{"id":3156,"date":"2026-04-15T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:24:19","slug":"west-central-baseball-squeaks-by-sioux-falls-christian-for-third-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/04\/15\/west-central-baseball-squeaks-by-sioux-falls-christian-for-third-win\/","title":{"rendered":"West Central Baseball Squeaks by Sioux Falls Christian for Third Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1064\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo-150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WCBA_Logo.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The West Central high school baseball team earned a slim 3-1 win over Sioux Falls Christian on Wednesday, April 15th in Sioux Falls.\u00a0 The win moved West Central to 3-0 on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team scored in the first two innings of the game.\u00a0 Gunnar Alfson drove home the first run of the game on a double in the top of the third inning.\u00a0 The score remained 1-0 until the top of the sixth.\u00a0 Zach Lorang had an RBI single, and Nick Lorang scored on an error to give West Central a 3-0 advantage.\u00a0 Sioux Falls Christian got one run in the bottom of the sixth.\u00a0 The Chargers only got one runner on base in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Alfson finished with a double and an RBI.\u00a0 Z. 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