LARNED — Larned’s baseball team will ride strong momentum into Thursday’s scheduled doubleheader at Class 5A Great Bend after a 9-2 and 6-1 sweep over Lyons. Larned sports a 12-6 record.
INDIANS 9, LIONS 2 — Austin Gladow worked a nifty complete game with 77 pitches, 55 for strikes. Mason Perez drove in two runs and Gage Skelton, Jon Herter, Austin Gladow and Carson Smith added RBIs.
Perez and Smith scored on a second-inning error. Larned broke a 2-2 tie when Skelton’s single scored Smith and Schartz scored on a fourth-inning error.
In the fifth, Perez forced home Herter on a hit by pitch. Mason Burris scored on Smith’s groundball. In the sixth, Tristen Burger scored on Herter’s double. Gladow hit a sacrifce fly and Perez’s single scored Barger.
INDIANS 6, LIONS 1 — Pitcher Jon Herter worked six innings in 81 pitches, yielding one run and five hits.
Dalton Bright drove home two runs. Mason Schartz, Skelton, Herter and Alex Barger also drove home runs.
The Indians scored three runs in the third inning. Bright’s single scored Smith and Schartz. Herter’s triple scored Bright for a 3-0 lead.
A three-run fifth started when Schartz’s triple scored Smith after a single. Gage Skelton’s squeeze bunt scored Schartz. Alex Barger’s squeeze bunt scored Tristan Burger.
INDIANS 9, LIONS 2
Lyons 020 000 0 — 2 6 7
Larned 020 223 x — 9 6 3
Edwards, Kirkhart (6) and Heath. Gladow and Burris. W—Gladow. L—Edwards. 2B—Larned—Herter.
INDIANS 6, LIONS 1
Lyons 000 100 0 — 1 6 1
Larned 003 030 x — 6 6 1
Heath, Oberle (5) and Robl. Herter, Skelton (7) and Burris. W—Herter. L—Heath. 3B—Larned—Herter, Schartz.
CKL BASEBALL
Nickerson 13-3 17-3
Pratt 14-4 15-5
Halstead 13-5 13-7
Larned 12-6 12-6
Haven 9-9 11-9
Kingman 9-9 10-10
Hoisington 7-11 7-11
Hillsboro 4-12 4-14
SValley 4-14 5-14
Lyons 3-15 3-15
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Haven 9-1, Halstead 4-2
Hillsboro 7-0, Smoky Valley 6-3
Larned 9-6, Lyons 2-0
Nickerson 5-13, Kingman 1-5
Pratt 8-12, Hoisington 1-0
BASEBALL REGIONALS
3A DOUGLASS, MAY 15-18—Wichita Independent 19-1 bye; Chaparral 9-9 at Sedgwick 10-8, 5 p.m.; Douglass 4-14 at Cheney 15-5, 5 p.m.; Belle Plaine 5-13 at Halstead 13-7, 5 p.m.
3A GYPSUM, MAY 15-17—Marion-Centre 18-1 bye; Remington 6-12 vs. Minneapolis 5-15; SE of Saline 13-5 bye; Beloit 10-5 vs. Hillsboro 4-14
3A HAYS, MAY 15-17—Ellsworth 10-6 bye; Syracuse 4-12 at Hugoton 6-12, 5 p.m.; Lakin 8-6 bye; Lyons-Chase 3-15 at Hays-TMP 8-8, 5 p.m.
4A HOISINGTON, MAY 16—Concordia 12-3 vs. Hoisington/Central Plains 7-11, 2 p.m.; Larned 12-6 vs. Russell/Victoria 7-10, 4 p.m.
4A LINDSBORG, MAY 16—St. George-Rock Creek 17-0 vs. Chapman 5-15, 2 p.m.; Clay Center 8-6 vs. Smoky Valley 5-14, 4 p.m.
4A PRATT, MAY 16—Nickerson 17-3 vs. Kingman 10-10, 2 p.m.; Pratt 15-5 vs. Haven 11-9, 4 p.m.
