Baseball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for Kearney

Bearcats

Previous Games

05/10/25 vs Grand Island	7-4
05/09/25 vs Omaha North	10-1
05/06/25 vs Burke	3-2
05/03/25 vs Norfolk	3-1
05/02/25 vs Hastings	9-0
+ 2 more games

Kearney faced Grand Island in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Bearcats came out on top against the Islanders by a score of 7-4. The win was nothing new for the Bearcats as they're now sitting on seven straight.

Derrick Nonhof looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Kearney let Gunner DeMilt and Tysen Cabela run wild. DeMilt went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double, while Cabela went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs. That's the most hits Cabela has posted over his last 15 matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Bentz, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.

Kearney's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-9. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Grand Island, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 18-9.

As of now, neither Kearney nor the Islanders have any future games scheduled.