GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion trailed Great Bend by three runs heading into the bottom of the seventh in their zone tournament Wednesday night at the Great Bend Sports Complex. They rallied for four runs in their last at bat to beat the Chiefs 5-4 to advance to next week’s AAA State Tournament in Emporia.

Brock Lummus hit a two-run triple to close the gap to one before Brady Kreutzer tied the game with a triple. Following back-to-back walks to load the bases, Trey Riggs singled home Kreutzer with the winning run.

Palmer Hutchison pitched two innings of relief, allowing an unearned run and picked up the win as the Eagles improve to 32-5-1 on the season.

They begin play at the AAA State Tournament on Wednesday, July 25, in Emporia.