TEAM PROFILE

Illinois Valley Predators
Utica, IL
14u
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RECORD
W-L-T 9-5-1
WIN % 60
STATS
AVG RUN SCORED 7.2
AVG RUN ALLOWED 5.27
AVG RUN DIFFERENCE 1.93
RUNS SCORED 108
RUNS ALLOWED 79
RUNS DIFFERENCE 29
COACHES
Head Coach Joshua Hill
Assistant Coach Garet Dinges
Assistant Coach Nico Salazar
Illinois Valley Predators ROSTER
Name Primary Pos H/T Sec. Pos
  Kam Franzen 1B R/R SS
  Alec Tomsha 2B R/R RHP
  Jett Hill 3B L/R SS
  Kaden Bertuli C R/R LF
  John Sowers C R/R UTILITY
  Braylin Bond CF R/R LF
  Zach Pescetto LF R/R C
  Chase Riva OF L/L LHP
  Nick Salazar RHP R/R UTILITY
  Grey Ernat SS R/R RHP
  Geno Dinges UTILITY R/R LHP
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EVENTS
DATE EVENT DIVISION W-L-T AVG RS AVG RD AVG RA
2023-04-28 Eastern Iowa Shootout 14u 5-0-0 10.4 7 3.4
2023-06-09 Summer Turf Frenzy-SOLD Out 14u 3-1-0 6 1.75 4.25
2023-06-23 Experience the Turf - Carol Stream 14u 0-2-1 4.33 -3.67 8
2023-06-30 Under Armour USSSA AAA/Major State Tournament 14u 1-2-0 6.33 -0.67 7
GAMES
# EVENT TEAM VS TEAM
1 Eastern Iowa Shootout Sluggers Baseball Black 04 - 11 Illinois Valley Predators
2 Eastern Iowa Shootout Lancer Baseball Club 2027 00 - 11 Illinois Valley Predators
3 Eastern Iowa Shootout Illinois Valley Predators 15 - 00 Muscatine Sluggers
4 Eastern Iowa Shootout Illinois Valley Predators 07 - 06 Lancer Baseball Club 2027
5 Eastern Iowa Shootout Illinois Valley Predators 08 - 07 Citius Illinois Marucci - Navy
6 Summer Turf Frenzy-SOLD Out Next Level Baseball 00 - 08 Illinois Valley Predators
7 Summer Turf Frenzy-SOLD Out Illinois Valley Predators 07 - 04 14u Eastern Iowa Vipers - 14u Wenz
8 Summer Turf Frenzy-SOLD Out Geneseo Jr Leafs 03 - 04 Illinois Valley Predators
9 Summer Turf Frenzy-SOLD Out Canes Central Illinois 14U - Meischner 10 - 05 Illinois Valley Predators
10 Experience the Turf - Carol Stream CDBL 14U 07 - 04 Illinois Valley Predators
11 Experience the Turf - Carol Stream Illinois Valley Predators 04 - 04 PACK ORANGE
12 Experience the Turf - Carol Stream Triboh 13 - 05 Illinois Valley Predators
13 Under Armour USSSA AAA/Major State Tournament Naplate Titans 07 - 06 Illinois Valley Predators
14 Under Armour USSSA AAA/Major State Tournament Illinois Valley Predators 01 - 10 Naperville Renegades American
15 Under Armour USSSA AAA/Major State Tournament Illinois Valley Predators 12 - 04 2027 Raiders Baseball Academy
PLAYER PROFILES
John Sowers Utica  , IL 2027
Kam Franzen Oglesby  , IL 2027
Nick Salazar Oglesby  , IL 2027
Alec Tomsha Peru  , IL 2027
Grey Ernat Oglesby  , IL 2027
Chase Riva Oglesby  , IL 2027
Braylin Bond Oglesby  , IL 2026
Kaden Bertuli LaSalle  , IL 2027
Geno Dinges Peru  , IL 2027
Jett Hill Utica  , IL 2027
Zach Pescetto Oglesby  , IL 2027