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Blake Ress, Commissioner
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June
16, 2007
No Luck Needed For The Irish; Cathedral Wins 4A
Title
On the
strength of a dominant pitching performance by senior Anthony Agnew, the
Indianapolis Cathedral Fighting Irish (29-4) defeated the Kokomo Wildkats (28-4), 7-2, to capture the 4A baseball crown at
Victory Field.
Agnew
allowed just four hits in the game to finish the season with a perfect 13-0
record. He struck out eight
Cathedral
wasted no time in denting the plate when junior catcher Jack Lupo lined a double down the left field line to lead off
the game. The throw to second was wide of the bag and ended up in the stands which allowed Lupo to be
awarded third. Agnew helped his own cause with a hard hit ground ball to
After
Cathedral
added an insurance run in the sixth on a double by Darragh
scoring Ranek to give the Irish a 4-0 lead. The Irish scored three more runs in the
seventh to clinch their second IHSAA baseball title and first in Class 4A to go
with their 4A runner up finish a year ago. Cathedral was crowned 3A champion in
2001.
Quinnette
accounted for two of the Wildkats four hits as he
singled and stole a base in the fourth and doubled and scored in the seventh.
To go with
his sparkling pitching performance for Cathedral, Agnew drove in two runs in
his two official trips to the plate and Paligraf
plated a pair of runs with this three hit evening.
The Wildkats (28-4) were making their first appearance in the
finals since 1988. They were coached by Steve Edwards who was in his third year
at the helm.
Cathedral
won three IHSAA state championships in 2006-07.
In addition to their baseball title, the Irish also won the 4A
volleyball and 4A football titles this past fall.
Andrew Quinnette of
Andrew Quinnette of
Andrew
ranked 29th in his graduating class of 342 with a 3.87 overall GPA.
He was awarded the President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Scholar
Athlete Award 2007 and Academic “K” Award.
Andrew was
honored all-conference for baseball and tennis for two years apiece. He was
president of Boy’s Legion, Secretary of Rotary Club and a member of National
Honor Society for two years.
Andrew was
given the Total Person Scholarship by the Rotary Club. He also received the
K-Club Mike Cowan Memorial Scholarship.
He is the
son of Gary and JoAnn Quinnette
of
Andrew
received a baseball and presidential scholarship to
Matt Hays
of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented
a $1,000 scholarship to
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