Hays High hosted a 4A-1 baseball on Wednesday with Buhler, McPherson and Ulysses all coming to town.  McPherson entered as the number one seed taking on Ulysses.  Buhler came in as the two seed playing Hays High.

 

A pitching dual between Hays High’s Cole Murphy and Buhler’s Dawson Dreher was interrupted by one run.  The one run came off the bat of the Crusader’s Lawson Schultz on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, his first home run of the season.

Buhler’s 1-0 win sent them to the championship of the regional tournament against McPherson.  Cole Murphy allowed just three hits over six innings of work.  He struck out three and walked none throwing just 67 pitches.  Dawson Dreher also allowed just three hits, walking none, striking out one and throwing only 86 pitches over seven innings.

Coach Frank Leo

 

The Hays High Indian’s season ends at 12-9.  Buhler improves to 14-7.

Hays High softball was in Buhler on Tuesday for one of eight KSHSAA regional tournaments.  Hays was listed as the one seed at 9-9 on the year following last Wednesday’s seeding.  The Indians entered the tournament at 10-10 after splitting with Andover Central on Thursday.  The Indians took on 0-20 Buhler in game one.  The other semifinal featured 6-14 Abilene and 4-16 McPherson.

Semifinal 1

Hays 11 – Buhler 7

Buhler took advantage of two Indian errors in the first and two more in the second for a 7-0 lead after an inning and a half.  The Indians scratched their first run across in the bottom of the second inning on a Mackenzie sacrifice fly scoring Reanna Harman.

Hays finally broke through on offense in the third scoring seven runs on seven hits.  The Indians sent eleven to th-e plate with the first eight reaching safely.  Brooke Denning hit the Indian’s fourth double of the inning to give Hays their first lead of 8-7.  Hays scored eleven consecutive runs for a 11-7 victory.

Jaysa Wicher took the victory in relief of Kaitlyn Brown.

Higlights

Semifinal 2

Abilene 9 – McPherson 0

Abilene struck first in the home half of the third inning scoring two runs on a two out throwing error.  The Cowgirls added a third unearned run to take a 3-0 lead.

McPherson was turned away in the fifth thanks to a double play by the Cowgirls and a ground out to strand two runners.

Abilene added four more runs in the fifth following two more McPherson errors for a 7-0 lead.

McPherson again stranded two in the sixth inning ahead of Abilene plating two more runs for a 9-0 advantage and victory.

 

Championship

Abilene 12 – Hays 6

Hays struck first in the championship game against Abilene.  The first three Indians reached before Reanna Harman drove in a run on a ground out to the right side.  One pitch later Jaysa Wichers laced a single up the middle for a 3-0 lead.

Abilene answered right back scoring four runs.  The Cowgirls scored one of the runs on a wild pitch and another on a fielding error, those two runs tied the game and then gave Abilene the 4-3 lead.

Errors nearly cost Hays the semifinal game.  The errors showed again in the top of the fifth.  Hays committed five errors, walked two batters and gave up three hits in an eight run Abilene inning to give the Cowgirls a 12-3 lead.

Highlights

Hays jumped back on the scoreboard with two outs in the sixth inning scoring three runs.  Brooke Denning drove in two on a double and Cassidy Prough knocked in a run to cut the deficit down to 12-6.

Hays went in order in the seventh falling 12-6.

Coach Erin Wagner

Hays ends the year at 11-11.  Abilene improves to 8-14 and qualifies for state for the second time in program history.

 

 

By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan.-The Hays High Lady Indians used another strong defensive effort in their 2-0 win over Augusta in the 4-1A Regional Semifinals on Monday evening in Hays. Savannah Schneider struck first in the 19th minute. Schneider used a strong left foot and put the ball just inside the the far right post for the 1-0 lead. That score would remain at the half.

The Lady Indians scored their second goal of the match off the right foot of Allison Shubert. The freshman used a nice run out down the right side of the field and ended it with a blast into the back of the net to give Hays the 2-0 lead. Augusta would never really threaten the rest of the way.

Hays High improves to 10-6-1 on the season. Eight of those 10 wins have been via the shutout. The Lady Indians will travel to Mulvane Thursday at 5pm to face the Wildcats. They were 4-0 winners over Arkansas City on Monday.

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. – For a tenth straight year the Hays High boys golf team is headed to the state tournament. The Indians won their sixth straight regional championship Monday, taking the Nickerson 4A Regional by one stroke over Andale at the Crazy Horse Sports Club and Golf Course.

Tradgon McCrae shot a 3-over-par 75 and won his sixth individual title by two strokes over Cooper Eck of Andale. Josh Norris finished third with a 79. Allen Zollinger finished fourth with an 81.

The 4A State Tournament is next Monday at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course.

TEAM RESULTS
1. Hays 325
2. Andale 326
3. Buhler 354
4. Ulysses 375
5. Holcomb 396
6. Hugoton 413

TOP-TEN INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Tradgon McCrae (11) – Hays +3 75
2. Cooper Eck (12) – Andale +5 77
3. Joshua Norris (11) – Hays +7 79
4. Allen Zollinger (12) – Hays +9 81
5. Austin Perez (10) – Ulysses +9 81
6. Garrett Winter (12) – Andale +10 82
7. Nicholas Carney (12) – Andale +11 83
8. Nolan Meyer (12) – Andale +12 84
9. Mason Cooper (11) – Buhler +13 85
10 Matthew Voth (10) – Buhler +14 86

Hays High hosted Andover Central on Thursday to close out their regular season schedules.  Both teams entered the day 9-9 and both already knew their fate in next week’s regional tournament.  The Lady Indians found out the day before they earned the top seed of the four team tournament that will be held in Buhler on Tuesday.

Game 1

Andover Central 13 – Hays 4

The Indians took an early 1-0 lead after an error on the Jaguars in the bottom of the first inning.  Andover Central answered back with three in the second, including a two run home run, and two more runs in the third.

Hays couldn’t take advantage of runners on the base path in the second and third inning while Andover Central added another three runs in the fourth.  Kalei Cline, who homered in the second inning, added another in the fourth to open a second three run inning that pushed the advantage for the Jaguars to 8-1.

Hays scored a second run on a throwing error in fifth inning for an 8-2 score.  Andover Central tacked on five more runs in the top of the seventh inning to end any thoughts of a comeback in game one.  The Indians scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh for the 13-4 final.

Kaitlyn Brown took the loss in game one.

 

Game 2

Hays 12 – Andover Central 9

Highlights

 

Each team recorded three hits and an error in the first inning of game two.  The result was a 3-2 lead for Andover Central.  The Jaguars increased the lead to three once again with two runs in the top half of the second.  Down 5-2, Hays used four hits and three hit batters to score five runs in the bottom of the second to take their first lead of game two.

The Indians increased their lead to three following a two run third with all the runs scoring with two outs.  Hays led 9-6 entering the fourth but Andover Central pushed three across the plate to tie things up at nine a piece.

Hays again answered and did so with two outs in the bottom of the fourth.  Cassidy Prough singled home a run to regain the lead and then Kaitlyn Brown doubled in two runs for a 12-9 lead.

Each team went scoreless in the fifth and sixth innings for the first zeroes posted in game two.  Before the fifth Andover Central changed pitchers to their game one winner Audrey Orlowski.  While Orlowski held Hays scoreless for the fifth and sixth, Jaysa Wichers did the same to the Jaguars in the fifth, sixth and seventh for a Hays High 12-9 victory.

Both Hays and Andover Central finish the regular season at 10-10.

Coach Erin Wagner

Hays moves on to the regional tournament in Buhler next Tuesday.  The Indians are the one seed and will face 0-20 Buhler at 3:00.  6-14 Abilene will play 4-16 McPherson at 4:30.  The winners will play for a spot at the state tournament at around 6:00.

 

 

 

By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan.-Hays High scored two first half goals and shut out Wichita Trinity 2-0 on Thursday evening at the Hays High Field. The win snapped a three match losing streak for the Lady Indians. Savannah Schneider scored the first goal in the 8th minute when she used her left foot to shoot it by the Trinity goalie. Kallie Leiker tallied the second Lady Indian goal in the 36th minute off a pass from Schneider.

Hays was able to keep the Knights away from the goal most of the match thanks to some good ball control and solid defense. The Lady Indians improve to 9-6-1 and will host a first round playoff game on Monday at 5pm.

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