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‘Potential is unlimited’ for La Salle Minor League softball · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Potential is unlimited for Lasal Minor League Softball. Written by
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Schlum, this article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. After finishing second in
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  Speaker 1: the state tournament, Lasal Minor League Softball coach Bill Piska
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  Speaker 1: said the future is bright for his young team. The
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  Speaker 1: potential is unlimited. Episca said, they want to come back
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  Speaker 1: next year and win the whole thing. After winning the
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  Speaker 1: District twenty title, LaSalle started strong at the state tournament,
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  Speaker 1: winning its first three games. We just got off to
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  Speaker 1: a hot start, Piska said. We played Lasal softball. We
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  Speaker 1: played how we know how to play softball. We had
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  Speaker 1: fun and played as a team. Lasal opened the state
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  Speaker 1: tournament with an eleven to six win over Melrose Park
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  Speaker 1: before a twelve to win in four innings over Rock Falls.
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  Speaker 1: The next day, Lasal beat East Side fifteen and four
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  Speaker 1: innings before suffering its first loss, eight four to Clarendon Hills.
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  Speaker 1: LASAL finished three to one in pool play to advance
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  Speaker 1: to the semi finals, where it defeated Central District nine
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  Speaker 1: to eight and eight innings to set up a title
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  Speaker 1: game rematch against Clarendon Hills. Lasal's Piper Mitchell hit an
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  Speaker 1: RBI single in the top of the eighth to score
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  Speaker 1: Sailor Stewart for the winning run. Their desire to want more,
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  Speaker 1: Piska said about the key to Lasal's state run. They
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  Speaker 1: never complained. They always wanted to come back the next
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  Speaker 1: day and do better. In the title game, LaSalle scored
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  Speaker 1: six runs in the bottom of the first inning to
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  Speaker 1: take an early six to three lead. Mitchell hit a
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  Speaker 1: two run double, Scarlett Davis played a run with a
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice bunt, Mitchell scored on an error, Layla Warren put
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  Speaker 1: down an RBI bunt single, and Liza Hardy brought home
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  Speaker 1: a run with a ground out. LASAL scored a run
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  Speaker 1: in the second and two more in the third, but
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  Speaker 1: Clarendon Hills rallied as it scored a run in the second,
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  Speaker 1: five in the third, and three in the fourth to
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  Speaker 1: claim the title. Getting second in State was unbelievable, Piska said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very proud. It's a memory that US LASAL people
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  Speaker 1: will never forget. Other team members were v V Piska,
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  Speaker 1: Nora Parker, Leanna Arivalo, Charlie Piska, Charlie Price, Kennedy Gruzabowski,
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  Speaker 1: and Emerson Walker.