Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) Boys Baseball — 2006-07
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Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) (27-7)
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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
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.
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
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
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Head Coach Don Gillingham
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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
This is the first tournament appearance for Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran).