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5 STAR GREAT LAKES CHIEFS

Elite Travel Baseball Development Based in Northwest Indiana

5 STAR HEADLINES

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Valparaiso’s Nolan Tucker hasn’t let hiccups slow him down

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5 Star Chief, Terry Busse Named Mid-Season All American by Perfect Game

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Former Chief, Kyle Iwinski named Big Ten Pitcher of the week!

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Crown Point graduate Jake DeFries ‘stealing’ the limelight at Georgia Gwinnett

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Former Chief, Logan Demkovich Named All-American by D3baseball

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Chief Product Logan Demkovich has 16 Homers and Counting this Year at Franklin College

RECRUITING NEWS

IVY TECH BASEBALL

Ivan Balboa

Ivy Tech College
Graduation Year: 2022
Hobart HS
DEPAUW BASEBALL

Jake Thometz

DePauw University
Graduation Year: 2022
Munster HS
PURDUE NORTHWEST BASEBALL

Owen Winters

PurdueΒ Northwest University
Graduation Year: 2022
Kouts HS
JOHN LOGAN BASEBALL

Ethan Knopf

John Logan College
Graduation Year: 2022
Lake Central HS
PURDUE NORTHWEST BASEBALL

Peyton Niksch

Purdue Northwest University
Graduation Year: 2022
Andrean HS
PURDUE NORTHWEST BASEBALL

Connor Pangburn

Purdue Northwest University
Graduation Year: 2022
Lake Central HS
INDIANA WESLEYAN BASEBALL

Gabe Stout

Indiana Wesleyan University
Graduation Year: 2022
Crown Point HS
FRONTIER BASEBALL

Trenton Hillier

Frontier Community College
Graduation Year: 2022
Boone Grove HS
HEIDELBERG BASEBALL

Colin Small

Heidelberg University
Graduation Year: 2022
Mount Carmel HS
LINCOLN TRAIL BASEBALL

Colin Horneman

Lincoln Trail College
Graduation Year: 2022
Mount Carmel HS

OUR MISSION

To recruit excellent talent and provide them with disciplined, well-organized, focused practices with superior instruction and place them in highly competitive opportunities to achieve principle-based success.

SOCIAL MEDIA

🧱? Who needs walls!? Interior demo starting on the old arcade building! What's going to be in it? A huge part will be our massive weight room after we expand the building another 75'! What else? Keep checking back!

Helluva weekend for the @5stargreatlakes family! Always play in the last game on Sunday!
2030 - Champions
2029 Gold - Runner Up
2029 Black - Runner Up
2028 Gold Amatulli - Champions
2028 Gold Batz - Runner Up
2027 Gold 2-0
2027 Black 1-1-1

Tuesday Tip: COMPETE! At everything!

3:30-5:00 cage membership
5:00-9:00 @5stargreatlakes
Team practice and hitting

Lesson all night long!

πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹ Bye bye mini-golf! Outdoor field and bullpens coming!

Lots going on tonight, get after it!

3:30-5:00 cage membership
5:00-9:00 @5stargreatlakes team practice and hitting
5:30-6:30 Speed training with Ciach Askew

Lessons, lessons, lessons!

Picture schedule tonight:
5:00 2028 Gold Amatulli
5:40 2031
6:20 2027 Black
7:00 2028 Gold Batz twitter.com/GLSportsHub/st…

Nobody does it better than @CineMagicMan and we are happy to have him back for day 2 of @5stargreatlakes team pictures!

3:30-5:00 cage membership
5:00-7:30 5 🌟 team practice and hitting

Lessons all night!

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2025 SS/RHP Xavier Carrera has a 6-foot-2, 185 pound frame. Standout performer at #INPAS23.

Well-sequenced swing that creates easy pop. Athletic actions at SS. Raw talent with upside. FB ⬆️ to 90.2.

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2025 RHP Grant Mercer has a 6-foot-4, 185 pound projectable frame. Standout performer at the #INPAS23.

Long, whippy arm w/ feel for hard, sharp SL. Long-limbed, uber projectable build. High ceiling for the RHP.

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Picture schedule for today (Tuesday 4/18)
5:00 2027 gold
5:40 2032
6:20 2028 black
7:00 2030
7:40 2029 gold
8:20 2029 black twitter.com/GLSportsHub/st…

Looking forward to having @CineMagicMan out tonight for pictures with @5stargreatlakes!

3:30-5 cage membership
5:00-9:00 5 🌟 team practice and hitting

Lessons all night!

A little Monday Motivation for ya ⬇️

3:30-5:00 cage membership
6:00-7:00 speed trainingbwith Coach Askew

Tons of lessons (Infield ⚾️ & πŸ₯Ž, hitting, pitching, mental performance)!

Tuesday Tip O the Day: Practice visualization in your pre-game and in-game routines!

3:30-5:00 cage membership
5:00-9:00 @5stargreatlakes team practice and hitting

Lessons all night!