On Friday, Papillion-LaVista faced Kearney in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs skirted past the Kearney Bearcats 6-4. The win was nothing new for the Monarchs as they're now sitting on three straight.
Carly Bertolini spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on eight hits and racked up eight Ks. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in August.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Maizey Carpenter, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Elli Ridgely, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Papillion-LaVista didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kearney only tossed a.
Papillion-LaVista has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Kearney, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 13-7 record.
Papillion-LaVista will challenge Millard North at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Kearney, they will take on Lincoln Southeast at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Kearney is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
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