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Clark senior Drew Polak is the Pioneers' top pitcher and one of the team's strongest hitters.(PHOTO) (BRIAN PIERRO/POST-TRIBUNE)

Pat Montalbano and the Clark Pioneers know what people think. They know people scoff at their 14-0 conference record. They know people demean their accomplishments. They know how they're perceived by the region's elite teams. "I know everybody looks at the LAC Blue as the weaker sister," said Montalbano, Clark's first-year coach. "We hear it. We see what people say on the Internet. They say we don't play anybody."

Well, Clark gets to play somebody now. And the Pioneers hope to silence the doubters at ...

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