By Brian Feekin
Prep Baseball Report Nebraska

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As we prepare for the upcoming 2018 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.

 

Team: Papillion LaVista 
Nickname: Monarchs
Class: A
Conference: Metro 
Head Coach: Nate McCabe 
Years as head coach at school: 5
2017 Record: 18-12


# of Returning Pitchers (15+ Innings): 5
# of Returning Starters/Position Players: 7
# of Pitchers (15+ Innings) Lost From 2017: 2
# of Starting Position Players Lost From 2017: 2

 

PLAYERS TO WATCH   

 

 

 

Caiden Hill SS / OF / Papillion-Lavista, NE / 2018 Rankings  StateRank: 21 / POS: 6 Committed to Southeast CC

 

 

Caleb Feekin LHP / OF / Papillion LaVista, NE / 2018 Rankings  StateRank: 5 / POS: 2 Committed to Nebraska

 

 

Hayden Bahl RHP / 1B / Papillion-LaVista, NE / 2019 Rankings  StateRank: 11 / POS: 2

 

 

Ben Beaudin 2B / SS / Papillion La Vista High School, NE / 2019 Rankings  StateRank: 26 / POS: 3

 

 

Nate Whitehill 1B / LHP / Papillion-LaVista, NE / 2019 Rankings  StateRank: 15 / POS: 2

 

 

Hunter Scruggs C / 3B / Papillion LaVista, NE / 2020 Rankings  StateRank: 22 / POS: 5

 

• Connor Barnett- ULT- 2019
• Tom Loeske- C/OF- 2018

 

 

2017 GRADS IN COLLEGE

• David Richardson - Northeast CC 
• Mike Ripa - Northeast CC 
• Dylan Nicholson - Northeast CC 
• Ben Crnkovich - Rockhurst

2018 SEASON OUTLOOK

“Return 7 of 9 starters from last summers Legion State Championship team. Return top 5 arms and will add more depth from JV staff. Will still be young - potentially 6/7 underclassmen will need to contribute. Very talented group that needs to build off momentum from last summer." Head Coach Nate McCabe