At Lafayette Central Catholic, we try to live by the old adage “to be the best, you must play the best”.  Our philosophy has always been to use the 29 regular season games to prepare our team for the state tournament.  How do you do that?  I think you do that by putting together a schedule that is going to challenge your team every time it takes the field.  There are some games that may be “locked into” a schedule by conference affiliations, local schools, etc.  But every school has a certain number of games that they can decide who they want to compete against to complete their schedules. 

                In looking over the schedules of many teams throughout the state...

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Overcoming Obstacles

With the baseball season nearing the midway point of the season, most coaches have had to overcome obstacles during this first month.  In my 18 years of coaching, this has been the coldest, and at times, the wettest spring that I can remember.  The weather however, is just one obstacle that we as baseball coaches have to overcome.  For many kids, baseball is the second or third sport that they have played this year making it difficult for them to maintain a high level of enthusiasm.  Convincing a 15-18 year old kid that it is fun to play a sport in 40 degree weather when they are used to playing in the comfortable confines of a balmy gymnasium with large crowds can be an early season challenge.

In addition, with the school year winding down, there seems to be more distractions for our players to have to deal with than ever before.  At Cent...

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