Hays Post Sports
HAYS – The Hays High softball team wrapped up their regular season with a sweep of Manhattan. The Indians cruised to an 11-0 win in game one then held on for a 6-4 victory in the second game.
The Indians finished the regular season 16-10. They will find out on Saturday who, when and where they play in next week’s regional.
Game 1: Hays 11, Manhattan 0 (5 innings) Avery Solida had two hits including a three-run homer to lead the Hays Indians to the game one win.
HHS scored four runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back. They added a run in the third then six in the fifth to end the game early.
Brynlee Rupp got the Indians on the board with an RBI triple then scored on a passed ball in the first. Solida drove in her first run of the day with a single. Lanie Becker stole home to push the lead to 4-0.
Becker hit an inside the park home run in the third to put HHS up 5-0.
Rupp opened the decisive fifth with a single then scored on Riley Dreher’s double. Following a walk, Solida hit a three-run blast to center to put Hays up 9-0. Alyse Zimmerman ended the game with a two-run single to center.
Jaylee Summers scattered three hits with three walks and three strikeouts and picked up the complete game victory.
Game 2: Hays 6, Manhattan 4 Hays built a 6-0 lead after five then held on for the win.
Alyse Zimmerman, Brynlee Rupp and Riley Dreher all singled to open the bottom of the first. Dreher’s base hit scored two to give the Indians the early lead. Dreher later score on an error to give the Indians a 3-0 lead.
Each team would get only one baserunner over the next three innings.
Hays broke through for three more runs in the fifth. With two outs, Lanie Becker singled which scored Zimmerman who opened the frame with a double. Following an Avery Solida single, Brynlee Brous single to push the lead to 5-0. K Jones singled home courtesy runner Jaylee Summers for the Indians final run.
Manhattan scored four in the top of the sixth. The first run came on a passed ball. The Indians threw a runner out at home on a bunt but Josi Alesana hit a bases loaded double with two outs to make it 6-4.