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Knightly News
Sunday, June 08
	Semi-State Champions
	The Knights won 2 games Saturday to advance to the State Championship in Indianapolis at Victory Field! The Championship game with Crawfordsville (31-4) will be played on Saturday, June 14th at 4pm. An updated overview of the 3A State tournament is available. In the first game on Saturday, Marian defeated #1 ranked Andrean 7-5 to end the 59er's season at 30-2. Jordan Niespodziany pitched a complete game for the win, scattering 6 hits and getting an error-less effort from the Knights defense. The second game had the Knights facing Yorktown (29-5). Pat Asdell took the mound and pitched into the 6th inning. James Ross then relieved Pat with 1 out and a man on 2nd base with the score tied at 6. JR faced one batter, who he intentionally walked. Then Jordan took the mound for the second time Saturday, having time to warm up while James warmed up on the mound and faced his one batter. The score remained at 6-6 until the Knights came up to bat in the bottom half of the 8th. Stephen Barany led off and reached 1st after being hit by a pitch. Shawn Geraghty tried to move Stephen over to 2nd base on a bunt, but the Yorktown pitcher walked him on 4 pitches. Coley Parker then laid down a great bunt, the pitcher fielded it and looked to third base and no one was covering, everyone safe. Bases loaded and no one out. The Tigers pulled the right fielder into the infield to improve their chances of fielding a ground ball and making the force out at home. Aaron Rodgers put the ball in play but the defense held, throwing out Stephen at home. The defense reverted back to a more normal configuration for Dylan Brammer's at bat. Dylan lined a shot to the center fielder for what looked like the game winner, but Shawn was running on the play from third base and was nearly doubled off when the catch was made. The Knights were down but weren't giving up. Dan Ranschaert strode to the plate and after looking at called strike on the outside corner, took the next pitch down the right field line for a base hit. Knights win, 7-6 in 8 innings. Pictures from both games, between games and the post-game celebration can be viewed. Many are blurry due to the excitement of the photographer and the constantly moving fans and players on the field.
Wednesday, June 04
	Regional Champions
	The Knights win 2-1 in 11! Lakeland scored 1 on a solo HR in the 1st and Marian answered back with a run in the bottom of the opening frame. No more scoring until the bottom of the 11th. With bases loaded and 1 out, Dan Ranschaert stroked a line drive over the pulled in left fielder to score Coley Parker from third base. Pat Asdell pitched a terrific game, but was relieved with 1 out in the 9th by Jordan Niespodziany who finished the game for the win. The next game for Marian is against Andrean (30-1). This game will take place on Saturday, June 7th at 1pm in Plymouth at Bill Nixon Field.
Tuesday, June 03
	Regional News
	The Regional game against the Lakeland Lakers has been postponed until Wednesday June 4th at 7pm. It is still being played at Marian High School.
Monday, June 02
	Regional News
	The Knights begin Regional play with a game against the Lakeland Lakers. This game will be played at Marian HS on Tuesday June 3rd at 7pm. A caravan to the game will start from 1st Source Bank (Ironwood and Ireland). If you would like to participate in the caravan, arrive at the jump off point by 6pm as the raucous group will be departing for Marian HS at 6:15pm sharp. - BELIEVE - A complete overview of the remaining teams in the 3A tournament is available. Check out the pictures from the Plymouth Sectional in the menu to the left. If anyone has pictures from this season to share, email me (gross@ionasoftware.com) and we will add them to the website.

Saturday, May 31
	Sectional News
	The Knights beat Glenn 11-3 to win the Plymouth Sectional! Jordan Niespodziany got the win. Marian will play Lakeland, the winner of the Whitko sectional. This game will be played Tuesday June 3rd at Marian, time to be announced.

Thursday, May 29
	Sectional News
	The Knights beat St Joe 10-6 in Plymouth to advance to the Sectional championship (Saturday May 31st, 2pm at Bill Nixon Field in Plymouth). Pat Asdell started for the Knights and gets the win, with Jordan Niespodziany picking up the save, coming in for Pat in the 6th and finishing the game. The Marian bats got going in the 3rd putting an 8-spot on the Indians starting pitcher, Jacob Brewers who gets the loss. Marian will play the winner of the late game between John Glenn and Culver Military Academy.

Thursday, May 15
	Varsity will play at 5pm at Marian HS vs SB St. Joseph's. JV will play following the Varsity game. Freshmen games have been moved and will play today at 4:30pm at Merrifield Park in Mishawaka.

Wednesday, May 14
	Wednesday against St Joe
	UPDATE: Game is canceled for today, moved to Thursday. Varsity will play at 5pm with JV following, all at Marian HS field. Game at Coveleski has been moved to Marian HS, starting at 5pm.
	Friday against Mishawaka
	Come out for ICCL Night - hamburgers and brats hot off the grill. Cheer on the Knights as they close out their NIC schedule. JV starts at 4:30pm with the Varsity following at about 7pm.
	Saturday in Ft. Wayne
	Details about the Ft. Wayne trip will be posted shortly.

Thursday, May 01
	Schedules Updated
	The on line schedule with results is finally caught up to date for varsity. The detailed stats for each game should be done tonight. The JV and Freshman schedules and results are ready to go and should be uploaded by tomorrow as well.

Tuesday, April 29
	Wednesday against Elkhart Central
	JV will be at 4:30pm and Varsity will follow.

Monday, April 28
	Monday against SB Adams:
	Varsity and JV games are canceled, moved to Tuesday April 29th. JV will be at 4:30pm at Southwest LL and Varsity will be at 4:30pm at Marian.

Thursday, April 24
	Friday against Mishawaka:
	Varsity and JV games will start at 4:30pm. Varsity will play at Baker Park located North of Byrkit (also Fir) and 12th Street intersection (map). JV will play at Merrifield Park located at 1000 E. Mishawaka Avenue (map).

Tuesday, April 22
	Wednesday against SB St. Joseph's:
	Varsity and JV games will start at 4:30pm at the St Joseph Northfield Sports Complex located at 50651 Laurel Road (map).

Friday, April 18
	UPDATE: Friday games against Clay
	The JV will play at 4:30 or 5:00pm at the high school field, on the corner of Burke St and Hollyhock Rd north of Clay HS (map). The Varsity will play at 5:00pm at the field next to the football stadium on Lily Rd north of Clay Intermediate Center (map).

Thursday, April 10
	The Knights are off to a great start this season, 4-0 (2-0 in the NIC)! The Varsity and JV square off against Penn on Friday, April 11th at Marian. There will be burgers and hot dogs on the grill. It should be a great game with both teams looking to improve their NIC standings. Here's hoping the weather is more like Spring and less like Winter! The JV starts the evening off at 4:30pm, with the Varsity to follow some time around 6:30pm.

	Traveling with the Knights this weekend? Here are some useful links
	The Varsity is heading downstate to play in Indianapolis Map and directions from Marian HS to Indianapolis Cathedral HS (5225 E 56th St, Indianapolis). Google Maps states that it is about 135 miles and predicts a 3 hour drive from Marian to Cathedral. The first game is at 1:30pm against Lafayette Central Catholic. The second game is at 4pm against Cathedral. Google also suggests some restaurants near Cathedral HS. Here are some more restaurants from Citysearch.

	The JV is in Lakeville for a double header against LaVille starting at 11am. Map and directions from Marian HS to LaVille HS (69969 US 31, Lakeville).

Page Updated: Monday 09 June 2008 at 11:44 EDT