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Central City/Centura Elkhorn North

Kernels

The Elkhorn North (Elkhorn, NE) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Central City/Centura (Central City, NE) by a score of 5-2.

This game is a part of the "2022 NSAA State Baseball Championships (Nebraska) - Class B " tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central City/Centura	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Elkhorn North	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	9	1

Final score provided by J. Taylor.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Elkhorn North (21-22)

Central City/Centura

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.292	28	24	2	7	1	2
2	Carter Noakes (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	1
4	Grant Pickrel (Sr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
5	B. Caspersen (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2	0	0
8	Bryce Gorecki (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1
9	Blake Jensen (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
10	Nolan Hurt (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jakob Ruhl (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
17	Kellen Fries (Jr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0	0
18	Ashton Gragg (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0

Elkhorn North

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	32	27	5	9	5	2
1	N. Cunningham (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	1
2	Trey Wells (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
3	Ethan Edwards (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Colin Nowaczyk (So)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0
12	Luke Tillman (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	2	1
15	Jett Grossart (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
18	Isaiah Miller (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
20	Drew Harper (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Easton Mains (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	1	0
24	Chris Thiessen (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0

Central City/Centura

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	2	5	.393	.375	.768
2	Carter Noakes (Jr)	0	1	0	3	.500	.750	1.250
4	Grant Pickrel (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
5	B. Caspersen (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
8	Bryce Gorecki (Sr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.666	1.000
9	Blake Jensen (So)	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
10	Nolan Hurt (Jr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
14	Jakob Ruhl (Fr)	0	1	1	1	.333	.000	.333
17	Kellen Fries (Jr)	1	0	1	0	.667	.000	.667
18	Ashton Gragg (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666

Elkhorn North

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	1	2	1	1	6	.355	.407	.762
1	N. Cunningham (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
2	Trey Wells (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.250	.250	.500
3	Ethan Edwards (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
11	Colin Nowaczyk (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
12	Luke Tillman (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.000	1.333
15	Jett Grossart (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
18	Isaiah Miller (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
22	Easton Mains (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.666	1.167
24	Chris Thiessen (So)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500

Baserunning

Central City/Centura has not entered any baserunning stats.

Elkhorn North

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
11	Colin Nowaczyk (So)	1
22	Easton Mains (Sr)	1

Central City/Centura

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.900	30	21	6	3
2	Carter Noakes (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
4	Grant Pickrel (Sr)	.833	6	5	0	1
5	B. Caspersen (Jr)	.750	4	0	3	1
8	Bryce Gorecki (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
9	Blake Jensen (So)	1.000	5	5	0	0
14	Jakob Ruhl (Fr)	.750	4	2	1	1
17	Kellen Fries (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Elkhorn North

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.967	30	21	8	1	1
1	N. Cunningham (Sr)	1.000	5	4	1	0	1
2	Trey Wells (Sr)	1.000	10	7	3	0	0
11	Colin Nowaczyk (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0	1
12	Luke Tillman (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
14	Carson Ripley (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
15	Jett Grossart (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
18	Isaiah Miller (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3	0	1
22	Easton Mains (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0

Central City/Centura

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	0	1	.000	1				0
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	3.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Elkhorn North

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
14	Carson Ripley (Jr)	0		1
19	Kyler Hanson (Jr)	1	1.000	1

Central City/Centura

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	3	1	2			0	32	30
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	7	7	5	3	1	2			0	32	30

Elkhorn North

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	2	6	28	24
14	Carson Ripley (Jr)	4.2	6	2	2	1	20	17
19	Kyler Hanson (Jr)	2.1	0	0	0	5	8	7

Central City/Centura

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.233	.281	0	1			104	0	0	0
23	Kale Jensen (Sr)	.233	.281	0	1			104	0	0	0

Elkhorn North

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.357	2	101
14	Carson Ripley (Jr)	.353	.450	1	63
19	Kyler Hanson (Jr)	.000	.125	1	38

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Elkhorn North's stats are presented by GameChanger: live mobile scorekeeping for baseballGameChanger Media, Inc (ai)

Game Story

Nebraska High School Baseball - Central City/Fullerton/Centura loses to Elkhorn North

May 18, 2022: Central City, NE

The Central City/Fullerton/Centura Kernels baseball team (Central City, NE), 5-2 in Wednesday's non-league outing with the visiting Elkhorn North (Elkhorn, NE)

The now hold a 22-11 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Skutt Catholic for a non-league outing on Friday, May 20. Elkhorn North will confront a SkyHawks team coming off a 7-5 non-league win over Waverly (Waverly, NE). The SkyHawks record now stands at 21-7.

Rankings & Records

Central City/Centura (21-22)

NE	Class
21	7

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
22-4	12-1	8-1	2-2	.846	240	92

Elkhorn North (21-22)

NE	Class
6	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
24-11	1-4	12-4	7-6	5-1	.686	.200	235	159

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Central City/Centura	1.8	2.1	1.3	1.5	1.6	.9	1.1	0	1.0	-	9.2	8.7	1.4
Elkhorn North	1.2	.6	.9	1.5	.8	1.2	.6	1.7	0	2.5	6.7	8.8	1.1

Team Stat Comparison

Central City/Centura		Elkhorn North
.339	Batting Average	.325
.447	On Base Percentage	.400
.482	Slugging Percentage	.422
.942	Fielding Percentage	.948
.846	Win Loss Percentage	.706

Team Leaders

Central City/Centura		Elkhorn North	National Avg.
#5 Bosten Caspersen.437	Batting Average	#21 Rowan Leahy.500	.249
#23 Kale Jensen.548	On Base Percentage	#25 Drew Broady1.000	.375
#23 Kale Jensen.769	Slugging Percentage	#21 Rowan Leahy1.000	.315
#10 Nolan Hurt1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Luke Tillman1.000	.857
#18 Ashton Gragg1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#19 Kyler Hanson1.000	.539

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central City/Centura	6-2		Elkhorn North	7-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/31/22	Central City/Centura	Adams Central	(W) 6-3	4/9/22	Adams Central	Elkhorn North	(L) 6-3
4/26/22	Adams Central	Central City/Centura	(W) 8-7
4/14/22	Central City/Centura	Malcolm	(W) 8-7	5/9/22	Malcolm	Elkhorn North	(W) 10-0
4/23/22	Malcolm	Central City/Centura	(W) 7-6
4/21/22	Central City/Centura	Platte Valley	(L) 3-2	4/2/22	Platte Valley	Elkhorn North	(W) 6-0
4/25/22	Central City/Centura	Lincoln Christian	(W) 9-5	4/20/22	Elkhorn North	Lincoln Christian	(W) 8-1
5/14/22	Beatrice	Central City/Centura	(L) 8-1	3/31/22	Beatrice	Elkhorn North	(W) 2-1
5/17/22	Elkhorn	Central City/Centura	(W) 8-2	3/21/22	Elkhorn	Elkhorn North	(W) 6-3
				4/15/22	Elkhorn	Elkhorn North	(W) 3-1
				5/16/22	Elkhorn	Elkhorn North	(W) 12-8

Record Breakdown

Central City/Centura (21-22)		Elkhorn North (21-22)
22-4	Overall	24-11
0-0	League	1-4
18-1	Non-League	15-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-2	Common Opponent	7-1
12-1	Home	12-4
8-1	Away	7-6
2-2	Neutral	5-1
2-3	Playoff	5-1
22-4	In-State	24-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0