The West Central high school baseball team finished their regular season with an 11-1 win over Canistota at home on Wednesday, May 13th.
CJ Den Boer scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Becket Everson added an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning for a 2-0 lead. Canistota picked up a run in the top of the fourth to cut the lead in half, 2-1. West Central got the run back in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Everson to make the score 3-1.
A big eight-run fifth inning would end the game on the 10-run rule for West Central. JT Steckley scored on an error. Cooper Ball had an RBI single. Hayden Whiting would score on a wild pitch. Ball and Den Boer would also score on an error for a 9-1 score. Evenson scored on another error, and Zach Lorang delivered the game-ending RBI single.
Everson finished with three singles and four RBIs. Nick Lorang had two hits. Ball ended with a single and two RBIs. Z. Lorang had a hit and an RBI. Den Boer, Gunnar Alfson, Steckley, and Whiting all had one hit each. Eli Koen added an RBI. Ashton Gebhard pitched five innings and allowed an earned run on three hits with a walk and a strikeout.
West Central finishes the regular season with a 13-1 record. Region tournament will be played on Monday, May 18th.
