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Nick Czerak, new to leadoff spot, comes a hit shy of the cycle in powering Aurora Central Catholic past Plano · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Nick Sarak, new to leadoff's spot, comes a hit shy
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  Speaker 1: of the cycle, empowering Aurora Central Catholic past Plano. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Joshua wells Or's this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Nick Tarek
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  Speaker 1: may be new to the leadoff spot in Aurora Central
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  Speaker 1: Catholics lineup, but it does not change the junior shortstops approach.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always looking to be aggressive, Cherik said, hitting leadoff,
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  Speaker 1: I like getting more at bats. I like being able
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  Speaker 1: to attack early. Sarah was in attack mode Saturday, hunting
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  Speaker 1: fastballs early in the count against Plano, and he feasted
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  Speaker 1: off of them. He tripled, homered, and doubled, coming a
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  Speaker 1: single shy of hitting for the cycle. Sarah was in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of three of the Chargers four scoring rallies
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  Speaker 1: in a seven minus five win over visiting Plano. It
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  Speaker 1: made a winner of Aurora Central Catholic senior Tyler Davis,
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  Speaker 1: who struck out eleven over five innings. Quentin Santoria, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: was three for three with a double triple and three
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  Speaker 1: RBIs for Plano two minutes three minutes one in the loss.
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  Speaker 1: Scarek did not waste any time making things happen at
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  Speaker 1: the plate. He drilled the second pitch he saw leading
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  Speaker 1: off the first inning for a triple and scored on
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  Speaker 1: a Brody Curry sacrifice fly. Luke Genoseix singled in two
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  Speaker 1: more runs in the first inning. Sarak turned on a
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  Speaker 1: first pitch fastball for a two run homer for a
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  Speaker 1: six minus one lead in the fourth, and he hit
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  Speaker 1: another first pitch for an opposite field double leading off
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  Speaker 1: the sixth, coming home with an insurance run after Plano
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  Speaker 1: had pulled within six minus five. I was just looking
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  Speaker 1: for good pitches, got some good fastballs to hit and
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  Speaker 1: just drove them, Sarah said early in the game. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just trying to get on base for the middle of
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  Speaker 1: our lineup to drive me in first pitch fastball, and
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  Speaker 1: I was ready for it. Aursentral Catholic coach Rich Swan
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  Speaker 1: said Sarak isn't necessarily a power hitter. He believed that
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  Speaker 1: was his junior's first career home run, but he's been
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  Speaker 1: a great fit at leadoff. The Chargers three Minutes three
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  Speaker 1: came into the season not having a leadoff hitter and
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  Speaker 1: try to sophomore. Swan moved him down after the season's
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  Speaker 1: third game and moved up third year varsity player Sarak
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  Speaker 1: from second to leadoff. He's a guy that gets on base.
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  Speaker 1: He's not necessarily a prolific bass steeler, but he gets
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  Speaker 1: on base and gives opportunities for our tuminous thruminus four
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  Speaker 1: hitters to get us runs. Swan said, he's a very
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  Speaker 1: aggressive hitter, and he's a smart hitter, a smart, heady
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  Speaker 1: ball player. Sarak showed it on the game's final play,
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  Speaker 1: slickly handing a ground ball off the pitcher's glove for
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  Speaker 1: the third out of the seventh. If he's a natural
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  Speaker 1: on the Aurora Central Catholic diamond or basketball court, it
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  Speaker 1: makes sense. Sarah is the last of seven siblings to
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  Speaker 1: come through the school, following five brothers and one sister.
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  Speaker 1: His brother, Brett, is the school's all time leading scorer
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  Speaker 1: in basketball. I've been watching games here since I was
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  Speaker 1: like three years old, Sarah said. I try to remind
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  Speaker 1: myself I was always here watching my brothers, and now
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  Speaker 1: that it's me, it's fun. Playano trailing by five runs
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  Speaker 1: after Sarah's homer, rallied late. Santoria tripled to lead off
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  Speaker 1: the fifth and scored on sewn. Garton's ground out Rory
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  Speaker 1: Is two out, two run double in the sixth made
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  Speaker 1: it six minus four, and Garton singled him in to
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  Speaker 1: make it a one run game. Santoria earlier singled in
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Ramos Justin Bishop also had three of Plano's nine hits.
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  Speaker 1: Our lineup is really contributing so far, especially the last
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  Speaker 1: three games on emenous nine. Plano coach Tyler Mulligan said,
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  Speaker 1: Quentin is just building his confidence right now. He's finally
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  Speaker 1: finding the barrel again. He was our best hitter last year.
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  Speaker 1: We've been waiting for him to find it and he's
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  Speaker 1: found it. A young Plano lineup was hurt by three
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  Speaker 1: outs on the bases, definitely part of a young team,
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  Speaker 1: said Mulligan, himself, a first year head coach. I told
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  Speaker 1: the guys at the start of the year, we were
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  Speaker 1: going to be as aggressive as we possibly can. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get hurt by that, but sometimes it's
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  Speaker 1: going to help us. Devis, who left at one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and three pitches with a walk with two outs in
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  Speaker 1: the sixth leading six minus two, was dominant at times.
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  Speaker 1: The Chargers left hander struck out the side in the
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  Speaker 1: first second and fourth innings and has struck out eleven
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  Speaker 1: inches each of his first two starts this spring. He
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  Speaker 1: did so with a fastball with Ziz and a curveball that,
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  Speaker 1: when located well on the arm side to right handed hitters,
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  Speaker 1: is a difference maker. Tyler can be dominant. He occasionally
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  Speaker 1: has that inning that drives his pitch count up, but
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  Speaker 1: at times he can be dominant, and he was at
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  Speaker 1: times today and quote Swan said, it's pretty tough for
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  Speaker 1: anybody to hit him when he's locating that curveball.