Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1998-99 

 Herscher (34-4)

 School Information
Name: Herscher High School
City: Herscher
City Population: Bonfield 400; Reddick 400; Herscher 1,400
County: Kankakee
Enrollment: 700
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Gold/Black
Conference: River Valley
Superintendent: Dr. Lawrence Jacobson
Principal: Clifford West
Athletic Director: David Fultz
Head Coach: Eric Regez
Assistant Coaches: Rollie Thill, Kurt Schliach, Bryan Smith
Captains: Steven Kerschke, Tim Marks
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Normal (University), 9-6, in Sectional

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 00  Bryan Smith              Asst. Coach 
  9  Eric Regez               Head Coach  
 42  Rollie Thill             Asst. Coach 
 99  Kurt Schliach            Asst. Coach 
  1  Travis Brown             R  R  SS     5-11 165   18  Sr.
  2  Todd Walther             R  R  P      5-11 150   16  Jr.
  3  Steven Kerschke          R  R  2B/P   5-11 165   18  Sr.
  4  Brad Johnson             R  R  2B     5-9  165   18  Sr.
  6  Kevin Schaumburg         R  R  OF     5-10 160   17  Jr.
  7  Josh Schneider           R  R  OF     6-1  120   17  Sr.
  8  Justin Marti             R  R  OF     6-0  165   18  Sr.
 10  Pat West                 R  R  3B     5-11 170   16  So.
 11  Todd Hoffman             R  R  IF     6-0  160   16  Jr.
 14  Matt Kapchinski          L  L  OF     5-11 175   18  Sr.
 20  Kris Jensen              R  R  P/DH   6-0  175   16  Jr.
 21  Steve Wilkins            R  R  OF     6-1  165   17  Sr.
 22  Brad Elliot              R  R  C      6-0  155   15  Fr.
 31  Jason Adams              R  R  OF     6-0  170   17  Jr.
 32  Matt Duval               L  L  1B     5-11 185   17  Jr.
 33  Tim Marks                R  R  C      6-2  210   18  Sr.
 44  Ryan Hove                R  R  1B     6-2  175   17  Sr.
 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Jason Adams 106 41 42 34 .396 9 1 7 Travis Brown 113 51 50 49 .442 10 2 7 Matt Duval 58 8 17 24 .293 2 0 1 Todd Hoffman 11 6 2 3 .182 0 0 1 Ryan Hove 96 32 36 31 .375 11 1 6 Kris Jensen 29 5 9 10 .310 3 1 0 Brad Johnson 27 6 8 3 .296 1 0 0 Matt Kapchinski 117 51 54 35 .462 13 3 3 Steven Kerschke 109 43 48 35 .440 14 2 5 Tim Marks 131 38 49 34 .374 11 0 4 Justin Marti 102 42 36 16 .353 6 2 2 Kevin Schaumburg 13 6 4 3 .308 0 0 0 Josh Schneider 19 9 9 7 .474 1 0 1 Todd Walther 7 3 2 3 .286 0 0 0 Pat West 99 27 27 19 .273 7 1 1 Steve Wilkins 40 11 11 7 .275 1 0 1 TEAM TOTALS 1077 379 404 313 .375 89 13 39 PITCHING Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA Jason Adams 2 1-0 5.0 3 0 2 11 0.00 Ryan Hove 10 6-0 35.2 27 14 19 34 2.75 Kris Jensen 10 3-0 33.0 28 7 14 39 1.48 Steven Kerschke 18 15-2 98.0 82 25 23 84 1.79 Todd Walther 14 9-2 63.1 63 25 19 63 2.76 TEAM TOTALS 54 34-4 235.0 203 71 77 231 2.11
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/23 Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) W 8 0 3/25 Wilmington W 14 3 3/29 Beecher W 10 0 3/31 Peotone W 14 0 4/1 Clifton (Central) W 19 6 4/3 Crescent City (Crescent-Iroquois) (Coop) W 7 3 4/5 Grant Park W 12 2 4/6 Kankakee (Sr.) W 14 0 4/7 Momence W 16 1 4/9 Donovan W 10 0 4/10 Kankakee (McNamara) L 0 7 4/12 Sheldon W 10 0 4/13 Morris L 0 1 4/14 Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) W 7 0 4/19 Beecher W 5 2 4/20 Pontiac W 16 4 4/21 Peotone W 9 3 4/23 Clifton (Central) W 10 0 4/24 Streator (Twp.) W 6 1 4/24 Streator (Twp.) W 12 2 4/26 Grant Park W 11 1 4/28 Momence W 6 0 4/29 Manteno W 6 0 4/30 Donovan W 22 0 5/3 Sheldon W 15 3 5/5 Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) W 14 4 5/7 Manteno W 11 9 5/8 Coal City W 7 0 5/8 Coal City L 8 9 5/10 Milford W 13 3 5/12 Dwight W 13 0 5/15 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) L 1 6 5/17 Lexington W 7 3 Herscher Regional *5/20 Gilman (Iroquois West) W 10 0 *5/22 Watseka W 5 1 *5/24 Fairbury (Prairie Central) (9 inn.) W 8 7 Danville (H.S.) Sectional *5/29 Kankakee (McNamara) W 5 0 *5/31 Normal (University) W 9 4
 Head Coach Eric Regez
Year W-L Herscher 1993 14-11 1994 12-10 1995 26-5 1996 20-6 1997 35-3 1998 33-4 1999 34-4 7 yrs. 174-43
 Tournament History
1983A 10 9 1-1 (19-2) DNP Ed Sennett W 8 5 Alton (Marquette) L 2 4 Beecher City 1995A 4 8 0-1 (26-5) DNP Eric Regez L 4 8 Byron