Hays High hosted a 4A-1 baseball on Wednesday with Buhler, McPherson and Ulysses all coming to town. McPherson entered as the number one seed taking on Ulysses. Buhler came in as the two seed playing Hays High.
A pitching dual between Hays High’s Cole Murphy and Buhler’s Dawson Dreher was interrupted by one run. The one run came off the bat of the Crusader’s Lawson Schultz on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, his first home run of the season.
Buhler’s 1-0 win sent them to the championship of the regional tournament against McPherson. Cole Murphy allowed just three hits over six innings of work. He struck out three and walked none throwing just 67 pitches. Dawson Dreher also allowed just three hits, walking none, striking out one and throwing only 86 pitches over seven innings.
Coach Frank Leo
The Hays High Indian’s season ends at 12-9. Buhler improves to 14-7.