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EIGHTH INNING HOME RUN
DELIVERS STATE TITLE FOR NORWELL
It took
extra innings to decide the Class AAA championship at Victory Field on Saturday
afternoon, as Norwell defeated New Palestine 3-1 in eight innings. It was only the fourth extra-inning game in
IHSAA state championship game history and the first since 1980.
Though it
was broad daylight on a sun-filled afternoon, catcher Jason Schortgen
(11) ignited the fireworks in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run shot over
the left-field wall with one out, sending the Knights crowd into a frenzy and Kelly Weybright’s
team to its first-ever IHSAA crown.
Jacob Ringenberg (12) had started off the final frame by
grounding out to short. Drew Dafforn (11) then worked pitcher Dustin Eck (12) for a
walk. Darren Dafforn
(12) moved in to pinch run for Drew and came home on Schortgen’s
blast.
New
Palestine, under head coach Al Cooper, had broken on top early in the second
game of the day, scoring in the top half of the first-inning, as Joey Hercamp (12) walked and advanced to second on a wild
pitch. Andy Zellers
(12) followed with a single to left and was thrown out attempting to go to
second on the throw back to the infield, with Hercamp
moving to third. Andrew Clark (9) then
smashed a double to the 362’ mark in right center, chasing Hercamp
home.
Norwell
tied the game in the bottom of the third.
After a pair of uneventful groundouts to short, Ringenberg
whistled a triple to right field and Drew Dafforn blooped a singled down the right field line, scoring Ringenberg with the tying run, before Schortgen,
the eventual hero of the game, grounded out to end the inning.
Norwell
finished the 2003 season 23-11. New
Palestine’s campaign came to a close at 27-8.
JACOB
RINGENBERG OF NORWELL CAPTURES L.V. PHILLIPS
CLASS AAA
MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD
Jacob
Ringenberg of Norwell High School was named winner of
the Class AAA 2003 Boys Baseball L.V. Phillips Award for Mental Attitude on
Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
Members
of the IHSAA Executive Committee present the award to the outstanding senior
participant in each classification of the boys
baseball state finals. The recipient of
this award, who was nominated by his principal and coach, must excel in mental
attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in baseball.
Jacob
is a three-year baseball letter-winner and 2003 First Team All-Northeast
Hoosier Conference. He was also a three
year member of the school tennis team, where he captured honors as Most
Improved Player as a sophomore and the team Mental Attitude Award as a
junior. He also served as team captain
on the Knights football squad, as well as participating in basketball and
volleyball intramural competition.
Academically,
Jacob ranked eighth in his class of 199 and was a member of the National Honor
Society. He was a recipient of the
Indiana Certificate of Achievement. His
future plans call for him to attend Bethel College to major in Biology.
Jacob
was also active in the Spanish Club, Norwell Campus Life, Habitat
for Humanity and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Jacob
is the son of Sharon and Gary Ringenberg of Fort
Wayne.
Farm
Bureau Insurance, IHSAA corporate partner, presented a scholarship check for
$1,000.00 to Norwell High School in the name of Jacob Ringenberg.
Team Posters And Individual Action Photographs Available
Visit 20-20 Photographic, the IHSAA’s photographer and the Midwest’s Leader in Sports
Action Photography, for images captured during Saturday’s four championship
games! Action photos as well as 20-20’s Ultimate Sports Poster will be
available for purchase later in the week following the state finals.
IHSAA State Championship
Merchandise
For
t-shirts and sweatshirts commemorating the 37th Annual IHSAA State
Finals or for any of our events, visit our friends at Morris, Inc.
State Finals Programs
Available
Couldn’t be
at Victory Field for the state finals? You can still purchase a copy of the
official souvenir program while supplies last! Programs are $3.00 if you
purchase in person at the IHSAA Office (9150 N. Meridian Street in
Indianapolis) or $5.00 by mail (postage included). To order, send a check for
$5.00 made payable to the IHSAA, a note with your return address and brief
description of your request and mail to: IHSAA Programs, PO Box 40650,
Indianapolis, IN 46240-0650. Sorry, no credit cards. To further inquire, e-mail
Assistant Sports Information Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org.
Own A
Video or DVD Of The Championship Games
Video copies
of each of the Saturday’s four championship games will be available for
purchase from the IHSAA Video Library courtesy of Victory Field Video
Productions. VHS tapes are $30.00 in person at the
IHSAA Office or $35.00 by mail (shipping and handling included) while DVD's are
$50.00 in person or $55.00 by mail. For ordering instructions, see page 28 of
the game program or visit the IHSAA
website for a complete list of game films available in several sports down
through the years.