Hackett Catholic 11, Marlette 1

"and cameCKEHATT CATHOLIC TAKING ONMARLETTE... ---- EARLY ON IRISHACE SAM SHEA WAS ROLLING - TWOSTRIKEOUTS IN THEFIRST INNING BUT THAT'S ALL HENEEDED TO THROW BECAUSE... ---IN THE BOTTOM OFTHE FIRST - HACKETT ERUPTS -JUNOR BRENDEN COLLINS WITH THELINER TO RIGHT CENTER TO PLATETWO OF THEIR SEVEN RUNS IN THEINNING... --- AND IN THE THIRD,SENIOR STEVE NWIDGER BACK UP THE MIDDLE FORTHE RBI SINGLE... IT'D BE 9 - 1IRISH AFTER THREE... --- THEMERCY RULE WOULD COME INTOPLAY IN THE SIXTH - ZACH JOHNSONWITH THEGRO UND BALL TO THIRD,HE'S OUT BUT THE GAME ENDING RUNCOMESAROUND TO SCORE AND THAT IS IT -HACKETT CATHOLIC ADVANCES TO THEPROGRA'SM FIRST EVER STAETTITLE, 11 - 1 THE FINAL AND THEYSAVE THEIR ACE SAM SHEA FORTOMORROW'SSTATE FINAL... SOT Steven:"That's huge because he's ournumber one, Blazen and Collinsare great pitchers but Sam hasbeen our ace all yeara, that's ahugemomentum swing for us because wewere coming into the saturd aygamethinking we'd have to put thebat on the balla lot but now we have Sam,confidence isthrough the roof right now."BUTT TOSmiley: "Oh gosh I feel like ayoungster, youthin kand watch these boys playand see theenergy they get, these guys havereally earned it, they workedreally hard all yera fora win like this here against agood team, itdoesn't get any better than thatright?"DAY TWO OF THE MEIJER LPGACALSSIC AT BLY