Picked in MLB draft, 6-foot-11 Peyton Olejnik faces big decision. Even if Hanover Central grad can’t believe it.
Olejnik, selected in the sixth round by the Los Angeles Angels, says “it doesn’t feel real.”
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Munster graduate Denham Kozy is hitting with power. Playing ‘more careless’ may be the secret to that success.
Kozy, who is transferring from John A. Logan to Morton, leads the Lake County Corn Dogs in home runs this summer.
Hanover Central’s Luka Zakman turned missed season into motivation. But comeback is ‘beyond my expectations.’
Zakman missed his senior season after shoulder surgery. So he decided to play in college and went 6-2 with a 2.25 ERA for South Suburban.
Kevin Corcoran has ‘awesome first-year experience’ at Webster. What’s next for former Illiana Christian star?
Corcoran, who is playing for the Lake County Corn Dogs, is transferring from Webster after one year.
In regional, Drew Kosteba doesn’t slide under the tag. He goes over it, and he takes Lake Central with him.
Kosteba dove over Chesterton's catcher to score a key run in the Class 4A regional at the Steel Yard in Gary.
Is Luke Smith’s up-and-down season peaking? He homers, and Illiana Christian wins. ‘I don’t want to jinx it.’
Smith hit his first two home runs of the season in back-to-back games, including the regional final on Saturday.
Munster’s Bryce Gelarden, headed to Indiana, embarks on ‘last-ditch effort’ to extend his baseball career
Gelarden, who will attend Indiana's Kelley School of Business, hopes to earn a walk-on spot.
Lydia VanderWoude and Illiana Christian continue ‘finding joy’ into 10th inning in sectional final
VanderWoude, a Belmont commit, scored a run and drove in two more for Illiana Christian.
Hanover Central’s Brad Rohde looks for slider. Then he throws Andrean for loop. ‘We’d been waiting for this.’
Rohde's two-run double sparks Hanover Central's nine-run outburst in the first inning of a Class 3A sectional game.
For Chesterton’s Kieran Barnewall, preparation never ends: ‘I’ll have to push myself every day’
After winning both hurdles events at the sectional, Barnewall will try to qualify for state again at the regional.