{"id":3208,"date":"2026-05-04T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:52:31","slug":"west-central-high-school-baseball-suffers-first-loss-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/05\/04\/west-central-high-school-baseball-suffers-first-loss-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"West Central High School Baseball Suffers First Loss of Season"},"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 team suffered their first loss of the season, 13-4, at home against Lennox on Monday, May 4th.<\/p>\n<p>Lennox scored a run right away in the top of the first.\u00a0 They added four runs in the top of the third and then had a big five-run inning in the top of the fourth for a 10-0 lead.\u00a0 Gunnar Alfson had an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, and JT Steckley reached based on a dropped third strike that happened to score Nick Lorang and Alfson to make the score 10-3.\u00a0 After a scoreless fourth inning, Lennox added four runs in the top of the fifth.\u00a0 The game ended on the 10-run rule after the bottom of the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Alfson had a single and an RBI.\u00a0 Steckley added a double, and CJ Den Boer had a single.\u00a0 Alfson pitched three innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.\u00a0 Hayden Whiting also pitched three innings and allowed four runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.\u00a0 Carson Johnson allowed five earned runs on two hits and two walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Central high school team suffered their first loss of the season, 13-4, at home against Lennox on Monday, May 4th. 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