Phone: 317-846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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June 10, 2008
CASS RALLIES LATE FOR CLASS
2A STATE TITLE
Leandra
Baber and Emily Watkins each delivered an RBI single with two outs in the sixth
inning Monday as Cass rallied for a 2-1 victory over Bremen in the Class 2A state
championship game at North Central.
Trailing 1-0, Baber's single to left drove home Taylor
DeHaven to tie the score after the game had been
delayed by rain for 46 minutes in the first inning.
Sarah Robertson subbed for Baber on the bases and, after the Kings loaded
the bases on an infield hit and a walk, Watkins hit one between the pitcher and third to bring in the go-ahead run helping Cass
(21-11) to its second 2A title in three years.
Cass pitcher Amie Sites had to get out of a seventh inning jam, however, as
Bremen’s Rachel Jensen and Courtney Bahr opened with singles for Bremen
(23-9). Sites was able to snuff out the rally as the
Lions hit into two fielder's-choice groundouts and another groundout to end the
game.
Jenny Frain drove home Jenni
Andrews in the third for Bremen’s only run.
In semifinal action, Bremen scored two runs in the seventh rallying for a
2-1 victory over South Spencer in a game that had been suspended Friday. Cass followed
by defeating Southwestern (Hanover), 2-0, in the following game that was
delayed nearly three hours in the top of the fifth.
Cass was coached by first year leader Scott Rouch,
while Bremen was directed by 18th year coach Chris English. South
Spencer finished 20-11, and Southwestern closed 18-7.
JENNI
ANDREWS NAMED MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD WINNER
Jenni Andews of Bremen High School was selected as the winner of
the Mental Attitude Award following the championship game.
At the
conclusion of each championship game, the IHSAA Executive Committee presents an
award for mental attitude to an outstanding senior participant in each
classification of the state tournament. The recipient of the award, nominated
by her principal and coach, was determined to have best demonstrated mental
attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in softball.
Farm Bureau
Insurance, the IHSAA’s proud corporate partner,
presented a $1,000 scholarship to Bremen High School in the name of Andrews.
VSN MEANS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY
Visit our
friends at Visual Sports Network, the IHSAA’s official photographer for all state
championship events and one of the leading action photographers in the
CHAMPIONSHIP MERCHANDISE STILL AVAILABLE
For t-shirts and other merchandise commemorating this year’s tournament or for any of our events, visit our friends at Morris, Inc.
STATE FINALS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
Couldn’t
be there 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 (