LARNED — The Larned Indians rallied from a 4-0 deficit for an 11-6 opening Central Kansas League baseball victory over Hillsboro Tuesday. The Dragons gained revenge with a 16-5 victory.

Larned (8-6, 6-6 CKL) stays above .500 while Halstead (3-8, 3-8 CKL) stopped a losing streak.

LARNED 11, HILLSBORO 6 (G1) — Jack Stelter delivered a two-run single in a seven-run third inning that sparked the Indians.

The Trojans led 4-0 off Indian starter Aidan Smyth. Caleb Potucek scored on a first-inning sacrifice fly. Caleb Potucek singled home Jess Philpot and Corbin Marple scored on a groundout. Caleb Potucek scored on a second-inning error for a 4-0 lead.

Larned’s Dillan Smith scored on an error and Mason Perez’s single scored Mello Bryant and Brayden Lemuz for a 4-3 score after two frames.

Dillan Smith scored on a wild pitch to start a seven-run rally. Tristen Burger’s single scored Bryant. Lemuz scored on a groundball. Stelter’s two-run single scored Perez and Smyth for an 8-4 lead. Logan Erway’s single scored Layton Pleasant and Dillan Smith’s single scored Erway for a 10-4 lead.

Lemuz scored on Smyth’s groundball for an 11-4 lead. Hillsboro’s Matt Potucek homered off reliever Pleasant to bring home Caleb Potucek for an 11-6 final.  

HALSTEAD 16, LARNED 5 — Hillsboro outscored Larned 12-0 after trailing 5-4 after four innings. Brooks Gardner tripled, double twice and drove home five runs. Hunter Hein doubled and drove home four runs. The Trojans scored 12 runs in their final three at-bats.

Larned scored five runs in the fourth inning. Aidan Smyth scored on Dillan Smith's sacrifice fly. Layton Pleasant was forced home on a bases-loaded walk to Brandon Ceniceros. Mason Perez cleared the bases with a bases-loaded triple to score Logan Erway, Mello Bryant and Ceniceros for a brief 5-4 lead.

Hillsboro 130 002 0 — 6 9 4

Larned 037 100 x — 11 13 2

Roberts, Cakldwell (3), Young (6) and Hanschu. Smyth, Smith (7) and Stelter. W—Smyth. L—Roberts. 2B—L—Stelter, Lemuz; H—Caleb Potucek. 3B—L—Smith; H—Matt Potucek.

Hillsboro 202 023 7 — 16 15 1

Larned 000 500 0 — 5 6 9 

Gardner, Barnhardt (4), Caleb Potucek (5), Parks (7) and Hanschu. Murray, Skelton (4), Smith (6) and Stelter. W—Barnhardt. L—Murray. 2B—H—Roberts, Gardner 2, Hein. 3B—H—Gardner; L—Perez.

CKL BASEBALL

Nickerson 10-2 10-2 

Hoisington 9-3 11-3

Pratt 8-4 8-4

Hillsboro 6-4 7-5

Hesston 7-5 9-5

Haven 5-5 7-5

Larned 6-6 8-6

Halstead 3-9 3-9

Lyons 2-10 2-10

Smoky Valley 2-10 2-12

TUESDAY

Nickerson 13-3, 5-4 Haven

Hoisington 7-3, 11-1 Halstead

Hesston def. Lyons

Larned 11, Hillsboro 6; Hillsboro 16, Larned 5

Pratt 10-0, 16-1 Smoky Valley 

NICKERSON (10-2, 10-2)—WL Hoisington 8-2, 4-5; WW Lyons 13-3, 3-0; WW Larned 10-0, 7-2; WW Halstead 16-4, 19-2; WL Pratt 2-0, 2-4; WW Haven 13-3, 5-4; 4-26—at Smoky Valley; 4-30—at Kingman; 5-3—at Hesston; 5-7—Hillsboro

HOISINGTON (9-3, 11-3)—WL Nickerson 5-4, 2-8; WW Smoky Valley 6-1, 11-1; WW Pratt 10-9, 5-1; WL Haven  8-6,5-8; WL Hesston 9-2, 1-9; WW Ellinwood 17-2, 15-0; WW Halstead 7-3, 11-1; 4-26—at Hillsboro; 5-3—at Larned; 5-7—at Lyons 

PRATT (8-4, 8-4)—WW Hillsboro 4-0, 7-4; 3-29—Kingman, ppd.; WL Larned 11-1, 9-11; LL Hoisington 9-10, 1-5; WW Lyons 15-2, 20-1; WL Nickerson 4-2, 0-2; WW Smoky Valley 10-0, 16-1; 4-26—at Halstead; 5-3—at Haven; 5-7—Hesston

LARNED (6-6, 8-6)—WL Lyons 3-0, 7-8; WL Pratt 11-9, 1-11; WW Ellinwood 13-3, 11-0; LL Nickerson 0-10, 2-7; WW Smoky Valley 15-9, 10-1; WL Haven 5-2, 0-5;  WL Hillsboro 11-6, 5-16; 4-26—at Hesston; 5-3—Hoisington; 5-7—at Halstead

HILLSBORO (6-4, 7-5)—LL Pratt 0-4, 7-10; WL Smoky Valley 15-0, 3-4; WW Hesston 11-6, 9-3; WW Halstead 10-5, 7-3; WL Remington 11-1, 6-8; WL Larned 16-5, 6-11; 4-26—Hoisington; 4-30—Haven; 5-3—Lyons; 5-7—at Nickerson

HAVEN (5-5, 7-5)—WW Halstead 10-0, 4-3; WW Kingman 10-7, 9-3; WL Hesston 7-6, 10-21; WL Hoisington 8-5,6-8; WL  Larned 5-0, 2-5; LL Nickerson 3-13, 4-5; 4-26—Lyons; 4-30—at Hillsboro; 5-3—Pratt; 5-7—at Smoky Valley

HESSTON (7-5, 9-5)—WW Smoky Valley 10-4, 9-4; WW Chaparral 10-0 11-1; WL Halstead 8-7, 0-10; WL Haven 21-10 6-7; LL Hillsboro 6-11, 3-9; WL Hoisington 9-1, 2-9; WW Lyons; 4-26—Larned; 5-3—Nickerson; 5-7—at Pratt

HALSTEAD (3-9, 3-9)—LL Haven 0-10, 3-4; WL Hesston 10-0, 7-8; WW Lyons 12-2, 11-1; LL Nickerson 4-16, 2-19; LL  Hillsboro 5-10, 3-7; LL Hoisington 3-7, 1-11; 4-26—Pratt; 4-29—at Cheney; 5-2—at Smoky Valley; 5-7—Larned

LYONS (2-10, 2-10)—WL Larned 8-7, 0-3; LL Nickerson 3-13, 0-3; LL Halstead 2-12, 1-11; WW Pratt 2-15, 1-20; WL Smoky Valley 9-1, 3-9; LL Hesston; 4-26—at Haven; 5-3—at Hillsboro; 5-7—Hoisington

SMOKY VALLEY (2-10, 2-12)—LL Hesston 4-10, 4-9;  LL Hoisington 1-6, 1-11; LL SE Saline 6-10, 5-13; WL Hillsboro 4-3, 0-15; LL Larned 9-15, 1-10; WL Lyons 9-3, 1-9; LL Pratt 0-10, 1-16; 4-26—Nickerson; 5-2—Halstead; 5-7—Haven