Base 3A FINAL: Western dumps Brebeuf Jesuit, 8-1, for first state title

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From ihsaa.org

INDIANAPOLIS – The Western Panthers knocked off the Brebeuf Jesuit Braves, 8-1, June 15 to win the Class 3A baseball state championship at Victory Field in a battle of first-time participants June 15 at the 46th Annual IHSAA Baseball State Finals.

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The win marks Western’s second state championship in school history and first in a boys sport, with the other coming in girls golf in 2001.

Western (25-9) jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and never looked back. The top of the first inning started with a walk by junior Marcus Pingleton, a single from senior Adam Bolen, a two-run double by sophomore Evan Warden, a hit by pitch for junior Dakota LaMott, and another two-RBI double from senior Austin LaFollette with the Panthers’ first four batters crossing the plate.

After the top of the first, there were no hits until Brebeuf Jesuit senior Jacob Wischmeyer hit a leadoff double to start the top of the fifth. The Braves put their first run on the scoreboard with a two-out single to left-center field by senior Michael Paisley with two out in the bottom of the fifth.

The Panthers answered in the top of the sixth and loaded the bases with one out on a LaMott single, a LaFollette walk, and a Brebeuf fielding error. Two runs scored when senior Jake Florek reached on a fielder’s choice as Braves pitcher senior Connor Hale’ force-play throw to the plate was errant, and Western tacked on another run as junior Cameron Kuntz came on to pinch hit and recorded a groundout RBI to stretch the lead to 7-1.

Warden tripled to center and scored on LaMott’s sacrifice bunt in the top of the seventh to finish the scoring at 8-1.

Junior Ronnie Smith picked up the win, his 13th of the season, after allowing just two hits and one earned run in five innings while walking three and striking out four.

Seniors Michael Paisley and Nic Meyers had the other hits for seventh-year Brebeuf coach Andy McClain, whose Braves finish the season with a record of 21-9.

The win for Western coach Ty Calloway was his 640th in his 35th season.

Brebeuf’s Hale named Mental Attitude Award winner
Members of the IHSAA Executive Committee announced Connor Hale of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School as the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 3A baseball. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the proud corporate partner of all IHSAA tournaments, presented a $1,000 scholarship to the school in his name.

The award is annually presented to an outstanding senior participant in each state championship game who has best demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability in baseball. The award is named in honor of the late L.V. Phillips, who served as the second commissioner of the IHSAA from 1945-62.

Hale has been a starting varsity pitcher for the last three seasons and helped the Braves to their first state championship game appearance in school history. The son of Todd and Nancy Hale of Carmel will attend the University of Notre Dame on a baseball scholarship and major in business and finance.

The box score:

Score by Innings     R H E
Western    400 003 1 – 8 5 0
Brebeuf        000 010 0 – 1 3 3

Western (25-9) 8
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Marcus Pingleton cf...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Adam Bolen ss............ 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
Evan Warden 2b........... 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 0
 Mitchell Shahan pr...... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota LaMott dh......... 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Drew Bellus 3b........... 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
 Zach Huffman ph......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin LaFollette rf..... 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2
Devon Eaker lf........... 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Jake Florek 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0
Kyle Ennis c............. 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0
 Cameron Kuntz ph........ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Smith p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 25 8 5 6 3 7 21 10 5

Brebeuf (21-9) 1
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Michael Paisley ss....... 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Joey Perkins 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
Connor Hale p............ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
Nic Meyers 1b............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 1
Eric Petruzzi lf......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Wischmeyer 2b...... 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1
Tyler Holt rf............ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
 Spencer Martin p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Bennett dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Ben Powell cf............ 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Hunter Hale c............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Totals................... 24 1 3 1 4 5 21 11 6

E - Paisley; C. Hale 2. LOB - Western 5; Brebeuf 6. 2B - Warden(6); LaFollette(6);
Wischmeyer(7). 3B - Warden(2). HBP - Bolen; LaMott; LaFollette. SH - LaMott 2;
Huffman. SB - Powell.

Western         IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
Ronnie Smith W,13-5    5.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 17 20 5 6 85
Evan Warden        2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 4 35

Brebeuf         IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
Connor Hale L,7-2    6.2 5 8 5 3 7 1 0 2 0 24 32 3 9 107
Spencer Martin        0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 4

WP - C. Hale. HBP - by C. Hale (LaMott); by C. Hale (Bolen); by Martin
(LaFollette). PB - Ennis. Inherited runners/scored: Martin 1/0. Pitches/strikes:
Smith 85/52; Warden 35/20; C. Hale 107/67; Martin 4/4.
Strikeouts - Pingleton; Bolen; Bellus 2; Florek; Ennis 2; Meyers; Bennett 3; Powell.
Walks - Pingleton; Bellus; LaFollette; C. Hale; Wischmeyer; Holt; Powell.
Umpires - HP: Scott Sanchez 1B: Darren Waggoner 2B: Tim Born 3B: Ed Strbjak
Start: 7:37 pm Time: 1:55 Attendance: 3399

The play-by-play:

Western starters: 3/cf Pingleton; 16/ss Bolen; 1/2b Warden; 6/dh LaMott; 9/3b
Bellus; 5/rf LaFollette; 8/lf Eaker; 11/1b Florek; 7/c Ennis; 12/p Smith;

Brebeuf starters: 23/ss Paisley; 5/3b Perkins; 2/p C. Hale; 11/1b Meyers; 21/lf
Petruzzi; 22/2b Wischmeyer; 12/rf Holt; 16/dh Bennett; 20/cf Powell; 30/c H.
Hale;

Western 1st - Pingleton walked (3-1 BBBKB). Bolen singled to left center
(2-2 FBKB); Pingleton advanced to second. Warden doubled down the lf line, 2
RBI (0-1 F); Bolen scored; Pingleton scored. Warden advanced to third on a wild
pitch. LaMott hit by pitch (2-1 FBB). Bellus struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS).
LaFollette doubled, 2 RBI, out at third rf to 2b to 3b (0-0); LaMott scored;
Warden scored. Eaker grounded out to p (0-0). 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Brebeuf 1st - Paisley grounded out to 2b (0-0). Perkins grounded out to
2b (2-1 BBF). C. Hale walked (3-2 FBBSBB). Meyers reached on a fielder's choice
(2-2 BBFK); C. Hale out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Western 2nd - Florek struck out swinging (2-2 FBKBS). Ennis struck out
swinging (0-2 KKS). Pingleton popped up to 2b (3-2 BSBFFFB). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.

Brebeuf 2nd - Petruzzi grounded out to ss (1-2 BSK). Wischmeyer walked
(3-1 FBBBB). Wischmeyer advanced to second on a passed ball. Holt flied out to
lf (3-2 KBBFBFFF). Bennett struck out looking (2-2 BKKBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Western 3rd - Bolen hit by pitch (0-0). Warden reached on a fielding
error by p (0-1 S); Bolen advanced to second. LaMott out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt (1-1 BF); Warden advanced to second; Bolen advanced to third. Bellus
struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS). LaFollette flied out to cf (2-1 BBS). 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Brebeuf 3rd - Powell struck out swinging (3-2 SBBBFS). Paisley fouled
out to 3b (0-1 K). Perkins flied out to rf (2-2 BFBF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Western 4th - Eaker grounded out to ss (0-1 K). Florek grounded out to
ss (1-0 B). Ennis struck out swinging (2-2 SBSFBFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Brebeuf 4th - C. Hale grounded out to ss (1-0 B). Meyers struck out
swinging (0-2 SKFS). Petruzzi lined out to lf (1-1 BF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Western 5th - Pingleton grounded out to ss (0-0). Bolen popped up to 3b
(1-1 FB). Warden grounded out to ss (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Brebeuf 5th - Wischmeyer doubled to right center (0-0). Holt grounded
out to 3b (0-2 KF). Bennett struck out swinging (3-2 FBBSFBS). Powell walked
(3-2 KBBKFBB). Paisley singled to left center, RBI (1-2 KKB); Powell advanced
to second; Wischmeyer scored. Perkins fouled out to 1b (0-1 F). 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Western 6th - LaMott singled up the middle (2-2 BBKK). Huffman pinch hit
for Bellus. Huffman grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); LaMott advanced to
second. LaFollette walked (3-0 BBBB). Eaker reached on a fielding error by ss
(1-1 BK); LaFollette advanced to second; LaMott advanced to third. Florek
reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by p (0-1
F); Eaker advanced to third; LaFollette scored, unearned; LaMott scored,
unearned. Kuntz pinch hit for Ennis. Kuntz grounded out to p, RBI (3-1 BFBB);
Florek advanced to third; Eaker scored, unearned. Pingleton struck out swinging
(1-2 SBSS). 3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

Brebeuf 6th - Bellus to 3b for Huffman. Ennis to c for Kuntz. Warden to
p. LaMott to 2b. / for Smith. C. Hale out at first 1b to p (3-1 BBBK). Meyers
singled to third base (2-1 BBK). Petruzzi fouled out to p (0-2 KFF). Wischmeyer
reached on a fielder's choice (1-2 KBK); Meyers out at second ss to 2b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Western 7th - Bolen struck out looking (2-2 BFBFK). Warden tripled to
center field (1-0 B). Shahan pinch ran for Warden. LaMott grounded out to p,
SAC, bunt, RBI (0-1 K); Shahan scored. Bellus walked (3-1 BBKBB). C. Hale to
rf. Martin to p for Holt. LaFollette hit by pitch (0-1 F); Bellus advanced to
second. Eaker reached on a fielder's choice (0-1 K); LaFollette advanced to
second; Bellus out at third 3b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Brebeuf 7th - Warden to p for Shahan. C. Hale to p. Holt to rf for
Martin. Holt walked (3-1 BBBKB). Bennett struck out looking (2-2 BKSBK). Powell
reached on a fielder's choice (2-1 BKB); Holt out at second ss to 2b. Powell
stole second. Paisley out at first 1b to p (1-2 BFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.