It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Millard West ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ethan Cole
| 04/19/25 @ Papillion-LaVista | 7 |
| 04/12/25 vs Lincoln East | 6 |
| 04/12/24 vs Creighton Prep | 4 |
| 03/29/25 @ Blue Valley | 3 |
| 04/04/24 vs Millard North | 3 |
Millard West got a great performance from Ethan Cole as he struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Those seven strikeouts gave Cole a new career-high.
At the plate, Tyson Meier was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Kidd, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances.
The victory was the third in a row for Millard West, bringing their record up to 10-8. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Papillion-LaVista, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-6.
Millard West didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 8-1 defeat against Papillion-LaVista South on the 19th. As for Papillion-LaVista, they will challenge Lincoln East on Monday. The Monarchs' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Spartans have averaged an impressive 9.6 runs per game this season.
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