Base 4A FINAL: #1 Cathedral toppled by unranked Carroll, 1-0

INDIANAPOLIS – The Class 4A title game was one for the ages June 19 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. Curtis Wise of Carroll (Fort Wayne) and top-ranked Indianapolis Cathedral’s Dillon Peters dueled each other on the mound for eight scoreless innings, but a Zach Vanlandingham single in the top of the ninth gave the Chargers a 1-0 extra-inning victory and the school’s first state championship in any sport.

Wise and Peters were both brilliant the entire game. Wise threw a nine-inning complete game shutout, allowing only five hits and four walks while striking out six. He squirmed out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning as well as a second-and-third, one-out quandary in the fourth.

Peters matched him pitch for pitch as he surrendered just six hits and one walk in setting a state finals record with 16 strikeouts. No runner advanced past second base against him until the ninth inning.

On a night dominated by the pitchers, left fielder Grant Wilson stood out for Carroll (26-6) with two hits and a walk in four plate appearances.

Vanlandingham, whose ninth-inning line drive tipped off the glove of Cathedral third baseman Tom Farrell to knock in the winning run, was the defensive star for coach Dave Ginder’s Chargers. He made three diving plays at the hot corner to help keep the slate clean for Wise.

Peters added two hits in three at-bats to his outstanding outing on the mound. Teammates Scott Miller, Matt Dauby, and Farrell also had hits for coach Rich Andriole’s Fighting Irish (31-2), which was making the school’s fourth appearance in the state finals.

The loss snapped an 18-game winning streak for Cathedral, a state champion in 2001 and 2007.

Following the game, Carroll High School’s Ross O’Neill was named the winner of the L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award for Class 4A baseball by the IHSAA executive committee. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the proud corporate partner of all IHSAA state tournaments, presented a $1,000 scholarship to the school in his name.

The award is annually presented to an outstanding senior participant in each state championship game who has best demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability in baseball. The award is named in honor of the late L.V. Phillips, who served as the second commissioner of the IHSAA from 1945-62.

O’Neill is a two-year letterwinner with the Chargers baseball team and earned the team’s mental attitude award this spring. He’s also played four years of football and two years of basketball for the Allen County school.

The son of Tim and Dayna O’Neill of Fort Wayne served as class president, was a member of the National Honor Society and also the Student Council, and plans to attend the University of Illinois to study business this fall.

The box score:

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB

Jeremy Shelmadine rf…..  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  0   0

Curtis Wise p…………  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   1

Justin Glass cf……….  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0

Grant Wilson lf……….  3  0  2  0   1  1  3  0   0

Zach Vanlandingham 3b….  3  0  1  1   0  2  2  5   0

 Ross O’Neill ph………  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Steve Remesnik 1b……..  4  0  0  0   0  4 11  0   3

Noah Revis-French 2b…..  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  4   1

Chip Maples dh………..  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0

 Peyton Lengacher ph…..  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Jon Timmerman ss………  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  2   0

Elliott Ford c………..  0  0  0  0   0  0  5  1   0

Totals………………. 31  1  6  1   1 16 27 14   5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB

Scott Miller cf……….  5  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0

Ryan Levenhagen lf…….  4  0  0  0   1  0  2  0   3

Dillon Peters p……….  3  0  2  0   1  0  2  3   0

Phil Mosey ss…………  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   0

Corey Colquitt 1b……..  3  0  0  0   1  1  4  2   2

Tom Farrell 3b………..  3  0  1  0   1  1  1  2   4

Luke Cureton dh……….  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   1

Austin Sparks c……….  4  0  0  0   0  1 16  0   0

 Chris Wright pr………  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Matt Dauby 2b…………  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   1

Austin Boos rf………..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0

Totals………………. 34  0  5  0   4  6 27 10  11

Score by innings R  H  E

Carroll (FW) 000 000 001 – 1  6  2

Indianapolis Cathedral 000 000 000 – 0  5  0

E – Vanlndingham; Revis-French. LOB – Carroll 5; Cathedral 11. 2B –

Shelmadine; Dauby. HBP – Shelmadine. SB – Miller; Farrell. CS – Timmerman.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP

Curtis Wise 9.0  5  0  0  4  6 34 38 139

Cathedral IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP

Dillon Peters 9.0  6  1  1  1 16 31 33 131

Win – Wise (12-1).  Loss – Peters (12-1)

WP – Wise, Peters. HBP – by Peters (Shelmadine)

Pitches/strikes: Wise 139/85, Peters 131/89.

Umpires – HP T. Neuenschwander, 1B Ronald Stevens, 2B James Craig, 3B Trent

Beer

Start: 8:09 p.m. Time: 2:23. Attendance: 6,941 (overall weekend attendance: 8,615)

Weather: 84 degrees, clear

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) starters: 12/rf Shelmadine; 7/p Wise; 6/cf Glass; 8/lf

Wilson; 25/3b Vanlndingham; 11/1b Remesnik; 16/2b Revis-French; 4/dh Maples;

21/ss Timmerman; 20/c Ford;

Indpls. Cathedral starters: 3/cf Miller; 25/lf Levenhagen; 7/p Peters; 2/ss

Mosey; 38/1b Colquitt; 10/3b Farrell; 30/dh L. Cureton; 35/c Sparks; 20/2b

Dauby; 5/rf Boos;

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 1st – Shelmadine hit by pitch (1-1). Wise struck out

swinging (1-2). Glass reached on a fielder’s choice (0-1); Shelmadine out at

second 3b to 2b. Glass out at second p to 1b to ss to p, picked off. 0 runs,

0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 1st – Miller grounded out to 2b (0-0). Levenhagen

walked (3-1). Peters singled to second base (2-1); Levenhagen advanced to

second. Mosey reached on a fielder’s choice (1-2); Peters out at second 3b to

2b; Levenhagen advanced to third. Colquitt reached on a fielder’s choice (0-0);

Mosey out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 2nd – Wilson singled to left field (1-0).

Vanlndingham struck out looking (3-2). Remesnik struck out looking (1-2).

Revis-French struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 2nd – Farrell singled to left field (3-2). L. Cureton

struck out swinging (1-2). Sparks struck out looking (0-2). Dauby grounded out

to 3b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 3rd – Maples struck out swinging (0-2). Timmerman

grounded out to p, bunt (1-0). Shelmadine doubled down the lf line (3-2). Wise

struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 3rd – Miller reached on a throwing error by 3b (3-2).

Levenhagen popped up to 3b, bunt (1-1). Miller stole second. Peters walked

(3-1). Mosey lined out to lf (0-1). Colquitt walked (3-1); Peters advanced to

second; Miller advanced to third. Farrell flied out to rf (1-1). 0 runs, 0

hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 4th – Glass struck out swinging (3-2). Wilson

singled to left field (0-1). Vanlndingham struck out swinging (0-2). Remesnik

struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 4th – L. Cureton grounded out to 3b (1-2). Sparks

reached on a dropped fly by 2b (1-0). Dauby doubled to right center (0-0);

Sparks advanced to third. Wright pinch ran for Sparks. Miller grounded out to

2b (0-1). Levenhagen flied out to lf (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2

LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 5th – Sparks to c for Wright. Revis-French grounded

out to 2b (1-2). Maples struck out looking (0-2). Timmerman struck out looking

(0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 5th – Peters singled up the middle (0-0). Mosey struck

out looking (1-2). Peters advanced to second on a wild pitch. Colquitt grounded

out to 3b (2-2). Farrell struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,

1 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 6th – Shelmadine struck out swinging (2-2). Wise

grounded out to ss (1-2). Glass flied out to lf (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0

errors, 0 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 6th – L. Cureton grounded out to p (3-2). Sparks out

at first p to 2b to 1b (0-0). Dauby grounded out to 3b (2-2). 0 runs, 0

hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 7th – Wilson struck out swinging (1-2). O’Neill

pinch hit for Vanlndingham. O’Neill lined out to p (3-1). Remesnik struck out

looking (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 7th – Vanlndingham to 3b for O’Neill. Miller flied out

to lf (3-2). Levenhagen popped up to 3b, bunt (0-0). Peters fouled out to ss

(0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 8th – Revis-French fouled out to 3b (1-1). Lengacher

pinch hit for Maples. Lengacher grounded out to 3b (2-2). Timmerman singled to

right field (3-2). Timmerman out at second p to 1b to ss, picked off, caught

stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 8th – Mosey flied out to cf (1-1). Colquitt struck out

swinging (2-2). Farrell walked (3-1). Farrell stole second. L. Cureton struck

out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1

LOB.

Carroll (Ft. Wayne) 9th – Shelmadine struck out swinging (2-2). Wise

flied out to lf (3-2). Glass singled to center field (2-2). Glass advanced to

second on a wild pitch. Wilson intentionally walked. Vanlndingham singled to

left field, RBI (0-1); Wilson advanced to second; Glass scored. Remesnik struck

out swinging (0-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Indpls. Cathedral 9th – Sparks flied out to rf (0-2). Dauby grounded out

to ss (0-1). Miller singled through the left side (1-2). Levenhagen grounded

out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.