The Hays Monarchs season came to an end early Saturday morning with a 7-1 loss to Foley, Minn. in the quarterfinals of the Central Plains Division II tournament in Le Seuer Minn.

Foley got on the board first scoring a single run in the first and second innings to go up 2-0. In the first the Falcons got three straight singles and scored the game’s first run on a sac fly. An RBI single in the second put Foley up 2-0.

The big inning for Foley came in the third. The Falcons sent nine guys to the plate and scored five runs, chasing Monarchs starter Kameron Schmidt. Schmidt, in his second start of the tournament, allowed six runs on seven hits in two and two-thirds innings and suffered the loss.

The Monarchs lone run came in the fifth inning on an error that scored Braiden Werth who led off the inning with a double.

Hays finished the year 28-9 and earned their first ever AA Kansas State Championship and their first trip to the regional tournament.