Wildcat Nation, Here is the Lawrence North athletics weekly update for the week of April 24, 2017. Lawrence North Athletics Community Partner of the Week Chile Verde Mexican Restaurant DINE TO DONATE FOR LN SOFTBALL Chile Verde will be hosting a dine-to-donate fundraiser for the LN softball program on Wednesday, April 26 th. 1/3 of your total bill will go directly to LN softball! Dine-in or carry-out, lunch or dinner. Chile Verde is located at 7329 N. Shadeland Avenue, at the corner of 75 th and Shadeland behind Wendy s. You can check out their menu here: http://www.coupons4indy.com/cpsiteframepage.lasso?- token.lpuserref=117776.11312&-token.ref=21301.113129&-token.pagecall=page
Lawrence North Student-Athletes of the Week Max Wills, Baseball Grace Dean, Track Senior Max Wills and sophomore Grace Dean have been selected as the LN student-athletes of the week! Wills has led the resurgent batting attack for the Cats, which has resulted in four straight wins. He leads the team in hitting with a.469 season batting average. His GPA of 3.316 shows that he can hit for the cycle in the classroom as well. As for Dean, this super sophomore carries a GPA of 4.086 and ran away from the competition at the prestigious Charlie Riley Invitational, winning the 800m run. Great job, Max and Grace!
Baseball: The Wildcats (9-5, 4-2 MIC) have won 9 of their last 11 games, including four straight conference games, to move into second place in the MIC. Last week the Cats were 4-0, being Park Tudor, Southport, and Ben Davis twice. A.J. Manuzzi went the distance against Park Tudor, Garrett Burhenn picked up the win in the first BD game, Dylan Scheid and Maalik Houston pitched the Wildcats to an extra inning win in the second BD game, and Sam Paddock pitched a complete game against Southport. Max Wills has been lighting it up at the plate lately for LN. He hit.500 for the week and started our comeback against Ben Davis. His batting average with runners in scoring position was.750, and his OPS was 1.250. This will be a big week for the Wildcats. They play #1 Carmel on Tuesday (home) and Wednesday (away) in a big MIC showdown, and then #3 Cathedral (home) on Thursday. Photos by LN student photographer Jared Rigdon.
Golf: The LN golf team participated in the Mt. Vernon Invitational at Arrowhead Golf Course in Greenfield on Saturday. The Cats shot their best 18 round score in over two years, firing a 363 to finish in 2 nd place in the 8-team field. Senior Tanner Higgins was low man for LN, shooting an 89. The team will play in the Marion County Championships on Monday at Winding River Golf Course, and then take on Mt. Vernon and HSE on Thursday. Pictures courtesy of Coach Wischmann.
Softball: The Wildcats (4-6, 3-0 MIC) were very competitive in their five games played last week. They lost a close one to Fishers (5-4), picked up wins against Ben Davis (10-6) and Bishop Chatard (11-8), and then battled #8 2A Eastern Hancock on Saturday, losing 7-3 and 7-6. Taylor Erschen is leading the team in hitting this year with a.594 batting average, followed by Katie Demas (.484), Maddie Howe (.429), Meredith Rudich (.321) and Grace Zielinski (.300). Leah Richards (2.697 ERA) has picked up 3 pitching wins for the Cats with Erschen starting to get some time on the mound as well. The Cats play at Carmel on Tuesday and then are back at home for games against Heritage Christian on Thursday and Brebeuf on Friday. Photos courtesy of Victory Views.
Tennis: The netters defeated Pike on Monday 3-2 and then got rained out on Thursday against Brebeuf. The Cats participated in the very tough Park Tudor Invite, finishing 7 th in a field of several top 20 teams. The team host Bishop Chatard on Monday, travels to Center Grove on Tuesday, and then are back at home on Thursday against Warren Central.
Girls Track & Field: The LN girls track team defeated North Central and Pike in a three-way meet, winning by one point! Lawrence North 63 Pike 62 North Central 42. Outstanding performances were turned in by Shania Riding, Liv Albertson, Gabby Grider, Kayla Allen, Jean Carson, Maddie Loughery, Katie Burgin, Jada Webster, Destiny Riding, Shayla Miles, Carolyn Bakx, Grace Dean, Princess Carter and Mercedes Randell. The team also participated in the prestigious Charlie Riley Invitational on Friday night, with Grace Dean winning the 800m run. The MIC championship meet is coming up this Friday night at Warren Central. Pictures courtesy of Coach Church.
Boys Track & Field: The boys team beat Pendleton Heights 99-33 in a dual meet on Monday, and then participated in the Charlie Riley Invite at North Central on Friday night, finishing 3 rd overall. Individual winners for the Cats included DeAngelo Mason taking the 200m dash and Tyler Majors out-throwing the competition in the shot put. Other outstanding performances were turned in by Kyle Harris, Jordan St. Clair, Nathan Stone, Tony Reeves, and Will Majercak. Photos courtesy of Victory Views.
REQUIRED IHSAA PHYSICALS FOR SUMMER 2017 & 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR Don t wait - You need a new physical every year! Get your physical taken care of now and you ll be covered all summer and throughout the 2017-2018 school year. Lawrence North and Community Health Network have partnered to offer low cost physicals conveniently located at Lawrence North High School on Thursday, May 4 th from 6:00pm 8:00pm. To make things go quicker the night of the physicals, you can download the complete IHSAA physical form and consent to treat forms here and bring with you: http://www.ltschools.org/medialibraries/ltschools.org/documents/athletic s/msdlt-athleticparticipationpacket-16-17.pdf
SPRING GARAGE SIGN ORDERS Last Order for 2017! Last Call! Please submit your order to the LN athletic office no later than Tuesday, April 25 th. Click the link below for the order form. Garage Sign Information: http://lnwildcats.ltschools.org/medialibraries/lnwildcats.ltschools.or g/documents/garage-sign-order-form.pdf The MIC Network covers all the games and posts scores from MIC conference games. Go to www.themicnetwork.in to keep up with the latest action and follow us on social media @micnetworkin.
You can find up-to-date scheduling and information for all sports at www.lnwildcats.com. Have a great week, and GOOO CATS!! Mike Penrose Athletic Director Lawrence North High School 7802 Hague Road Indianapolis, IN 46256 (317) 964-7713 office (317) 964-7708 fax Achieving Excellence~Building Character~Serving Others For more info on LN athletics: LN Wildcats: http://lnwildcats.com/ MIC Conference: www.micathletics.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lnwildcats Facebook: Lawrence North Athletics