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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC WINS THIRD BASEBALL CROWN

Lafayette Central Catholic scored at least three runs in Drysdale knocking in three runs each.
each of the first four innings and beat Vincennes Rivet, 14-1, Derek Potter tallied Rivet’s (16-11) lone hit of the game
in Friday’s Class A state championship game. in the third inning when he singled to leftfield. Tyler Vieke
It was the eighth state championship overall for the added the Patriots’ lone run in the top of the fourth scoring
school and third in baseball (2004, 2007). The team won its from third on a throwing error. He reached first on a throw-
last 10 games of the season, outscored its six tournament ing error, moved to second on a walk and took third on a hit
foes by a 60-6 margin and plated at least 13 runs in three of by pitch.
those contests. Tim Bordenet, who doubles as the school’s Rivet’s Emily Montgomery, believed to be the first
athletic director, has coached all three state championship female to play in an IHSAA state championship game as
teams. part of a boys team, saw two pitches in her only at-bat. She
The second-ranked Knights (28-4) scored three runs swung and missed on the first and flew out to right on the
each in the first and second innings then added four in the second.
third and four more in the fourth. Taylor Glaze, who pitched Vincennes Rivet, coached by Bill Beard, was making its
the first five innings, combined with Brett Haan to throw a first state finals appearance after winning its first regional
one-hitter. Glaze (9-0) struck out nine of the 19 batters he and semi-state the last two Saturdays.
faced. Dru Anthrop of Lafayette Central Catholic High School
CC’s Austin Munn went 3-for-4, with two RBI and scored was recognized by members of the IHSAA Executive
three runs. Dru Anthrop, Reed Drysdale, Scott Windler Committee as this year’s recipient of the L.V. Phillips Mental
and Cole Hruskovich each tallied two hits with Anthrop and Attitude Award in Class A baseball.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN CLAIMS 2A BASEBALL TITLE
Ninth-ranked Heritage Christian jumped out to an early David Diedrick but the Kings couldn’t push any more across
lead scoring six runs through the first two innings and never in the inning and also left the bases loaded in their next
looked back in an 11-3 victory over unranked Cass in the at-bat. Cass added a pair of runs in the seventh as Brody
Class 2A state championship Edgerly’s bases-loaded
game at Victory Field. single cut the lead to 11-3.
It was the first baseball state Edgerly finished 2-for-4 in
championship for Heritage the game.
Christian (25-6) which also Heritage Christian was
captured its third IHSAA crown coached by Dan Ambrose,
of this school year (2A football, in his 17th year. Cass was
2A girls basketball). The game coached by 30th year leader
was also a rematch of the 2008 Greg Marschand who also
2A football championship game serves as school athletic
also won by Heritage Christian, director. Like Heritage, Cass
17-14. was also making its first ap-
The Eagles had plenty of pearance in the state finals.
offense in their first baseball Keith Lee of Cass High
championship game scoring School was recognized
three in the first inning, three by members of the IHSAA
more in the second, fourth in the Executive Committee as
fourth and one in the sixth. this year’s recipient of the
Pitcher Joe Perrott (5-1) L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude
picked up the win pitching 5 1/3 Award in Class 2A baseball.
innings and striking out seven. The award is presented
He also led the team offensively annually to an outstanding
going 3-for-4 with a run scored senior participant who has
and two batted in on his fourth inning double that made it demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship,
8-1. Jeremy Sherrill and Sterling Harpst also knocked in two leadership and athletic ability. The award is named in honor
runs a piece going 2-for-4 at the plate. of the late L.V. Phillips, who served as the second commis-
Cass (20-9) got on the board in the bottom of the sec- sioner of the IHSAA from 1945-1962.
ond when Keith Lee took a bases loaded walk that plated
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