![]() Lucier was an all-NLCC outfielder last year as a 10th grader. Hart will play at Manchester University, while Kass is going to Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Fayta will play at Knox College. I am looking forward to seeing who steps up and takes on key roles." Three of those seniors are headed to play in college. "In being a young team, there will be a lot of new faces for us this year. "We will be a very young team," Hoffman said. Worth noting: Youth will kind of rule the day for the Eagles, who only have five seniors. As well, we have a good group of arms that we are excited about getting out on the field." "We don't return a lot of players, but the returns we do have all play important well. "The strengths of the team will be up the middle," Behm said. He is headed to College of Lake County next season. Swanson, an all-conference pick last season, is a lefty pitcher who went 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA last year and also hit. Worth noting: Grant is fresh off a NLCC runner-up finish last season. Last year's record: 20-15, 11-7 (Northern Lake County) Viator lost three games last year, while Nazareth won the Class 3A state title and Joliet Catholic won the Class 2A state title. We have great team chemistry and hardworking young mean who are ready to compete in the tough ESCC." Speaking of the conference, St. "Pitching, as always, will dictate this year's success. "The strengths of this team is our depth and returning players who have played major varsity innings as sophomores," Gandolfi said. 347 last year and earned all-conference accolades, while Butler University commit Galdoni also was an all-ESCC pick. ![]() ![]() Wolff, Curry, Ledezma and Chajet lettered on the varsity as sophomores last year, while Wolf begins his third year on the varsity. Viator in the East Suburban Catholic and lost to eventual Class 3A state runner-up Crystal Lake South in a regional title game. The longtime Corsairs coach returns a good chunk of talent that took second to St. Worth noting: This will be Gandolfi's final season at the helm. Last year's record: 17-13, 6-6 (East Suburban Catholic) Round Lake also has continued to improve over the last few seasons and will make some noise this season. Their team is going to be strong and Grant is always well-coached and incredibly competitive. Lakes has an incredible coaching staff with three guys who have been varsity coaches at some point. Our conference has three coaches who are taking over their program (Grayslake North and Wacuonda as well), so three teams will look a lot different compared to the last few seasons. "The program Troy Whalen has built is second to none and you know they are always going to be the team to beat. "I think it always starts with Grayslake Central," he said. They have very lofty goals and want to be the last man standing at the end of the season." Fracek said Grayslake Central is the team to watch in the conference, though it will not lack for talented teams. They have worked and worked all winter and do not want to be denied this year. "The returning players are determined to prove last year was a fluke. We have a unique blend of hitters and guys who can move on the bases." Fracek said the work ethic he is seeing is impressive, "some of the best I have seen in my 10 years of coaching," he said. I have an idea of what our 'floor' will look like, but if we can hit our 'ceiling' in regards to talent reaching our potential, I think we will be really good all over the place. We have a lot of pitching and guys who can play all over the field. These kids ae go-getters on and off the field and they mean business. "The strength of our team is going to be our work ethic. "Our team has an incredible blend of seniors and youth," Fracek said. Schuyler, an all-Northern Lake County Conference selection last year, will play at Indiana, while Sacchetti is headed to Bryant & Stratton (Wisconsin) and Aiden Niemczyk will be off to the University of St. This is his 11th season in the program overall. ![]() Worth noting: Fracek takes over the controls of the Antioch program.
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