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the glencoe anchor | May 24, 2018 | 31<br />
baseball<br />
Six-run second inning helps Loyola top GBN<br />
Martin Carlino<br />
Contributing Editor<br />
22nd century file photo<br />
1st-and-3<br />
STARS OF THE WEEK<br />
1. Albert Yen (above).<br />
The New Trier<br />
senior hurdler won<br />
both hurdle events<br />
at the sectional<br />
meet, helping<br />
the Trevians to<br />
a second-place<br />
finish in the team<br />
standings.<br />
2. Pete Burnside.<br />
The New Trier<br />
junior pitcher<br />
had a dominant<br />
game against East<br />
Peoria. Burnside<br />
struck out 10<br />
hitters in a 17-0,<br />
five-inning win and<br />
gave up only three<br />
hits and one walk.<br />
3. Lauren Voss.<br />
The Loyola senior<br />
girls water polo<br />
player scored 14<br />
goals in three<br />
games, including<br />
six against Conant<br />
in the quarterfinals<br />
as the Ramblers<br />
finished fourth in<br />
the state.<br />
With two outs in the bottom<br />
of the second inning, a<br />
slowly hit ground ball off<br />
the bat of Loyola Academy’s<br />
Jack Moran appeared<br />
to be nothing more than the<br />
end of an inning.<br />
But, a sprinting Moran<br />
refused to let that be the<br />
case, beating the defender’s<br />
throw by inches, legging out<br />
an infield single that would<br />
ignite a six-run outburst<br />
from Loyola’s offense.<br />
The Ramblers’ six-run<br />
second inning helped them<br />
top the Glenbrook North<br />
Spartans 9-1 on Thursday,<br />
May 17, in Glenview.<br />
The loss was just the<br />
eighth of the season for<br />
the Spartans and one that<br />
was uncharacteristic of the<br />
team’s season-long sound<br />
defensive play.<br />
“We made some very uncharacteristic<br />
mistakes today,”<br />
said Glenbrook North<br />
head coach Dom Savino.<br />
“We just didn’t play well<br />
enough to win. ... I thought<br />
defensively, both mentally<br />
and physically we need to<br />
be a lot sharper and a lot<br />
cleaner. We gave away a<br />
lot of free bases with the<br />
way we played defensively<br />
and that’s something that<br />
we need to clean up before<br />
playoffs start.”<br />
Much to the pleasure<br />
of Nick Bridich, Loyola’s<br />
head coach, the Ramblers<br />
capitalized on GBN’s miscues<br />
with timely offense.<br />
Loyola’s Henry Haracz delivers a pitch against Glenbrook North Thursday, May 17, in Glenview. The Ramblers won<br />
9-1 with the help of a six-run second inning. Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media<br />
“I’m really happy with<br />
how we played all seven innings<br />
today,” Bridich said.<br />
“We had a lot of men on<br />
base, that put some pressure<br />
on their pitchers ... we didn’t<br />
swing it great, but we did<br />
some things with runners<br />
in scoring position and less<br />
than two outs that allowed<br />
us to keep tacking on.”<br />
Offensively, the Spartans<br />
threatened to chip away<br />
at Loyola’s lead, but senior<br />
starting pitcher Henry<br />
Haracz neutralized nearly<br />
every chance with his effective<br />
three-pitch mix,<br />
holding the Spartans to just<br />
one run over six innings of<br />
work.<br />
Haracz struck out five<br />
batters, while allowing five<br />
hits and two walks.<br />
“That was maybe the<br />
best outing for him this<br />
year, which was really nice<br />
to see,” Bridich said.<br />
Key to Haracz’s success<br />
was the ability to establish<br />
his fastball early in the<br />
game, then pair it with his<br />
changeup and slider.<br />
“For Henry, there’s a<br />
heck of a lot of movement<br />
on the fastball,” Bridich<br />
said. “For him today,<br />
I think it was just about<br />
being able to control that<br />
and command that, ... He<br />
had some tough counts<br />
he had to work back<br />
from, but he’s an incredibly<br />
mature kid and just<br />
built to put a team on his<br />
shoulders and go out and<br />
compete. I think he just<br />
settled in. His fastball was<br />
running and there weren’t<br />
guys that got many good<br />
swings on it.”<br />
For Haracz, the strong<br />
execution of his slider, a<br />
pitch he’s struggled with<br />
recently, was a welcome<br />
sign as the team prepares<br />
for the playoffs.<br />
“I’ve been struggling to<br />
throw my slider all year, so<br />
I’m trying to work in into<br />
counts more often ... it really<br />
worked out for me today,”<br />
Haracz said.<br />
“Once I saw that slider<br />
start moving a lot, hitters<br />
were looking at it and<br />
starting to get a little<br />
more uneasy about what I<br />
was throwing. I got a lot<br />
more comfortable and was<br />
able to just do what I do<br />
best and just go right at<br />
[hitters].”<br />
When Haracz did allow<br />
baserunners, Loyola’s defense<br />
was nearly flawless<br />
in its ability to turn difficult<br />
plays into outs.<br />
“We’ve continued to<br />
kind of pick up ourselves<br />
on defense in the last couple<br />
of weeks,” Bridich said.<br />
“The parts of the game that<br />
we can control, that are<br />
most controllable ... the<br />
pitching and the defense,<br />
I’m really happy with how<br />
we played.”<br />
Listen Up<br />
“Making it this far is huge for the program.”<br />
Kim Przekota — Loyola girls water polo coach after her<br />
team’s fourth-place finish at the state finals.<br />
tunE in<br />
What to watch this week<br />
BOYS TENNIS: New Trier and Loyola hope to improve on last<br />
year’s state finish.<br />
• Both teams take part in the IHSA state finals May 24-<br />
26 at various locations.<br />
Index<br />
27 - This Week In<br />
26 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw,<br />
m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.
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