Scott City doubles team qualifies for state, baseball & softball sweep Hugoton
Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–It was a busy day on Friday for Scott City athletics, as the boys tennis squad was at the Class 4A Regional at Buhler, while baseball hosted Hugoton and softball visited Hugoton.
In Buhler, the boys tennis team would be in a rugged regional, and qualified a doubles team for state. Emilio Alarcon/Brody Stoecklein would place sixth, going 2-2 on the day. They won their opener 6-1, 6-0, before falling in the quarterfinals to the eventual regional champions 6-2, 6-0. To qualify for state, they would take a 6-1, 7-5 win, before taking a medical default to close the day. Reed Batterton fell one match short of qualifying for state. He would win his first match 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-8, and fell in the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-3. Batterton lost his final match 6-1, 6-1. Brice Koehn dropped his first round match to the eventual third place finisher 6-0, 6-1, and the doubles team of Carson Bennett/Brant Powelson fell in their opening round match 5-7, 6-1, 11-9. Scott City finished fourth as a team with 3 points. Hesston won the regional with 22 points, while Buhler was second with 16 points and El Dorado was third with 15 points.
Alarcon/Stoecklein will compete at the Class 4A State meet in Topeka next Friday & Saturday, May 15-16.
In Scott City, the Beaver baseball team wrapped up the regular season on Friday at home on senior night against Hugoton. Knowing they were in prime position to host a regional, Scott City was looking to take momentum into the playoffs. The opener saw the Beavers score in five of the six innings, en route to a 12-2 win. Scott City scattered 18 hits in the win, highlighted by Aaren Radke’s grand slam in the fifth inning. Avery Radke drove in three runs, and Spencer Cramer and Emilio Contreras each had three hits in the win. Teagan Feely went six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and struck out four. In the finale, Scott City had to put their rally caps on. They led 2-1 after two innings, when Hugoton would rally back and take a 5-3 lead in the fifth. That score held up until the bottom of the seventh, when the Beavers scored on a two-out error to get the win. Scott City is now 4-4 in walk-off games this year. The Beavers had just four hits in the game, as Feely had two of the teams four hits with an RBI. Spencer Cramer gave up five runs, two earned on four hits with seven strikeouts in five innings of work. Aaren Radke got the win in relieve, giving up a hit in two innings.
Scott City has won six straight, and close the regular season out at 13-9, and their 8-4 GWAC record was good enough for third place. They’ll be the seventh seed in regional play on Wednesday, and are projected to host either Smoky Valley or Ellinwood.
At Hugoton, the Lady Beaver softball team closed out the regular season on Friday with a league doubleheader. Scott City scored in five of their seven innings for an 11-3 win. Hugoton scored all three of their runs in the seventh. Riley Suppes had four hits with a home run, and Adalei Zeller hit another home run and drove in two runs. Bailey Wolkensdorfer picked up the win, scattering seven hits, while allowing an earned run and struck out four in seven innings of work. In the finale, Scott City scored in four of their five at bats, and closed the scoring with a five-run fifth, en route to a 13-3 victory. Hugoton scored a run in each of the last three innings. Riley Suppes had three hits and drove in three runs, and Peyton Gentry had two hits with three RBI. Suppes gave up three runs, one earned on three hits, with 11 strikeouts in five innings.
The Lady Beavers closed the season with seven straight wins, and finished with a 19-5 record overall, and went 8-4 in GWAC play. They secured the second seed in regional play that begins May 19. Their likely quarterfinal opponent will be Plainville.