I'm blogging from the backseat of the car as I ride home from the IHSA Class 4A State baseball semi-finals with writers Joe Stevenson and Maureen Lynch. It has been a long day down in Joliet, Ill., at Silver Cross Field the home of the Joliet Jackhammers, an independent sub-Class A minor league team. Unfortunately the local team that we're covering, Cary-Grove High School, lost to New Trier High School 3-2. Unlike our experience at the State basketball championships, this was a great game.
Cary-Grove brought their big bats and showed why they are one of the best hitting teams in the state. They hit the ball hard but sometimes they just hit it right at them. There was plenty of suspense as they had runners on first and third with two outs, full count, and a solid senior hitter at the plate. Matt Nelsen fought hard in the at-bat until he grounded out to third to end the game.
I was positioned in the third base photo well in hopes of getting some solid dejection following the loss but they took it pretty well and I didn't get any storytelling images that were strong enough to file.
I'm getting a little dizzy writing this so I'm going to cut it short. We'll be back to cover the third place game tomorrow at 4PM.
-JCE
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