OZARK — Quiet and humble, Springfield Catholic star pitcher Ben Smith led a silent Fightin' Irish squad to the bus after their state semifinal game.
Everyone around him walked so quietly to the point where you would have questioned if it was the team that won 11-0 in a run-rule five-inning outing. But it was, in fact, the Fightin' Irish who dominated and will play for a state championship on Thursday.
"It was a little anti-climatic," Smith said. "We just went out there and we did our thing. I thought we kind of expected this out of us today.