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Class A Friday: Millard North, Elkhorn South one win from final
Class A state softball Friday roundup: six games, four teams left.
HASTINGS, Neb. — Six Class A games on Friday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex cut the field from eight teams to four. Millard North and Elkhorn South are unbeaten, and Millard West and Lincoln Southwest are alive with one loss each.
Winners bracket: No. 1 Millard North (30-4 entering the tournament) beat No. 4 Millard West 9-1 in six innings. J. Severson pitched a five-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks, A. Beard homered, and J. Pokorny and T. Kampbell each drove in three. No. 3 Elkhorn South beat No. 2 Lincoln Southwest 6-4 by scoring all six of its runs in the fifth inning, three of them on a P. Spencer homer. O. Songster went the distance.
First elimination games: No. 5 Papillion-La Vista beat No. 8 Elkhorn North 11-3 in five innings. The Monarchs drew 10 walks, and A. Bergren drove in three and got the win in the circle. No. 7 Lincoln East beat No. 6 Omaha Westview 10-8 after blowing a 7-0 lead and going back ahead in the fourth. Westview's A. Schaefer hit two homers and drove in six. L. McPike drove in four for Lincoln East, and P. Sandy homered.
Second elimination games: Lincoln Southwest trailed Papillion-La Vista 5-1 entering the sixth and scored five times to win 6-5. M. Coatman and M. McCarty homered, and B. Pribnow pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings for the win. Millard West then eliminated Lincoln East 5-3 behind L. Garcia's complete game, with V. Hanlon's two-run double the big hit.
Pitching loads: Several aces worked twice. Garcia threw 205 pitches over two games, Lincoln East's L. Bednar threw 213, and McCarty threw 215 over 12 1/3 innings.
Eliminated Friday: Elkhorn North, Omaha Westview, Papillion-La Vista and Lincoln East.
Saturday: Millard North plays Lincoln Southwest in Game 11 at 10:00 a.m. on Field #2, and Elkhorn South plays Millard West in Game 13 at 10:00 a.m. on Field #3. The one-loss teams have to win twice, with Games 12 and 14 played only if necessary. The Class A champion is decided in Game 15 on Monday at 7:00 p.m. at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln.
Sources: NSAA official box scores, Class A, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (posted 8:45 p.m. CT, via NSAA Softball Championships HQ); NSAA Class A bracket sheet, retrieved Oct. 16, 2026, 9:48 p.m. CT. Innings are noted only where NSAA's results data marks them.
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