Papillion-La Vista South returns to Class A title game1

The Titans topped Bellevue West 64-61

March 13, 2026Updated: March 13, 2026
By Eric McKay

LINCOLN - Papillion-La Vista South will be defending their Class A boys basketball title…but getting there wasn’t easy.

The Titans survived a furious rally by Bellevue West to beat the Thunderbirds 64-61.

Bellevue West trailed by as much as 17 in the first half, but chipped away little by little, rallying to take a 61-60 lead with 2:09 to go.

After a Connor Falkinburg lay-in gave PLV South the lead back, the Thunderbirds had multiple inbounds plays to regain the lead, but couldn’t get a clean look.

The Titans now advance to face Lincoln Southwest in the Class A title game on Saturday.

Score by Period

TEAM

1

2

3

4

T

PVS

21

17

19

7

64

BVW

10

18

22

11

61

Team Comparison

STATISTIC

PVS

BVW

FG%

50%

48%

FGs

22-44

24-50

3FG%

33%

25%

3FGs

6-18

4-16

FT%

78%

60%

FTs

14-18

9-15

TOs

11

9

PtsOffTO

6

16

TotReb

26

25

DefReb

20

17

Off Reb

6

8

2ndChPts

3

6

BenchPts

3

0

PtsPaint

28

38

FstBkPt

3

14

Blocks

6

2

Steals

7

5

Assts

13

12

Times Tied:

3

Time Tied:

1:08

Lead Chg:

4

LeadTime

30:09

0:41

Papillion-LaVista South Full Box Score

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

1*

ALDERSON, BRADY

9

4-9

0-2

1-2

0

1

1

2

3

1

0

1

31

5

12*

WEBB, LEVI

28

9-16

1-4

9-12

3

4

7

7

3

4

1

5

32

3

23*

BECKENHAUER, GRANT

0

0-4

0-3

0-0

0

4

4

1

4

1

0

0

27

0

25*

FALKINBURG, CONNOR

16

5-9

3-5

3-3

1

5

6

2

3

3

1

1

30

5

31*

SLOBODNY, KENYEN

8

3-4

1-2

1-1

2

2

4

1

3

1

4

0

28

-1

4

HUMBERT, DIEGO

3

1-1

1-1

0-0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

4

2

5

DAK, BUOM

0

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

2

35

WILSON, KALLAN

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

-1

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

0

4

4

0

0

TOTALS

64

22-44

6-18

14-18

6

20

26

13

18

11

6

7

GAME PCT

50.0

33.3

77.8

Bellevue West Full Box Score

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

2*

MAURO, BRAYDEN

4

2-10

0-3

0-0

0

2

2

2

4

1

1

1

30

-3

3*

JOHNSON JR, BRYCE

30

12-18

2-4

4-6

0

4

4

5

1

6

0

4

31

-1

4*

MELCHER, KEATON

11

4-9

2-6

1-3

0

1

1

1

3

0

0

0

31

-1

5*

SMITH, AMARI

4

1-2

0-0

2-4

4

1

5

2

4

0

1

0

20

2

14*

PARKER, PIERCE

12

5-8

0-0

2-2

3

6

9

1

0

0

0

0

26

-1

10

SMITH, KAIRI

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

3

-3

20

COYER, JACOB

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

-2

22

SCHULTZ, CARSEN

0

0-3

0-3

0-0

0

1

1

1

2

0

0

0

18

-6

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

1

2

3

0

0

TOTALS

61

24-50

4-16

9-15

8

17

25

12

15

9

2

5

GAME PCT

48.0

25.0

60.0

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