On Saturday, Papillion-LaVista faced Elkhorn South in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Elkhorn South Storm. The Monarchs' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Toria Rother was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in batting average. The team also got some help courtesy of Maizey Carpenter, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Papillion-LaVista's loss dropped their record down to 10-3. As for Elkhorn South, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Papillion-LaVista will host Gretna East at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Papillion-LaVista is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season. As for Elkhorn South, they are on the road again on Monday to play Pius X.
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