LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High softball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning then held off a Liberal rally in the bottom of the inning for a 5-3 win in game two of their doubleheader in Liberal Tuesday. The Indians won the opener 11-4.

Jaysa Wichers struck out the final three batters looking after giving up a run off a double and an error in the bottom of the seventh. Wichers struck out eight and didn’t allow a walk and picked up the win.

Kaitlyn Brown and Mckenszie Fagan both had three hits while Macee Altman drove in two runs.

The Indians scored five in the first and led 9-2 after three innings in the first game. Madelyn Waddell had three hits and Altman drove in four. Wichers went the distance in the circle with nine strikeouts and four walks.

The Indians improve to 8-6 on the season. They are in Maize for a triangular on Friday.