9 4
5/12 Pleasant Plains W 16 1
5/13 Springfield (H.S.) W 15 0
5/14 Springfield (H.S.) W 1 0
5/17 Washington W 4 2
5/20 Taylorville W 11 1
5/21 Taylorville W 12 0
5/23 Quincy (Sr.) W 12 1
5/26 O'Fallon (H.S.) L 3 9
Chatham (Glenwood) Regional
5/28 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 11 5
5/31 Quincy (Notre Dame) W 3 1
Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) Sectional
6/4 Champaign (Central) W 2 0
6/7 Normal (University) W 6 3
Sauget (GCS Park) Super-Sectional
6/9 Mascoutah W 5 2

Head Coach Mike Eck

  
Year W-L
Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
2007 11-25
2008 18-14
2009 24-8
2010 19-9
2011 28-3
2012 27-12
2013 26-8
2014 37-3
8 yrs. 190-82

Tournament History

As SPRINGFIELD (CATHEDRAL)
1945        0    6  0-1            DNP  John Hendricks
       L    0    6  Maywood (Proviso)
1950        1    3  0-1 (17-4)     DNP  Luke Gleason
       L    1    3  Elgin (H.S.)

As SPRINGFIELD (GRIFFIN)
1964        6    5  3-0 (23-8)     1st  Dick Murawski
       W    4    3  Rock Island (Alleman)
       W    3    2  Danville (H.S.)
       W    6    5  Skokie (Niles West)
1968        3    7  0-1 (28-5)     DNP  Dick Murawski
       L    3    7  Champaign (Central)
1982-AA     2    5  2-1 (31-7)     2nd  Robin Cooper
       W    1    0  Peoria (Spalding)
       W    8    2  Dolton (Thornridge)
       L    2    5  Darien (Hinsdale South)
1987-AA     9    1  3-0 (37-4)     1st  Ron Wojcicki
       W   14    1  Chicago (C. Vocational) (5 inn.)
       W    7    2  Belleville (East)
       W    9    1  Barrington
1988-AA     2    4  0-1 (20-20)    DNP  Ron Wojcicki
       L    2    4  Chicago (Marist)

As SPRINGFIELD (SACRED HEART-GRIFFIN)
1989-AA     3    5  0-1 (24-12)    DNP  Ron Wojcicki
       L    3    5  Chicago (Clemente)
2005-AA     8   10  0-1 (34-6)     DNP  Eric Chrzanowski
       L    8   10  Barrington