The outcome was almost known Friday, but the Wildcats would have to wait through almost 24 hours and a nine-inning blowout to finally add a banner to the wall in right field at John L. Harvey Field.
The Western Nevada baseball team dominated from start to finish in an 18-3 victory over Southern Idaho in the Region XVIII championship game. The win will give the sophomore class " all 11 of them " its first championship banner. It was in danger of becoming the first class to not put one up on the wall, but the charge to make it happen came largely from that group.
The Wildcats, who already clinched a spot in next week's district championship by being one of the top two teams in the regional tourney, won the right to host the district tourney beginning Thursday. The winner of that tournament will move onto the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., which begins May 23.
WNC has two other banners on the fence, one from its 2006 conference title and the other from 2007 when it won the district championship went to its first and only World Series.