April 24, 2012: the LC varsity baseball team suffered its only loss of their State Championship season to Chesterton.
A year and a day later, Thursday April 25, 2013: the current varsity squad attempted to avenge the loss but fell short, losing 4-10.
“Of course we wanted to get them back, but we tried to approach the game like every other game but a little more meaning than usual,” Nicholas Kellams (12) said.
The Indians took a 1-0 lead early in the first inning after Antonio Majstorov (12) batted in Alec Olund (11) on a single. After a hit and an error in the third, the Trojans took the lead 1-2. LC answered with three runs, bringing LC to their 4-2 lead.
The sixth inning, however, the Trojans answered with a hit parade and took advantage of LC’s errors to pull ahead 4-8. In the seventh, Chesterton knocked in two more runs, bringing the final score to 4-10 and LC’s record to 7-4.
“Errors killed us. We played good in many aspects, but defense wins games, plain and simple,” Kellams said.
The team hopes this comes as a turning point and looks to improve their record as the season progresses.
“We had a reality check and realized what we had to do mentally and physically to win games,” Anthony Schneider (12) said.
The Tribe, now 9-4 will face off with Crown Point (9-2) tonight at home.
