HOISINGTON 10, RUSSELL 0
HOISINGTON — Hoisington's Taylor Boxberger threw a two-hit shutout as the Cardinals cruised past Russell 10-0 in Monday's 3A Hays softball regional. Boxberger (10-3) struck out nine batters.
Hoisington (16-3) advances to Tuesday's 3A semifinals against Hays-Thomas More Prep (13-8) at Hays.
The Cardinals scored six first-inning runs. Trinity Dolezal forced home Bailee Bachar on a walk. Jenna Urban's sacrifice fly scored Gracie Aylward. Shaylah Kempke scored on a wild pitch. Destiny Hurley stole home. Dolezal scored on a wild pitch. Bailee Bachar's single scored Kadence Urban for a 6-0 lead.
Bachar doubled home Kadence Urban after a leadoff triple to start a three-run third inning. Riley Brungardt scored on Skylar Eidson's groundout. Aylward singled home Bachar for a 9-0 lead. Brooke Steinert scored on a sixth-inning error to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Russell 000 000 — 0 2 1
Hoisington 603 001 — 10 8 0
Bay and Powers. Boxberger and Eidson. W—Boxberger, 10-3. L—Bay. 2B—H—Bachar, Steinert, Boxberger. 3B—H—Kadence Urban.
SYLVAN 6, LARNED 4
SYLVAN GROVE — Underdog Larned kept rallying, but the Indians fell short in a hard-fought 6-4 loss to Sylvan in Monday's 3A Hays softball regional.
The Indians (7-12) had sixth- and seventh-inning rallies stopped when Shaylee Martin was thrown out in back-to-back innings.
Kylie Rahmeier's single drove home Brecken Obermueller for a 1-0 Mustang lead. Nikki Taylor's sacrifice fly brought home Lynzi Myrick for a 1-1 tie.
Sylvan's Taegan Walter's single drove home Mikayla Breneman for a 2-1 third-inning lead. But Larned's defense saved the day when catcher Martin tagged out Dharma Couse and relayed to Baylea Perez for a double play on Dawson O'Bannon.
The Mustangs scored four fourth-inning runs. Hannah Wolting scored on a passed ball. Breneman's single drove in Rahmeier. Couse drilled a two-run homer off pitcher Nikki Taylor for a 6-1 lead.
The Indians (7-12) kept battling off reliever Couse.
Martin reached third base in the sixth inning, but was tagged out at home with no out with the Indians down 6-1. Julia Tapia's single drove in Kendra Grandy for a 6-2 score.
A trio of walks led to Perez scoring on Martin's fielder's choice and Myrick scoring on Kendra Grandy's base hit. But Martin was thrown out at third base to end the game.
Larned 010 001 2 — 4 5 3
Sylvan 011 400 x — 6 10 3
Taylor and Martin. Walter, Couse (4), Walter (7) and Wolting. W—Couse. L—Taylor, 5-5. Sv—Walter. 2B—S—Haberer. HR—S—Couse.
3A HAYS REGIONAL
FIRST ROUND—Beloit 16, Minneapolis 1; Sylvan 6, Larned 4; Hoisington 10, Russell 0; Hays-TMP 6, Plainville-Stockton 5
TUESDAY—Beloit 15-2 vs. Sylvan 13-8, 3 p.m.; Hoisington 16-3 vs. Hays-TMP 13-8, 4:30 p.m.
ELLSWORTH 2, ELLINWOOD 1
STERLING — Ellinwood was one out away from a regional victory, but Ellsworth's Sara Klein and Sierra Kratz delivered RBI hits for a 2-1 victory over the Eagles. Ellinwood pitcher Taegan Torres threw shutout softball for six innings.
Klein singled home Courtney Wise and Kratz followed with an RBI double to score Klein with the game-winning run.
Ellinwood led 1-0 when Kaitlyn Panning singled home Kaitlyn Pohlman in the first inning.
Ellinwood 100 000 0 — 1 4 1
Ellsworth 000 000 2 — 2 7 3
Torres and Panning. Pruitt and Wise. W—Pruitt. L—Torres, 11-8. 2B—Ellsworth—Kratz.
2A STERLING REGIONAL
FIRST ROUND—Sterling 13, Bennington 8; Ellsworth 2, Ellinwood 1; Belleville Republic County 9, Ell-Saline 0; Salina Sacred Heart 7, Little River 3
TUESDAY—Sterling 15-2 vs. Ellsworth 12-7, 3 p.m.; Republic County 16-5 vs.. Salina Sacred Heart 11-6, 4:30 p.m.; Championship—6 p.m.
