The 2003 IHSA Class AA Baseball Supersectional

The 2003 IHSA Class AA Baseball Supersectional




ISNet - The Home for Tomorrow's Champions - was privileged to cover the 2003 IHSA Class AA Baseball Supersectional at beautiful Silver Cross Field in Joliet, IL - home of the Northern League's Joliet Jackhammers. CLick on and join Alvin Washington and Tim McKinney as they bring you exclusive highlights from the game between long-time SICA-West rivals (Tinley Park) Andrew and defending state champion (Orland Park) Sandburg. All clips are in MP3 format. Highlights Bottom 3rd Andrew shortstop Nick Tantillo can't handle a routine grounder from John Olson, allowing Sandbuig's first run of the game. Ryan Campbell rips a gap shot into left-center field, scoring Olson and Scott Friedman. Top 5th With Andrew pitcher Ryan McGuire at bat, a wild pitch by Sandburg's Dan Atkenson with the bases loaded sends Jim Lefler home for the T-Bolts' first run of the contest. Later in the at-bat, McGurie helps his cause with a two-run double to center. Bottom 6th Tim Alberts becomes the man of the moment as this two-run single gives Sandburg the lead once again, despite a tag play at second. Top 7th The classic 'pitcher vs. pitcher' duel between Andrew's Ryan McGuire and Sandburg reliever Justin Hawker - the 'clincher', if you will. Post-Game ISNet interviews Sandburg's Tim Alberts, selected as Most Outstanding Player of the Supersectional.

In the News

To find out more about the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), go online at www.IHSA.org.

To find out more about the Joliet Jackhammers - the host team for the Supersectionals - visit their website at www.JackHammerBaseball.com.

Trivia Question

See if you can figure this one out about Illinois high school baseball....

Not including the Chicago Public League, how many times have two teams from the same conference appeared in the IHSA Baseball Sweet 16?