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June 13, 2009
Tecumseh, who defeated defending champion Whiting (3-1) in a marathon
semifinal game on Friday that lasted a record-setting 17 innings and finished
near 1:00 in the morning. The Braves picked up where they left off less
than twelve hours earlier and were crowned class A
champions with a 4-1 victory over Indianapolis Lutheran on Saturday.
Tecumseh
wasted no time as they plated 3 runs on 4 hits in the home half of the 1st
inning. Two bunt singles by junior’s Teri Newmaster
and Ali Nord, a double by senior Audra Sanders and single by fellow senior
Megan Froman provided all the offense Tecumseh would
need as Sanders scattered 4 hits struck out 8 Lutheran batters to improve her
record to 22-4 on the year. Sanders set a state finals strikeout record by
fanning 38 Whiting batters on Friday. Junior Morgan Lewis of Lutheran took the
loss but had an impressive 7 strikeouts on the day. She ends the season with a
record of 11-4.
The
three-run, four-hit, first inning for Tecumseh tied a record for the most hits
in a class A inning.
In 2005, Clinton Prairie had four hits in both the 3rd and 6th
innings against
The Saints
threatened in the 2nd inning with runners on 1st and 2nd
with 1 out, but Sanders would strike out the next 2 batters she faced.
Lutheran’s lone run came in the 3rd when Lewis doubled to score
sophomore Jensen Pritt who had singled up the middle
and reached second on a sacrifice bunt by junior Amanda Korb.
Tecumseh
would add an additional run in the 4th on a single by freshman Kara
Snow which drove in sophomore Jaylen Buse who was inserted as a pinch-runner.
Lutheran,
led by 1st year coach Nikki Wixson,
finished the season at 20-5. The Saints were making their 4th
appearance in the championship game winning it all in 2004 and 2007. In 2001,
they were runner up to
This was
Tecumseh’s 1st softball state title, having been runners-up the
previous two years as well as in 2003. Coach Gordon Wood’s squad finished the
season 29-4-1 in his 3rd year at the southern
The 17
inning semifinal game on Friday night at
Audra sanders of tecumseh named Mental Attitude Award winner
Audra
Sanders of Tecumseh High School was recognized by members of the IHSAA
Executive Committee as this year’s recipient of the Mental Attitude Award in
Class A softball.
Sanders
finished as the valedictorian of her senior class and is highly involved in
numerous clubs and activities in both her school and community including;
National Honor Society, Beta Club, Chemistry Club, and the Tribe & Students
Who Care Club. She is also a member of
her church youth group.
Athletically,
Audra has excelled in softball and has been a tremendous asset to Tecumseh’s
softball program. She was All-Conference
and All-State for three years in softball, is the State record holder in career
strikeouts with1, 252, and has taken her team to the state finals tournament
three years in a row. Sanders also
participated in swimming for three years.
In the
fall, Audra plans to attend
She is the
daughter of Mike and Barbara Sanders.
Indiana
Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000
scholarship to
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