If you have information that you believe should be included in these (04/21/1965), Most Hits, Season In 1953, Beavercreek became the first school in the state to win back-to-back baseball titles when the Beavers handed Ft. Recovery High School a 6-1 loss in the championship game, closing out a perfect 21-0 season. accuracy of the (minimum 5), Consecutive No and Toledo Ottawa The Cincinnati schools had perhaps their greatest run of success from 1941-1968. Their six state baseball titles are the second most for any school in Ohio. View Champions and Runners-Up by Year Region/Sectional Results. Average, Season (minimum .30 and 10 games), Lowest Earned-Run Shaw was scheduled to play Marion Franklin High School of Columbus in the semi-finals on Friday, May 25. This site exists to preserve the history of high school sports in Iowa, including the achievements of each of Iowa's current and former high schools, the history of existing and former sports conferences, nicknames, state tournament results, state champions, and more. 2.) three ways: You see, Tom Engle pitched his six no-hitters in six consecutive outings to the mound! After he started off the next hitter with three more balls, coach Hicks again came out to massage his arm. In his senior year he was named to the first team AP and UPI All-Ohio squads. As amazing as some of Tom Engle’s accomplishments are, there is another pitcher who just might be Ohio’s all-time best. I buy that argument to a certain extent, but by the same token, feel that good high school baseball players and teams are good no matter where they hail from, or how many games per year they play. One need look no further than the National High School Sports Record Book to see how that “warm weather” argument is sometimes less than adequate, or accurate. Use the following links to find a specific category or scroll down to Defense starts with pitching. The homers in an inning are tied for #2 all-time, as are the RBIs in an inning, but the two grand slams in consecutive at bats are #1. Congratulations to these deserving coaches! 4080 Roselea Place Christopher Machamer. No entries found for this search. Matt Harcha each hit a homerun, and did it in the order of their Ohio High School All-Decade Team: 2010-2019; OHSAA Baseball State Tournament Over The Years ; History Of All-State Teams/Team Rankings; Contact. Others with impressive victory totals to their credit are Tim Engleka, Centerville, 760 wins from 1964-2002; Lou Brunswick, Coldwater, 750 wins and a winning percentage of .819 from 1960-1993; Mike Cameron, Archbishop Moeller High School, 740 wins from 1969-2006. If one school can be called Ohio’s “baseball school,” that school is Cincinnati’s Elder High School. Fortunately, this particular problem seems to be on the decline of late, as more and more schools are now issuing their yearbooks at the beginning of the next school year, thus allowing for more complete coverage of all school activities for the entire school year. birth. (1987), Magnolia Sandy Valley's Frank Cilona was the first batter of the In the semi-finals they out slugged Toledo St. Francis, 12-5, to advance to the championship game. There have thus far been 79 state baseball tournaments, and the city of Cincinnati has been far and away the most frequent participant. The most visible of these is the one put out by. That championship game victory was Dean Chance’s 52. all-time. High School Sports; Baseball; Archives; Baseball State Archives; Baseball. sectional tournament baseball game. Sam Sifferlin, Wooster threw out six base runners in a single game The Panthers’ greatest era of success came from 1952 to 1961. North Union hit two grand slam home runs in the same game against Forgot password? Joe Tann, Canton Central Catholic, was the winning pitcher in six of Leading the list of those with impressive win totals is Don Thorpe, who has led the team from Hebron Lakewood High School to 778 victories from 1973-2006. (regular-season, over two seasons), Runs Scored, Inning Pitching for Northwestern High School of West Salem from 1956-1959, Dean Chance, future American League Cy Young Award winner (by the way, Cy Young was also an Ohioan), put up some remarkable numbers. (minimum 20, 7 innings), Most Strikeouts, Game In Ohio they own the two longest victory streaks on record, winning 44 straight from 1983-85, and coming back to win 41 in a row in 1987-88. The Cavaliers own 1,061 victories in their 57 years on the diamond, the sixth highest total for any school in the nation, an average of almost 19 victories per season. Sports Reference; Baseball; Football; Basketball; Hockey; Futebol; Blog ... Ohio School History; Roster & Stats; Polls, Schedule & Results; More 1996-97 Ohio Pages. Phone: (309) 663-6377 Fax: (309) 663-7479 2715 McGraw Drive Bloomington, IL 61704-6011 Map & directions : Office Hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:15 pm (closed Fridays in summer) Illinois Elementary School Association National Federation of State High School Associations. However, nine years later one pitcher from the big school ranks topped even that spectacular performance. They advanced as far as the semi-final game, where the team from Gnadenhutten High School handed the Huskies a 3-1 defeat. Average, Career (minimum .500, at least 100 ABs), Most Stolen Bases, They were compiled by the Ohio High School Athletic Association from information received by OHSAA member schools, coaches, athletic administrators and But it turned out to only be a pipe dream after the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the cancellation of all spring sports seasons on April 21st due to COVID-19. Season (minimum 40), Most Stolen Ohio Youth Travel Baseball tournaments posted by event directors, amateur organizations and youth teams. (minimum 130), Highest Batting Chance was not as sharp against Spencerville High School as he had been against Country Day, allowing two hits in this game. vs. Cincinnati Colerain (04/29/2004). Sal Puentes Tourney. (minimum 3), No Hitters, Career Dave Roebuck of Bryan High School recorded 10 shutouts during the 1959 season, the fourth highest total nationally. In that single memorable day Buddy Schultz had pitched two complete game victories (14 innings), both shutouts, allowing just five hits, three walks and striking out 27. (minimum 350), Most Hits, Game All of the tournaments have had their own brand of excitement, and that first one back in 1928 was no exception. Rittman won the game, 2-1, in 11 innings. vs. Hopkinsville (KY) Christian County (04/09/2010), Jake Dickerson, Bellville Clear Fork hit two grand slams in the He also pitched for five years in the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCOUTING ORGANIZATION | 1,488 MLB PLAYERS | 12,793 MLB DRAFT SELECTIONS 1,488 MLB PLAYERS | 12,793 MLB DRAFT SELECTIONS Sign in Create Account × Sign in User Email. Tom Neubert, St. Francis DeSales High School Marc Lowther, Cuyahoga Heights High School Ray Hamilton, Lakota East High School. (05/05/2008), Brandon Jackson, Twenty years later, Jason Thompson of Sylvania Southview came close to that record when he cracked four round trippers in a single game. Middlefield Cardinal, struck out 42 in 17 consecutive innings in 1993. Boosters. Sam Shafer, New Washington Buckeye Central, and Lance Horner, with a Hit (minimum 25), Most Home Runs, Game St. Nevertheless, Ohio’s baseball players and coaches have done themselves proud when compared to those around the nation. In this one we will in part take a look at how the bigger schools, those equivalent to the current Division I, have been doing in the state tournament. Perfect Game Baseball Tournament Schedule. However, his team provided plenty of offense en route to a 7-0 championship game victory. by a Professional Team, Consecutive Games While seemingly not as popular as some of the other boys sports like football and basketball, baseball has been around Ohio’s high schools almost from the time that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday. Oxford McGuffey aided the Elk’s cause by committing 10 errors in that game, which may be a record as well, but, fortunately for the McGuffey nine, that category is not listed among those in which all-time records are maintained. Playing for Woodmore High School in Elmore, Ohio, in 1983 and 1984, Dean set a national record when he hit safely in 30 consecutive at bats. Only one runner had advanced past first base. Chris Jimenez, playing for Defiance High School, went through the entire 1989 season without allowing a single earned run, making him one of about two dozen pitchers nationally who have accomplished that feat. first inning of the first game of the 1982 season, and hit Hopefully, someday the missing information will surface and Dean Chance will be duly recognized for all of his accomplishments as one of Ohio’s all-time great high school pitchers. How he accomplished this feat is even more stunning. Newspapers, such as the Cleveland, In spite of all of the above listed obstacles, baseball in Ohio’s high schools has been thriving for generations. Cameron Varga, Contact PBR Ohio; Internships; PLAYER SPOTLIGHT. Throwing even more cold water (no pun intended) on the warm weather theory, the number three and seven schools are both from New Jersey. Career (minimum 100), Most Consecutive It may be hard to prove that either way, but we can give a couple examples of two of Ohio’s greatest school boy hurlers, both of whom happen to hail from small schools. They won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984, posting a stellar 27-0 record in ’84. Dean Chance was on the mound that day, and that loss would prove to be the only one suffered by Chance in 53 decisions as a high school hurler. Record Categories EVENT … played in 32 post-season tournament games, as the team went 31-1 in In 2018, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors approved a proposal from the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association to extend the baseball … (minimum 20), Runs Scored, Game Tom leads the state in three separate pitching categories and is second or third in three others. Like Aquinas in Class A, this was Centerville’s only baseball state championship, in the Elks’ one and only trip to the tournament. (minimum 10), Consecutive Games In the quarter-final round, Jack Curby of Newcomerstown High School tossed a 2-0 no-hitter against Kunkle High School. Season (minimum 15), Most Home Runs, Pitch Count Guidelines; Manual; Alignments; Baseball Forms; Playoff Brackets; Post Season Packet; State Tournament; Officials; Sanctioning; FAQ; Baseball Contact Info. Teams from that city have participated in the state tournament, i.e., the semi-final and final rounds, 52 times, or roughly 66% of the time. Home. Rittman, each threw 10 shutout innings in a 2011 Division IV Finally, with the games played during daylight hours, and predominantly on week days, it is difficult for parents and fans to attend them. Beavercreek High School was another repeat champion in Class B. In the very first category listed in the baseball section, Most Wins All-Time, seven schools are listed. Related organizations Robbie Easterling, Proctorville Fairland hit two grand slams in There is another problem for baseball, and for all of the other spring sports, at the schools themselves. Contrary to that “warm weather” theory, four of those top seven are from right here in the Buckeye State!! The next year it was more of the same for coach Cliff Rollins’ Lions, another undefeated season, 17-0, and a second straight state title. Fri, Mar 19 – Sun, Mar 21. The league is geographically divided into four divisions of six teams each (Ohio, Central, Buckeye, and Capital) and one division of eight teams (Cardinal). Kyle Seeger, Reading,  hit a home run in four consecutive 31, including (minimum 500), Most Players Drafted Brian (4-4) had 3 HR's, 1-2B, 11-RBI's. Tom Engle pitched for Lancaster Fairfield Union High School from 1987-89. Unfortunately, it is not known how many of these no-hitters were perfect games. Only the second ranked school, Tucson (Az.) Shaw coach John Hicks decided to come right back with his ace, Buddy Schultz. It has already been mentioned about the great success that Dean Chance had in the 1959 state tournament. (minimum 20, extra innings), Most Strikeouts, (minimum 35), Runs Scored, Season Brian and Andy Mikols, Northwood, combined for 8 hits and 13 RBIs against Toledo Libbey. Tom’s team never won a state championship, the Falcons losing in the finals in 1986, but that does not take away from the great career that he had. | News | consecutive at-bats vs. Ironton. In the championship game against Athens High School, things would get a bit more “interesting,” with the bulk of the scoring coming in the final two innings. Centerville then played Oxford McGuffey High School in the Class B championship game. regional semi-final. Green on April 25, 2013. The Cavaliers “golden era” of baseball took place from 1983 to 1992. The Blue Devils also won state championships in 1957, 1974 and 1980. Coverage of not only baseball, but all high school sports, is definitely much better now than in years past. More. Brunswick won 11-10. Sat, Mar 13. Games can get cancelled and rescheduled so often that we are sometimes lucky if the teams and their coaches know when to show up. (minimum 10), Consecutive Shutouts, The NFHS Voice - Communities Nationwide Benefit from High School Sports, Performing Arts . as runners-up in 2014. Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus OH 43214 | FAX: 614-267-1677 Comments or questions: [email protected] scorebooks or copies of yearbooks. Tom Engle also leads the state in consecutive shutouts thrown with seven, and with 50.1 consecutive shutout innings. While he is best known to most of us for his accomplishments in baseball, Dean Chance was also quite a basketball player at Northwestern High School. The big games are getting more “ink,” and outstanding accomplishments and players are being recognized. Brandon Fox, Hamilton Hope springs eternal. Assistant Athletic Director: AJ Martinez Email:. Over the first 38 years of this tournament, only four schools managed to win more than one championship. 1977 Ohio State High School Basketball Tournament Program Score Card -- dollclyde Addeddate 2021-01-18 19:31:58 Identifier 1977-Ohio-State-High-School-Basketball-Tournament-Program-Score-Card-dollclyde Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.9.6. plus-circle Add Review. Central Catholic (04/04/1982), Sugarcreek Garaway defeated Malvern, 26-25, in a seven-inning, End of Season Tourney ©2020 by Cleveland High School Baseball. (minimum 25), Most Hits, Season Number Four on the national list is the Big Red of Steubenville, with 1,121 wins, followed by #5 Oregon Clay High School, 1,081 victories, and #6 Coldwater and its 1,061 triumphs. that span while winning three DIV state championships and finishing Quick Decisions by Coach, Trainers and Students Save Life of Fairborn Baseball Player (Fairborn Daily Herald) October 12, 2020 + read more. Pitching must be the specialty of the Division IV/Class B tournament, as six of the 11 no-hitters thrown in state tournament play have come from that single division. 1996-97 Ohio Season . championship game. Posting four runs in the first inning of the state title game, the Beavers (15-1) made those runs hold up for a 4-0 championship win over Howland High School. Password. Schultz then got the batter to bounce the next pitch right back to him. Learn more about upcoming championship events and see in-depth history on high school sports in Tennessee. This ties the national record for Tony Fuduric, hit three consecutive home runs in three consecutive innings off three different pitchers Newark Catholic catcher Mitch Lohr In the Class A big school category, Columbus Aquinas made it to the finals on the basis of a pair of shutouts in the quarter-final and semi-final rounds. It is hard to see how Dean Sandwich did not make the all-time batting average list when you read about his remarkable accomplishment. Mark Franklin of Brookfield High School tied several records in his biggest game back in 1982. (minimum 57), Most Hits, Career media members. Of those 52 tournament appearances, these schools have advanced to the championship game on 40 occasions, coming away with 33 state titles. Yearbooks, if they are to be available before graduation, must go to press by early May. Sponsors. Games (minimum 5), Consecutive Scoreless The game was scoreless through the first five innings. first all-time. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Average, Season (minimum .600, at least 50 ABs), Highest Batting Teams. The Beavers won their first state championship in 1941. However, these prejudices are hard to overcome and, unfortunately, those who put out the national rankings will probably not be reading this article. Lohr had no passed ball in those 32 games. By the time the 1999 season rolled around, the team had still not won a state title during the decade to keep its title tradition alive. The championship game was played the very next day, and veteran Northwestern baseball coach Roy Bates came right back with his best pitcher, Dean Chance.