Beckman Catholic Plays in Title Game

The Trailblazers are all too familiar with the situation they find themselves in tomorrow. Playing for their third consecutive state title against the same team, top-seeded North Polk. The two storied baseball teams will face each other in tomorrow’s state championship game at 2 p.m. at Principal Park in Des Moines.

Beckman Catholic defeated Van Meter, 8-5 last night in the Iowa Class 2A state semifinals. However, it wasn’t an easy feat to advance to the title game as the Blazers fell behind in the first and fifth innings, but regained the lead in the bottom half of both innings and took control of the game.

Centerfielder, Mitch Steger is very happy with the outcome of last night’s game. “We played really well. We didn’t have a lot of errors. It was an intense and exciting game because whenever they scored we answered back with a run,” said Steger.

Steger pulled out a key play by bringing in an RBI double run and Conner Klostermann followed with a run to extend Beckman’s lead 8-5. “I like being in those types of situations when guys are on base and you have to drive them in. That was a crucial play and it’s great that we got those two runs in to get the team going,” stated Steger.

The Trailblazers are pumped for the title game tomorrow against North Polk. “It doesn’t get much better than this to be playing in our third consecutive state championship game. It’s just as exciting as the last two times. North Polk is out to get us after we have denied them two back-to-back state titles. It’s going to be an intense game, but we’re ready for them,” said Steger.

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