SALINA — The Great Bend Braves yielded three unearned runs in a 6-2 loss to the Salina Spikes 16 at the Salina Grand Slam Baseball Tournament. The Braves drop to 14-5. 

The Salina Falcons defeated the Salina Spikes (16) 2-1 in the championship game. The Falcons are 13-17 and the Spikes are 22-3-1. 

McPherson won the 16-and-under bracket 7-5 over Hays Hammer.

SALINA SPIKES (16) 6, BRAVES 2 (SEMIFINAL) — Three Braves errors cost starter Daxton Minton (1-1) and reliever Slade Mohr. Great Bend's Aiden Hekele scored on an error and Minton scored on Carson Poe's sixth-inning single.

Salina's Ty Heitschmidt singled home Kyle Miller and Max Evans scored on a first-inning error. Kolton Herbel scored on Heitschmidt's third-inning sacrifice fly and Kyle Miller scored on a wild pitch. Ethan Luck scored on a fourth-inning error and Aidan Speilman scored on Herbel's single.

BRAVES 3, SALINA FALCONS 2 — Braves pitcher Koehn Ribordy (1-0) struck out 10 batters in a 105-pitch outing. Ribordy retired the final six batters.

Ribordy ignited a 3-run third inning with a single to score Jaxon Wondra. Trey Milsap singled in Ribordy and Collin Saffa. 

Salina's Seth Rogers scored on Cayson Ivey's single. Layton Schmidt scored in Ryan Brown's sacrifice fly.

BRAVES 6, WELLINGTON 2 — Braves pitcher Peyden Oelger (2-0) backed up Koehn Ribordy with a solid 4-hit performance with four strikeouts.

Ribordy scored on Trenton Kern's first-inning sacrifice fly. Kern singled in Ribordy and Daxton Minton for a 3-1 lead after three innings. Ribordy scored on a sixth-inning Eli Contreras sacrifice fly. Daxton Wondra scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch and Slade Mohr scored on a passed ball.

BUHLER NATIONALS 5, BRAVES 0 — Great Bend's Trenton Kern singled twice for the Braves' lone hits off Buhler pitcher Logan Snyder, who struck out four batters. Slade Mohr hit into a fourth-inning double play. Jaxon Wondra hit into a game-ending double play.

Buhler scored single runs in the second and third innings. Julian Morrison doubled in Jacob Miller. Carter Jones scored on a Carson Roberts groundout. Jacob Miller doubled in Mitchel McDaniel to ignite a 3-run fourth inning. Jacob Miller scored on Jarod Miller's single. Jared Miller scored on an error. 

SALINA SPIKES (16), 10 BRAVES 3 — Salina's Keaton Smith, Oscar Perez and Grant Rice each drove in two runs to spark the Spikes. Braves pitcher Trey Milsap (5-1) was tagged for nine earned runs.

Great Bend's Owen Kaiser doubled home Daxton Minton in the third inning. Milsap doubled home Owen Kaiser and Peyden Oelger in a 2-run fifth inning.

The Spikes put the game on ice with a 6-run fifth inning.

MCPHERSON 9, HOISINGTON HORNETS 0 (SEMIFINAL) — McPherson pitchers  Cru Buchman and Brady Rinker combined for a 3-hit shutout with three strikeouts. Hoisington's Brodie Crites, Landon Demuth and Sebastian Bujanda singled.

McPherson scored five first-inning runs. Bo Barkley and Asher Allen delivered 2-run first-inning singles. Carter Bengston, Buchman and Ian Puhalla added RBIs. 

HOISINGTON HORNETS 8, WELLINGTON 0 — Pitcher Carson Mason threw a 2-hit shutout with five strikeouts.

Crites singled in Mason in the first inning. Mason scored on Rafa Chavez's third inning single. In a 6-run fourth inning, Demuth, Marcus Starr, Bujanda, Kolter Hahn and Kayden Humphrey delivered RBIs. Mason scored on an error.

HOISINGTON HORNETS 11, BUHLER NATIONALS 8 — Hoisington built an 11-2 lead before Madden Wilson yielded six seventh-inning runs. Crites drove in two runs and Mason, Chavez, Demuth and Starr drove in runs. 

HOISINGTON HORNETS 6, HAYS HAMMER 5 — Hoisington's Bujanda singled home Demuth for the game-winning run after Demuth tripled in the seventh inning. Crites pitched two scoreless innings to earn the victory. 

Chavez scored on Demuth's bases-loaded walk. Starr singled home Crites. Madden Wilson scored on a bases-loaded walk. Demuth scored on Hahn's sacrifice fly for a 4-0 lead. Wilson singled home Mason in the second inning.

Hays' Kal Lonsdale and Wyatt Dreiling hit RBI second-inning singles. Sam Thielen stole home in the third inning. Brett Rhoades doubled in Bennett Smith and Adler Brown for a 5-5 tie.

SALINA SPIKES (15) 3, HOISINGTON HORNETS 2 —  Hoisington pitcher Demuth threw six innings in a 1-run loss.

Salina's Noah Hines scored on a passed ball and Aidan Hammond scored on C. Klover's sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead. T. Ptacek scored on Demuth's third-inning balk for a 3-0 lead.

Hoisington's Starr singled in Demuth and Chavez scored on a fourth-inning balk for a 3-2 score. Hoisington was hitless in the final three innings.

GB Braves 000 002 0 — 2 5 3

Salina Spikes (16) 202 200 0 — 6 3 3

Minton, Mohr (4), Wondra (6) and Saffa. Rodriguez, Miller (6) and Perez. W—Rodriguez. L—Minton, 1-1. 

GB Braves 102 001 2 — 6 5 2

Wellington 100 000 1 — 2 4 2

Oelger and Milsap. Elder, Bannister (5) and Bannister. W—Oelger, 2-0. L—Elder. 2B—GB—Milsap.

GB Braves 003 000 0 — 3 3 1

Salina Falcons 000 101 0 — 2 4 0

Ribordy and Saffa. Gilpin and Fitzgerald. W—Ribordy, 1-0. L—Gilpin. 2B—GB—Saffa.   

GB Braves 001 200 — 3 5 0

Salina Spikes (16) 310 060 — 10 12 0

Milsap, Poe (5) and Saffa. Speilman (5) and Perez. W—Speilman. L—Milsap, 5-1. 2B—GB—Kaiser, Milsap; SS—Luck. 3B—SS—Perez.

GB Braves 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 

Buhler 011 300 x — 5 5 1

Kaiser and Milsap. Snyder, Morrison (7) and Henry. W—Snyder. L—Kaiser, 0-1. 2B—B—Morrison.

McPherson 512 10 — 9 9 0

Hoisington Hornets 000 00 — 0 3 0

Buchman, Rinker (4) and Barkley. Umphrey, Chavez (1), Crites (4) and Hahn. W—Buchman. L—Umphrey. 2B—Mc—Puhalla, Linn.

El Dorado 000 00 — 0 2 4

Hoisington Hornets 101 6x — 8 9 0

Linson and Worrell. Mason and Hahn. W—Mason. L—Worrell. 2B—H—Starr, Bujanda.

Hoisington Hornets 150 100 4 — 11 11 3

Buhler (16) 110 000 6 — 8 11 5

Wilson and Hahn. Stanlee, Moler (5) and Moler. W—Wilson. L—Stanlee. 2B—H—Ochs, Chavez.

Hays Hammer 021 020 0 — 5 9 1

Hoisington Hornets 410 000 1 — 6 7 2 

Thielen, Purinton (6) and Fabrizius. Hahn, Crites (6) and Mason. W—Crites. L—Thielen. 2B—HAYS—Rhoades. 3B—HOIS—Demuth. 

Hoisington Hornets 000 200 0 — 2 2 1 

Salina Spikes (15) 021 000 0 — 3 3 2

Demuth and Hahn. Hall, Lilley (5) and Talley. W—Hall. L—Demuth. 2B—SS—Hahn.

SALINA TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY—17 UNDER 1ST PLACE—Salina Falcons 2, Salina Spikes (16) 1; SEMIFINALS—Salina Spikes (16) 6, Great Bend Braves 2; Salina Falcons 4, Buhler Nationals 1

SUNDAY 16 UNDER 1ST PLACE—McPherson 7, Hays Hammer 5; SEMIFINALS—McPherson 8, Hoisington Hornets 0; Hays Hammer 8, Southside 5 

17 UNDER SCORES—Buhler Nationals 5, Great Bend Braves 0; Salina Falcons 12, Wellington 2; Great Bend Braves 3, Salina Falcons 2; Salina Spikes (16) 5, Wellington 1; Hays Hammer 7, Salina Spikes (15) 4; Buhler Nationals 3, Salina Falcons 2; Great Bend Braves 6, Wellington 2; Great Bend Braves 3; Buhler (16) 5 Wellington 5, TIE; Buhler Nationals 8, Salina Spikes (16) 0; Salina Spikes (16) 10, Southside 9; Salina Spikes (16) 7, Salina Falcons 0; Hoisington Hornets 11, Buhler Nationals 8 

16 UNDER SCORES—Hoisington Hornets 11, Buhler Nationals 8; McPherson 14, El Dorado 0; Buhler (16) 9, McPherson 5, Buhler (16) 1; Salina Spikes (15) 5; Hoisington Hornets 6, Hays Hammer 5; Salina Spikes (16) 10, Southside 9, El Dorado 0; McPherson 9, Pratt 7; Salina Spikes (15) 3, Hoisington Hornets 2; Hays Hammer 12, Buhler (16) 8; Pratt 8, El Dorado 7; Hays Hammer 10, Pratt 9; Hoisington Hornets 7, El Dorado 0; Southside 15, McPherson (16) 1

GREAT BEND BRAVES ROSTER—2 Peyden Oelger; 3 Colin Saffa; 4 Carson Poe; 7 Kale Kern; 9 Slade Mohr; 11 Trey Milsap; 12 Daxton Minton; 15 Trenton Kern; 17 Eli Contreras; 19 Lane French; 21 Aiden Hekele; 22 Eli Soupiset; 24 Jaxon Wondra; 31 Kaito Richter