Knights return to Victory Field

Beautiful Coveleski Stadium in South Bend, IN, where our Knights won their 4th straight semi state title.

Knights return to Victory Field: wlfi.com

Caleb Martin
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WLFI) - The Central Catholic Knights faced Fort Wayne Blackhawk in the class 1-A South Bend semi-state baseball game. The event took place at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend.

Central Catholic jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Fort Wayne responded quickly. In the top of the third inning, Fort Wayne scored on a ground rule double RBI to tie the game up at 1-1.

The game stayed tied until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Knights poured on three runs to open up a 4-1 lead.

The Knight's pitcher, Austin Munn, would get the last out of the game with a strikeout. He finished with 13 strikeouts on the day to help Central Catholic pick up the 4-1 win. The Knights advance on to the state finals for a chance to win their fourth straight state title.

"We had to overcome a lot of things through the course of the game," said Central Catholic head coach Tim Bordenet. "In the sixth inning we broke through and had some big time hits in that inning. Now, Austin was awesome obviously on the mound. He was tired but he was not coming out of the ball game and he did a great job for us."

"It is a really great feeling," said Central Catholic's Nick Stone. "I mean would could have just rolled over but we battled through and we got hits when we needed them and it was pretty clutch there at the end with Austin's pitching. He got himself out of a couple jams and we pulled it together.

In the other class 1-A semi-state game, the Shakamak Lakers defeated South Central 8-5. The Knights will face the Lakers at Victory Field in Indianapolis on Friday, June 15. The first pitch is set to be thrown out at 7:30 pm.