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Statement  prompts  win






           In  his  final  season  with  Ralston                                           quote  made  by  the  Bellevue  coach  in
       High,  senior  Dale  Kistaitis  said  he                                            the  Omaha  World-Herald,  but  that  is
       planned  making  a  career  out  of                                                 what got us fired up for the Northwest
       baseball,  and  attending  UNL  in  the                                             game.”  The  coach  stated  that  North­
       fall.  Kistaitis was ranked as one of the                                           west was in  a  class  all  by themselves,
       top  pitchers  in  the  state.  Although                                            and then there was the rest of us. (ball
       Kistaitis  was  the  winning  pitcher  of                                           teams) That’s what prompted the win.
       the  Northwest  game,  he  felt  that  his                                              Senior  Pat  Leinen  injured  him­
       best  game  was  against  Westside.                                                 self in the Northwest game, which put
       Kistaitis  averaged  10  strikeouts  per                                            him  out  of  commission  for  a  while,
       game  and  when  he  was  at  bat,  he                                              but  that  didn’t  stop  the  scouts  from
       averaged  .415.                                                                     looking.  During  the  Northwest  game,
           Ralston  upset  Northwest  in  dis­                                             Leinen  was  injured  when  he  slipped
       trict  competition.  The  Bellevue  East                                            over  the  plate  and  fractured  a  bone
       coach  apparently  made  a  statement,                                              in  his  foot  and  stretched  a  tendon.
       which  may  have  been  the  cause  for      Senior Dale K istaitis winds up to throw   Leinen  was  the  lead-off  hitter,  and
       the  win.  “I  didn’t  think  much  of  the  another  strike.                       held  an  average  of  .368.
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                                                                    Millard  South                              5          4
                                                                    Burke                                       4          3
                                                                    Gross                                       7          6
                                                                    Papillion                                   8          1
                                                                    Papillion                                  10          7
                                                                    Westside                                    9          0
                                                                    Lincoln  SE                                 9          1
                                                                    Prep                                        2          1
                                                                    Bellevue  West                              6          3
                                                                    Bellevue  East                              6          9
                                                                    South                                      12          4
                                                                    Burke                                       6          0
                                                                    Northwest                                   5          2
                                                                    Northwest                                   2         13
                                                                    Benson                                     16          6
                                                                    Central                                    13          6
                                                                    Northwest                                   3          4
                                                                    Millard  North                              5         11
                                                                    Federal  Division                          1st
                                                                    District                                  2nd
                                                                    State                            2nd  in  ratings
                                                                                     Junior  Varsity  Baseball
                                                                                        Season  Record  11-4
                                                                                     Head  Coach  -  Mike  Fantaski
                                                                                                                 RHS     OPP
                                                                    Millard  North                             12         10
                                                                    Millard  South                              2          3
                                                                    Roncalli                                   18          0
                                                                    Westside                                    7          6
                                                                    Lincoln  Southeast                          2  /       7
                                                                    South                                       7         15
                                                                    Northwest                                   6          5
                                                                    Prep                                        8          3
                                                                    Bryan                                       6          2
                                                                    Benson                                     16          5
                                                                    Burke                                       7          5
                                                                    Gross                                       6         12
                                                                    Papillion                                   9          8
                                                                    Bellevue  West                              8          4
                                                                    Central                                    12          7

   Senior  Tim  Versch  rounds  first,  and
   heads  for  second  base.
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