Lake Central’s Sofia Beals ‘makes everybody smile’ as she lights way to state. She has reason to smile too.

Lake Central senior Sofia Beals doesn’t much care where she plays. As long as she does play. So Beals has taken advantage of her first opportunity to be a full-time starter for the Indians this season. “I’ve kind of been all over the place,” she said. “It’s all right. Gotta get on the field.” Beals opened the season at second base. But the Roosevelt recruit has since taken ownership at first ...