Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) Boys Baseball — 2006-07 

 Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) (27-7)

 School Information
Name: Walther Lutheran High School
City: Melrose Park
City Population: Melrose Park 23171
County: Cook
Enrollment: 395 M
Nickname: Broncos
Colors: Green/White
Conference: Private School League
Superintendent: Don Gillingham
Principal: Steve Zielke
Athletic Director: Bruce Tuomi
Head Coach: Don Gillingham
Assistant Coaches: Clarence Jackson, Kevin Charpentier, Matt Tuomi, Ron Lira

Captains: Anthony Collaro, Fred Rose, Nate Haras
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Addison (Driscoll), 11-10, in Sectional Semifinal

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  2  Steve Easter             R  R  P-3B          0       Jr.
  3  Logan Miller             R  R  SS-2B-P       0       So.
  5  Ryan Baker               R  R  OF            0       So.
  6  Larry Barajaz            R  R  3B            0       So.
  7  Darryl Hardy             R  R  OF            0       Fr.
  8  Michael Babchak          R  R  SS-P          0       Jr.
  9  Dan Diliberto            R  R  3B-DH         0       Sr.
 11  Fred Rose                R  R  OF-1B         0       Sr.
 12  Richard Orrico           R  R  OF            0       Sr.
 14  Victor Reeves            R  R  OF            0       So.
 17  Steve Tuchel             R  R  SS-2B-3B       0       So.
 22  John Preto               L  L  OF            0       Sr.
 24  Anthony Collaro          R  R  P-OF-1B       0       Sr.
 27  Chris Rankins            R  R  2B-P          0       Jr.
 30  Brian Mullen             L  R  3B-C          0       So.
 32  David Tuomi              R  R  2B-SS         0       So.
 33  Luke Wilkening           R  R  1B            0       So.
 58  Nate Haras               R  R  C             0       Sr.


 Statistics

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Michael Babchak         32   102    16    29    18  .284     3     0     1
Ryan Baker               1     1     0     0     0  .000     0     0     0
Anthony Collaro         31    96    26    27    21  .281     4     0     3
Dan Diliberto           30    65    11    22     8  .338     3     0     0
Steve Easter            32    88    18    32    17  .364    10     0     1
Nate Haras              32   103    28    41    21  .398     6     2     4
Logan Miller            16    22     2     2     2  .091     0     0     0
Brian Mullen            17    25     6     5     3  .200     2     0     1
Richard Orrico          32   101    33    27    15  .267     7     3     0
John Preto              32    76    21    27    10  .355     5     0     1
Chris Rankins           16    17     0     3     2  .176     2     0     0
Fred Rose               29    92    20    32    21  .348     4     1     0
Steve Tuchel            16    38     4     8     7  .211     0     0     0
TEAM TOTALS             34   856   187   259   148  .303    46     6    11
OPPONENT TOTALS         34   771    90   167    76  .217    32     2    11

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Michael Babchak          7   3-2    32.0    23     4     4    28  0.88
Anthony Collaro         10  10-0    62.0    39     9    18    70  1.02
Steve Easter            12   7-2    63.0    51    13    12    82  1.44
Logan Miller             3   0-1    10.0    21    12     6     7  8.40
Chris Rankins            7   3-0    22.0    20     6    13    24  1.91
TEAM TOTALS             34  27-7   213.0   176    55    63   239  1.81
OPPONENT TOTALS         34  7-27   188.0   250    99    98   127  3.69
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/22 Hillside (Proviso West) W 10 0 3/27 Summit (Argo) W 5 2 3/29 Westchester (St. Joseph) W 7 4 3/31 River Grove (Guerin) L 2 3 3/31 River Grove (Guerin) L 2 7 4/3 Lake Forest (L.F. Academy) W 7 1 4/10 Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) W 8 0 4/13 Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran) W 6 2 4/16 Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) L 1 2 4/17 Lansing (Illiana Christian) W 3 1 4/18 Lansing (Illiana Christian) W 3 1 4/19 Westmont L 9 10 4/20 Chicago (Harlan) L 4 15 4/21 Elgin (Westminster Christian) W 3 2 4/21 Elgin (Westminster Christian) W 6 3 4/23 Chicago (Northside) W 10 9 4/24 Aurora (A. Christian) W 9 0 4/28 Elmwood Park W 4 3 4/28 Elmwood Park L 2 4 5/1 Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) W 6 4 5/2 Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) W 4 1 5/5 West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) L 2 3 5/5 West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) W 5 1 5/8 Aurora (A. Christian) W 11 7 5/10 Chicago (Luther South) (5 inn.) W 14 0 5/10 Chicago (Luther South) (5 inn.) W 18 0 5/12 Chicago (Luther North) W 4 1 5/12 Chicago (Luther North) W 11 2 Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) Regional *5/16 Chicago (Perspectives Charter) W 7 0 *5/19 Chicago (Holy Trinity) W 5 0 5/22 Chicago (Hyde Park) W 4 3 Lisle (Sr.) Sectional *5/24 Lisle (Sr.) W 5 1 *5/26 Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) W 1 0 Lisle (Benedictine University) Super-Sectional *5/28 Herscher W 5 4

 Head Coach Don Gillingham

Year      W-L       
Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)
1996      19-11     
1997      21-9      
1998      22-8      
1999      24-6      
2000      27-6      
2001      23-7      
2004      18-15     
2005      25-10-1   
2006      17-13-1   
2007      27-7      
10 yrs.   223-92-2  

 Tournament History

This is the first tournament appearance for Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran).