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Final standingsCS8 Overall

Glenwood 18 0 30 4SHG 16 2 24 8Rochester 12 6 20 16Springfield 11 7 20 16Lincoln 10 8 14 21Lanphier 8 10 13 17Jacksonville 6 12 10 22Southeast 6 12 7 23Eisenhower 3 15 4 23MacArthur 0 18 1 32

Aron Hopp■ Lincoln juniorcenter fielder

Batted .317 andscored 24 runsfrom the leadoffposition; sixth in the leaguewith 24 stolen bases.

2015 ALL-CS8 BASEBALLNick Maton■ ChathamGlenwoodsenior pitcher/shortstop

CS8 Player of theYear; drafted in the 40th roundin the MLB First-Year PlayerDraft by Oakland; batted .442with 28 RBIs, four home runsand 20 stolen bases; commit-ted just two errors at short-stop; led the conference with a0.95 earned run average andwas 8-1 with 102 strikeoutsand just 17 walks in 59 innings;first-team Illinois High SchoolBaseball Coaches AssociationClass 3A all-state; EasternIllinois University recruit.

ShaquezBond■ DecaturMacArthur senioroutfielder

First Decatur baseball playeron the All-CS8 team; capped athree-sport final school yearby hitting .356, including 10doubles and two home runswith 18 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.

Cole Daily■ Sacred Heart-Griffin seniorshortstop

Batted .451 with19 runs batted inand led CS8 with 45 stolenbases; Notre Dame recruit;IHSBCA 3A all-state.

HowardFisher■ Rochestersenior secondbaseman/pitcher

Batted .470 this season to leadthe league in hitting; had 27runs, hit two home runs andstole 13 bases; was 4-3 with a2.15 earned run average in 39innings; will try to make thebaseball team at SIU-Edwardsville as a walk-on.

TylerFitzgerald■ Rochesterjunior shortstop

Louisville commitbatted .375 with 27 RBIs and34 stolen bases and led theconference with eight homeruns.

Cooper Hake■ Lincoln juniorpitcher/thirdbaseman

Went 7-2 with a3.77 earned runaverage and struck out 33 bat-ters in 42 2/3 innings.

Kyle Hall■ ChathamGlenwood seniorpitcher/shortstop

Finished 6-0 witha 1.30 ERA and struck out 55in 48 1/3 innings; allowed just35 hits.

BrendanHostettler■ ChathamGlenwood juniorright fielder

Batted .389 with 20 RBIs andfour stolen bases.

Nik Jackson■ Lanphiersenior utility

Lions' second-leading hitter at.368 and drove in28 runs with eight stolenbases.

LukeKetchum■ SpringfieldHigh junior outfielder

Batted .369 with 18 RBIs; thirdin the conference with 29stolen bases; IHSBCA 3A all-stater.

MichaelLavin■ SpringfieldHigh juniorpitcher/catcher

Finished 5-4 with a 1.75 earnedrun average, 62 strikeouts and12 walks in more than 52 innings;batted .254 with 15 RBIs.

Sean Mason■ Sacred Heart-Griffin seniorcatcher

Hit .341 with 10stolen bases; willcontinue playing at LincolnLand Community College.

TrevorMinder■ SpringfieldHigh sophomoreshortstop

Batted .340 with 12 RBIs;fourth in the CS8 with 27stolen bases.

All-academic teamChatham Glenwood —Karson Aherin (So.), AndrewBanaitis (Jr.), Logan Cody(So.), Dawson Council (Jr.),Riley Cunningham (Sr.),Connor Dowd (Jr.), Kyle Hall(Sr.), Jacob Ryan (So.), MattSekardi (Sr.), Ben Trask (Jr.)Decatur Eisenhower —Tyler Chirich (Sr.), DominickDanbury (Sr.), Dean Larrick(Sr.), Colton Lockwood (Jr.),Trevor Stout (Sr.)Decatur MacArthur — De JJoyner (Sr.)Jacksonville — AndrewHaggerty (Jr.), Joe Hall (Jr.),Ben Hill (So.), Garret Scaman(So.), Klay Wood (So.)Lanphier — Kody Childers(Jr.), Brandon Darnell (Sr.),Nicholas Davis (Jr.), AlexFuchs (Sr.), Alec Ganci (Jr.),Zach Hunter (Jr.), NikJackson (Sr.), Jerry Nutaut(Sr.), Jake Pritchett (Jr.),Jared Griffin (Sr.), JustinWright (Jr.)Lincoln — Payton Ebelherr(Sr.), Preston Ebelherr (So.),K.J. Fry (Jr.),Jake Konczyk (So.)Rochester — Adam Bunch(Jr.), Howard Fisher (Sr.),Tyler Fitzgerald (Jr.), ParkerFlynn (So.), Adam Kulek(Sr.), Chase Kuntzman (So.),Christian Lett (Jr.), AudieMoore (Jr.), Tyler Schlecht(Sr.), Noah Skinner (Jr.)Sacred Heart-Griffin —Patrick Belz (Jr.), Cole Daily(Sr.), Tommy Drake (So.),Andrew Fiaush (So.), MichaelHealey (So.), Samuel Raes(So.), Matthew Richey (Sr.),Michael Richey (Sr.),Benjamin Sestak (Sr.), DevinThomas (Jr.), ZacharyTownsell (So.), Trever Turley(Sr.), Garett Vance (So.),Brock Williams (So.), BrianZanger (Jr.), Justin Zanger(Sr.)Southeast — Makai Gant(So.), Harsh Patel (Sr.),Michael Ryan (Sr.), ColtonSimpson (Jr.)Springfield High — AustinAlderman (So.), RichardBarnum (Sr.), Sean Griffin(Sr.), Frank Hollahan (Jr.),Austin Kornack (Jr.), JakeLangellier (Jr.), Michael Lavin(Jr.), Ryan Margold (Jr.):Trevor Minder (So.), VishakhPatel (Jr.), Damian Pierce(So.), Tommy Rivera (Sr.),Matt Thomson (Sr.), SamTrigillo (Sr.), Austin Troemper(So.), Drew Vollmer (Sr.)

Special mentionKody Childers, Jr. (Lanphier);Derek Dickerson, Jr.(Southeast); Jared Griffin, Sr.(Lanphier); Adam Hillis, So.(Jacksonville); J.J. Nutaut, Sr.(Lanphier); Noah Skinner, Jr.(Rochester); Nate Welch, Sr.(Southeast); LamonteWilliams, So. (Eisenhower);Klay Wood, So. (Jacksonville)

Lincoln junior pitcher Cooper Hake struck out 33 batters in 42 2/3 innings for the Railers as his team finished fifth (10-8) in the CS8. JUSTIN L. FOWLER/THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

HITTING(Minimum 30 at-bats)

AB R H HR RBI AvgFisher, Roch 100 39 47 2 27 .470Daily, SHG 91 39 41 2 19 .451Belz, SHG 60 26 27 0 14 .450N Maton, Glen 95 45 42 4 28 .442Yarcho, Lin 89 12 39 1 23 .438Ryan, SE 83 28 34 3 18 .410Pickens, JHS 99 37 40 1 23 .404Sekardi, Glen 87 21 35 1 28 .402Hostettler, Glen 72 30 28 1 20 .389Wood, JHS 103 37 40 7 29 .388Stremlau, JHS 80 24 31 1 25 .388J Zanger, SHG 91 30 35 0 30 .385Pierce, SHS 92 24 35 2 21 .380Griffin, Lan 101 35 38 0 13 .376Fitzgerald, Roch 112 37 42 8 27 .375Ryan, Glen 96 9 36 2 28 .375Fry, Lin 32 16 12 0 2 .375Ketchum, SHS 103 31 38 0 18 .369Jackson, Lan 95 24 35 1 28 .368Bond, Mac 87 21 31 2 18 .356Pa Ebelherr, Lin 90 27 32 0 13 .356Plattner, SHG 31 7 11 1 7 .355D Thomas, SHG 43 14 15 1 15 .349Hillis, JHS 109 22 38 3 26 .349Childers, Lan 92 21 32 3 14 .348Welch, SE 95 25 33 0 24 .347Thomas, Lin 102 22 35 0 20 .343Mason, SHG 85 25 29 0 22 .341Minder, SHS 97 29 33 0 12 .340Barnum, SHS 74 19 25 0 4 .338Minder, SHG 76 16 25 0 11 .329Kuntzman, Roch 92 17 30 0 17 .326Lockwood, Eis 50 7 16 0 8 .320Hopp, Lin 104 24 33 0 8 .317Williams, Eis 57 9 18 0 6 .316Skinner, Roch 92 20 29 2 18 .315Trask, Glen 86 23 27 1 25 .314Ruple, Eis 48 7 15 0 7 .312Banaitis, Glen 84 11 26 0 18 .310Dickerson, SE 91 16 28 1 21 .308Conkrite, Lan 87 13 26 1 16 .299Clark, SE 94 20 28 0 14 .298Ball, Lan 75 18 22 0 16 .293Haggerty, JHS 89 15 26 0 16 .292Schlecht, Roch 79 18 23 1 18 .291Fuchs, Lan 86 15 25 0 11 .291Sergent, SHG 80 20 23 0 14 .288Chapman, Roch 77 15 22 1 16 .286Nutaut, Lan 88 18 25 0 17 .284Metelko, Lin 46 4 13 0 4 .283Rivera, SHS 80 8 22 0 21 .275Taylor, SHG 80 16 22 1 19 .275Lett, Roch 103 24 28 1 27 .272Berglin, Lin 63 2 17 1 12 .270Williams, SE 72 11 19 1 11 .264Bunch, Roch 81 26 21 0 15 .259Maskey, SHS 85 13 22 2 17 .259Mi Richey, SHG 58 6 15 1 18 .259Lavin, SHS 71 3 18 0 15 .254Kirby, SE 79 11 20 0 13 .253Aeilts, Lin 60 9 15 0 7 .250Alderman, SHS 36 9 9 0 3 .250Etherton, Roch 73 13 18 0 14 .247N. Baker, Roch 57 17 14 0 11 .246Rooney, Glen 94 21 23 0 14 .245Thomson, SHS 91 19 22 0 15 .242Anderson, Glen 64 17 15 1 16 .234Wright, Lan 60 9 14 0 5 .233Hake, Lin 92 6 21 1 13 .228Hall, Glen 31 5 7 0 10 .226Wright, JHS 71 19 16 1 7 .225Louveau, SE 40 4 9 0 8 .225J Maton, Glen 45 9 10 0 5 .222Criss, JHS 86 9 19 1 15 .221Dugan, JHS 82 11 18 0 10 .220Mandeville, SHG 56 19 12 0 10 .214Neal, JHS 42 10 9 0 1 .214Gant, SE 84 15 17 0 7 .202Eigenbrod, Lin 50 8 10 1 7 .200Koning, Lin 25 6 5 0 3 .200

STOLEN BASESDaily (SHG) 45; Fitzgerald (Roch) 34; Ketchum(SHS) 29; Griffin (Lan) 27; Minder (SHS) 27;Hopp (Lin) 24; Pickens (JHS) 22; N Maton(Glen) 20; Pa Ebelherr (Lin) 17; Sergent (SHG)17; Haggerty (JHS) 16; Lett (Roch) 16; Barnum(SHS) 14; Wright (JHS) 14; J Zanger (SHG) 14;Bond (Mac) 13; Fisher (Roch) 13; Lockwood(Eis) 12; Rooney (Glen) 11; Stremlau (JHS) 11;Thomas (Lin) 11; Wood (JHS) 11; Anderson(Glen) 10; Langellier (SHS) 10; Mason (SHG)10; Yarcho (Lin) 10; Bunch (Roch) 9; Fry (Lin) 9;Kornack (SHS) 9; Williams (Eis) 9; Bunner (Lin)8; Hake (Lin) 8; Jackson (Lan) 8; Maskey (SHS)8; Pierce (SHS) 8; Aeilts (Lin) 7; Childers (Lan)7; Hale (Eis) 7; Kuntzman (Roch) 7; Thomson(SHS) 7; Alderman (SHS) 6; Fuchs (Lan) 6;Mandeville (SHG) 6; Ruple (Eis) 6; Sekardi(Glen) 6; D Thomas (SHG) 6; Woods (Lin) 6;Chapman (Roch) 5; Eigenbrod (Lin) 5; Koning(Lin) 5; Nutaut (Lan) 5; Schlecht (Roch) 5;Skinner (Roch) 5; Ball (Lan) 4; Belz (SHG) 4;Cisne (JHS) 4; Criss (JHS) 4; Hostettler (Glen) 4;Neal (JHS) 4; Palmer (Glen) 4; Skeffington (Eis)4; Danbury (Eis) 3; Etherton (Roch) 3; Larrick(Eis) 3; McLean (Lan) 3; Metelko (Lin) 3; Davis(Eis) 2; C. Dehority (Eis) 2; Dugan (JHS) 2;Gehrken (Eis) 2; Hall (Glen) 2; Hill (JHS) 2;Kulek (Roch) 2; Rivera (SHS) 2; Taylor (SHG) 2;Trigillo (SHS) 2; N. Baker (Roch) 1; S. Baker(Roch) 1; Banaitis (Glen) 1; Cody (Glen) 1;D'Aguanno (SHS) 1; Darnell (Lan) 1; Dowd(Glen) 1; Pr Ebelherr (Lin) 1; Elvers (SHG) 1;Emmons (Lan) 1; Fitzgerald (Glen) 1; Hale(SHG) 1; Hillis (JHS) 1; J Maton (Glen) 1; Minder(SHG) 1; Newton (Lin) 1; Steiner (Lin) 1; Tabeek(JHS) 1; B Thomas (SHG) 1; Trask (Glen) 1;Vicari (SHG) 1; Vorreyer (SHS) 1.

PITCHING(Minimum 5 innings )

IP H BB SO W L ERAB Zanger, SHG 14 10 6 12 0 0 0.00N. Baker, Roch 9.2 5 4 15 1 1 0.72Dugan, JHS 9.2 7 4 6 1 0 0.72Etherton, Roch 9 6 5 3 2 1 0.78N Maton, Glen 59 30 17 102 8 1 0.95Council, Glen 5.2 8 0 5 1 0 1.24Griffin, SHS 11 9 5 6 1 2 1.27Troemper, SHS 43.1 35 16 27 5 2 1.29Hall, Glen 48.1 35 15 55 6 0 1.30Turley, SHG 30.2 27 11 17 5 1 1.37Kain, Roch 4.2 5 3 3 0 0 1.50Ma Richey, SHG 62 34 19 92 10 1 1.58Lavin, SHS 52 47 12 62 5 4 1.75Fisher, Roch 39 34 10 32 4 3 2.15McElwee, SHG 25.1 9 23 45 3 1 2.21Schlecht, Roch 52 46 19 47 5 3 2.29Hopp, Lin 4.2 8 3 3 0 0 2.36Bunch, Roch 10.2 8 4 5 0 0 2.63Chapman, SHG 18 14 9 23 0 2 2.72Steiner, Lin 23 24 11 22 0 0 2.74Chapman, Roch 15.1 16 2 19 0 0 2.74Aherin, Glen 19 16 6 13 3 1 2.95Staten, SHG 43 43 23 40 4 1 3.09J Maton, Glen 17.1 20 5 19 1 1 3.23S. Baker, Roch 14.2 7 11 16 2 1 3.34Aeilts, Lin 53.2 57 22 47 2 8 3.39Yarcho, Lin 36 40 14 41 4 4 3.50Pierce, SHS 23.2 13 21 31 3 2 3.55Sekardi, Glen 36.2 38 14 34 7 1 3.63Klay, SHS 30.2 32 19 29 1 1 3.65Siebert, Glen 23 25 9 16 3 0 3.65Bunner, Lin 19 31 6 7 0 2 3.68Hake, Lin 42.2 40 26 33 7 2 3.77Skinner, Roch 33.1 35 7 19 2 4 3.78Kntzman, Roch 25.1 30 8 15 3 1 3.87Griffin, Lan 14.1 15 8 15 1 0 3.91Nutaut, Lan 64.2 93 40 46 4 6 4.01Riggle, SHS 8.2 8 3 5 1 1 4.04Sestak, SHG 8.2 11 8 8 2 1 4.04Newton, Lin 20.2 21 19 12 1 4 4.07Trigillo, SHS 25.1 19 17 31 3 3 4.14Hollahan, SHS 12.2 13 12 13 1 0 4.42Hillis, JHS 56 77 30 56 4 8 4.50

2015 ALL-CS8 BASEBALL

Capsules by RYAN MAHAN | Staff Writer | 788-1546

FINAL STATISTICS

PAST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

NoahPickens■ Jacksonvillejunior outfielder

Batted .404 with23 RBIs and 22 stolen bases.

DamianPierce■ SpringfieldHigh sophomorefirst baseman/pitcher

Batted .380 with 21 RBIs andeight stolen bases; carried a 3-2 record on the mound with a3.55 earned run average and31 strikeouts in 23 2/3 innings.

MichaelRyan■ Southeastsenior shortstop/pitcher

Batted .410 with 18 RBIs andthree home runs; struck out23 in 18 1/3 innings pitched.Will play at Lincoln Land.

TylerSchlecht■ Rochestersenior pitcher/outfielder

The SIU-Edwardsville walk-onhopeful was 5-3 with a 2.29earned run average and 47strikeouts in 52 innings; batted.291 with 18 RBIs.

JustinZanger■ Sacred Heart-Griffin seniorsecond baseman

CS8 RBI leader with 30; batted.385 and had 14 stolen bases.

JordanYarcho■ Lincoln seniorfirst baseman/pitcher

Led the Railers with a .438 bat-ting average; drove in 23 runsand had 10 stolen bases; onthe mound, he was 4-4 with a3.50 ERA and struck out 41hitters in 36 innings pitched;Lincoln Land recruit.

MattSekardi■ ChathamGlenwood senioroutfielder/pitcher

Illinois Springfield recruit bat-ted .402 with 28 RBIs and sixstolen bases; on the mound, hefinished 7-1 with a 3.63 ERA and34 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings.

Jake Ryan■ ChathamGlenwoodsophomorecatcher

Batted .375 with28 RBIs and two home runs.

Matt Richey■ Sacred Heart-Griffin seniorpitcher

Led CS8 with 10wins (10-1); finishedwith a 1.58 ERA, 92 strikeoutsand 19 walks in 62 innings;IHSBCA 3A all-state; headedto play at Bradley.

ConorStremlau■ Jacksonvillesenior outfielder

Batted .388 with25 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.

1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd McClure (Chatham Glenwood)1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey Erickson (Lanphier)1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Feld (Chatham Glenwood)1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson Werth (Chatham Glenwood)1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Knoedler (Springfield High)1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Clayton (Chatham Glenwood)2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Clayton Chatham (Glenwood)2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.J. Finigan (Lanphier)2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Brewer (Sacred Heart-Griffin)2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casey Erickson (Chatham Glenwood)2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casey Erickson (Chatham Glenwood)2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nate Turner (Taylorville)2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connor Sestak (Sacred Heart-Griffin)2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor McGrath (Chatham Glenwood)2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor McGrath (Chatham Glenwood)2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tristan Molumby (Chatham Glenwood)2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake Ingold (Chatham Glenwood)2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Maton (Chatham Glenwood)2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Jacob (Sacred Heart-Griffin)2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Jacob (Sacred Heart-Griffin)2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitch Trees (Sacred Heart-Griffin)2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Maton (Chatham Glenwood)

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