By Drake Skleba
For the Bugle
Team of the Week — Plainfield South
The Southwest Prairie Conference champions completed a 4-0 week with an SPC Championship victory over their arch rivals from Plainfield North, 8-2, on Saturday. The Cougars defeated the Tigers 7-4 on Monday and then defeated Oswego 5-3 and 4-3 on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
Junior relief pitcher, Brady Shelton had a season-saving performance on Wednesday with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win against the Panthers. On Thursday at Oswego Cougar senior Tony Mosher’s solo blast in the seventh gave Cougar a 4-3 win and super-soph Tylor Phommachanhom his third win on the mound in a week and a half.
Pitcher of the Week Plainfield South senior Griffin Lapp — All Lapp did was pick up two complete game victories against Plainfield North. On Monday Lapp went the distance in the Cougars 7-4 win over the Tigers.
In Saturday’s 8-2 SPC championship-clinching victory, he gave up two hits and no earned runs.
Player of the Week Plainfield South senior catcher Justin McGuigan – Since he was 14 years old and leading the 2016 summer Cougars to the IHSBCA Summer State Championship, the South senior can beat you in a number of ways.
In four consecutive games this week McGuigan either picked off or threw out potential base runners. He hit .400 for the week and his huge RBI bunt single on Wednesday tied up the game at 3-3 in the 5-3 Cougars win over Oswego. He added four stolen bases for the week and allowed one earned run in his 5 1/3 innings of work on the mound against Oswego. He is tied for the Cougars team lead in wins on the mound with Lapp with six.
