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Trevs lose heartbreaker in Supers

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Every baseball player’s dream is to be part of a big game that goes down to the last strike, the last out, in the bottom of the last inning with his team up by one. In a perfect world, said player comes through in the clutch and the team celebrates its victory.

There would be no celebrating June 6 as New Trier lost a 4-3 heartbreaker in its supersectional matchup with St. Charles North at Schaumburg Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg.

“We weren’t even supposed to be here, right?,” New Trier coach Mike Napoleon said. “We were never ranked. These guys were ranked, Oak Park was ranked. We got here with solid pitching and solid defense.”

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Brecht Impresses Again

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New Trier works off of momentum.

“Once we get it going we’re unstoppable, but if we lose the momentum it works the opposite way too,” New Trier pitcher Ben Brecht said.

Brecht rode his own wave of momentum Thursday, June 2. After pitching six innings of two-hit, 10-strikeout ball in a regional title game win over Niles North May 28, the senior took the mound in the second semifinal game of the Loyola Sectional.

All Brecht did was pitch a complete game, in which he allowed only four hits and one earned run, and struck out 11 as New Trier defeated Notre Dame 2-1.

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