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Marquette tops Brimfield, advances to IHSA State Finals for third straight season · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Marquette tops Brimfield, advances to is the state finals for
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  third straight season. Written by Brian Hoxey, this article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  The Marquette baseball team is Yep, you guessed it, heading
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  to the state finals. The Crusaders, coming off back to
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  back class won A state championships, earned a shot this
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  season for a Class to A title after Tuesday's nine
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  to sixth victory over Brimfield in the Class Tuicent Beads
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  super Sectional held at Schweikert Stadium in Peru. We left
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  a few runs out there, and in these games that
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  can sometimes come back and bite you, Marquette coach Todd
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  Hopkins said, But these guys are just playing with so
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  much confidence and they just find ways to get it done. Marquette,
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  thirty seven to three, now moves to Friday's two A
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  State semifinals at seven pm on Illinois Field and champag
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  against Saint Joseph Ogden, which defeated Williamsville nine zero in
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  the Springfield Lincoln Land Community College super Sectional. The Indians
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  finished the season thirty two to six. Marquette has now
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  reached State seven times, including six of the last eight seasons.
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  I think I probably went against every golden rule there
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  is in baseball, but sometimes you have to go against
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  the book and go with your gut. Hopkins said. The
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  guys made every one of those moves that could easily
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  be second guest workout. Starter Anthony Couch three IP two
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  H two R two R three, BB four K and
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  reliever Griffin Dauberstein win three and one third IP three
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  H four R four R six, BB three K battled
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  before Easton de Bernardi came on to record the final
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  two outs, both with the tying run at the plate.
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  Anthony and Griffin really battled for us, and then Dabernardi
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  comes in he hasn't pitched but maybe an inning in
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  the postseason and get the job done In closing things out,
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  Hopkins said, they were all amazing. My curveball was just
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  way too off and on today, and I felt like
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  I was locating my fastball well. But then after the
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  second inning I kind of just lost that too. Couch said,
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  it was a battle for me, but I just knew
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  I had to keep working on getting outs. I felt
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  like I did a good job of staying mentally tough
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  and just kept hunting for outs. Brimfield scored the game's
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  opening run in the bottom of the second on an
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  RBI single by Griffin Hofem. Marquette grabbed the lead in
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  the fourth, scoring four times, including a bases loaded walk
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  by Bo Thompson, a two run single by Alec Novotny,
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  and an RBI double by Dauberstein. The Indians tied the
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  game four to four in the bottom half of the
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  inning on a two run, two out single by Dane
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  Fagerberg and a run scoring base hit by Lane Johnson.
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  Marquette took the lead for good with three runs in
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  the fifth. Novotny singled in a run, Dauberstein walked with
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  the bases full, and Caden Durden smacked an RBI the
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  other way to left. To be honest, I haven't been
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  hitting the best, said Jerdan, who also doubled to right
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  in the sixth and along with DeBernardi, lifted a sacrifice
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  fly in the seventh. Today, I was just really trying
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  to stay focused and just put the bat on the ball.
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  I was able to work a couple counts in my
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  favor and then just relaxed and put a few good
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  swings together. Brimfield used a two run single by Brody
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  Kenny in the sixth to close to within seven six,
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  but Dabberstein retired the next batter on a fielder's choice
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  to hold onto the lead. The Indians drew back to
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  back walks with one out in the bottom of the
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  seventh before DeBernardi came in to get a pop out.
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  He struck out the final batter to start a Crusader's
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  victory dogpile in the infield. Novotny finished four for five
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  with three RBIs, while Grant Dose and dur Dan each
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  had a pair of hits. We really didn't talk about
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  making it to State again during the season, but we
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  all knew we had everything we needed to do it,
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  Novotney said. Neither Anthony nor Griffin had their best stuff today,
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  but those are the days where you have to ramp
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  up your competitiveness to another level, and both of them
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  did that. Hopkins said the game was pretty much what
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  he thought it would be. Give Brimfield credit. They have
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  a really good ball club that can really hit the ball.
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  He said. They just wouldn't go away. They kept battling
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  until the final out. That's why they were here too.