Our season came to a close last night with a loss, but that doesn’t diminish everything that this team accomplished this year. A 31-2 record, a conference championship, and we finished as the IHSAA State Runner Up. What an incredible group to be around, they were so much fun!
SCHOOL RECORD ALERT (x2)
With a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, senior Kiley Conner became the single season record holder for HR (10) and RBI (50). The RBI record was a 30-year old record. Congratulations Kiley!!!
Wow. What a game. LC defeats previously unbeaten Marist (IL) 2-1 on an Amanda Aardema walkoff double. Doloszycki tied the game with a double in the 6th inning. Pepkowski was awesome in the circle to improve to 15-0. Indians now 23-1 on the season.
#BelieveToAchieve
I don’t even know where to begin this tweet. Although we all expected today’s news, hearing it for real makes it hurt. To ALL the seniors out there, my heart aches for you. Beyond softball, the things you are missing out on are a hard pill to swallow. I miss all of you!
Super proud of these 4 young ladies as they participated in our Signing Event tonight. These schools are extremely lucky to be getting such amazing student-athletes!
Let’s talk about the JV for a minute…
Coach Gray and the girls just wrapped up a perfect season (20-0) with a win over KV tonight. And special shout-out to Madi Bickell for hitting her 10th HR of the JV season!
The future is bright!
So excited for these young ladies as they prepare to officially commit to playing softball at the next level.
Jenna Towle - Missouri St.Louis
Gabi Carra - Wisconsin
Olivia Peterson - Minnesota
Putting the STUDENT in student-athlete. Seniors Grace Renschen and Peyton Pepkowski will graduate Magna Cum Laude (this is from Senior Honors Night tonight). We are so proud of the two of you!!!
Senior spotlight: Morgan Hoppe
POS: OF, P, Logical One
Patient, Hard working, Great Teammate
Attending Charleston (WV) to continue playing softball.
We will miss you Mo!
#seniors2020
LC opens up the 2022 season with a 16-6, 6 inning victory over Munster.
3 hits each from Schafer, Morales, and Conner. Aardema with the win in the circle, throwing 5 innings.
1-0.
SCHOOL RECORD ALERT
With a 3rd inning 💣, senior Kiley Conner has tied the single-season HR record. The homer was her 9th this season.
Congratulations Kiley!!!
LC defeats CP 4-2. Pepkowski with the win in the circle, striking out 14. Indians had 10 hits. Conner with an rbi triple to get us on the board, O’Drobinak with a HUGE 2-run pinch hit double that proves to be the game winner. LC now 7-0 (4-0), and hosts the LC Classic Sat.
With sadness I announce the passing of former softball coach Keith Hauber. Coach Hauber led the Indians from ‘99-‘08 including State Championships in ‘02 and ‘04. Coach Hauber was an incredible person that will be sadly missed. Our thoughts go out to the Hauber family.
LC wraps up their season with a 2-1 loss at CP in the Regional. The Indians finish with an overall record of 24-7.
The coaching staff is extremely proud of the work that this group put in over the course of the season.
To our 7 departing seniors…thank you and good luck!!!
Indians open the 2021 season with a 11-0, 5 inning victory over Munster.
2 hits each for Conner (2B), Mitchell (2B,3B), and Renschen (2B,HR). Renschen with 4 RBI and I don’t know if the homer has landed yet.
Pepkowski pitched 4 innings for the win, allowing 1 H and K’ing 9.
Ok, it’s time to brag about one of our own for a minute. We recently had a senior that was named as a recipient of a major strength award. We are so proud of you Bree!!!!
💙🦾So proud of our girl,
#25
@calderaro_sofia
throwing her first perfect game of the season in tonight’s DAC matchup against The Portage Indians! She was flawless on the mound with her defense playing errorless behind her! 🥎🔥👏
Pretty cool moment this morning as juniors Olivia Balog, Kiley Conner, and Amanda Aardema were asked to throw the first pitch for St.John Girls Softball.
Even though our post season didn’t go as planned, this 2024 team had such an incredible season and had MAJOR impacts in this LC program.
Many thanks to the support of our family, friends & community.
This is just end of this season, but not the end of our journey.
#weareLC
Meet the Coaches!! Meet Brooke Baker-Runyon, Head Varsity Coach. Brooke played HS ball at Lake Central HS and then went on to play for Purdue University. Brooke was the head coach at Andrean HS from 2012-2017. Prior to that was Assistant at Benton Central HS & Highland HS.
#GoLC
Indians open the season with an 8-4 victory over Munster. Alexa Pinarski with the win in the circle as well as a 2-run triple late to pad the lead. Rylee Platusic got the scoring going in the 1st with a GRAND SLAM (on her 18th bday)! LC back at it tomorrow at Chesterton.
Senior spotlight: Alexis Johnson
POS: 3B, C (if it’s the State Championship)
Sneaky good, slick defender, great at annoying Sherm, good sense of humor
Attending Valparaiso to continue playing softball.
We will miss you AJ!
#seniors2020
So grateful to be able to watch these 6 young ladies sign their NLI’s tonight! Great job!
Madisen Tucker - Saint Francis
Alexa Pinarski - Columbia
Amanda Noblett - Purdue NW
Selena Michko - Purdue NW
Jessi Kiefor - Ball State
Rylee Platusic - Purdue
*SCHOOL RECORD ALERT*
With a 2nd inning double tonight, junior Sydney Doloszycki set the single season record for doubles with her 16th of the season. Way to go Syd!!!
LC had one heck of a game today to bring the Lady Indians to 22-0, BUT nothing beats
@KateRenschen
’s face who just broke the All-Time Stolen Base (47, now 49) AND Season Stolen Base record (25, now 26)! Both records over 23 years old 💙💅🏼🔥💃🏻🏃🏻♀️💨
#shesnotdone
#welcometoHERparty
The Junior class organized a special Senior Day for our wonderful outgoing players. Drove to each house and completely surprised each of them! We are going to miss these 4 girls more than you can imagine, but we know they’re on to better things!!!
Congrats to our Senior Izzy Poortenga
@IzzyP_2024
on her commitment to continue her academic and athletic career at Lewis University! We are proud of you IZZY!!!!!
It’s been a looooong wait, but tomorrow is finally GAMEDAY!!!
Indians open their season against Munster, first pitch scheduled for 4:30 at LCHS. Can’t wait!!!
Hard to believe that today would’ve been Game 1 for the season. Thinking of all of the players that have worked so hard up to this point.
Let’s hope everyone is staying at home so we can put this thing behind us! Hope everyone is healthy and well!!!
Postseason accolades are starting to roll in:
All-DAC
-Kiley Conner (12)
-Jolie Adams (10)
-Taylor Schafer (9)
Academic All-State
-Sydney Doloszycki
-Amanda Aardema
-Paige Reitz
(All-State and N/S All-Stars will be released soon)
Congratulations!!!
Our LC Softball family lost a former teammate this weekend in a terrible accident. Words can’t express how deeply sorry we are ❤️
Please share the GoFundMe link below to help the family during this dreadful time🙏
Senior spotlight: Alexus Reese
POS: 2B, HR Hitter, Sherm’s aide
Power hitter, Silent assassin, single season HR record holder
Attending St.Xavier to continue playing softball.
We will miss you Lex!
#seniors2020
Senior spotlight: Angel Harper
POS: 1B, Team Mom
Hard worker, great sense of humor, and future teacher.
Attending Wisconsin-Parkside to continue playing softball.
We are going to miss you ‘engel’
#seniors2020
We are so incredibly fortunate to have someone like Coach Gray on our softball staff. She is a wonderful human being who is such a great role model for our student-athletes!
‘Never settle for mediocrity’.
Jeanette Gray, the first woman to coach high school varsity football in the state and one of our past
#LifeintheSpotlights
, received that advice and has carried it with her ever since.
@LCIndians
@LC_School_Corp
INTRODUCING YOUR 2023 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!! Way to go Lake Central Softball Team 🥎 Big win over Munster 4-3 tonight! We will move on to Regionals next Tuesday at 4:30pm at LC!!!!!!
Congrats to Senior, Aubrie Morales on signing her National Letter of Intent to play softball at Calumet College of Saint Joseph’s! We are proud of you!!!!! 🔥🥎✔️🌊
International Women’s Day. Women empowering women! As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”. This statement has been a calling for years to understand that no one is alone. In order to make yourself better, there’s a mutual benefit making others better.
#WeAreLC
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Congratulations to Alexa Pinarski, Gabi Carra, Amanda Noblett, and Jenna Towle for being named All-DAC players for this conference season! Pinarski was also name the league MVP!!!
Our JV team finished up their season tonight with a victory over KV. They finish with a record of 24-1, including 12-0 in DAC play! We are so proud of this group and can’t wait to see how they progress in the next year!
Indians defeat Lowell 12-0 in 6 innings.
HR by Conner, Mitchell, Creasbaum
Pepkowski with 13 K in the 1-hit shutout.
LC now 2-0, open DAC play tomorrow at home against Michigan City.
#BelieveToAchieve