Baseball to open best of three playoff series against Reedy

Austin Keefer, Staff Writer • May 2, 2019

Freshman Kolby Branch times up a pitch from Princeton’s pitcher.

Having finished off the season with a solid 10-5 record and a share of the district championship, the baseball team will be kicking off the postseason today at 3:30 p.m. at Princeton High School in the first of a best of three series against Frisco Reedy.

Reedy, finished with a 9-6 record in district play, and placed fifth in their 10-team district. Though they are a strong team, Ringler is confident in Lovejoy’s chances.

“The competition’s pretty solid,” sophomore Josh Ringler said. “They have a couple of good guys on their team, but our guys’ll probably neutralize them.”

Should the Leopards win the series, they would advance to Area and play the winner of the neighboring Bi-District matchup between Highland Park and Kimball.

“I feel pretty confident going into the playoffs,” sophomore Josh Ringler said. “I have a lot of confidence in my team and I hope we do well.”

Game two of the series is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, and game three, if necessary, will be played on Saturday.

About the Contributors

Austin Keefer, Staff Writer

Running on all caffeine and no sleep, Austin Keefer is 17 years young and in his senior year of high school, as well as his third year on The Red Ledger staff. In those three years, he has interviewed everyone from coaches to cops to Congressional candidates. He enjoys his role as the instigator and blood-boiler, a role that spans eight periods of school and beyond. Yeah, he’s that guy, with jokes and one-liners that range from witty to dirty and are found funny by few besides himself. He also prides himself on his old-school tastes, preferring fedoras to dye, talking to texting, and cards to Fort Night or whatever the heck it’s called. This third year coincides with his third year of acting in the school’s Theatre program, where he’s portrayed everyone from pirates to detectives to (gulp) Nazis. Now there are a few photo ops that are best kept buried….

Olivia Lauter, Section Editor

Heading into her fourth and final year in TRL, senior Olivia Lauter could not be more thrilled to soak up every last minute of shooting sports, events and portraits for her favorite publication. Lauter has spent every day of her high school career with a camera around her neck, and you won’t catch her without it until graduation day. As well as being the photo editor for TRL, Lauter is a varsity cheerleader and involved in PALS and NHS. When she’s not on the sidelines with her camera or cheering on the Leopards, Lauter is with her friends, who she adores more than life itself. You will probably hear “last time, best time” and how “bittersweet” senior year is continually from Lauter this year, but she is just excited to spend one more year doing what she loves alongside the people she loves on TRL.