Elkhorn South and Papillion-LaVista are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2017, but not for long. The Elkhorn South Storm will head out on the road to face off against the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, Elkhorn South suffered a tough 74-54 loss at the hands of Pius X. Even though they lost, Elkhorn South's still made a splash on offense and bumped their average scoring up to 51 points per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Elkhorn South's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Aidan Skradis, who scored 22 points along with 5 rebounds, and Owen Musil who scored 16 points. Skradis scored a full 40.7% of Elkhorn South's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, Papillion-LaVista was the victim of a tough 58-38 defeat at the hands of Creighton Prep on Saturday. Papillion-LaVista has struggled against Creighton Prep recently, as their contest on Saturday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Papillion-LaVista's loss came about despite a quality game from Brock Rahl, who scored 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Garin Maley, who scored 4 points along with 5 rebounds.
The losses dropped Elkhorn South to 0-2 and Pius X to 1-1.
Elkhorn South beat Papillion-LaVista 80-69 in their previous matchup back in February. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Papillion-LaVista's Chase Williams, who scored 19 points along with 8 rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Elkhorn South to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
