Today the Warriors faced tough confrence opponent Montini and were in a need for a victory after falling to Kaneland 6-0 on Saturday. "we really need to come out with fire, we seem to be lacking recently." said a Warriors coach. Motivation comes in many different forms.
And in todays form it was the support of some crazy Canadians visiting Wheaton Academy for the day. These fans created a hockey like atmosphere, chanting, clapping and cheering throughout the game. "we didnt know what the importance of a strike was, but we cheered anyways! We gotta be supportive ya know eh?" Said a fan. But deffinately their favorite player was Sam Perna. "They loved me" said Sam Perna "I really felt a boost to my preformance due to the constant cheering. But not gonna lie I was kinda freaked out." After the game Perna signed autographs for up to an hour, "My hand is hurting big time, I dont know if I have ever written my name so many times." Some rumors are floating around that Perna could be making an appearance on the 15 Day DL due to the excessive autographs sessions. Perna was escorted by police to his car to protect him from his crazed fans. When asked to comment on this, police declined.
Warriors ace Trevor Swany got the start and pitched 5 lights out innings only allowing 1 run and relief pitcher Jake Cousins sealed the victory with no damage done. The runs were scored on a Cori Herbert sacrifice fly and Alec McNally fielders choice. The Warriors got enough production to seal the victory despite a great outing from the Montini pitcher.
I caught an interview with one of the Canadian fans after the game, I asked him his highlights of the game. "Well I dont know a lick about baseball so we decided to make it as similar to a hockey atmospher as possible. Cool eh? But deffinately the highlight was meeting Sam Perna." This crazy fan actually had to be assisted back up after having Perna sign an autograph. "I lost it" the fan went on to say. And as he was getting back into his bus I noticed a Sam Perna tatoo on his arm and neck. However I was to late to catch an interview.
Warriors play Montini again tomorrow at Montini, will the Warriors be able to pull out a victory despite a Candian crowd? We will see.
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