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See the changes for the dug-outs
Look in the photo album for more pic of the changes made to the dug-out.
Some highlights that are done:
All concrete floors
8 ft tall fences
Dug out is 18 inchs taller
Still to come:
Taller benches with storage under
More shelf space for gloves/hats/coats.
Paint
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Sponsors Page Updated
Please look over our ever-growing list of sponsors of JHS baseball. And please visit our sponsors, and tell them you've seen them our our web site.
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Complete pairings can be found at -
ISHA
Will be adding scores as they are listed on the IHSA web site.
Springfield (H.S.) Regional
All games at Lanphier park.
Tue., May 22
Game 1 at 4:30 p.m.: (19) Springfield (Southeast)5 at (16) Springfield (Lanphier)6
Wed., May 23
Game 2 at 4:30 p.m.: (4) Bethalto (Civic Memorial)5 vs. Lanphier 4
Game 3 at 7:00 p.m.: (6) Springfield (H.S.)10 vs. (9) Jacksonville 12
Sat., May 26
Game 4 at 11:00 a.m.: Bethalto 1 vs. Jacksonville 7
Jerseyville Regional
Tue., May 22
Game 1 at 4:30 p.m.: (13) Jerseyville 1 vs. (14) Quincy (Sr.) 5
Wed., May 23
Game 2 at 4:30 p.m.: (1) Chatham 5 vs. Quincy (Sr.)3
Thu., May 24
Game 3 at 4:30 p.m.: (8) Effingham 0 vs. (11) Quincy (Notre Dame)2
Sat., May 26
Game 4 at 10:00 a.m.: Chatham 10 vs. Quincy Notre Dame0
Mt. Zion Regional
Wed., May 23
Game 1 at 4:30 p.m.: (2) Mattoon 6 vs. (18) Decatur (MacArthur)0
Thu., May 24
Game 2 at 4:30 p.m.: (5) Mt. Zion 5 vs. (17) Decatur (Eisenhower)3
Sat., May 26
Game 3 at 11:00 a.m.: Mattoon 6 vs. Mt.Zion 8
Taylorville Regional.
Tue., May 22
Game 1 at 4:30 p.m.: (15) Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)17 at (12) Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 2
Wed., May 23
Game 2 at 4:30 p.m.: (3) Taylorville 8 vs. SHG 5
Thu., May 24
Game 3 at 4:30 p.m.: (7) Charleston 8 vs. (10) Alton (Sr.)18
Sat., May 26
Game 4 at 10:00 a.m.: Taylorville 3 vs. Alton 7
Sectionals At Lanphier
Wed May 30th
Chatham 7 VS Jacksonville 2
Mt. Zion VS Alton (7:00)
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May 26, 2007 --
May 26, 2007 - 11:31PM
Crimsons refuse to yield
JHS wins regional baseball title against Bethalto, 7-1
BY BRIAN WEBSTER
SPRINGFIELD — The last time Jacksonville High baseball won a regional title, “American Pie” was burning up the charts. Not the movie.
The song.
That was a long, long time ago — 1972, to be exact.
But Saturday, in the championship game of the Springfield Class AA Regional, the Crimsons said “bye, bye” to 35 years of postseason failure. Junior lefty Quinton Miller pitched a three-hitter and senior Levi Graham whacked his second two-run homer in as many games as Jacksonville snuffed Bethalto Civic Memorial, 7-1, at Robin Roberts Stadium.
“It’s amazing, just an amazing feeling,” said Quinton Miller, who struck out six and walked two in the biggest start of his career so far. “Words can’t describe it.”
JHS skipper P.J. Moore said he and his players knew all along that a regional championship plaque was within their grasp, but they kept their minds on the task at hand.
“That was a team goal from the start of the season,” said Moore. “But we didn’t think about it in those terms until two nights ago. Our guys are pretty much focused to stay in the present.”
The Crimsons, now 22-12, await either Quincy Notre Dame or Chatham Glenwood for the Class AA sectional semifinals, which also will be played at Robin Roberts Stadium, 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. QND and Glenwood were rained out at the Jerseyville Regional, and will play their game on Monday at 10 a.m.
On paper, Saturday’s game looked like a contrast of styles. Bethalto (24-9), the No. 4 seed in the sectional complex, had gotten by mostly on its stellar pitching and airtight defense, with just enough hitting. Jacksonville, the No. 9 seed, had been outslugging its opponents while making do with a seemingly patchwork pitching staff. The Crimsons had won their previous three games by scores of 14-13, 12-8 and 12-10 (in 12 innings).
The Eagles started one of their aces Saturday, in Tory Doerr, who’d compiled a record of 7-3 with a microscopic 1.35 ERA. Jacksonville went with Q. Miller, whose 5-5 record and 4.58 ERA looked shaky, especially considering that the junior had pitched nearly six innings of relief in Wednesday’s win over Springfield High.
Numbers like that gave Bethalto head coach Gary Bruening plenty of optimism.
“Coming up here, we felt that we probably had the edge,” Bruening said. “We felt that we were the better team, but today we weren’t. They (the Crimsons) impressed us. They played well. We knew they’d swing the bats really well, but defensively, they play well, too.”
Working with an assortment of curves and change-ups, Q. Miller befuddled the Eagle hitters all afternoon.
“I was excited because I wanted the ball,” Q. Miller said. “I looked forward to coming out against this team. I saw them play (Wednesday) and I wanted to see how I’d do against them.”
Two of Bethalto’s three hits came in the first inning, but Q. Miller got Paul Lile on a called third strike to end the threat.
The Crimson pitcher then retired the next seven hitters he faced. Bethalto’s Devin Caldwell led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a walk, but got erased on a double play — one of two that JHS shortstop Chaser Todd started Saturday.
The Eagles got their only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth. With two out, Sam Johns scored from third when JHS third baseman Alex Miller momentarily bobbled a grounder by Jesse Sitze and threw to first a split second too late to get the out. That’s how close Q. Miller came to a shutout.
He retired the last seven batters he faced after that.
“I don’t know what (Q. Miller) throws,” said Bruening. “It doesn’t look like he throws much, but obviously, he does a great job. He held us to three hits and we usually hit the ball decently. He was very tough on us. He kept us off-balance. I was very impressed with him.”
Moore played a hunch when he told Q. Miller on Thursday that he wanted to start him in the regional championship game. Statistics don’t reveal the intangibles that a head coach can discover over the course of the season.
“Quinton Miller is a bulldog on the mound,” said Moore. “He pitched with a lot of conviction today. He was able to get out front in the count and keep their batters off-stride. He’s tremendous. I can’t say enough good things about Quinton.”
Levi Graham’s third-inning blast followed a gritty, two-out walk by Todd, who battled back from a one-ball, two-strike count to prolong the inning. It was an ominous sign for the pitching-rich Bethalto squad.
“Tory (Doerr) made one bad pitch early in the game, and it was 2-0,” said Bruening. “Actually, he made a mistake when he walked (Todd) with two outs. We had him down in the count, one-and-two, and (Doerr) let him off the hook.”
Graham then belted a high drive way over the left-center field wall.
“It was just right there,” said Graham of the pitch he hit. “I’d missed a pitch right before that. I just got lucky. I got a pitch to hit and hit it out of here.”
From that point on, Bethalto never resembled the higher-seeded team. And that was Moore’s plan all along.
“Levi’s homer was the voltage of the game,” Moore said. “I told our guys that we needed to jump out on an unknown opponent and let them try to adjust to us. We did just that and we kept it going.”
The Crimsons broke the game open with a five-run fifth. Adam Bruner, batting in the No. 8 slot, lifted a fly ball that carried toward the right field line that Eagles outfielder Chris Campbell simply dropped. Bruner wound up at second base on the error. Junior J.T. Rowe then drew a walk, and Todd followed with a well-executed bunt single, loading the bases with no outs for the heart of Jacksonville’s order: Levi Graham, Ben Wagner and Buddy Sexton.
Doerr nicked Graham with a pitch, automatically bringing in one run, making it a 3-0 game. Graham had hoped to get a swing.
“I was ready to get up there and bat,” said Graham. “There’s no doubt about that. But hey, it’s an RBI and a run, so I’ll take it.”
Wagner followed with a hot liner up the middle that ricocheted off the pitcher’s glove and rolled to a stop in short center field. It had the trajectory of a single, but Wagner turned the hit into a two-run double with his legs. 5-0, Crimsons.
“Me and Ben have been the one-two punch all year,” said Levi Graham. “I knew he was going to do it, and we’ve got Sexton behind him. With guys like that, it’s tough not to score runs with no outs.”
Sexton and Alex Miller drove in Jacksonville’s sixth and seventh runs on a sacrifice fly and an infield RBI single, respectively.
“We started off the fifth with a guy who hasn’t had an error in the outfield all year dropping a fly ball,” said Bruening. “Then there was a walk and an infield hit, then we hit a batter and it all kind of fell apart after that. The floodgates opened up.”
Bethalto’s Sam Johns — the team’s top power hitter and arguably its best pitcher — came on in relief of Doerr in the fifth and kept the Crimsons from doing any more damage. He struck out three, walked one and allowed just two hits in two innings in his first action since returning from a bout with mononucleosis.
“I thought Johns came in and did a great job,” Bruening said. “He’s coming back from mono and just got released on Monday.”
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FINAL
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CHATHAM GLENWOOD.....13-1....(26-4)Regional/Sectional Champions
SPRINGFIELD................10-4....(24-11)
TAYLORVILLE.................9-5....(24-9)
LINCOLN.......................8-6
JACKSONVILLE...............7-7....(22-13)Regional Champions
LANPHIER.....................4-10
SACRED HEART GRIFFIN...4-10 (10-23)
SOUTHEAST...................1-13....(5-22)
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May 10, 2007 --
Dugout Club Officers 2007 -2008 elected as follows:
Larry Barnes - President
Buddy Sexton - Vice President
Greg Meyer - Treasurer
Cindy "Q" Miller - Secretary
Committee Chairs:
Maintenance - Delbert Beck, Bud Sexton
Concessions - Cindy "Q" Miller
Fundraising - Renae Graham
Membership/Publicity - Steven Todd
If you do not want to be a committe chair person please talk to Larry ASAP
Thank you for all your help and support in our first year.
Crimson Dug-Out Board of 2006-2007
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THANK YOU SPONSORS
Building a championship baseball program cannot be accomplished by coaches, players and parents alone. Caring/supportive individuals & business' provide the foundation and resources necessary for a programs success. Some who have done so on behalf of Crimson Baseball include:
HOME DEPOT - Numerous donations
MINDY OLSON, Accountant, of LAWRENCE TRAVIS & C0 - Completed/filed papework necessary for Dugout Club to be organized as an incorporated not for profit entity and obtaining tax exempt status.
JACKSONVILLE LAWN CARE - Provides complete care for Crimson Baseball Field including seeding, fertilizing, weed prevention, etc.
SPORT CITY OF JACKSONVILLE - generous donation and use of equipment.
Following business' have signed on thus far to sponsor Crimson Baseball on WVIL Radio (101.3 FM) this spring:
LB Sports Broadcast
Home Depot
Dr. Harvey Scott and Dr. Barry Werries - Orthopedic Center of Illinois
Cargill Meat Solutions
EMI Music
Pro-Brush Painting
Jacksonville Lawn Care
Sablotny Paint and Floors
Hardwick Landscaping
Jacksonville Athletic Office
A complete list of our sponsors can be found on the Sponsors Link.
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Radio broadcast web site of LB Sports
LB Sports Broadcast link
Next Game on 101.3 FM WVIL -
REMINDER - If you have friends/family who live far away - they can still listen to each broadcast via internet...just click on the LB Sports icon above and follow the instructions.
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2007 scores
Date Time Status Visitors Home Location
3/26/2007 4:30pm F 10-0 Jacksonville (Varsity) Petersburg Petersburg Porta Edit
3/29/2007 4:30pm F 19-5 Jacksonville (Varsity) Augusta Augusta Edit
3/31/2007 11:00am F 5-4 Jacksonville (Varsity) Quincy Notre Dame QND @ Quincy University Edit
3/31/2007 1:00pm F 9-2 Jacksonville (Varsity) Quincy Notre Dame QND @ Quincy University Edit
4/2/2007 4:30pm F 2-14 Pleasant Plains Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/5/2007 3:00pm F 7-5 Jacksonville (Varsity) Sacared Heart Griffin At JHS (V) Edit
4/5/2007 5:00pm F 8-10 Sacared Heart Griffin Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/6/2007 4:30pm CAN Rock Falls Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/10/2007 4:30pm F 4-3 Springfield High Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/12/2007 4:30pm F 7-8 Jacksonville (Varsity) Springfield High Chamberlin Ballpark Edit
4/13/2007 4:00pm CAN Jacksonville (Varsity) Decatur MacArthur Decatur MacArthur (V) Edit
4/13/2007 6:00pm CAN Jacksonville (Varsity) Decatur MacArthur Decatur MacArthur (V) Edit
4/14/2007 12:00pm CAN Jacksonville (Varsity) Alton Gordon Moore Park Edit
4/17/2007 4:30pm F 4-10 Springfield Lanphier Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/19/2007 4:30pm F 8-9 Jacksonville (Varsity) Springfield Lanphier Lanphier Ballpark Edit
4/21/2007 10:00am F 4-5 Jacksonville (Varsity) Granite City Granite City Edit
4/24/2007 4:30pm F 14-3 Lincoln Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
4/27/2007 4:00am F 2-0 Jacksonville (Varsity) Alton Blackburn College Edit
4/28/2007 9:00am F 8-3 Jacksonville (Varsity) Jerseyville Jerseyville Edit
4/28/2007 11:00am F 17-7 Jacksonville (Varsity) Jerseyville Jerseyville Edit
4/30/2007 4:15pm F 5-6 Jacksonville (Varsity) Quincy Quincy High School Edit
5/1/2007 4:30pm F 6-4 Taylorville Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/2/2007 4:00pm F 5-1 Jacksonville (Varsity) Lincoln Lincon Edit
5/4/2007 4:30pm CAN Macomb Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/5/2007 11:00am F 2-3 Jacksonville (Varsity) Beardstown Beardstown (V &JV) Edit
5/5/2007 1:00pm F 12-2 Jacksonville (Varsity) Beardstown Beardstown (V &JV) Edit
5/7/2007 4:30pm F 4-2 Jacksonville (Varsity) Pittsfield Pittsfield Edit
5/8/2007 4:30pm F 3-13 Jacksonville (Varsity) Chatham Glenwood Chatham Park (V) Edit
5/10/2007 4:30pm F 10-4 Chatham Glenwood Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/11/2007 4:00pm F 5-6 Granite City Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/12/2007 11:00am F 10-0 Highland Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/12/2007 1:00pm F 8-6 Highland Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/14/2007 4:30pm F 14-4 Jacksonville (Varsity) Springfield Southeast Eisenhower Park (southeast) (V & JV) Edit
5/17/2007 4:30pm F 2-6 Springfield Southeast Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/18/2007 4:30pm F 14-2 Jacksonville (Varsity) Taylorville Taylorville High School Edit
5/19/2007 11:00am F 13-14 Quincy Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/19/2007 1:00pm F 8-12 Quincy Jacksonville (Varsity) At JHS (V) Edit
5/23/2007 7:00pm F 12-10 Jacksonville (Varsity) Springfield High Lanphier Ballpark Edit
5/26/2007 11:00am F 7-1 Jacksonville (Varsity) Bethalto Lanphier Ballpark Edit
5/30/2007 4:30pm F 2-7 Jacksonville (Varsity) Chatham Glenwood Lanphier Ballpark
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