LAPEL, Ind. — Gavin Noble said he was shaking in his cleats.
Walking out of the dugout, Noble was approached by several of his teammates who tried to calm him down. As he got closer to the batter's box, head coach Brian Dudley and assistants Jason Dudley and Jonathan Riddle came up to him and told him to swing at the first good pitch he saw.
Wapahani had runners on first and second with one out. The Raiders trailed 2-1 after senior Caleb Henderson drove in sophomore Gavin Lash, who reached first on an error, for their first run of the game.