Coal City Boys Baseball — 2007-08
Name: Coal City High School
City: Coal City
City Population: Coal City 4,797; Diamond 1,393; Carbon Hill 392
County: Grundy
Enrollment: 666
Nickname: Coalers
Colors: Dark Green/White/Gold
Conference: Interstate Eight
Superintendent: Dr. Kent Bugg
Principal: Ken Miller
Athletic Director: Dan Hutchings
Head Coach: Jerry McDowell
Assistant Coaches: Greg Wills, Matt Hines, Nate Wills, CJ Dzuiban
Captains: JT Blaine, Jesse Gregurich
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Braidwood (Reed-Custer), 1-0, in Class A Sectional Final
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Yr.
2 Bryan Bertani R R OF-IF 5-8 145 18 Sr.
3 Alec Smith R R IF 5-8 150 16 So.
4 Anthony Hakey R R OF 5-7 170 16 So.
5 Ryan VanDuyne R R OF 6-1 210 18 Sr.
6 JT Blaine R R P-SS 5-11 165 18 Sr.
7 Kevin Gabehart L R 2B-SS 5-8 160 17 Jr.
8 Ryan Verdun R R C 6-2 200 18 Sr.
9 Kyle Dearth R R C 5-9 200 17 Jr.
10 Ryan Collier R R OF 5-9 165 16 So.
11 Jesse Gregurich S R 3B 5-10 170 18 Sr.
13 Tom Taylor R R OF 6-1 180 16 So.
14 Taylor Olson L L OF-1B 6-1 190 17 Jr.
15 Joel Lardi R R 1B-P 6-3 205 18 Sr.
17 Tyler Hanley R R 3B 5-7 140 17 Jr.
18 Colt Smith R R OF-P 6-0 180 16 So.
20 Nick Trotter R R OF 6-1 240 18 Sr.
BATTING
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Bryan Bertani 33 90 21 25 16 .278 3 2 1
JT Blaine 33 112 43 53 38 .473 18 1 8
Ryan Collier 13 18 3 4 2 .222 0 0 0
Kyle Dearth 30 18 9 21 11 1.167 3 0 1
Kevin Gabehart 33 124 30 39 19 .315 3 3 1
Jesse Gregurich 19 63 24 25 21 .397 8 1 6
Anthony Hakey 33 60 16 17 11 .283 3 0 0
Tyler Hanley 24 21 2 3 0 .143 0 0 0
Joel Lardi 27 83 20 33 28 .398 8 0 5
Taylor Olson 31 87 14 28 19 .322 6 0 2
Alec Smith 20 7 0 1 0 .143 0 0 0
Colt Smith 32 67 18 24 12 .358 6 1 2
Tom Taylor 5 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Nick Trotter 26 43 6 8 3 .186 3 0 1
Ryan VanDuyne 24 21 6 6 1 .286 0 0 0
Ryan Verdun 33 95 25 38 25 .400 7 1 3
TEAM TOTALS 33 970 237 325 206 .335 68 9 30
OPPONENT TOTALS 33 925 162 217 106 .235 42 5 10
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Bryan Bertani 8 1-0 20.0 22 15 9 14 5.25
JT Blaine 15 9-4 76.0 64 18 21 103 1.66
Kevin Gabehart 3 0-0 6.0 11 5 3 6 5.83
Jesse Gregurich 3 1-1 16.0 28 15 6 17 6.56
Joel Lardi 10 3-2 35.0 28 15 26 40 3.00
Taylor Olson 4 1-1 15.0 17 11 10 12 5.13
Colt Smith 13 7-3 59.0 47 27 31 74 3.20
TEAM TOTALS 33 22-11 227.0 325 106 112 179 3.27
OPPONENT TOTALS 33 11-22 227.0 217 206 106 266 6.35
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/20 Beecher (5 inn.) W 11 0
3/24 Streator (Twp.) W 7 2
3/25 Pontiac W 5 0
3/26 Yorkville L 2 3
4/4 Wilmington W 4 0
4/5 Sciota (West Prairie) W 9 2
4/5 Rochester (6 inn.) L 2 15
4/7 Sandwich W 10 6
4/7 Sandwich L 0 1
4/14 Seneca (5 inn.) L 3 13
4/15 Seneca L 5 7
4/16 Lansing (Illiana Christian) L 9 13
4/18 Herscher W 5 1
4/21 Plano (5 inn.) W 11 1
4/22 Plano L 2 3
4/24 Dwight W 5 3
4/25 Manteno L 9 11
4/26 Wilmington (8 inn.) L 7 8
4/26 Minonk (Fieldcrest) L 15 17
4/28 Westmont W 8 4
4/30 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 6 2
4/30 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) W 12 10
5/5 Lisle (Sr.) W 10 6
5/6 Lisle (Sr.) W 20 4
5/7 Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) L 0 2
5/9 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) W 4 0
5/10 Morris W 6 3
5/13 Westmont W 10 5
Ottawa (Marquette) Regional
*5/16 Ottawa (Marquette) W 9 3
*5/17 Seneca W 10 8
Braidwood (Reed-Custer) Sectional
*5/21 Watseka W 9 3
*5/24 Wilmington W 10 5
Lisle (Benedictine University) Super-Sectional
*5/26 Addison (Driscoll) W 8 4
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Head Coach Jerry McDowell
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Year W-L
Gardner (G.-South Wilmington)
1988 16-7
Coal City
1996 17-5
1997 21-8
1998 21-6
1999 22-11
2000 25-9-1
2001 34-3
2002 28-6
2003 29-5-1
2004 25-13
2005 33-5
2006 25-13
2007 31-6
2008 22-11
13 yrs. 333-101-2
GRAND TOTAL
14 yrs. 349-108-2
2002-A 2 6 0-1 (28-6) DNP Jerry McDowell
L 2 6 Anna (A.-Jonesboro)