It may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Elkhorn South ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs. Three seems to be a good number for Elkhorn South as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Ryan Siemek and
Fletcher Pettid, who scored all three of Elkhorn South's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
The victory was the third in a row for Elkhorn South, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those three contests. As for Papillion-LaVista, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-4.
Elkhorn South will be playing at home against Benson at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Benson's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end. As for Papillion-LaVista, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Omaha Westside at 7:00 p.m. Omaha Westside will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
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