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Larned baseball earns top regional seed
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Stefan Spray hits the baseball against the Pratt 86ers. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

The Larned Indians (15-4) earned the No. 1 seed at the Hays 3A baseball regional. The Indians will play Beloit (4-16) at Larned Monday. Larned has swept 11 consecutive baseball games.

The regional matches Russell/Victoria (6-10) at Hays-Thomas More Prep (8-10), Lincoln/Sylvan (7-11) at Minneapolis (12-6) and Hoisington/Central Plains (8-12) at Ellsworth (9-9) in Monday's first-round games.

The semifinal and championship games are scheduled at Hays May 19.

Winless Ellinwood (0-16) travels to No. 1 seed Ellis (16-0) at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the 2-1A Ellis baseball regional.

3A HAYS MAY 17—8 Beloit 4-16 at 1 Larned 15-4, 6 p.m.; 5 Russell/Victoria 6-10 at 4 Hays-Thomas More Prep 8-10, 6 p.m.; 7 Lincoln/Sylvan 7-11 at 2 Minneapolis 12-6, 5 p.m.; 6 Hoisington/Central Plains 8-12 at 3 Ellsworth 9-9, 5 p.m. 

3A KINGMAN MAY 19—8 Chaparral 5-15 at 1 Wichita Collegiate 14-4, 2:30 p.m.; 4 Haven 10-10 vs. 5 Halstead 9-11, 1 p.m. at Collegiate; 7 Wichita Trinity 8-10 vs.  1 Cheney 14-4 at Kingman, 2 p.m.; 6 Douglass 9-11 at 3 Kingman 15-5, 3:30 p.m.

3A COUNCIL GROVE MAY 17—1 SE of Saline 19-1 bye; 4 Osage City 10-10 vs. 5 Hillsboro/Peabody 10-10, 3:30 p.m.; 2 Hesston 14-5 at 7 Council Grove 2-18, 5 p.m.; 3 Eureka 11-7 vs. 6 Smoky Valley 7-13, 2 p.m.

2A ELLIS MAY 17—8 Ellinwood 0-16 at 1 Ellis 16-0, 3:30 p.m.; 4 Salina Sacred Heart 7-7 vs. 5 Ell-Saline 6-14, 2 p.m.; 7 Republic County 4-12 at 2 Inman 16-2, 2 p.m.; 3 Little River 15-3 vs. 6 Bennington 6-14, 3:30 p.m. at Inman

5A REGIONALS—1 (MAY 18)—Andover Central 19-1 vs. 16 Salina South 5-15; 8 Maize High 12-8 vs. 9 Goddard High 11-9

2 (MAY 19)—Wichita Carroll 19-1 vs. 15 Emporia 6-12; 7 Salina Central 12-8 vs. 10 Arkansas City 11-9

3 (MAY 19)—3 Hays High 15-3 vs. 14 Andover High 7-13;  6 Goddard Eisenhower 13-7 vs. 11 Valley Center 9-11

4 (MAY 18)—4 Maize South 14-6 vs. 13 Newton 7-13, 3:30 p.m.; 5 Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel 13-7 vs. 12 Great Bend 7-12, 2 p.m.

4A REGIONALS—1 (MAY 18)—Pratt 18-2 vs. 16 Wellington 3-17; 8 Andale 12-8 vs. 9 Clearwater 12-8

2 (MAY 18)—Buhler 17-3 vs. 15 Rose Hill 6-14; 7 Circle 13-7 vs. 10 Ulysses 11-9

3 (MAY 18)—McPherson 17-3 vs. 14 Chapman 7-13; 6 Mulvane 13-7 vs. 11 Abilene 10-10

4 (MAY 19)—Clay Center 17-3 vs. 13 Lyons/Sterling 7-13; 5 Augusta 14-6 vs. 12 Concordia 8-10