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Here’s a look inside the numbers of the Tigers’ state championship run.
803: Coach Tim Funkhouser won his 803rd career game on Saturday. He ranks 10th all-time in state history, two away from ninth place and six away from seventh place, and has the third-most among active coaches behind New Trier’s Mike Napoleon (state-record 962) and Harrisburg’s Jay Thompson (952 wins).
35: On the way to winning the state championship, the Edwardsville Tigers won their state-record 35th regional championship with wins of 6-4 over Quincy on May 24 and 5-4 over Collinsville on May 27.
33: The Edwardsville Tigers won their 33rd game of the season with a 6-4 win over Brother Rice. It was the 16th 30-win season for coach Tim Funkhouser and the 22nd for the program.
20: On the way to winning the state championship, the Edwardsville Tigers won their state-record 20th sectional championship with wins of 9-5 on O’Fallon on May 31 in Alton and 3-2 over Minooka on June 3 in Bloomington.
18: The Edwardsville Tigers were making their state-record 18th state tournament appearance this weekend. It is one of 12 baseball programs, regardless of class, to make at least 10 state tournament appearances. Chicago Lane is second with 15 state appearances.
8: With their fifth state championship in program history, the Edwardsville Tigers earned their eighth state trophy. Along with first-place finishes in 1990, 1998, 2019, 2022 and 2023, EHS also took second place in 1991, 2002 and 2017.
With eighth state trophies, Edwardsville is tied for the third-most among IHSA baseball programs. Teutopolis has 10 state trophies, followed by Oak Park-River Forest with nine and Joliet Catholic and Lyons each with eight.
8: The Edwardsville Tigers were making their state-record eighth state championship game appearance. They broke a tie with Joliet Catholic, which has made seven state championship game appearances.
7: The Edwardsville Tigers won their sixth and seven Class 4A state tournament games over the weekend to tie Providence Catholic for the most in Class 4A.
5: The Edwardsville Tigers won their fifth state championship overall after also winning in 1990 and 1998 in Class AA and in 2019 and 2022 in Class 4A. They are now tied with Providence Catholic for the most state championships.
5: The Edwardsville Tigers became the fifth team to win back-to-back state championships, joining Nazareth Academy (2022-23), Providence Catholic (2014-16), Stanford Olympia (2008-09) and Maine Township (1958-59). EHS and Providence Catholic are the only two to accomplish the feat in Class 4A.
5: Alec Marchetto became the fifth Edwardsville pitcher to earn a win in the state championship game. He joins Mark Little (1990), James Hutton (1998), Collin Salter (2019) and Gannon Burns (2022). Marchetto and Salter are the only two relivers to win. Little, Hutton and Burns pitched complete games.
Marchetto went three innings and allowed one hit with five strikeouts. He is the only pitcher to finish off a state championship win with a strikeout. The other four were on groundouts.
5: Edwardsville High School pitching coach Mike Sabatino has won five state championships in baseball. He has won three with the Tigers in 2019, 2022 and 2023 after guiding Liberty Middle School to back-to-back state championships.
4. Coach Tim Funkhouser won his fourth state championship, including three as a coach in 2019, 2022 and 2023. He was also the starting shortstop on the 1990 state championship team.
4: Alec Marchetto won his fourth state championship in baseball on Saturday. He also won back-to-back titles with Liberty in 2018 and 2019 before these last two seasons with the Edwardsville Tigers.
4: With four RBI in Friday’s state semifinal win over York, Kayden Jennings drove in the most runs by a Tiger in a state tournament game since Matt Evers had five RBI in a 1998 Class AA state quarterfinal game against Oak Park-River Forest.
3: The Edwardsville Tigers won their third state championship at the Class 4A level to join Providence Catholic for the most.
3: With three state championships as a coach, Tim Funkhouser tied Providence Catholic’s Mark Smith, Proviso’s DB Appleton Maine Township’s Al Carstens for most state championships overall. Only Smith and Funkhouser have won their three state championships in Class 4A.
3: Edwardsville’s state championship on Saturday was the third as a coach for Tim Funkhouser. He passed Tom Pile (baseball in 1990 and 1998), Chad Lakatos (boys track and field in 2015 and 2017) and Mark Heiderscheid (boys soccer in 2000 and 2013) for the most state championships as a coach in school history.
2: After winning a state championship with Liberty Middle School, Cole Funkhouser (2018), Montrez West (2018), Caeleb Copeland (2018), Riley Iffrig (2018), Joel Kampwerth (2018) and Lucas Huebner (2019) all won a third state championship. They all played on last year’s state championship team.
2: Cole Funkhouser, Andrew Hendrickson, Kayden Jennings, Joel Kampwerth, Montrez West, Caeleb Copeland, Logan Geggus, Jake Holder, Riley Iffrig, Tyler Powell, Joe Chiarodo, Lucas Huebner and Alec Marchetto all won a second straight state championship with the Edwardsville Tigers.
1: After making five starts in the regular season, Andrew Henrdrickson made his first postseason start in the Class 4A state championship game. He went four-plus innings and allowed four runs on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks.
0: Despite making a state-record 18 state tournament appearances and winning seven state trophies, the Edwardsville Tigers have never finished in third or fourth place at the state tournament.
Written By
Matt Kamp
Here’s a look inside the numbers of the Tigers’ state championship run.
803: Coach Tim Funkhouser won his 803rd career game on Saturday. He ranks 10th all-time in state history, two away from ninth place and six away from seventh place, and has the third-most among active coaches behind New Trier’s Mike Napoleon (state-record 962) and Harrisburg’s Jay Thompson (952 wins).
35: On the way to winning the state championship, the Edwardsville Tigers won their state-record 35th regional championship with wins of 6-4 over Quincy on May 24 and 5-4 over Collinsville on May 27.
33: The Edwardsville Tigers won their 33rd game of the season with a 6-4 win over Brother Rice. It was the 16th 30-win season for coach Tim Funkhouser and the 22nd for the program.
20: On the way to winning the state championship, the Edwardsville Tigers won their state-record 20th sectional championship with wins of 9-5 on O’Fallon on May 31 in Alton and 3-2 over Minooka on June 3 in Bloomington.
18: The Edwardsville Tigers were making their state-record 18th state tournament appearance this weekend. It is one of 12 baseball programs, regardless of class, to make at least 10 state tournament appearances. Chicago Lane is second with 15 state appearances.
8: With their fifth state championship in program history, the Edwardsville Tigers earned their eighth state trophy. Along with first-place finishes in 1990, 1998, 2019, 2022 and 2023, EHS also took second place in 1991, 2002 and 2017.
With eighth state trophies, Edwardsville is tied for the third-most among IHSA baseball programs. Teutopolis has 10 state trophies, followed by Oak Park-River Forest with nine and Joliet Catholic and Lyons each with eight.
8: The Edwardsville Tigers were making their state-record eighth state championship game appearance. They broke a tie with Joliet Catholic, which has made seven state championship game appearances.
7: The Edwardsville Tigers won their sixth and seven Class 4A state tournament games over the weekend to tie Providence Catholic for the most in Class 4A.
5: The Edwardsville Tigers won their fifth state championship overall after also winning in 1990 and 1998 in Class AA and in 2019 and 2022 in Class 4A. They are now tied with Providence Catholic for the most state championships.
5: The Edwardsville Tigers became the fifth team to win back-to-back state championships, joining Nazareth Academy (2022-23), Providence Catholic (2014-16), Stanford Olympia (2008-09) and Maine Township (1958-59). EHS and Providence Catholic are the only two to accomplish the feat in Class 4A.
5: Alec Marchetto became the fifth Edwardsville pitcher to earn a win in the state championship game. He joins Mark Little (1990), James Hutton (1998), Collin Salter (2019) and Gannon Burns (2022). Marchetto and Salter are the only two relivers to win. Little, Hutton and Burns pitched complete games.
Marchetto went three innings and allowed one hit with five strikeouts. He is the only pitcher to finish off a state championship win with a strikeout. The other four were on groundouts.
5: Edwardsville High School pitching coach Mike Sabatino has won five state championships in baseball. He has won three with the Tigers in 2019, 2022 and 2023 after guiding Liberty Middle School to back-to-back state championships.
4. Coach Tim Funkhouser won his fourth state championship, including three as a coach in 2019, 2022 and 2023. He was also the starting shortstop on the 1990 state championship team.
4: Alec Marchetto won his fourth state championship in baseball on Saturday. He also won back-to-back titles with Liberty in 2018 and 2019 before these last two seasons with the Edwardsville Tigers.
4: With four RBI in Friday’s state semifinal win over York, Kayden Jennings drove in the most runs by a Tiger in a state tournament game since Matt Evers had five RBI in a 1998 Class AA state quarterfinal game against Oak Park-River Forest.
3: The Edwardsville Tigers won their third state championship at the Class 4A level to join Providence Catholic for the most.
3: With three state championships as a coach, Tim Funkhouser tied Providence Catholic’s Mark Smith, Proviso’s DB Appleton Maine Township’s Al Carstens for most state championships overall. Only Smith and Funkhouser have won their three state championships in Class 4A.
3: Edwardsville’s state championship on Saturday was the third as a coach for Tim Funkhouser. He passed Tom Pile (baseball in 1990 and 1998), Chad Lakatos (boys track and field in 2015 and 2017) and Mark Heiderscheid (boys soccer in 2000 and 2013) for the most state championships as a coach in school history.
2: After winning a state championship with Liberty Middle School, Cole Funkhouser (2018), Montrez West (2018), Caeleb Copeland (2018), Riley Iffrig (2018), Joel Kampwerth (2018) and Lucas Huebner (2019) all won a third state championship. They all played on last year’s state championship team.
2: Cole Funkhouser, Andrew Hendrickson, Kayden Jennings, Joel Kampwerth, Montrez West, Caeleb Copeland, Logan Geggus, Jake Holder, Riley Iffrig, Tyler Powell, Joe Chiarodo, Lucas Huebner and Alec Marchetto all won a second straight state championship with the Edwardsville Tigers.
1: After making five starts in the regular season, Andrew Henrdrickson made his first postseason start in the Class 4A state championship game. He went four-plus innings and allowed four runs on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks.
0: Despite making a state-record 18 state tournament appearances and winning seven state trophies, the Edwardsville Tigers have never finished in third or fourth place at the state tournament.
Written By
Matt Kamp
