The Hays High softball team comes up short in their bid for a share of the Western Athletic Conference title after splitting their doubleheader in Garden City Tuesday. The Indians win the opener 6-2 but lose the second game 4-3 and finish the regular season 18-2 and 6-2 in the WAC.

Game 1: Hays 6, Garden City 2
The Indians trailed 2-0 before scoring three in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

Hays tied it on a Paige Lunsford single then took the lead on a Makenzie Flaska single.

Katelyn Schumacher, Shea Briggs and Hannah Hearld all had two hits in the game with Schumacher driving in two.

Hannah Hearld picks up the win (12-1), allowing just one earned run on three hits while striking out four and walking one.

Game 2: Garden City 4, Hays 3
Paige Lunsford’s three-run first inning homer gave the Indians the early lead. The Buffs scored one in the first them tied the game with two unearned runs in the third.

Garden City took the lead for good on a fifth inning solo homer off of Makenzie Flaska who takes the loss in relief.

Starter Hannah Hearld goes 4.0 innings and allows three runs on six hits.