Page 27 - 2012-13 Baseball State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals in Review

McNamara Leads Lake Central to Class 4A State Championship

The Indians pitcher had a no-hitter
going against the Rebels until the bot-
tom of the fifth when Roncalli senior
Jordan Reeser broke it up with an
infield single. Roncalli managed one
more hit in the bottom of the sixth, but
were unable to put a runner across
the plate.

The Indians and head coach Jeff
Sandor finished with a 32-1 record.
Roncalli (23-9-1), led by head
coach Keith Hatfield, made just its
second state finals appearance and
their first in 30 years. The 1982 Reb-
els also finished as state runner-up.
The 2012 state finals enjoyed
record attendance figures as a high-
mark 3,399 were on hand for Friday’s
3A contest while 6,527 attended on
Saturday for a four-game session
record total of 9,926. The previous
record had been 9,915 in 2009.

Lake Central won its first 4A base-
ball state championship on the arm
of senior pitcher Jimmy McNamara
who threw a three-hitter and struck
out nine in a 1-0 victory over Roncalli.
Lake Central finished the season the
same way they started – on top of the
Indiana Baseball Coaches Poll as the
top-ranked team in the state.
It was a one-two-three first inning
for both sides as the Lake Central
senior pitcher Jimmy McNamara and
Roncalli senior Colin Hawk settled in
early for a pitcher’s duel.
Lake Central broke into the
scoring column with a two-out rally in
the top of the third started by a single
by junior Ryan Burvan, followed by a
walk and then an RBI single to center
field by senior Austen Wagoner to
make it a 1-0 game.

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