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Gimme 5: Sully Lives for the Big Moments
Brother Rice baseball catcher Conor Sullivan looks to end Crusader career on a high. Then, he's off to Ave Maria next year to play in the collegiate ranks.
Brother Rice senior catcher Conor Sullivan wants to go out a champion.
With the IHSA baseball playoffs underway, he and his Crusader teammates will have that chance over the next few days and weeks. Brother Rice plays against Homewood-Flossmoor on Wednesday in a semifinal of the H-F Regional. On Monday, the Crusaders defeated Thornton 11-1.
“I’m going to look back and hopefully I’m satisfied with a state championship,” Sullivan said.
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Next year, Sullivan will be playing baseball at Ave Maria in Florida, an NAIA program. He will be rooming with fellow Brother Rice graduate P.J. Doherty, who will be playing football at Ave Maria.
Sullivan strives to get the big hit.
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“I like it when the game’s on the line: bases loaded, bottom of the seventh with a 3-2 count and I’m at the plate. I like pressure situations,” Sullivan said.
Who knows, he just might have the chance to get a game-winning hit in the coming weeks.
