"Forgive Tommy Hansen if he’s at a loss for words. After all, it’s hard to describe something that’s never been done before.
Hansen etched his name into the high school baseball history books Friday, hitting three consecutive grand slams in Roncalli’s 12-1 win over Metamora Township (Ill.).
He became the first high school baseball player to accomplish the feat. Five other players have hit three nonconsecutive grand slams in a high school baseball game.
“It’s kind of crazy. Kind of surreal,” the sophomore said.
It’s even more surreal when considering that Hansen’s varsity career is just six games old. He didn’t hit a single home run last year as a member of the freshman team.
This year, he has five in six games.
“When you get into that rhythm and you’ve already gotten a few hits and barreled a few up, it comes easier,” Hansen said. “You know how to do it.”
Want more crazy? He came a few feet away from hitting four grand slams in a row.
During the first of Roncalli’s two games in Louisville, Ky., on Friday, Hansen came up with the bases loaded in the seventh inning. He doubled off the top of the fence."
http://www.indystar.com/story/...l-history/100217968/
One of our rivals--Roncalli is a perennial baseball powerhouse and a great HS baseball program.
