Central Catholic relishes the opportunity to play at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend

Central Catholic relishes the opportunity to play at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend: wlfi.com

Ross Bolin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - With a win on Saturday at Coveleski Stadium the Central Catholic baseball team will advance to their 4th consecutive Class 1A State Championship game.

For the first time in their 3 year State championship run the Knights will not be playing their Semi-State game in Kokomo at Highland Park. Central Catholic insists that where the game is played will not be a problem. For Senior Pitcher Austin Munn, it's about getting 21 Fort Wayne Blackhawk outs.

"It's going to be a little different. I'm not really superstitious but I like to have the same routine. It's not going to be any different were going to come out and play our game and hopefully come out victorious like that last three years," said Munn.

By bus it will take Central Catholic every bit of 3 hours to reach their destination which was not popular news when the team learned their semi-state fate. However, as the game has gotten closer the Knights have changed their tone.

"At first I think some of us questioned it because we weren't sure with the extra hour drive we didn't want to take that long of a bus ride. Going and playing on all turf is definitely going to be worth it and a lot of fun," said junior Cowen Olinger.

During spring break the Knights played a tough series of games in Louisville on turf which at the time didn't seem like a big deal but now seems like a great decision by Hall of Fame head coach Tim Bordenet.

"I always look forward to playing on big fields like that. It's turf like we played on in Louisville during spring break so that is going to be a bit of a change but baseball is baseball and you got to do what you got to do," said senior Nick Stone.