If Ty Cobb played for the Lake baseball team, he would feel right at home. The Detroit Tiger and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee played over 100 years ago, but his forte was hitting and stealing bases during a dead ball era when those two attributes were important to winning. Those attributes are still important, even though the ball may be a little livelier and metal bats have replaced wood bats at the amateur level. In 60 base stealing attempts, Lake base runners have been caught only four times. It is one element that has propelled the Flyers into first place in the Northern Buckeye Conference at 12-5 overall and 5-1 in the league after a 5-0 shutout win over Elmwood Wednesday. They are trying to “defend” their 2019 title, when they finished 27-1 overall and a perfect 14-0 in the NBC, and they are doing it with a handful of seniors and 10 juniors.
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Tyler Saffran gets it done on both sides of the ball Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 9:19pm
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Lake two-way standout Tyler Saffran. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/www.HEHphotos.smugmug.com)
Lake senior Tyler Saffran can play just about anywhere on the gridiron, and he proved it this year. Saffran is the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Defensive Player of the Year, but he was also runner-up for Offensive POY behind Northwood quarterback Jay Moten. On defense from his free safety position, Saffran had 26 solo tackles, 46 assists, two tackles for a loss, but what coaches noticed the most was his five pass break-ups and six interceptions.
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