The Goddard-Eisenhower Tiger baseball team visited Great Bend to face the Panthers in the regular season finale for both teams. They played a doubleheader that the Tigers swept. Eisenhower took game one 6 to 0 after a four-run seventh inning. The second game saw the Tiger’s Jason McCarty hit a pair of two-out, three-run home…
The Great Bend Bat Cats held their final game of the season on July 25th by hosting the Dodge City A’s. With it being the final game, the team recognized the local families that opened up their homes to host a player or players for the summer. After thanking the families, it was time to…
The nightcap of the 2018 KSHSAA Class 2-1A State Baseball Tournament quarterfinals pitted the Spearville Royal Lancers against the defending the champions, the Bluestem Lions. Spearville took the lead with one run in the second inning. They added two more runs in the fourth and two more for insurance in the sixth inning. Bluestem got…
The Chase County Bulldogs faced the West Elk Patriots in the quarterfinals of the Class 2-1A State Baseball Tournament. West Elk jumped out to a 5 to 0 lead by the end of the second inning. Over the next three innings, Chase County would add 16 unanswered runs to seal the victory 16 to 5…
A lovely Spring evening made a great setting for the second game of the Halstead Dragons at Hoisington Cardinals baseball double-header. Both teams scored in the first inning with Halstead plating one run and Hoisington getting three. The Cardinals added more runs in every inning but the sixth. Halstead tried to catch up but ultimately…
A pleasant Saturday evening made the perfect time to enjoy some Jayhawk League baseball in town. The Liberal Bee Jays took on the Great Bend Batcats in the second game of their three game series. The Batcats stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. They added two more in the next inning….
The math for the first day of a zone tournament is fairly simple, win twice and you go on to the state tournament. Getting to those two victories can me a winding road. Both the McPherson Seniors and Great Bend Chiefs advanced to this game. Each team knew that their pitching depth was going to…
A humid morning turned into a hotter afternoon as the Great Bend Chiefs and the Hays Eagles squared off in the American Legion Baseball AAA Zone Tournament. This game would decide the team to face McPherson for a berth to the State Tournament. Both teams sent players to the plate, but none of them could…
On a humid Saturday morning in the middle of July, the Hutchinson Colts faced off with the McPherson Seniors to begin the journey to the American Legion AAA State Baseball Tournament. Hutchinson jumped out to an early lead two run lead in the very first inning. McPherson tied the score in the third inning, but…
A beautiful evening made a great setting for the final game in the 2017 Class 2-1A Baseball season as the Bluestem Lions and Ellis Railroaders faced off in the State Championship game. This year’s game came with an added twist as a pitcher could not throw more than 105 pitches in a game. Along with…
