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Chiefs shed 13-game losing streak with win in Hays
Class AAA American Legion
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HAYS — Things could be looking up for the Great Bend Chiefs.Or at least, they may have turned a corner.On Wednesday night, the Class AAA American Legion team split a doubleheader with Thomas More Prep Marian at Larks Park.The Chiefs threw off the shackles of a 13-game losing streak with a 10-3 win in the five-inning second game.“It’s like I told the other guys, it’s like winning the first game of the year,” Chiefs head coach Michael Stettinger said. “You start with a clean slate after this, and that’s the best part of this.“It takes the pressure off the boys, the coaching staff, the town, the parents, the entire program. Everyone associated in some way with the American Legion team, it takes the pressure off of everyone.”Great Bend turned in a nine-hit performance behind the pitching of Johnny Allende to get the team’s first win in July, and not a moment too soon.The Chiefs have two more regular-season games — today’s doubleheader against Buhler at the Great Bend Sports Complex — before they jump into the postseason.“Going into the postseason, you always want to be peaking,” Stettinger said.