Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Olney (East Richland) (26-7)

 School Information
Name: East Richland High School
City: Olney
City Population: 9,000
County: Richland
Enrollment: 741
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Conference: North Egypt
Superintendent: Wm Edward Armstrong
Principal: Larry Miller
Athletic Director: Larry Bussard
Head Coach: Andy Julian
Assistant Coaches: Emmett Shoemaker, Jason Fulton

Last Year's Advancement: Defeated Rock Island (Alleman), 8-3, in Class A Third Place Game

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 19  Andy Julian              Head Coach  
 20  Emmett Shoemaker         Asst. Coach 
 22  Jason Fulton             Asst. Coach 
  1  Ben Duke                 R  R  IF     6-1  175   18  Sr.
  2  Jeremiah Fleming         R  R  IF     5-9  140   18  Sr.
  3  Matt McLaren             R  R  OF/C/P 5-9  150   17  Jr.
  4  Aaron Benson             R  R  IF     5-8  120   17  Jr.
  5  Ted Hampton              R  R  OF     5-10 160   16  So.
  6  Brian Hearring           L  L  OF     5-9  145   16  So.
  8  Wes Ryker                R  R  IF     6-0  140   16  Jr.
  9  Tyler Black              R  R  IF/P   6-0  160   16  Jr.
 10  Justin Schwartz          R  R  OF     5-8  150   17  Jr.
 11  Zac Beehn                L  L  IF/P   6-0  170   18  Sr.
 12  Kenny Marrs              R  R  OF/C   5-11 160   16  Jr.
 13  Brandis Grove            R  R  OF     5-8  165   16  So.
 14  Ian Laughlin             L  L  IF/P   6-0  170   16  So.
 15  Joey Trupiano            R  R  OF     5-9  165   17  Jr.
 16  Derek Kocher             R  R  C      5-10 185   17  Sr.
 17  Brian Arteberry          R  R  C/IF   5-10 170   17  Jr.
 18  Matt Angle               R  R  IF     5-11 180   17  Jr.
 21  Bo Madden                R  R  IF     5-9  145   16  So.
     Team Totals                                             
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Matt Angle 33 83 20 23 9 .277 3 0 0 Brian Arteberry 33 106 27 35 32 .330 8 0 3 Zac Beehn 33 80 11 31 17 .388 8 0 0 Aaron Benson 5 13 7 3 3 .231 1 0 1 Tyler Black 33 85 23 28 19 .329 2 0 4 Ben Duke 33 104 36 44 30 .423 11 0 4 Jeremiah Fleming 15 9 0 2 1 .222 0 0 0 Brandis Grove 12 33 12 11 6 .333 4 0 0 Ted Hampton 3 6 1 1 2 .167 0 0 0 Brian Hearring 26 73 17 21 10 .288 2 2 0 Derek Kocher 6 7 1 2 1 .286 0 0 0 Ian Laughlin 1 2 1 1 0 .500 1 0 0 Bo Madden 2 4 1 1 0 .250 0 0 0 Kenny Marrs 33 84 39 34 32 .405 9 2 8 Matt McLaren 33 104 24 35 16 .337 10 0 1 Wes Ryker 5 13 1 1 0 .077 0 0 0 Justin Schwartz 4 4 3 1 0 .250 0 0 0 Joey Trupiano 33 96 30 34 30 .354 7 0 7 Team Totals 33 911 254 309 208 .339 67 4 29 PITCHING Name W-L G IP H ER BB SO ERA Zac Beehn 13-1 14 82.2 30 28 82 2.54 Tyler Black 8-2 11 57.0 17 30 60 2.09 Ben Duke 0-0 3 11.2 9 7 14 5.40 Ian Laughlin 5-2 7 35.0 23 26 35 4.60 Kenny Marrs 0-1 3 7.0 4 3 9 4.00 Matt McLaren 0-1 4 14.2 4 13 15 1.91 Wes Ryker 0-0 2 3.2 1 2 1 1.91
 Scores
Date Opponent W/LRuns Opp 3/26 Noble (West Richland) (5 inn.) W 11 0 4/1 Robinson W 5 1 4/2 Carmi (C.-White County) L 4 5 4/4 Coal City W 3 2 4/4 Coal City W 5 3 4/6 Effingham (H.S.) W 7 0 4/7 Dieterich (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/10 Evansville (North), IN W 6 2 4/14 Mattoon W 7 2 4/18 Vienna W 11 7 4/18 Harrisburg W 4 3 4/20 Albion (Edwards County) L 0 2 4/20 Albion (Edwards County) L 3 6 4/21 Lawrenceville (9 inn.) W 11 10 4/23 Bridgeport (Red Hill) W 13 6 4/25 Teutopolis L 9 12 4/25 Grayville W 10 4 4/29 Robinson W 2 1 5/2 Vincennes (Rivet), IN W 13 0 5/4 Flora (6 inn.) W 11 1 5/5 Salem (6 inn.) W 11 1 5/7 Carmi (C.-White County) L 14 18 5/12 Mt. Carmel W 3 1 5/13 Fairfield (5 inn.) W 11 0 5/16 Oblong (5 inn.) W 13 3 5/16 Oblong W 9 0 5/19 Mt. Carmel L 1 4 5/26 Charleston L 4 5 Mattoon Regional *5/28 Decatur (Eisenhower) W 11 3 *5/30 Effingham (H.S.) W 10 0 *6/1 Paris W 11 5 Springfield (H.S.) Sectional *6/6 Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) W 5 3 *6/8 Normal (Community West) W 8 6
 Head Coach Andy Julian
Year W-L 1997 23-8 (3rd) 1998 36-7 School Years No. W-L At Olney (East Richland) 1997-98 2 49-15 Total 2 49-15
For Olney (East Richland)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.