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Girls Softball State Final Qualifier
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1997-98 
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 Lansing (Illiana Christian) (24-7-1)
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Name: Illiana Christian High School 
City: Lansing 
City Population: 30,000 
County: Cook 
Enrollment: 700 
Nickname: Lady Vikings 
Colors: Green/White 
Conference: Private School League 
Principal: William R. Finley 
Athletic Director: Tom Kamp 
Head Coach: Roger King 
Assistant Coaches: Fred Terpstra, Jerry Swets 
 
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Braidwood (Reed-Custer) in Sectional Final 
 
 
No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.    Age  Yr.
     Roger King               Head Coach  
     Jerry Swets              Asst. Coach 
     Fred Terpstra            Asst. Coach 
     Team Totals                                          
     Opponents Totals                                     
  1  Trisha Balkema           R  R  3B     5-6     16  So.
  5  Lisa Brinkmann           R  R  OF     5-8     17  Sr.
  6  Liz Bouck                S  R  SS     5-4     17  Jr.
  7  Kim DeYoung              R  R  P      5-8     17  Jr.
  8  Jamie Jongsma            R  R  OF     5-4     18  Sr.
 11  Jessica VanderLoan       R  R  1B/P   5-8     17  Sr.
 12  Tiffany Lenting          R  R  IF     5-8     18  Sr.
 13  Emily Piekarczyk         R  R  OF     5-4     17  Jr.
 16  Michelle Van Buren       R  R  OF     5-6     16  So.
 19  Kim Singer               R  R  C      5-7     18  Sr.
 21  Cristi DeGraff           R  R  OF     5-3     15  Fr.
 25  Teri Schultz             R  R  C      5-8     17  Jr.
 34  Autumn McGathey          R  R  2B     5-4     18  Sr.
BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Trisha Balkema          32    99    30    36    22  .364     4     0     0
Liz Bouck               32    88    38    48    10  .545     2     0     1
Lisa Brinkmann          27    32    11     5     5  .156     1     0     1
Cristi DeGraff          31    62    20    24    11  .387     3     1     0
Kim DeYoung             30    70    16    27    32  .386     1     5     5
Jamie Jongsma           30    46    13    11     7  .239     2     1     0
Tiffany Lenting         30    62    14    14    11  .226     1     1     1
Autumn McGathey         32    95    29    31    14  .326     1     1     0
Emily Piekarczyk        26    30     7     5     0  .167     0     0     0
Teri Schultz            32    82    26    28    27  .341     4     3     1
Kim Singer              15    10     3     2     3  .200     0     0     0
Michelle Van Buren      29    63    12    13     5  .206     2     0     0
Jessica VanderLoan      31    64    13    15    17  .234     0     1     2
Opponents Totals        32   710    66   120        .169    17     4     7
Team Totals             32   803   232   259   164  .323    21    13    11
PITCHING
Name                   W-L     G      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Cristi DeGraff         1-0     6    12.0    11     2     2     9  1.17
Kim DeYoung           14-6    20   126.0    78    22    40    86  1.22
Team Totals           24-7    32   197.0   120    31    52   133  1.10
Jessica VanderLoan     9-1    13    59.0    31     7    10    38  0.83
Date   Opponent                     W/LRuns Opp
4/2    Oak Lawn (Community)           W   7   4
4/4    Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)         L   1   2
4/4    Downers Grove (South)          T   6   6
4/6    Chicago (Washington)           W  13   2
4/13   Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North)   W   6   0
4/14   West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)   W  19   1
4/15   West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)   W  10   0
4/18   Chicago (Luther North)         W   6   0
4/18   Chicago (Luther North)         W  11   0
4/22   South Holland (Seton Academy)   W   4   2
4/25   Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)   W  19   0
4/25   Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)   W  14   0
4/27   Chicago (Mother McAuley)       L   1   9
4/29   Orland Park (Sandburg)         L   1   5
5/2    Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)   W   4   2
5/2    Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)   L   7   8
5/4    Chicago (Maria)                W   5   1
5/8    LaGrange Park (Nazareth)       W  12   2
5/8    Lagrange Park (Nazareth)       W  10   0
5/9    Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)   W  14   0
5/9    Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)   W  15   2
5/12   New Lenox (Providence)         W   2   1
5/13   Lemont (H.S.)                  W   6   1
5/14   Westmont                       L   2   6
5/16   Lansing (Thornton Fractional South)   L   0   2
5/16   Lansing (Thornton Fractional South)   W   4   3
5/18   Chicago Heights (Marian)       L   1   2
Manteno Regional
*5/21  Hoopeston (H. Area)            W  11   0
*5/23  Momence                        W   3   1
*5/26  Manteno                        W   3   1
St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) Sectional
*5/30  St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden)        W   9   1
*6/1   Fairbury (Prairie Central)     W   6   2
Year   W-L       
1991   17-7      
1992   23-3      
1993   28-3      
1994   30-2      
1995   34-2      
1996   28-5       (2nd)
1997   32-3      
1998   24-7-1    
School                             Years     No.     W-L       
At Lansing (Illiana Christian)     1991-98   8       216-32-1  
Total                                        8       216-32-1  
 
For Lansing (Illiana Christian)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book. 
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