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  Boys Baseball State Final Qualifier 1999-00 

 Joliet (Catholic) (28-11)

 School Information
Name: Catholic Academy
City: Joliet
City Population: 90,647
County: Will
Enrollment: 766
Nickname: Hilltoppers
Colors: Columbia Blue/Brown
Conference: East Suburban Catholic
President: Sr. Faith Szambelanczyk
Principal: Fr. Timothy Andres, O.Carm
Boys Athletic Director: Dan Sharp
Head Coach: Jared Voss
Assistant Coaches: Leo Michalak, Tony Giese, Jason Rech
Captains: Mark Sopko, Mike Johnson, Lee Sicinski, Joe Van Tassel
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Lockport (Twp.), 2-1, in Regional Quarterfinal

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 12  Jared Voss               Head Coach  
  1  Jason Rech               Asst. Coach 
  6  Leo Michalak             Asst. Coach 
 23  Tony Giese               Asst. Coach 
  2  Mike Maloney                   DH     6-5  275   18  Sr.
  3  Mike Maher                     SS     6-1  180   18  Sr.
  4  Jake Jaworski                  OF     5-8  145   16  So.
  7  Chris Williams                 3B     6-1  180   17  Jr.
  8  Kevin Schumacher               OF     5-8  155   18  Sr.
  9  Lee Sicinski                   1B     6-3  210   18  Sr.
 10  Mike Johnson                   C      6-2  200   18  Sr.
 11  Carlos Garcia                  C      5-8  180   17  Jr.
 14  Mike Pullman                   OF     5-8  170   17  Jr.
 15  Joe Jaworski                                     18  Sr.
 16  John Judge                     2B     6-1  185   17  Jr.
 18  Paul Cabay                                       18  Sr.
 19  Jason Wagner                   OF     5-9  175   18  Sr.
 20  Mark Sopko                     P-OF   6-0  180   18  Sr.
 21  Steve Nielsen                  P      6-6  170   18  Sr.
 22  Chris Gruber                   P-OF   5-9  190   16  So.
 24  Joe Van Tassel                 2B     5-11 170   18  Sr.
 25  Reggie Phillips                1B     6-2  190   18  Sr.
 30  Matt Kociuba                   P      5-9  160   18  Sr.

 Statistics
BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR Chris Gruber 121 32 48 32 .397 8 4 5 Jake Jaworski 32 7 9 6 .281 0 0 0 Mike Johnson 119 23 40 40 .336 12 0 3 John Judge 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Mike Maher 105 20 32 16 .305 5 1 1 Mike Maloney 39 5 13 14 .333 1 0 1 Reggie Phillips 25 8 7 10 .280 2 0 0 Kevin Schumacher 15 4 3 4 .200 0 0 0 Lee Sicinski 118 18 43 36 .364 11 2 3 Mark Sopko 121 35 44 27 .364 11 4 1 Joe Van Tassel 126 44 48 21 .381 12 3 1 Jason Wagner 98 13 24 13 .245 21 2 1 Chris Williams 109 25 48 62 .440 30 7 2 PITCHING Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA Chris Gruber 2-2 19.1 28 29 29 9 10.50 Matt Kociuba 3-4 34.2 43 28 21 28 5.65 Steve Nielsen 11-3 89.2 72 26 42 67 2.03 Kevin Schumacher 4-2 45.1 50 35 19 28 5.40 Mark Sopko 7-1 68.2 55 28 32 85 2.85
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/27 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) W 11 4 3/28 Minooka W 5 4 3/29 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) L 9 10 4/5 Chicago (St. Rita) W 3 0 4/6 Naperville (North) W 7 5 4/9 St. Louis (Chaminade), MO W 5 0 4/9 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) W 10 5 4/14 Lockport (Twp.) (8 inn.) L 4 5 4/15 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) W 15 1 4/15 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) W 14 2 4/19 River Grove (Holy Cross) W 7 2 4/21 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) W 6 0 4/22 Niles (Notre Dame) W 6 4 4/22 Niles (Notre Dame) W 6 5 4/24 Chicago Heights (Marian) L 6 10 4/24 Joliet (Twp.) L 1 4 4/25 River Grove (Holy Cross) W 8 6 4/26 Chicago Heights (Marian) W 8 6 4/27 South Holland (Thornwood) W 8 5 4/28 Lemont (H.S.) W 6 3 4/29 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 3 1 4/29 Ottawa (Marquette) W 9 0 5/2 Chicago (Marist) L 6 7 5/4 Chicago (Marist) L 1 8 5/6 Mundelein (Carmel) L 6 7 5/6 Mundelein (Carmel) L 5 9 5/8 Lisle (Benet) L 10 17 5/10 Lisle (Benet) W 6 5 5/13 Chicago (St. Patrick) L 7 13 5/13 Chicago (St. Patrick) L 2 5 5/14 New Lenox (Providence) W 2 1 5/15 Westchester (St. Joseph) W 15 2 5/21 Chicago (St. Rita) W 3 2 5/22 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) W 5 2 Morris Regional *5/25 Morris W 5 4 *5/27 Lockport (Twp.) W 1 0 *5/29 Joliet (Twp.) W 5 2 Lockport (Twp.) *6/3 Roselle (Lake Park) W 6 0 *6/5 St. Charles W 5 2
 Head Coach Jared Voss
Year W-L Joliet (Catholic) 1999 19-14 2000 28-11 2 yrs. 47-25
 Tournament History
1977 4 3 1-1 (26-7) DNP Robert Gifford W 3 1 Canton L 1 2 Lombard (Glenbard East) 1980AA 0 6 0-1 (38-9) DNP Jack Schimanski L 0 6 Winnetka (New Trier East) 1981AA 8 7 1-1 (45-9-1) DNP Jack Schimanski W 4 0 Wauconda L 4 7 Chicago (Brother Rice) 1988AA 0 4 0-1 (34-6) DNP Jack Schimanski L 0 4 Edwardsville (H.S.) 1990AA 14 9 2-1 (25-6) 2nd Joe Rodeghero W 10 3 Machesney Park (Harlem) W 3 2 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) L 1 4 Edwardsville (H.S.) 1994AA 21 7 3-0 (35-5) 1st Joe Rodeghero W 4 1 O'Fallon W 7 6 South Holland (Thornwood) (8 inn.) W 10 0 Morton


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