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Bennington Waverly

Badgers

Vikings

The Waverly (NE) varsity baseball team won Monday's home conference game against Bennington (NE) by a score of 7-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bennington	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3
Waverly	0	5	1	0	1	0	-	7	8	1

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Game Stats

Waverly (25-26)

Bennington

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.269	32	26	2	7	2
2	Brendon Da Luz (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0
4	Myles Gifford (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
7	Gabe Nickel (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	2
13	Kellen MInarik (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0
17	Braydan Kloster (Jr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0
18	Noah Langford (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	0
22	Carson Kortan (Sr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0
23	Charlie Swoboda (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0
25	Brett Langan (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0

Waverly

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.286	31	28	7	8	6	1
1	Zach McElhose (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
2	Carsen Malcolm (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
3	Trevor Roesler (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
4	Crew Verkamp (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	0
5	Tyler Gilsdorf (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
6	Colt Kerchal (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
12	C. Nienhueser (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
13	Landon Vachal (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
18	Cy Dewing (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0
	Caleb Rine (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	1

Bennington

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	7	1	9	.406	.269	.675
2	Brendon Da Luz (Jr)	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500
4	Myles Gifford (Sr)	1	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
7	Gabe Nickel (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
13	Kellen MInarik (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
17	Braydan Kloster (Jr)	0	1	1	5	.000	.000	.000
18	Noah Langford (Sr)	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
22	Carson Kortan (Sr)	2	1	0	2	.667	.000	.667
23	Charlie Swoboda (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
25	Brett Langan (Jr)	1	3	0	2	.250	.000	.250

Waverly

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	8	3	6	.355	.321	.676
1	Zach McElhose (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
2	Carsen Malcolm (Jr)	0	2	0	5	.250	.250	.500
3	Trevor Roesler (Sr)	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
4	Crew Verkamp (Sr)	1	1	0	0	.500	.333	.833
5	Tyler Gilsdorf (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
6	Colt Kerchal (Sr)	0	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000
12	C. Nienhueser (Jr)	0	2	0	3	.250	.250	.500
18	Cy Dewing (Jr)	1	0	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
	Caleb Rine (Jr)	1	1	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667

Bennington

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
17	Braydan Kloster (Jr)	1

Waverly

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
2	Carsen Malcolm (Jr)	1
13	Landon Vachal (Sr)	1

Bennington

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.846	26	18	4	4
2	Brendon Da Luz (Jr)	.500	2	0	1	1
4	Myles Gifford (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
7	Gabe Nickel (Jr)	.000	2	0	0	2
12	Connor Smith (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
13	Kellen MInarik (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
17	Braydan Kloster (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
18	Noah Langford (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
22	Carson Kortan (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
25	Brett Langan (Jr)	.800	5	4	0	1

Waverly

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.960	25	21	3	1	1
2	Carsen Malcolm (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
4	Crew Verkamp (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1	0
5	Tyler Gilsdorf (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0	1
6	Colt Kerchal (Sr)	1.000	9	8	1	0	0
18	Cy Dewing (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
	Caleb Rine (Jr)	1.000	4	3	1	0	0

Bennington

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	4.67	1	.000	1
12	Connor Smith (Jr)	7.00	1	.000	1
24	Max Swoboda (So)	0.00	0		1

Waverly

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
10	Jesse Wall (Sr)	0		1
12	C. Nienhueser (Jr)	1	1.000	1

Bennington

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	7	4	3	8	31	28
12	Connor Smith (Jr)	4	5	6	4	3	4	22	19
24	Max Swoboda (So)	2	2	1	0	0	4	9	9

Waverly

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	6	7	32	26
10	Jesse Wall (Sr)	2	0	0	1	2	7	6
12	C. Nienhueser (Jr)	5	6	2	5	5	25	20

Bennington

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.250	.323	2	108	1	1
12	Connor Smith (Jr)	.263	.364	0	76	1	1
24	Max Swoboda (So)	.222	.222	2	32	0	0

Waverly

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.375	2	133	1
10	Jesse Wall (Sr)	.000	.143	0	26	0
12	C. Nienhueser (Jr)	.300	.440	2	107	1

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Baseball - Bennington loses to Waverly

April 6, 2026: Waverly, NE 68462

The Bennington Badgers baseball team (Bennington, NE), was overwhelmed 7-2 in Monday's league challenge with the host Waverly Vikings (Waverly, NE)

The Vikings now own a 7-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to Nebraska City for a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 9. Waverly will clash with a Pioneers team coming off a 5-2 non-league loss to Seward (Seward, NE). The Pioneers record now stands at 3-7.

With the defeat, Bennington drops to 8-3 on the year. The Badgers host Gross Catholic (Omaha, NE) to clash with the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 7. The Cougars go into the challenge with a record of 9-0. Gross Catholic won 9-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Blair (Blair, NE)

Players of the Game

Bennington (25-26)

Bennington has not selected any Players of the Game.

Waverly (25-26)

Congratulations to #12 Codey Nienhueser for being selected the Waverly Baseball Player of the Game.

Bennington @ Waverly Baseball Game Info

Mon., Apr. 6, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Waverly (NE) varsity baseball team won Monday's home conference game against Bennington (NE) by a score of 7-2.

Rankings & Records

Bennington (25-26)

NE	Class
14	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
19-9	1-2	10-3	9-6	.679	.333	183	100

Waverly (25-26)

NE	Class
22	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
16-11	5-3	7-5	9-6	.593	.625	155	134

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Bennington	.6	.7	1.5	.6	1.3	1.0	1.3	0	0	.5	1.0	6.5	8.3	1.4
Waverly	.7	.9	1.4	1.1	.6	1.2	.7	0	.5	0	.5	5.7	7.9	2.5

Head-to-Head

Waverly won on 4/6/2026

4/6 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Bennington 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3
Waverly 0 5 1 0 1 0 - 7 8 1

The Bennington (NE) varsity baseball team lost Monday's away conference game against Waverly (NE) by a score of 7-2.
Box score
Bennington won on 4/16/2026

4/16 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Bennington 0 3 2 0 1 0 6 12 17 1
Waverly 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 7 3

The Bennington (NE) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away tournament game against Waverly (NE) by a score of 12-5.
Box score

4/16 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bennington	0	3	2	0	1	0	6	12	17	1
Waverly	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	7	3

Team Stat Comparison

Bennington		Waverly
.300	Batting Average	.281
.418	On Base Percentage	.383
.400	Slugging Percentage	.383
.942	Fielding Percentage	.899
.704	Win Loss Percentage	.684

Team Leaders

Bennington		Waverly	National Avg.
#23 Charlie Swoboda.367	Batting Average	#14 Maddox Hasenkamp.500	.243
#13 Kellen MInarik.504	On Base Percentage	#10 Jesse Wall1.000	.385
#12 Connor Smith.525	Slugging Percentage	#17 Caleb Jueneman1.000	.312
#1 Dominic Driggs1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Jesse Wall1.000	.859
#1 Dominic Driggs1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#4 Crew Verkamp1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bennington	13-6		Waverly	15-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/19/26	Lincoln Northwest	Bennington	(W) 10-0	3/30/26	Lincoln Northwest	Waverly	(W) 11-2
3/20/26	Bennington	Crete	(W) 16-3	4/21/26	Crete	Waverly	(W) 2-0
3/21/26	Bennington	Mount Michael Benedictine	(W) 1-0	4/20/26	Waverly	Mount Michael Benedictine	(W) 16-6
3/23/26	Nebraska City	Bennington	(W) 12-3	4/9/26	Waverly	Nebraska City	(W) 10-0
3/26/26	Bennington	Standing Bear	(L) 3-2	3/27/26	Waverly	Standing Bear	(W) 3-1
				4/4/26	Waverly	Standing Bear	(W) 3-1
				4/14/26	Standing Bear	Waverly	(W) 9-6
3/30/26	Platteview	Bennington	(W) 5-0	3/23/26	Waverly	Platteview	(W) 8-3
3/31/26	Gretna East	Bennington	(W) 3-2	5/4/26	Waverly	Gretna East	(L) 6-0
4/14/26	Gretna East	Bennington	(W) 8-7
4/2/26	Bennington	Gretna	(L) 4-3	4/17/26	Gretna	Waverly	(L) 7-3
4/9/26	Bennington	Hastings	(W) 9-8	4/11/26	Waverly	Hastings	(W) 3-1
4/10/26	Pius X	Bennington	(L) 10-1	3/28/26	Waverly	Pius X	(W) 17-3 (F)
				4/28/26	Pius X	Waverly	(W) 3-2
4/17/26	Norris	Bennington	(W) 10-7	4/24/26	Waverly	Norris	(W) 8-5
4/30/26	Norris	Bennington	(W) 14-2	5/1/26	Waverly	Norris	(W) 8-4
5/8/26	Norris	Bennington	(W) 5-3
4/18/26	Bennington	Elkhorn	(L) 3-2	3/31/26	Waverly	Elkhorn	(L) 5-2
4/20/26	Elkhorn North	Bennington	(L) 2-1	3/19/26	Waverly	Elkhorn North	(L) 5-1
				5/8/26	Waverly	Elkhorn North	(L) 15-4
4/21/26	Bennington	Ralston	(W) 8-4	3/21/26	Ralston	Waverly	(L) 9-5
4/24/26	Bennington	Westview	(L) 5-4	3/21/26	Westview	Waverly	(L) 5-4
4/24/26	Bennington	Wahoo/Bishop Neumann	(W) 8-2	3/24/26	Wahoo/Bishop Neumann	Waverly	(W) 8-4
				5/7/26	Wahoo/Bishop Neumann	Waverly	(W) 8-7

Record Breakdown

Bennington (25-26)		Waverly (25-26)
19-9	Overall	16-11
3-2	League	6-4
14-6	Non-League	6-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
13-6	Common Opponent	15-7
10-3	Home	7-5
9-6	Away	9-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
19-9	In-State	16-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0