At Northeastern Illinois University Baseball Field on Foster Avenue it was the Whitney Young Sophomores completing the Chicago Public League top two level sweep of baseball championships for the 2007 season with an anti-climactic win over Lane Tech 14-0. The Young varsity won the Chicago Public League Championship in a real nail biter 1-0 over Lane at Wrigley Field on Monday. But today, the Sophomores were too much to handle as they did their part to get thier names logged into the city record books. The Young baseball program now captures their "first ever" sweep of the top two levels of the baseball city championships. For Young this is a first in its history in one of the big three sports.
The Sophomores complete their season 23-4. The winning pitcher was Jason Ormond who put up a very efficient 54 pitch count no-hitter. This was a Three-Peat Win for the program at this level and was his second appearance as the back-to-back 2006-07 winning pitcher in the Sophomore City Championship series (Ormond was also the winning pitcher for the 2006 Sophomore championship over Harlan).
From the outset, Young's offense was too much for Lane to handle and the defense was especially solid. The 13 hits from Young were an abundance as the crushing offense from Young broke Lane early and two timely double plays knocked Lane off the bases when they had the good fortune to have runners on the base paths. In the fourth inning a line out to the shortstop Gabe Henriques ended the inning when he fired a 6-3 throw to first baseman John Schreiber, nailing the runner who had reached on a HBP.
In the fifth inning the second baseman Jack Cinoman, did his part to preserve the no-hitter with a leaping grab of a rapidly fading line drive which robbed Lane of what might have been their first hit of the game. The next play was a 6-4-3 (Henriques-Cinamon-Schreiber) double play which ended the game and got Young into the history books.
The bats were blazing early with hard hit balls which scored 4 quick runs in the first frame. Einebohn Caberera slammed a 3 Run Homerun over the Left Field Fence in the second inning which gave the Dolphins a 7-0 lead at the bottom of two innings of play. In the third inning Young went back to work with 4 more runs which had Lane searching for an answer.
In the fourth inning a Homerun by Henriques added another run to the tally board.
In the scorebook: Henriques was 3 for 4 with two Singles and HR for a total of 5-RBI's; Cinamon-2 Singles-RBI; Bowden-Double; Caberera-HR-3 RBI's; Ormond-Single; Boyer-Single; Kamin-Single; Schreiber-Single; Platt-2 Singles; Short-RBI.
Steve Gianon was rock solid behind the plate allowing no passed balls which at this field with its deep backstop is a guaranteed base. Young scored 14 Runs on 13 Hits and 4 Errors.
Congratulations to the Sophomore Head Coach Josh Locks and Assistant Coach Kevin Harris who really worked hard and showed they cared. They have been integral to the program for the past two years with this group of talented baseball players. Thank you also to Head Coach Chris Cassidy for allowing these two really "good" guys to work with our kids. They did an absolutely excellent job!
Thank you also to Dr. Kenner who took time from her busy schedule to be at this game. It means a lot to everyone when we see you at these big games! Also to the CPS guys who took the time to give their words of encouragment to the team during the trophy presentation. Big thanks also to Von Stueben for having such a great field at Northeastern Illinois University for CPS to use for its big games.
Young next participates in the IHSA High School Summer League. Many of these players will now be moving up to play at the varsity level.
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