Salina Hawks 7, Hays Eagles 4
The Hays Eagles Junior American Legion drops to the loser’s bracket of the Class A state tournament in Pratt following a 7-4 loss to the Salina Hawks yesterday evening. Lane Downing held the Hawks to one run over the first four innings, but Salina broke through in the fifth with four hits, two walks and a Hays error to take the lead. The Eagles fall into the elimination bracket and will play at 10 this morning.

Monarchs in Zone 6 Finals
The Hays Monarchs look to punch their ticket to the “AA” state tournament tonight when they play in the Zone 6 tournament finals in Lincoln. The Monarchs are 2-0 with wins over Osborne and Lincoln. The “AA” state tournament begins Wednesday in Sabetha.

Senior Legion Game Time at State Set
The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion will play in the second game of the day at the “AAA” state tournament Wednesday August 1st in Manhattan. The 39-8 Eagles will play the Zone 4 winner around 1:30pm. You can hear the game on 96.9, KFIX.

Monarchs 4, Lincoln 2
After waiting out five weather delays, the Hays Monarchs advance to the finals of the Lincoln zone tournament with a 4-2 win over Lincoln.

The Monarchs will now play in the championship at Friday at 6pm.

Hays Eagles 9, Salina Eagles 0
 The Hays Eagles Junior American Legion wins their first game at the Class A state tournament in Pratt, beating the Salina Eagles 9-0.

The Hays Eagles took advantage of seven Salina errors and score just one earned run in the victory.

Hays will now play the defending champion Salina Hawks tonight at 6:30pm.

The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion is headed to the triple-A state tournament after an 8-6 win over Great Bend in their zone tournament finals at Larks Park. No other details were reported.

The Eagles improve to 39-8 and now head to Manhattan for the state tournament which begins August 1st.

Riley Kaus knocked in three runs and scored four as the Hays Eagles beat Great Bend 9-4 to advance to the championship game of the Zone tournament at Larks Park on Monday night.

The Eagles never trailed in the game and matched runs scored by Great Bend in the fifth and seventh innings.

Great Bend did get runners to second and third with one out but Austin Unrein got out of the eighth inning on a pop up and strike out.  Hays batted around and scored four in the bottom of the eighth to take a 9-2 lead into the ninth.

Great Bend loaded the bases in the ninth with one out, scored two runs before Tyler Wooldridge struck out the final batter to end the game.

Unrein gets the victory with 13 strike outs, four hits, two runs, hitting two batters and walking six.
Hays will play at 6:30 in the championship game against either Dodge City or Great Bend who play an elimination game on Tuesday at 4:30.

 

Hays wins 9-4 will play winner of Dodge City and Great Bend tomorrow at 6:30 for Championship game.  If Hays would lose the game, there will be a second championship game on Wednesday.

Top 9:  Braden Jones (0-2, HBP) singles to right.  Trent Schremmer (0-1, 2BB, 2 runs) singles to right Jones thrown out at second waiting to see if it would be caught.  Conner Sell (2-3) walks.  Jace Bowman up with the bases loaded, one out.  Bowman singles off the wall.  Schremmer scores.  Hays leads 9-3…bases loaded one out for Mitch Kottas.  Kottas reaches on fielders choice…Sell scores, Conaway tagged out going to third.  Danny Herman strikes out.  2 runs, 3 hits, no errors 2 left on base.

Hays leads 9-2.  Tyler Woolridge enters to pitch the inning.

Bottom 8:  Clayton Basgall (1-4, single, run)  singles to left field.  Casey Sedbrook (1-4 single, stolen base) bunts and reaches on throwing error…Basgall advances to third.  Austin Unrein sac bunts, scoring Basgall, Sebrook advances to third.  1 out 1 on for Riley Kaus who hits an RBI single to left field.  Hayden Hutchison (0-3, IBB) doubles off the wall, Kaus advances to third.  Jarrett Sanders up…still no outs.  Wild pitch scored Kaus from third, Hayden Hutchison advances to third.  Wild pitch on 3-1 count gets away scoring Hutchison and Sanders advances all the way to second.  Zack Legleiter singles to left….Sanders advances to third.  Trevor Henningson is up…still one out…Henningson pops out to pitcher.  Two outs, runners on the corner, Dan Bittel up as the Eagles bat around.  Bittel grounds out to short.  Hays leads 9-2.

Hays leads 5-2.  Unrein likely done.  145 pitches, 13 strike outs, four hits, two runs, hits two batters and walks six.

Top 8:  Jace Bowman (2-3, RBI) up.  Hays has pitcher warming up.  Bowman walks on four straight pitches.  Mitch Kottas (0-3) walks.  Conference at the mound, Unrein stays in game.  Danny Herman (0-3) strikes out…12 for Unrein.  Bryce Beck (0-2, walk) up.  Runners advance to second and third on passed ball.  1 out.  Tie run again at the plate.  Beck pops out to the short stop.  Runners at second and third, two out for Bryce Hofmeister (0-3) strikes out.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and two left on.

Hays leads 5-2.  Unrein back out to pitch.  Hays has left ten on base.

Bottom 7:  Riley Kaus (2-3, 2 singles, 2 RBI, 2 Runs) walks on four pitches.  Hayden Hutchison (0-2, reached on FC, intentional walk) flies out to left.  1 out, 1 on first.  Jarrett Sanders (2-3, two doubles, two RBI) flies out to left in foul territory.  2 outs, runner on first Zack Legleiter (1-2, single, walk) up…fouls first pitch off the press box.  RBI triple by Legleiter scoring Riley Kaus.  Hays leads 5-2.  Trevor Henningson (0-3) walks.  Runners on first and third with two outs.  Dan Bittel (1-2, single, walk) up.  Pitching change first.  Braden Jones in at pitcher.  Beck pitches 6 2/3 giving up 9 hits and five runs.  Bittel grounds out to third.  1 run on 1 hit.  no errors and two left on base.

Hays leads 4-2, Up for Hays, Riley Kaus, Hayden Hutchison, Jarrett Sanders.

Top 7:  Bryce Hoffmeister 0-3 after popping out to the catcher on a bunt attempt.  Braden Jones (0-2) is hit by the pitch…second player hit by Unrein who is nearing 100 pitches.  1 out, runner on first.  Trent Schremmer (0-0 2BB, run) reaches on fielders choice, Jones retired at second.  2 out, 1 on.  Conner Sell (1-2, single, HBP) doubles to left field and scores Schremmer all the way first first.  4-2 Hays leads, 2 out runner on second.  Dakota Conaway (0-2, BB) is up.  Coach Brad Kelly talks with starter Austin Unrein, Unrein stays in game with 112 pitches.  Conaway strikes out looking.  1 run, 1 hit, no errors, 1 left on base.  Hays leads 4-2.

Hays leads 4-1 after six.  Up for Great Bend, Bryce Hoffmeister, Braden Jones, Trent Schremmer.

Bottom 6:  Dan Bittel (1-2, single, SB) walks.  Clayton Basgall (1-3, single, run) flies out to center.  1 out, 1 on.  Casey Sebrook (1-3, single, SB) up.  Bittel steals second.  Sedbrook grounds out to first unassisted, Bittel advances to third.  Austin Unrein (0-3, reached on error, run).  Unrein grounds out to third to end the inning.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base.

Hays leads 4-1.  Up for Hays Dan Bittel, Clayton Basgall and Casey Sedbrook.

Top 6:  Mitch Kottas (0-2, reached on fielders choice) pops out to the short stop.  Danny Herman (0-2) strikes out.  Bryce Beck up (0-1, BB)  grounds out to third.

Hays leads 4-1 after five complete.  Mitch Kottas, Danny Herman and Bryce Beck up.

Bottom 5:  Casey Sedbrook (0-2) singles up the middle.  Austin Unrein (0-2, reached on error, 1 run) flies out to center.  1 out 1 on for Riley Kaus (2-2, 2 RBI, 1 Run) up.  Sedbrook steals second.  Kaus reaches on fielders choice as Sedbrook is caught in run down between 2nd and third.  Hayden Hutchison (0-2, reached on fielders choice.) up, passed ball and Kaus advances to second.  Hutchison will be intentionally walked bringing up Jarrett Sanders (1-2, single, RBI) hits a RBI double, Kaus scores for a second time.  4-1 Hays lead, runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs for Zack Legleiter 1-2, single.  Legleiter walks on four straight pitches to bring up Trevor Henningson (0-2 reached on an error) grounds the ball to short and Legleiter is retired at second.  1 run on 2 hits, no errors 3 left on base.

Hays leads 3-1.  Up for Hays Casey Sedbrook, Austin Unrein, and Riley Kaus.

Top 5:  Braden Jones strikes out.  Trent Schremmer walks.  1 out, 1 on.  Conner Sell up, Schremmer steals second.  Sell strikes out.  2 out, runner on 2nd.  Dakota Conaway walks.  Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out.  Jace Bowman hits a RBI singles to right.  Schremmer scores.  Runners on the corner with two outs for Mitch Kottas.  Jace Bowman tried to steal second and is caught in a run down.  1 run on 1 hit, 1 left on base, no errors.

Hays leads 3-0 after four complete.  Braden Jones, Trent Schremmer, and Conner Sell up.  Still 97 degrees at 8:20.

Bottom 4:  Zack Legleiter strikes out.  Trevor Henningson pops out to the second baseman.  2 out.  Dan Bittel singles up the middle, his first hit.  Clayton Basgall up, Bittel steals 2nd.  Basgall flies out to the warning track in left field.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base.

Hays leads 3-0.  Zack Legleiter, Trevor Henningson and Dan Bittel up.

Top 4: Jace Bowman singles to right field, second hit for Great Bend today.  Mitch Kottas reaches on fielders choice, Bowman out at second.  1 out.  The sprinklers just came on down the left and right field lines!  Back to play after a :45 second delay.  Danny Herman strikes out.  2 out, runner on first.  Bryce Beck walks.  Runners on 1st and 2nd.  Bryce Hofmeister strikes out.  0 runs, 1 hit, o errors, 2 left on base.

Hays leads 3-0 over Great Bend after three complete.

Bottom 3: Casey Sedbrook flies out to shallow center on first pitch of the inning.  Austin Unrein reaches on a throwing error by the short stop.  Unrein advanced to second.  1 out, 1 on.  Riley Kaus hits an RBI single for the second time today.  Unrein scores.  Hays leads 2-0 Kaus on first, Hayden Hutchison lines out to left field.  2 out, runner on 1st.  Jarrett Sanders up, I said Jay earlier…my bad.  Sanders doubles up the left field line, Kaus scores from first.  Hays leads 3-0.  Zack Legleiter up, passed ball and Sanders is thrown out at home trying to score from second.  2 runs on 2 hits 1 error.

Austin Unrein has struck out five through three innings.

Top 3:  Braden Jones batting for Brady Beeler.  Jones strikes out…Unrein has struck out three in a row.  Trent Schremmer walks…first walk allowed by Unrein.  Conner Sell up.  Schremmer picked off at first by Unrein.  2 out. Conner Sell still up.  Unrein hits Sell in the back.  Sell on first…Dakota Conaway up.  Sell steals second.  Conaway strikes out.  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 left on base.  Casey Sedbrook, Austin Unrein and Riley Kaus up.

Hays leads 1-0 after two.  Up for Great Bend Brady Beeler, Trent Schremmer and Conner Sell.

Bottom 2: Jay Sanders flies out to left field warning track.  1 out.  Zack Legleiter pops up in between four players for a hit.  Trevor Henningson reaches on an error on third baseman as he threw it out of the park.  Henningson on second and Legleiter on third.  Dan Bittel grounds out to the pitcher.  2 outs runners on 2nd and 3rd, Clayton Basgall flies out to center field and the Eagles miss an opportunity to score.  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base.

Top 2:  Danny Herman grounds out to third to lead off inning.  Bryce Beck strikes out.  2 out, bases empty.  Bryce Hofmeister strikes out.  Three up Three down.  Up for Hays is Jay Sanders, Zack Legleiter and Trevor Henningson.

Hays leads 1-0 after one complete

Bottom 1st:  Clayton Basgall leads off the game with a single up the third base line.  Casey Sedbrook flies out to right center, Conner Sell makes the catch on his knees.  1 out, runner on first.  Austin Unrein flies out to deep left.  2 out, runner on 1st.  Riley Kaus up.  Basgall steals second.  Kaus lines a single down the third base line.  Basgall scores from second.  Hayden Hutchison up.  Hutchison lines one over the head of the field umpire…the umpire does a good job of avoiding the ball by diving to the turf.  Kaus out at second, inning over.  1 run on 2 hits, no errors, nobody left on.

Our buddy from Eagle Radio in Great Bend Patrick Burnett just informed us there are only 11 kids out for the Chiefs Legion team this summer.  They have won 11 games on the summer.  Up for Hays in the 1st Clayton Basgall, Casey Sedbrook, and Austin Unrein.

Top 1st:  Conner sell lead off single up the middle.  Dakota Conaway strikes out…1 out runner on 1st.  Jace Bowman flies out to left center, Dan Bittle records the out…2 out runner on 1st.  Mitch Kottas flies out to Zack Legleiter in left field.  1 hit.  No runs.  No errors.  Great Bend leaves on base.

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**Top 1st.  Austin Unrein is the starting pitcher this afternoon.  First three up for the Great Bend Chiefs: Conner Sell, Dakota Conaway, and Jace Bowman.

**Hays is 5-1 against Great Bend this summer.

**Game time temp 100 degrees.  This is also the second game that Great Bend will play today.  It is an double elimination tournament.  Dodge City will have a chance again tomorrow at 4:00 either against Hays or Great Bend.

We will be updating the Hays Eagle’s Zone tournament from Larks Park right here.

Game will start approximately 7:o0.  The Eagles take on Great Bend who beat Dodge City 5-3.  Reminder that all post season games are 9 innings.

Great Bend Lineup:

Conner Sell CF
Dakota Conaway 1st
Jace Bowman SS
Mitch Kottas C
Danny Herman LF
Bryce Beck 1st
Bryce Hofmeister RF
Brady Beeler 2nd
Trent Schremmer 3rd

Hays Lineup:

Clayton Basgall SS
Casey Sedbrook RF
Austin Unrein P
Riley Kaus 2nd
Hayden Hutchison 3rd
Jay Sanders C
Zack Legleiter LF
Trevor Henningson 1st
Dan Bittel CF

The Hays Monarchs have advanced in their AA Zone tournament in Lincoln. The Monarchs roll past Osborne 18-1 in a game called after four innings by run rule in Monday’s first-round.

They will now play Lincoln at 6pm Tuesday. Lincoln get past Smith Center in their opener. If the Monarchs win, they advance to the title game which will be played on Friday.

The 34 players who will be playing for the West squad in the 39th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl are reporting to camp Friday morning in Salina. The team members will stay at St. John’s Military School where they will prepare for the all-star game to be played July 28 in Emporia.

Among the area players taking part are Zach Binder of Hays, Jared Herl of Ellis, Andrew Casey from Plainville, Smith Center’s Truitt Kuhlmann and Joel Struckhoff of Thunder Ridge.

Garden City’s Brian Hill is the head coach for the West. Hays High’s Ryan Cornelsen and Jon Webster from LaCrosse are two of his assistants.

The West has won the last six contests including last year’s 30-7 victory in Hays.

This year’s game can be heard on KKQY (101.9-FM).

The Hays Senior American Legion Eagles improved to 39-8 on the summer with a 12-0 win over the Colorado Select team Wednesday morning.

The Eagles offense got it going in the very first inning scoring five runs. Hays had a 1-0 lead after Clayton Basgall scored on a throwing error by the leftfielder and then with the bases loaded Jarrett Sanders cleared the bases with a grand slam to give Hays a 5-0 lead.

In the third inning Zack Legleiter hit a two-run homer, part of a three-run inning to give the Eagles an 8-0 lead. Hays added three more in the fifth and one in the sixth on their way to the 12-0 win.

Josh Heifner earned his ninth win of the summer with seven shutout innings. The Eagles play a doubleheader with Garden City on Friday.

Junior Legion Advances To Zone Finals
The Hays Junior Eagles are 2-0 at their own Zone tournament. The Junior Legion beat Great Bend 9-1 then blanked Larned 9-0. They play in the title game tonight at 7pm at Larks Park.

Eagles 22, Colorado Select 11
The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion scored in every inning except the first including eight in the second and four in the third as they roll to a 22-11 win over Colorado Select Tuesday night at Larks Park.

Riley Kaus had four of the Eagles 21 hits. Clayton Basgall, Austin Unrein and Zack Legleiter all had three hits. Legleiter drove in four with Unrein, Kaus and Trevor Henningson all driving in three runs. Unrein homered.

Tyler Wooldridge moves to 8-0 with the win despite allowing nine runs on ten hits over five innings.

The Eagles led 14-2 before giving up seven in the fifth. They are now 38-8 and will host the Select team again this morning at 9am at Larks Park before closing out the regular season with Garden City Friday at Hays High School.

Monarchs Sweep Colby
The Hays Monarchs upped their record to 14-10 with a pair of wins in Colby. The Monarchs win 19-10 and 9-1. Bryan Brungardt picks up the victory in the opener with Nick Hammake earning the win in game two. The Monarchs play two in Great Bend Thursday.

The Hays Eagles Senior American goes 1-1 on the second day of the Blue Springs (Mo.) American Legion Wood Bat Tournament. The Eagles blank Blue Valley Northwest 6-0 in their first game of the day then lost 2-1 to Blue Springs Post 499/Fike and are 1-2 in the 32-team tournament. The Eagles are now 36-7.  They play Elsbury (Mo.) Post 266 this morning at 10am.

Eagles 6, Blue Valley Northwest 0
Tyler Wooldridge moves to 7-0 with the complete-game two-hittert. Wooldridge struck out six and walked three.

The Eagles score two in the first on an error by the Blue Valley catcher and a Riley Kaus RBI double. They added four in the sixth on RBI singles from Kaus and Taylor Renz and a sac fly from Casey Sedbrook. The win snapped the Eagles first two-game losing streak of the season.

Blue Springs (Mo.) Post 499/Fike 2, Eagles 0
Hays had the early 1-0 lead against Blue Springs/Fike on a Casey Sedbrook RBI double in the first.

Fike would tie the game then eventually take the lead with two runs in the fourth.

Josh Heifner is the tough luck loser, allowing two runs on four hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four.

After winning 14-straight, the Hays Eagles Senior American Legion has now dropped two in-a-row for the first time all season. The Eagles lost their opener at the Blue Springs (Mo.) American Legion Wood Bat Tournament Wednesday to the Central (Mo.) Spartans 5-3.

Central took the early lead with a two-out homer in the first. Hays tied it on a Jarrett Sanders two-out RBI single in the fourth.

The Spartans got three unearned runs, thanks to two Eagles errors, in the fifth. Hays pulled to within a run with two in the sixth on a Zack Legleiter bases loaded walk and Trevor Henningson sacrifice fly. Then after the Spartans tack on an insurance run in the bottom of the inning, the Eagles get two on with two out in the seventh but are unable to score.

Trever Henningson goes the distance and takes the loss allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits.

The Eagles were held to just three hits as they fall to 35-6. They continue pool play in the 32-team tournament Thursday evening when they take on Blue Springs Post 499/Fike at 6:30pm.

The Salina Falcons scored six in the second then added four in the sixth as they end the Hays Eagles Senior American Legion’s 14-game win streak with a 12-7 win Tuesday night in Salina.

The Eagles scored three in the fourth then added single runs in the fifth and sixth to pull within a run before the Falcons big sixth put the game away.

Eagles starter Taylor Renz was roughed up for 10 runs on 16 hits over six innings and takes the loss. Zack Legleiter went 4-for-5 with two RBIs.

The Eagles are now 35-5 heading into tournament play inKansas Citystarting tomorrow.

The Hays Monarchs are back at Wednesday night, hosting Dodge City.

The Hays Eagles moved to 4-0 in pool play with a pair of wins Saturday at the Wild West Tournament. The Eagles rallied after taking the early lead to defeat the Topeka Capitals 11-6 in eight innings. They then cruised past Rock Creek 9-1 to move to 33-4 on the season.

Eagles 11, Topeka Capitals 6 (8 innings)
The Eagles score one in the top of the seventh to tie then five in the eighth to move to 3-0 in pool play.

Zack Legletier’s single scored Riley Kaus with the game-tying run in the seventh. Josh Heifner worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh. Austin Unrein’s doubled in the eighth drove in the go-ahead run. Hayden Hutchison added a grand slam later in the inning for the final margin.

Unrein and Legleiter both had three hits, Hutchison drove in four. Heifner (8-0) picks up the win, allowing no runs on two hits over four innings of relief.

Eagles 9, Rock Creek 1 (6 innings)
Tyler Wooldridge pitched a complete game one-hitter, allowing just on unearned run as the Eagles move to 4-0 in pool play. The Eagles score three in the third, fourth and sixth for the run-rule victory.

Clayton Basgall and Austin Unrein both had two of the Eagles 11 hits. Zack Legleiter had four RBIs.

The Hays Eagles pick up a pair of run-rule victories Friday in the opening day of the Wild West Tournament. The Eagles rolled to a 12-1, five inning victory over Colby in their opener then knocked off the Seward (Neb.) Blue Jays 14-0 in four innings. The Eagles improve to 31-4 on the season. They play the Topeka Capitals at 3:45 Saturday afternoon at Hays High field then face Rock Creek at 8:15pm at Larks Park.

Eagles 12, Colby 1 (5 innings)
The Eagles score in every inning including three in the first, two in the second, three in the third and three in the fifth. Clayton Basgall and Casey Sedbrook each had three of the Eagles 14-hit attack. Austin Unrein drove in three.

Trevor Henningson moved to 6-0 with the complete game victory, allowing one unearned run on one hit, striking out eight and walking none. Heningson had a perfect game going until he dropped a throw at first in the fifth inning. He later gave up a two-out RBI single.

Eagles 14, Seward (Neb.) 0
The Eagles took advantage of two errors by Seward in the first inning and scored five runs in the inning. With a 5-0 lead to begin the third inning the Eagles offense exploded again. Hays loaded the bases to begin the inning and Zack Legleiter cleared the bases with a three run double. Three batters later with the bases loaded once again Clayton Basgall cleared the bases with a three RBI triple.

The Eagles score eight runs in the third inning and added one more in the fourth on their way to a 14-0 win.  Basgall was two-for-four with three RBIs, Legleiter finished one-for-three with three RBIs and Jarrett Sanders finished two-for-three with two RBIs.

Josh Heifner improved to 7-0 on the summer with four shutout innings.

Hays Monarchs Go 1-1.
The Hays Monarchs split their first two Senior Division games Friday, The Monarchs lost 11-3 in five innings to Great Bend in their opener then came back to knock off North Platte, Neb. 8-3.

The Monarchs play the Kansas Crush at 3:45pm Saturday at Larks Park then close out pool play against Fort Morgan, Colo. at 8:15pm at the Hays High field.