Sports
Gimme 5: Providence Baseball's Kutsulis Knows Big Games
As one of only two juniors who started regularly on last spring's 37-4 team, Providence's Zak Kutsulis knows he'll have a bigger role next season.
Back in June, Zak Kutsulis was in right field as Providence advanced to the Class 4A state baseball finals, taking second place and bringing a trophy to the school for the first time since 1982.
Five years prior, Kutsulis was in South Williamsport, Pa., helping the Lemont Little League team advance all the way to the semifinals. They became the first team from Illinois since 1992 to advance to the Little League World Series and just the 14th since it began in 1947.
Needless to say, Kutsulis has played in a lot of big games, even though he just turned 17 on May 10.
Find out what's happening in New Lenoxfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Heading into his senior year of high school, Kutsulis will play an even bigger role for the Celtics next spring since they graduated nearly all of their starters.
Kutsulis played for Providence during the summer season and has been especially busy with his Illinois Sparks travel team, which has taken him to countless cities. He’s also had the opportunity to continue playing with Dan Wetzel and Sean Carroll, who were Celtics on the spring team.
