Limestone grad Travis Lutz is drafted by Cleveland Guardians. Lutz has used his Limestone grit to go from ICC to Bradley to Lamar and now to the Guardians

PEORIA (25News Now) - Travis Lutz dreamed of playing pro baseball. He was not about to let missing a high school year during Covid stop that dream. Lutz showed a special athletic ability his senior year at Limestone when he played both football quarterback and baseball pitcher during the same wacky spring of high school sports. That grit plus a 96 miles-per-hour fastball earned him a 17th round draft selection from the Cleveland Guardians.

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