The Hays High baseball team closed out their regular season with a pair of home wins over Liberal Tuesday to win their fifth consecutive Western Athletic Conference title. The Indians take the opener 4-2 then win the second game 5-2 to finish at 9-9 and 6-2 in the WAC.
Cole Schumacher held the Redskins to three hits in the opener, striking out six and walking six. The Indians pound out 13 hits to overcome four errors. Connor Rule homered, Dalton Stout tripled and drove in two and Marcus Altman doubled.
The Indians score three in the fourth to break open a one-run game in the second contest. Dalton Stout doubled and drove in three. Marcus Altman homered helping his own cause on the mound where he struck out five and walked seven but picks up the win. Tathan Burkhart threw 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the save.