Senior attackman Billy Dineen and junior attackman James West each registered a co-team-high four points to lead Creighton Prep to an 11-10 victory over West Des Moines Valley in a Nebraska High School Lacrosse Association semifinal Friday night at Tranquility Park in Omaha.

Dineen finished with three goals and an assist, and West had two goals and two assists, as the Junior Jays (13-2) advanced to the state championship game for the sixth straight season. Creighton Prep has made it to all six Nebraska state title games.

Creighton Prep will be going for its fourth state title when it faces defending champion Millard West on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m., CDT, at Tranquility Park. This will be the fifth time the Junior Jays and Wildcats have squared off for the state title, with each team having won twice.

In the teams’ only regular-season meeting, Millard West beat Creighton Prep, 10-7, on April 21.

“It seems to be sort of an annual event,” Creighton Prep head coach Steve Haney said. “I’m excited to do it. We’ve been pushing all year to get here, and now we have just one more step to be the state champ.”

On Friday, junior middie Peter Stoll scored three goals, junior defenseman Santo Marasco had three points on a goal and two assists and senior middie Alex Salcedo had a goal and an assist for Creighton Prep. Junior middie Zach Zitek scored once to round out the offense.

In defeat, junior middie Dylan Griesse and senior attackman Cam Bostwick each scored four goals for the Tigers (11-4). West Des Moines Valley will close out its first season of varsity lacrosse against Lincoln in Saturday’s third-place game.

“I’m proud of the boys,” West Des Moines Valley head coach Zach Zielonko said. “They showed a lot of heart. They never gave up.”

The game was tied, 4-4, at the end of the first quarter, Creighton Prep led 6-5 at halftime and the Junior Jays were ahead, 9-7, at the end of the third quarter.

Stoll’s third goal of the game gave Creighton Prep an 11-9 lead with 2:08 to play. Bostwick brought the Iowans back within one when he scored with 49 seconds left, but that was as close as the Tigers could get.

“We had a lot of penalties,” Haney said. “We did pretty well killing the penalties, but we have to stay out of the penalty box going forward.”