“The fact is that they’ve committed to something and the easiest thing to do is quit. “Those kids are the ones that go on and are successful adults,” says Roberts. Over the years, the coach has had young men come out that were not very good players but they came back year after year. Typically, Roberts has about 18 players to fill varsity and junior varsity rosters. The Senators were 1A state champions in 2021 and state runners-up in 2019. Washington Township has won 10 sectional titles - all since 1999 and the last in 2021. The Senators are part of an IHSAA Class 1A sectional grouping in 2023 with Bowman Leadership Academy, DeMotte Christian, Hammond Science & Technology, Kouts and Morgan Township. The PCC crowns round robin and tournament champions. Washington Township (enrollment around 260) is a member of the Porter County Conference (with Boone Grove, Hebron, Kouts, Morgan Township, South Central of Union Mills, Tri-Township and Westville). ![]() ![]() “Striking out has to be a fate worse than death.” Roberts, who has been head coach at Washington Township since the 1996 season, says hitting is hard and “bunting is just desire” and catching the ball with the bat. “More often than not those routine plays are what costs the game.” “But you’ve got to put the ball in play (with a bunt or a swing) and make (the defense) make the plays. “I just wished we didn’t have to,” says Randy Roberts. Randy’s father, Norman Roberts, who died in April, used to pester his son about all the bunting. ![]() The Randy Roberts-coached Senators went 27-7 without leaving the yard one time. Washington Township won the IHSAA Class 1A state baseball title in 2021 without hitting a single home run during the season.
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