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Oswego’s Kennedy Gengler shines in spotlight again, but Mundelein’s fast start too much in IHSA 4A semifinal · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego's Kennedy Gengler shines in spotlight again, but monda Line's
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  Speaker 1: fast start too much in its for a semifinal. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Joshua Welgan, this article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlet. Kennedy Gongler could
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  Speaker 1: have easily felt the pressure of being one of Oswego's
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  Speaker 1: three returning starters this season for a defending state champion. Pressure.
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  Speaker 1: That's a spotlight that Gengler, Oswego's senior shortstop and a
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  Speaker 1: waban Sea commit who wore glitter in her hair and
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  Speaker 1: on her face Friday, seems to bask in. There's not
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  Speaker 1: a lot of pressure being on the field, Gengler said,
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  Speaker 1: You're just playing a game. It's muscle memory. Gengler on
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  Speaker 1: Friday again showed her knack for clutch play. She had
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  Speaker 1: two hits, drove in Oswego's first run, and scored the third.
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  Speaker 1: But it wasn't Oswego's day. Mond Line sent eleven batters
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  Speaker 1: to the plate in a five run first inning and
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  Speaker 1: went on to a thirteen three, six inning win in
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  Speaker 1: the class for a semifinal at Peoria's Louisville Slugger Sports Complex.
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  Speaker 1: It was a role reversal from Monday's super Sectional, when
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  Speaker 1: Oswego twenty two twelve jumped out early on Barrington with
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  Speaker 1: four runs in the first. I think we were just
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  Speaker 1: still on a high Gangler said, I think we were
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  Speaker 1: just over confident. Thought we could rely on our skill
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  Speaker 1: to lead us all the way. We thought we were
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  Speaker 1: going to put it to them, but our energy was
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  Speaker 1: just dead. Oswego made two throwing errors on bunts that
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  Speaker 1: brought in runs, and a third run came in on
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  Speaker 1: a wild pitch. A two run single by Barrington number
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  Speaker 1: eight hitter Devon Hill made it five to zero. Mondaling
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  Speaker 1: twenty three to five, added three runs in the third
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  Speaker 1: to lead eight zero two, scoring on a Hill single
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  Speaker 1: and one on another as WeGo throwing error. It definitely
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  Speaker 1: wasn't us. As we Goo coach Annie Scaramuzi said, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like we beat ourselves. All the credit goes to
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  Speaker 1: mund Line. They showed up swinging, put a lot of
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  Speaker 1: hard balls in play, A lot lot of times we
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  Speaker 1: make those plays. The game was a rematch of the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Class four A third place game, which
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  Speaker 1: as we Go won twelve seven. In each program's first
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  Speaker 1: State tournament appearance Mondaline Ace Shay Johnson, like Anthony, threw
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  Speaker 1: in that game back after missing last season with a
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  Speaker 1: torn labram. She struck out nine Friday and shut out
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  Speaker 1: as we go into the fourth, Gengler broke up the shutout.
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  Speaker 1: Sophie Moreland walked to lead off, Anthony was hit with
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  Speaker 1: one out, and with two outs, Gengler smashed a grounder
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  Speaker 1: off the third base bag into left. It helped with
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  Speaker 1: coach Annie. She figured out when they were going to
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  Speaker 1: throw inside, so when I heard that, I knew to
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  Speaker 1: turn my hips. Gengler said. She's not a slow pitcher
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  Speaker 1: by any means. When she's going inside, you have to
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  Speaker 1: turn faster. I don't know how coaches pick that up.
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  Speaker 1: Gangler likewise, has the uncanny ability to deliver in big
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  Speaker 1: postseason moments. She drove in the tying and go ahead
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  Speaker 1: runs in Oswego's sectional semifinal game last year, and knocked
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  Speaker 1: in the go ahead run in the sectional final. Gengler
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  Speaker 1: drove in the first run in Oswego's state semifinal game,
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  Speaker 1: and this season had the go ahead hit in the
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  Speaker 1: regional semifinal. Gengler, who hit sixth, was hitting point three
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  Speaker 1: to two three on the season, coming in with a
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  Speaker 1: modest fourteen RBIs, but they seem to come in bunches
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  Speaker 1: in the biggest moments. She just comes alive when the
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  Speaker 1: pressure is on. Scaramuzy said she has been such a
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  Speaker 1: stable part of this team and a core of what
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  Speaker 1: this team has done. She is just a competitor. Her
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  Speaker 1: worst critic. If anybody is hard on themselves on our team,
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  Speaker 1: it's Kennedy playing JV. As a sophomore. Gengler stepped in
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  Speaker 1: as Oswego's shortstop last spring. She had one of Oswego's
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  Speaker 1: throwing errors Friday, hardly a reflection of Gengler's usual defense.
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  Speaker 1: She was kind of the glue of our defense the
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  Speaker 1: last two years, Scaramusey said. She makes some plays over
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  Speaker 1: there that are kind of ESPN highlight type plays. She'll
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  Speaker 1: dive all over the place and has an absolute cannon
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  Speaker 1: of an arm. Olivia East, who also had two hits
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  Speaker 1: and Gengler singled in the sixth and scored on Brin
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  Speaker 1: Broughton's two run double, but monda Line walked it off
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  Speaker 1: with four in the bottom half. Anthony, who had gone
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight innings without allowing an earned run this postseason,
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  Speaker 1: gave up eleven hits and seven walks, also hitting a
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  Speaker 1: batter one of those days. Kind of sucks that it's now,
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  Speaker 1: Anthony said, I'm human oswego a third straight state trophy.
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  Speaker 1: Assured will play for third place against Meris at twelve
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  Speaker 1: fifteen pm Saturday, No. One. Maris was upset by Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Way West two to one in Friday's first semifinal. We
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  Speaker 1: definitely wanted to be repeat state champs. Would have been
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  Speaker 1: the first time in school history, Gangler said, but it's
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  Speaker 1: super impressive that we made it to state. I feel
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  Speaker 1: so many odds were against us. We had a rough
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  Speaker 1: zero four start to the season, pulled it together. Happy
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  Speaker 1: to be here.