High School Baseball

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State Baseball Finals: Elkhorn North repeats, Lincoln East, Malcolm also champs



Elkhorn North repeated as the Class B state baseball champion on Friday in Omaha, while Lincoln East became the first Class A champion from Lincoln since 1977. The Wolves hung on to edge Norris, 2-1, while the Spartans knocked off last year's champ Millard West, 3-2, in ten innings. Malcolm also claimed its first ever state baseball title with a 3-1 win over Omaha Roncalli.

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'He's become a legend':
Remembering the life and legacy of south Omaha baseball coach



The "Godfather of Baseball" in south Omaha has died. John Stella was 88 years old. He's being remembered as a legend who coached young men for nearly 40 years. People said Stella transformed baseball in south Omaha. For the last 40 years, he made sure kids could play, even if they couldn't afford it.

South Omaha is looking to the sky for their baseball giant, their godfather, John Stella. "I walk by this picture every single day at the school, and it says the 's' in south Omaha stands for Stella," said Omaha South and Legion Baseball head coach Gene Felise.

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South Omaha mourns the passing of veteran baseball coach John Stella



South Omaha is mourning the recent passing of John Stella, a man many called the godfather of baseball in the neighborhood. I'm Maria Osnaya your South Omaha neighborhood reporter at Brown Park where the baseball field now bears his name, where I talked with people about Stella's legacy in South O. John Stella was born and raised in South Omaha and was a baseball coach here for nearly 45 years.