On Saturday, Creighton Prep faced Papillion-LaVista in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Creighton Prep Junior Jays walked away with a 4-1 win over the Papillion-LaVista Monarchs. The victory was nothing new for Creighton Prep as they're now sitting on five straight.
John Lisec tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Henry Bartholomew, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tony Coniglio, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Papillion-LaVista's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tanner Apgar, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Creighton Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 20-12 record this season. As for Papillion-LaVista, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-9.
Creighton Prep will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Bellevue West at 11:30 a.m. Bellevue West's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Creighton Prep's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Papillion-LaVista does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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