Sports in Kansas has named their 5A All-State softball and baseball teams with seven total Hays High Indians included on the list.

Jaysa Wichers and Kaitlyn Brown were each on the honorable mention list.  Wichers batted .321 on the season driving in 20 runs and scored eight times.  She hit six doubles and two home runs.  Wichers was also the team’s primary pitcher throwing 103 innings.  Brown hit at a .424 pace with 15 runs scored, four runs driven in, and five doubles.  Both graduated in May.

The full 5A All-State softball team can be found at http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=11413&t=2019-sports-in-kansas-5a-all-state-softball-team.

Trey Riggs was named first team pitcher.  Riggs went 6-2 for the 19-2 Indians.  He threw 45 innings and held opponents to a .165 batting average and boasted a 1.71 ERA.  Riggs struck out 52 batters, walked 11 and hit two.  He was also a force at the plate batting .400, driving in a team high 31 runs and scoring 20 times.  His senior season saw five doubles, a triple and three home runs.  He struck out six times while walking thirteen times and was hit by three pitches.

Brock Lummus made the list as second team catcher.  The to be senior hit for an average of .333 with 25 runs driven in and scored ten times.  He notched eleven extra base hits which included six doubles, two triples and three home runs.  Lummus walked fourteen times, struck out on nine occasions and was hit three times.

Palmer Hutchison was named second team as a utility player.  The Kansas City Kansas Community College signee batted .403 with a team high 30 runs scored and drove in 16.  He hit seven doubles, two triples and two home runs.  Hutchison was hit by eight pitches during the season, walked another twelve times and struck out in just five at bats.  He also had a great season on the mound going 7-0 with a 51 strikeouts and walking only 11 in 40 2/3 innings of work.  His ERA was 2.58 on the season.  Hutchison and Riggs each had six wins on the mound during the 2019 season.  The last time Hays High teammates both had six or more wins in a season was 2006 when Andy Lewton and Clayton Karst each had six.  Blake Schmidtberger and Justin Shelton did it in 1998 with six each.  Joe Hillebrand and Travis Zimmerman did it in 1995 with 7 wins each.

Cody Petersen and Dylan Dreiling were each named on the honorable mention list.  Petersen hit .309 with 23 RBI, scored 26 runs, one double and four home runs.  Dreiling, who will be a sophomore, hit for a .323 average.  He scored 17 runs, drove in 21 and hit four home runs and an additional four doubles.  Dreiling walked fifteen times and was struck out only three times.

The full 5A All-State team can be found at http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=11420&t=2019-sports-in-kansas-5a-all-state-baseball-team.