The Hays High baseball team split their regular ending doubleheader in Liberal Tuesday to claim their third straight Western Athletic Conference title. The Indians score three in the top of the sixth to rally for a 4-3 win in game one to clinch the league title. They drop the second game 3-2.
Trenton Henningson, Lane Downing and Jared Haynes all drove in runs in the sixth inning of game one. Lane Downing allowed one earned runs on three hits, striking out eight and walking three for the win. Cole Schumacher pitched a perfect seventh for the save.
Liberal scored the game winning run in the second game on a sac fly in the seventh. It came after a leadoff triple to start the inning. Kade Parker takes the complete game loss, allowing the three runs, two earned, on seven hits.
The Indians end the regular season 13-7 and 6-2 in the Western Athletic Conference.