By Faith Mwalwa
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The varsity baseball team concluded their regular season with a game against Lawrence North on Wednesday. The team is scheduled to start the Greyhound Invitational today at 6 p.m. and tomorrow starting at 9 a.m., with all the games taking place at Hartman Field.

“The Greyhound Invitational is a (way) for us to play some good teams from around the state that we wouldn’t play (in the regular season),” Alex Gordon, pitcher, third-basemen and senior said.Nicholas “Jesse” Taylor, pitcher, outfielder and junior said, “The Greyhound Invitational is a two-day tournament where high schools (from around the state) are invited to come play us.”

The Greyhound Invitational will be scheduled to include South Dearborn, Northview, Franklin Central, Fort Wayne, Elwood, Chesterton and Gary Andrean teams. Gordon said that three games are scheduled for the Greyhound Invitational; one will take place on Friday and two will take place on Saturday. To win, the team must win all three games. If you lose one game, according to Gordon, the team is placed in the “loser’s bracket.”

Head Baseball Coach Eric Lentz said, “It is good preparation for the post-season, and great game preparation for the (upcoming) Sectional game(s).”

The Greyhound Invitational is scheduled so that it precedes the post-season; Sectional will start on Thursday and, according to Gordon, all the Sectional games will be played at Hartman Field this year.

With this onslaught of games in the coming weeks, the varsity team, according to Jared Kuhn, second- and third-basemen and senior, the team greatly appreciates fan support, especially in post-season Sectional games.

“(Fan support) is extremely important,” Kuhn said.

Taylor agreed and said, “Fan support is very, very important. Baseball is a game that has the potential to either be dull or exciting. We need fans to pump up the entire team for games.”