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The Byron (IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 12-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCCHS	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	2	4	1
Byron	2	0	1	0	1	8	-	12	11	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)

Newman Central Catholic

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.174	25	23	2	4
1	Garret Matznick (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2
2	Daniel Kelly (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1
6	Evan Bushman (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	.500	2	2	0	1
14	Jameson Hanlon (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0
15	Liam Nicklaus (So)	.000	2	2	0	0
18	Garet Wolfe (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
44	Drake Cole (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	3	1	5	.240	.174	.414
1	Garret Matznick (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
2	Daniel Kelly (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
6	Evan Bushman (Jr)	0	1	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
14	Jameson Hanlon (Fr)	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
15	Liam Nicklaus (So)	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
18	Garet Wolfe (Jr)	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
44	Drake Cole (Jr)	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333

Newman Central Catholic

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	17	5	1
1	Garret Matznick (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
2	Daniel Kelly (Sr)	.875	8	7	0	1
6	Evan Bushman (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
15	Liam Nicklaus (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
18	Garet Wolfe (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
44	Drake Cole (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Newman Central Catholic

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	14.82	1	.000	1
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	23.62	0		1
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	7.00	1	.000	1

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.2	11	12	12	5	5	3	34	28
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	2.2	8	9	9	3	1	2	19	16
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	3	3	3	3	2	4	1	15	12

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.393	.500	1	1	128	4
9	Joe Oswalt (Sr)	.500	.579	1	0	62	3
42	Chase Decker (Sr)	.250	.400	0	1	66	1

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Byron (24-25)

Byron has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Newman Central Catholic loses to Byron

April 26, 2025: Byron, IL 61010

The Newman Central Catholic Comets baseball squad (Sterling, IL), was overwhelmed 12-2 in Saturday's non-league contest with the host Byron Tigers (Byron, IL)

With the triumph, Byron moves its record to 16-4 on the season. The Tigers travel to Winnebago (Winnebago, IL) to confront the Indians in a Big Northern contest on Monday, April 28. The Indians come into the contest with a record of 7-14. Winnebago won 15-0 in their recent non-league contest against Alden-Hebron (Hebron, IL)

The Comets now possess a 15-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Mendota for a Three Rivers contest on Monday, April 28. Newman Central Catholic will confront a Trojans squad coming off a 13-1 league loss to Princeton (Princeton, IL). The Trojans record now stands at 7-8.

NCCHS @ Byron Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 26, 2025 @ 11a

Byron Tiger Field #4

The Byron (IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 12-2.

Rankings & Records

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)

IL	Class
133	26

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
28-9-1	12-1	13-2-1	13-6	2-1	.750	.923	288	189

Byron (24-25)

IL	Class
66	12

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
31-5	17-0	15-0	13-4	3-1	.861	1.000	377	109

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Newman Central Catholic	1.1	.7	1.6	1.3	1.5	1.5	.6	.3	7.6	8.6	1.5
Byron	1.4	1.1	1.3	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.4	-	10.5	8.6	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

Newman Central Catholic		Byron
.323	Batting Average	-
.440	On Base Percentage	-
.411	Slugging Percentage	-
.945	Fielding Percentage	-
.771	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Newman Central Catholic		Byron	National Avg.
#7 Ashton Miner.431	Batting Average	-	.239
#32 Jeff Thormeyer1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#7 Ashton Miner.608	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#32 Jeff Thormeyer1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
#1 Garret Matznick1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newman Central Catholic	6-1		Byron	6-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/18/25	Newman Central Catholic	Sterling	(W) 6-5	4/5/25	Byron	Sterling	(W) 11-0
4/4/25	Riverdale	Newman Central Catholic	(W) 7-0	3/22/25	Riverdale	Byron	(W) 9-3
4/16/25	Newman Central Catholic	Eastland	(L) 5-4	5/19/25	Eastland	Byron	(W) 15-1
4/23/25	Rock Falls	Newman Central Catholic	(W) 7-3	4/8/25	Rock Falls	Byron	(W) 5-2
				4/16/25	Byron	Rock Falls	(W) 10-7
4/28/25	Mendota	Newman Central Catholic	(W) 13-3	5/21/25	Mendota	Byron	(W) 8-1
5/7/25	Newman Central Catholic	Mendota	(W) 11-1
5/31/25	Newman Central Catholic	Johnsburg	(W) 6-2	5/28/25	Johnsburg	Byron	(L) 9-2

Record Breakdown

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)		Byron (24-25)
28-9-1	Overall	31-5
12-1	League	17-0
12-6-1	Non-League	12-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-1	Common Opponent	6-1
13-2-1	Home	15-0
13-6	Away	13-4
2-1	Neutral	3-1
4-2	Playoff	2-1
27-9-1	In-State	31-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0