The West Central high school baseball team rolled to a big win over Howard, 16-0, on Wednesday, April 22nd. West Central scored in every inning but one.
Beckett Everson scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first for an early 1-0 lead. After a scoreless second inning, Everson and JT Steckley each had two-run doubles to extend the lead to 5-0. West Central added six more runs in the top of the fourth highlighted by a three-run home run from Gunnar Alfson. They would put five more runs on the board in the top of the fifth for a 16-0 score. The game ended on the 10-run rule after the bottom of the fifth.
Alfson had three hits, one a home run, and four RBIs. Everson had two hits, including a double, with three RBIs. Ashton Gebhard had two singles and three RBIs. Taten Van Overbeke also had two hits with an RBI. Nick Lorang had a single and a double. Steckley and Eli Koehn both added a double and two RBIs.
Van Overbeke pitched three innings and allowed a hit and a walk with five strikeouts. Carson Johnson threw two innings and allowed a hit and struck out four batters.
