The rematch is set but this time it's for the Class 3A softball crown.
One year after Lemont edged Antioch 3-1 in the 3A semifinals at the Louisville Slugger in Peoria, the two teams will meet again on Saturday on the same field for the top prize.Antioch junior ace and Michigan State pledge Jacey Schuler fired a 2-hitter with 9 strikeouts as the Sequoits reached the state title game for the first time by any Antioch sports team since the school was established in 1915 with a 3-0 triumph over Charleston in Friday's second semifinal.
"She is a great pitcher and I have faced her," said Schuler ."I think it will be a really great game.""Two teams with identical records, big-time pitchers with Division I athletes behind them," said 11th-year Antioch coach Anthony Rocco ."It's going to be an epic matchup." Courtesy runner Miranda Gomez stole second, took third on Emily Brecht's groundout and scored on Samantha Hillner's safety squeeze."That definitely takes a lot of pressure off myself," Schuler said."But I still don't really change my mindset. I just keep pitching the same way."Once again, it was Schuler who got things underway with a double.
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