By Christian Andriolas – Staff Reporter 

The Jonathan Law baseball team recently finished the regular season with a 12-8 record and were able to make a good run in the state tournament. 

After beating Waterford 9-1 in the Class M quarterfinals, the Lawmen played Woodland in the semifinals. Despite losing 3-0, the team is happy about the season. 

“We were very happy with how the season turned out,” junior Cole Pleimann said. “A lot of people doubted our talent, and we proved those people wrong. The most important thing in any sport is to have fun, and that is exactly what we did. We built a community as a team and raised the standards of being a lawmen baseball player. We became a family throughout the year, and I could not ask for a better team.”

With the regular season coming to a close, the team learned a lot about themselves and what helps them win. 

“We learned that if anything goes wrong we will have each other’s backs,” junior Jeanero King said. “We knew if we played as a team and believed in each other, everything would come together.” 

Despite losing the last two regular season games, the team still had hopes heading into states.

“After a couple good practices after the losses, we were confident going into the first round of states,” sophomore Brian Goglia said. 

To start the tournament, the Lawmen got a 9-0 win in the first game fueled by a great pitching performance from senior captain Jaden Wywoda. 

“I felt our team played one of our best games yet,” Wywoda said. “Our defense made plays and I felt fantastic throwing. My slider was the best it was all year and I was able to locate my fastball wherever I wanted.”

The second game against Watertown was an 8-7 nail biter, where the team came back after being down 4-1. 

“I went in knowing that I had to keep the game where it was,” junior Aidan Ryan said. “After I got the final out of my first inning the bats woke up and it was a breath of fresh air. After that inning, I went in pitching with a lead but the fatigue soon got the best of me when I handed it over to Brian, who closed the game out and had one of the better performances of the year.”