Today the Lane Tech baseball team got the honor of playing against Marjory Stoneman Douglas at their home stadium. Nothing but respect and admiration for their school and program.
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#goeagles
Still trying to process this. RIP to Carlos Rivera. Nobody cared more about the kids and the game of baseball in Chicago than you. Showed up to the field with a smile on his face everyday, ready to make a positive impact on someone else's day. We will miss you dearly my friend!
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 2018!!!
Congratulations to the team for defeating New Trier 7-3 with a great all round team effort! On to sectionals boys!
@PBRIllinois
Terribly saddened to hear the news of a death to one of the brightest, most kind people at our school. On behalf of the LTB program we offer our condolences to all friends and family. May he rest easy.
Lane gets a W on Opening Day 2-1 over St. Rita. Jacob Maza picks up the W, going 5 IP, 7 K, 3 BB. Nick Lagges goes 1-1, SB, R, BB to lead the offense. Josh Katz 1-3, and got the save.
@PBRIllinois
Lane Tech Varsity Baseball is honored to receive a 2021-22 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. Proud of our student-athletes for their hard work on the field and in the classroom.
Congratulations to Mason Petersen for being named Co- Player of the year of the Jackie Robinson North Confernce and Rigel Verciglio for being named Pitcher of the year of the Jackie Robinson North Confernce. Both players were also named to the IHSBCA All-region team!!!
REGIONAL CHAMPS!
A combined no-hitter from Sebastian Caid (6 ip) and Ben Plumley (1 ip) sends Lane to the sectional semifinals Wednesday.
5-0 is the final over Niles West.
Comeback kids! Down 7-0, Lane roars back and knocks off Archbishop McCarthy 10-7. Joe Perona had a big game going 3-5, 4 RBI, and 3 SB. Louie Derechin 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 doubles. Josh Katz slammed the door (2 IP, 4 K's, 0 BB) to get the W.
Congratulations to our JV for winning the City Championship!!! They defeated Taft 6-3 in an exciting game. Finish the season with a 23-9 record.
WP- Hutchison 5 IP, 3R, 5k, 2 BB
S- Evans, 2 IN, 0 H, O R, 3 K
R. Owens- 2/3, 3B, 2 RBI
M. Hinojosa- 2/3, 2R, 3 SB
Congratulations to Ethan Borggren for winning CPL player of the year. Tremendous year from start to finish, well deserved!
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@BorggrenEthan
Lane wins a wild one over Taft 10-7 to advance to the Regional Championship tmrw. Bleeden came out of the pen with 2 1/3 huge innings to get the W. Lagges (2-2, 3B, HR, 4 RBI) and Murray (3-4, 2B, 3B), Derechin (2-4, 4 RBI) power offensive attack. Q with big time catch in LF.
Lane Varsity opens up with a 10-2 W over Evanston. Ben Plumley led the way on the mound with 11 K's in 4 innings. The offensive attack was led by Nick Lagges (2-2, inside the park HR, 2 RBI) and Jake Bleeden(3B, 2 RBI).
Lane loses 9-7 in a crazy back and forth affair. Both teams played their hearts out. Thank you to everyone who supported us this year! We are very proud of all our kids accomplished. 25-7, Conference Champs, Reginonal Champs. Thank you to our 16 Seniors, love you guys! # GoLaneGo
LTB defeats Glenbrook South 6-2 in a thrilling game on a beautiful night for baseball to move on to the regional final versus New Trier HS on Saturday!
SP Mike Neil with huge game going 6.1 innings allowing only 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 Ks!
Varsity comes back from 6 down to beat St. Rita 9-8 in 8 innings. Sebastian Caid was outstanding in relief, throwing 3 no-hit innings. Josh Aguiniga went (3-4, 4 RBI) including a huge 3 run double down 0-2 with 2 outs in 7th. Nick Lagges was (2-4, 2 doubles). Great TEAM W!
Game 1 Final:
@LTBaseball
: 7
Kenwood: 0
Lane Tech advances to the
@CPLAthletics
finals on Monday and will face the winner of our next game between Brooks and Simeon.
Sectional Semi's Final Score...
Evanston: 7
Lane: 0
Lane finished the season 24-14, 4A Regional Champions
Thanks to our 14 seniors who graduated immediately afterwards. We will miss you dearly, couldn't ask for a better group of young men!
Lane comes from behind in a thriller and wins 6-5 on a walk off inside the park HR by Zach Shashoua. Lots of big plays by everybody to get it done, but none more so than Nick Lagges coming up with a 2 run base hit to tie the game, with two outs and an 0-2 count!
In an ole fashioned slugfest, Lane comes out on top over St. Ignatius 19-11 to move to 5-0 on the season.
Wilson: 3-5, 2 HR, 2B, 7 RBI
Greco: 3-5, 3B, 3 RBI
Leff: 2-3, 2 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB
Dooley: 2-5, 3B, 3 RBI
Lane loses to Elk Grove 7-6 in the first round of the IHSA state playoffs. Rallied late but wasn't quite enough. Experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in a 48 hr span. That's baseball and that's life. Thanks to all of our seniors, it's been a hell of a ride!
Survive and advance! 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to move on to the regional final Saturday vs GBS.
Lane: 4
Maine West: 3
Maza: 5 2/3 IN, 9 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 1 BB
Katz: 2-3, 2 R. 1 1/3 IN, 3 K, W
Borggren: 2-4, 2 RBI
Derechin: 1-3, RBI, 2B
Lane wins the Home Opener 9-4 over Niles West. Maza goes 4 IN, 5 k's, 0 ER to get the W. Trapp (1-2, 2B, 2 BB), Murray (1-3, 2 RBI), Katz (1-3, HR) led the offensive attack.
Congratulations to our Freshman teams! They won the CPL Freshman Championship, finished 2nd in the JV tournament and between the two, finished the season 37-4-1.
Congrats to Senior SS Will Henson who recently committed to
@LULIONSBASEBALL
. Will is a tremendous young man, that excels both in the classroom and on the diamond. We are looking forward to watching his development continue this spring and over the next 4 years!
LTB defeats St. Ignatius 11-5 on their senior night!
Seniors:
Nico Palomares goes 2-4, 4 RBI
Kevin Lapka goes 2-4, 2 RBI
Eric Luchessi 3-3, 3 RBI
Mike Neil 1-3, 1 RBI
Ben Xilas 1-3 2 RBI
James Lyman closes it, 1 K
Congratulations to all the Lane Seniors on a successful career!
Congratulations to Senior Captain RHP Ryan Wong on committing to
@caltechbaseball
! Ryan is a tremendous student-athlete who always leads by example. We are so proud of you Ryan, cant wait to see how your next chapter unfolds!
In the first night game of the year Lane picked up a W 11-1 over Brooks to move to 2-0.
Greco: 3-3, 2 triples, 4 RBI
Borggren: 2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Wilson: 1-3, 3B, RBI
Leff: 1-3, 2 RBI
Fr Jake Saltarelli gets the W in his first career start. 3 IN, 0 ER
Congratulations Josh! Proud of all your hard work paying off. Penn Baseball is getting a tremendous student-athlete and competitor.
@PBRIllinois
@LT_Athletics
@ChiPLBCA
Honored and excited to announce my commitment to the University of Pennsylvania to further my academic and athletic careers. I would like to thank my family, friends, coaches, and teammates for all their support along the way.
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#FightOnPenn
@PennBaseball
Lane comes from behind in a thriller, scoring 3 runs in the 7th to beat Whitney Young 7-6. Sebastian Caid went 3 1/3, 1 ER, 6 k's 0 BB, to get the Win. Josh Aguiniga (2-3, HR, 2 RBI), and Joseph Perona (3-4, 2 RBI) led the offense.
Lane bats were hot in a 13-2 W over Lindblom. Perona (3-4, 3 RBI, 2 SB), Lagges (2-3, 3B, 2 R), Derechin (1-3, HR, 3 RBI) led the charge. Bleeden with 3 strong innings in relief to pick up the W on the bump. On to the semis @ UIC on Wednesday.
Congratulations to our Sophomore team for winning the CPS Championship with a 10-0 victory over Jones. Mark Seward threw a complete game shutout w/6 k's. Leo Zerillo (3-3, 2 RBI), and Y. Katsogridakis (2-3, 3B, 3 RBI) led the offense.
LTB defeats Von Steuben 9-7!
OF Kevin Lapka 1-3 HR
SS Johnny Colombo 1-3, 1 RBI
3B Ben Xilas 2-2, 2 RBIs
P Rigel Verciglio gets win, 3.1 innings, 1 Run, 7 Ks
P Anthony Guy records save, 2 Ks
And that closes out the regular season for us! Playoffs starts Saturday. Stay tuned!
Lane wins in walk-off fashion 2-1 over Von! Now 16-10 (9-2). Very well pitched game by both teams. Katz throws complete game to get the W, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 10 K, 0 BB. Derechin 2-4, walk off 2B. Tzur chipped in going 2-3 with a 2B. Back in action tmrw vs Clemente in JRN action.
Thank you Alex for everything you do for not only our program, but the Lane school community as a whole. Truly special stuff and we appreciate all of your hard work! Look forward to a fantastic final year.
Year two with
@LTBaseball
in the books. Sad to see this season end, but tons of thanks to everyone who tuned into the broadcasts this year.
Looking forward to running it back one more time next March!
Congratulations to Sr
@BorggrenEthan
on signing his NLI to
@NUCatsBaseball
to continue his academic and baseball career. Ethan is a two-year starter on Varsity and was all-conference as a junior. Congrats Ethan and Go 'Cats!
Thanks to
@CoachRonPolk
for coming out and speaking to our Lane Tech Baseball community. He won't see this, since as he told the kids he doesn't do the internet, but his message was great for the kids to hear and they were hanging on every word!
Lane defeats Whitney Young 2-1 in the CPL semi finals. Well pitched game by both teams.
Amaan Khan dominates, throwing a complete game. 1 H, 1 R, O ER, 6 K, 2 BB.
Greco: 2-3, R
Trapp: 2-3, RBI
Owens: 1-2, R, BB
CPL Championship Monday at Wrigley, 5 PM
Lane picks up a 9-2 victory over Evanston to move to (4-2). The offense rode the bats of Lagges (2-2, 2BB, 2B, 3B, 3 R, RBI) and Derechin (3-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R). Dow went 5 strong innings in his 1st start of the to pick up the W. Jake Bleeden closed with 5 K's in 2 perfect inn.
Lane defeats Taft 10-1 to open conference play. Moves to 5-3 (1-0) on the year. Maza went 5 innings, striking out 10 to pick up his 3rd win. Dow led the offense, going 2-3 w/RBI. Derechin added a bases loaded 2B and Berg had 3 RBI's to add to the effort. At Taft on Wednesday.