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Papillion- LaVista South Wins Bellevue West Tourney with Bougher's No Hitter Saturday, May 2, 2009 |
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Photo by Michael Godsil Front row (l-r): Justin Rodgers, Caleb Palensky, Thomas Albert (with batboy Colin Lynam), Josh Homme, (batboy Cade Lynam), Evan Connell, Mike Janousek. Middle row: Assistant Coach Jamie Glover, Eli Nelson, Jered Talty, Brian Donohoe, David Perez, Beau Suponchick, Stephen Bougher, Mike Pettigrew, Assistant Coach Joe Cooley. Back row: Bob Greco, Deric Barber, Mathias Godsil, Will Ryan, Justin Paul, Head Coach Bill Lynam. (Not pictured: Ethan Schroeder) |
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The Papillion-LaVista Titans (25-4) claimed the Championship of the 2009 Bellevue West Invitational Tournament Saturday on the strength of two complete game shutout performances by senior pitchers Stephen Bougher and Eli Nelson. Bougher, a senior righthander, threw his fourth straight shutout in a no-hitter against Class B #1 Elkhorn. Evan Connell, Brian Donohoe, Eli Nelson, and Stephen Bougher led the offensive attack for the Titans, combining for eight hits and five runs batted in as the Titans blanked the Antlers, 6-0, for the title.
The Titans qualified for the Championship Game on Nelson's four-hitter in a 7-0 semifinal win over Bellevue East Saturday morning. Nelson helped himself with a hit and a run batted in, and Bougher was two-for-two with a run batted in. The only runs scored against the Titans in three tournament games were in a 8-3 opening round win over Omaha South.
Elkhorn finished runner-up with victories over Omaha North and Bryan by scores of 15-5 and 9-7 respectively. Bellevue East welcomed Danny Pierce back to the mound on Saturday as the senior earned a save in one inning of relief of starter Joe Witkowsky who earned the 5-4 win over Bryan in the third place game. It was Pierce's first appearance of the season following labrum surgery last fall. Central took fifth in the tournament with a 9-4 win over Bellevue West Saturday. And, in the seventh place game, Omaha North handed Omaha South their nineteenth straight loss of the season.
Saturday's two losses were costly for Omaha Bryan who entered the day in ninth place in the Wild Card race behind Grand Island. The Islanders split with Lincoln North Star in a doubleheader Saturday.
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