GREAT BEND - Dylan Dreiling tied the Hays High School single-game record for strikeouts in leading the Indians to a 3-0 win over Great Bend Tuesday night at the Great Bend Sports Complex. The Indians junior struck out 18 and allowed only one hit as the Indians bounced back from their only loss of the season.
Dreiling faced one batter over the minimum as the Indians improve to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. Sage Koelsch drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first but Dreiling would get two strikeouts and first baseman Dalyn Schwarz would make a diving stop at first base on a grounder off the bat of Chayse Gruber.
The Panthers only hit came in the fourth when Brad Beck doubled off the glove of diving leftfielder Dominic Bainter. Beck was later thrown out by catcher Remington Cox trying to steal third. Dreiling struck out the next eight and closed the game striking out 10 of the final 11 batters he faced.
The Indians scored their runs on a Garrett Wellbrock two-out single to left which scored Dawson VonFeldt and Ben Krannawitter. Dreiling added a two-out RBI single in the fifth which scored Krannawitter who doubled the at-bat before.
Great Bend starter Layton Holden allowed three runs on six hits with four strikeouts and a loss. The Panthers had their three-game win streak snapped and drop to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference.