Mike Scheffler - Baseball - 1982 - Elgin AC - District Champs!

Elgin AC Baseball 1982

State Tournament-4th Place

District Tournament-1st Place

Season Record – (28-15)

District Record - (4-0)

Northern Illinois Thorobred League (ages 19-21)

Arlington Heights, Chicago Panthers, Elgin AC, Elmhurst, Hanover Park, Glen Ellyn, Moraine Valley, Palatine, Westchester

The Elgin AC baseball team finished 4th in the state! The team sure did gel the summer of 1982. Coach Ron Lange had no idea his team would go (28-15) on the year. The team finished (16-10) in the conference and were the District champs with a record of (4-0).

Some baseball teams have trouble finding one or two strong starting pitchers.

But the Roth’s Surgical Athletic Club team–Elgin’s entry in the Northern Illinois Thorobred (19-21 division) league had no problems.

The staff included Mike Scheffler from Streamwood (Judson College) who led the team with an 8-2 record, IP-68, SO-69, ERA-2.06, and pitched two shutouts. Scott Meyer from Dundee (ECC/ISU) had a 4-6 record and pitched two shutouts. Joe Brumley from Streamwood went 4-1. Dan Crinigan LHP from Elgin went 4-1 and pitched one shutout. Other pitchers on the team were Mark Iden (Judson), Dave Kolosowski from Streamwood, Kurt Schuring from Dundee who went 2-2, and Frank Sierawski from Streamwood.

The team had a potent offense to go with a strong defense.

The infield featured C Mark DeMien from Dundee (Judson) who hit 6 home runs, C Jerry Smith from Dundee (Judson), 1B Scott Karsten from Elgin (ECC/LCC) who hit 6 home runs, 2B Tim Peabody from Dundee hit 3 home runs, 2B Pat Hickey from Streamwood, SS Gary Loftgren from Elgin (Carthage), 3B Al Smith from Streamwood (Judson), Scott McLean from Elgin (Milton College) and INF Jim Dinkheller from Elgin (ECC).

The outfield featured CF Victor Bills from Elgin (Illinois) who hit 8 home runs, Bills was Elgin’s top hitter hitting over .500 as of July 12th. RF Tim Rooney from Streamwood (Judson), OF Al Kurilla from Bartlett (ECC), and Cory Toppel from Elgin (ECC).

The team finished 3rd in the annual Rockton Invitational Semi-Pro Baseball Tournament. They won three of five games in the tourney including Scott Meyer’s five-inning perfect game in an 11-0 win over Latin American All-Stars. Meyer fanned 10! Elgin bowed to the Rockton Blackhawks 2-1. Mike Scheffler was the hard-luck loser. Scheffler fanned 10 and allowed only four hits in seven innings of work. For the tourney, Victor Bills was 7-for-15, Scott Karsten was 6-for-13 and Mark DeMien was 5-for-9.

The Elgin AC were the District champs with a record of (4-0) giving them a trip to the State Tournament in Elmhurst. In the first game, Scott Meyer pitched a complete game 8-3 victory against Westchester. Hitting Stars – HR Kurilla, Karsten and J Smith 2-for-2, 2 RBI. In the second game, Mike Scheffler hurled a three-hit shutout as the Elgin AC stunned Arlington Heights 2-0 to remain undefeated in the Thorobred Division Tournament. Hitting Stars – RBI Karsten, McLean. In the third game, Joe Brumley pitched a complete game 12-9 victory against the Chicago Panthers. Hitting Stars – Peabody HR, 4-for-4, RBI Peabody 4, Karsten 2, Rooney 2, Loftgren, DeMien. In the championship game, Elgin defeated Arlington Heights 9-4 behind the clutch pitching of Mike Scheffler Hitting Stars – McLean 2-for-4, 2B Karsten, J Smith, Peabody. RBI J. Smith 3, Karsten 2, DeMien, Rooney, Peabody.

The State Tournament Teams were the Elgin AC, Elmhurst, Bloomington Bobcats, and the Springfield Rifles. The Elgin AC bowed out of the State Tournament by losing 1-5 in the first game against the Bloomington Bobcats. Elgin lost the second game 2-3 to Elmhurst giving them a 4th place finish.

It sure was an amazing summer! Thanks for the memories!

(3-0)

Elgin AC splits with Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights – Despite out hitting host

Arlington Heights 22-7 for the day, the Elgin AC could manage only a split of a Northern Illinois Thorobred League doubleheader

Saturday, losing the first game 7-5 before taking the nightcap 6-1.

In the opener, Elgin out hit Arlington 10-5 but needed to rally twice in the late innings before losing the contest on a one-out tworun seventh inning home run.

In the nightcap, Mike Scheffler (4-0) hurled a two-hitter as Elgin rapped

Arlington pitching for 12 hits, all singles. Scheffler allowed first-inning and seventh inning singles.

(4-0)

Elgin AC third in Rockton Tournament

Meyer tosses five inning perfect game

Rockford – The Elgin AC men's (ages 19-21) baseball team finished third in the annual Rockton Invitational Semi-Pro Baseball Tournament played over the weekend.

The AC won three of the five games in the tourney including Scott Meyer's five-inning perfect game in an 11-0 win over Latin American All-Stars.

Other wins were over the Quad-Cities Crazy Tops 3-1 and the Quad-Cities 76ers 7-6.

Elgin bowed to the Rockton Blackhawks 2-1. Mike Scheffler (51) was the hard luck loser. Scheffler fanned 10 and allowed four hits in seven innings of work. Rockton scored the winning run in the seventh on an error. The other lose was to Madison (Wis.) Avenue Bar 13-3.

Meyer fanned 10 against the Latin American All-Stars and was backed on offense by Victor Bills. Bills went 2-for-3 with 3-RBI. Al Kurilla added two RBI and Gary Loftgren had two hits. In the come from behind win over the 76ers Tim Rooney's two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh pulled the game out. Bills also homered in the game. Kurt Schuring, Bills and Rooney each had two hits. Tim Peabody had two-run double.

Frank Sierawski hurled a three-hitter in the win over the Crazy tops. Scott McLean had two hits and Rooney, Scott Karsten and Pat Hickey had RBI. Elgin scored once in the first, twice in the second and let Sierawski do the rest.

For the tourney, Bills had seven hits in 15 at bats. Karsten was 6-for-13 and Mark DeMien was 5-for-9.

Elgin, 17-11 overall, returns to action Friday against Arlington Heights. The game starts at 7:30 pm at Wing Park in Elgin. The AC is 9-9 in Northern Illinois Thorobred League play.

Thorobred District Tournament

Mike Scheffler (7-1) hurled a three-hit shutout as the Elgin AC stunned Arlington 2-0 Monday to remain undefeated in the Tournament (ages 19-21) Division Tournament, being played on diamonds at Wing Park in Elgin and in Arlington Heights.

Tonight, Elgin hosts the Chicago Panthers at 8:00 pm in a winner’s bracket game in the double-elimination tournament.

Scott Karsten and Scott McLean each drove in Elgin runs against Arlington. The AC had only two hits in the game.

Today's foe Chicago, tied Arlington for the Northern Illinois Thororbred League Title a conference in which Elgin finished fourth.

However, the AC won both regular season meetings with the Chicago team.

Elgin is now 2-0 in the tourney, having beaten Westchester 8-3 Sunday. In that game, Scott Meyer was the winning pitcher. Al Kurilla homered and Scott Karsten and Jerry Smith were both 2-for-2 with 2 RBI.

WP – Mike Scheffler (7-1), LP – John Kowalski

John Kowalski

All Conference - 1981, 1982

All State - 1981, 1982

Record (18-6), ERA-2.04, IP-158, SO-127, SHO-2

Elgin AC

Captures Thorobred Championship

Arlington Heights – The Elgin AC, after finishing fourth in the regular season, put it all together this week and culminated it Friday with a 9-4 thrashing of host Arlington Heights in the championship of the Northern Illinois Thororbred League.

The win advances Elgin to next weekend's state tournament in Elmhurst against a yet to be determined opponent.

Friday, it was all AC. The visitors, with the help of several key Arlington miscues, scored seven early runs and rode the clutch pitching of Mike Scheffler (8-1) to victory.

With one out in the first, Scott McLean singled and went to second when Victor Bill's ground ball was booted for an error. Scott Karsten followed by ripping a line drive to center which the center fielder misplayed, allowing the ball to go over his head to the fence for a two-run double.

After two walks loaded the bases, Jerry Smith cleared the bases with a double to left center and scored moments later on Tim Peabody's double. Peabody later scored on a wild pitch to close the scoring. WP – Mike Scheffler (8-1),

Thorobred Baseball State Finals

The Elgin AC finished fourth in the state. Elgin bowed out of the Thorobred (ages 19–21) State Tournament, losing to the Bloomington Bobcats 5-1 and to Elmhurst 3-2.

In the opening loss, Elgin got only two hits, but held an early 1-0 lead on Jerry Smith’s sacrifice fly in the first.

Against Elmhurst, Al Kurilla’s two-run single in the second game gave Elgin a 2-1 lead, but Elmhurst rallied for two in the top of the seventh to win.

In the second loss, Scott McLean hit an apparent solo homer in the fifth, but the umpires ruled the ball went under the fence that surrounds the Wing Park diamond and gave McLean a ground-rule double. He did not score.

Game 1 – WP-Mick Freed, LP-Mike Scheffler (8-2)

Mick Freed was a 31st round draft pick by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1985!

Game 2 – WP-Fielder, LP-Scott Meyer (4-6)

FINAL 1982 Men's Baseball Statistics Report

Includes all games, conference and postseason play offs.

NOTE: If your team leader in TOTAL doubles, triples, home runs, total bases, runs batted in, stolen bases, most victories or strikeouts is not listed above please list him below with the number of games played (most doubles John Doe, SS, 10 in 30 games).