STERLING — Sterling raced past Ellinwood 13-3 in Tuesday's Hays regional softball first round game. Ellinwood ends with a 8-17 record. Ellinwood's Shyria Quintana (.571) tripled home Bennett Jacobs and Makynna Bryant in a 3-run fourth inning. Quintana scored on Anna Hahn's groundout. Ellinwood pitcher Jacobs (7-16) yielded nine earned runs. Sterling's Blaine Locke doubled three times and drove home three runs. Levi Miller doubled , tripled and drove home three runs. Adyson Surface drove in two runs. Sterling pitcher Surface yielded three earned runs with five strikeouts. Ellinwood 000 30 — 3 6 4 Sterling 434 11 — 13 14 0 Jacobs and Sandberg. Surface and Miller. W—Surface. L—Jacobs. 2B—S—Locke 3, Surface, Boeken, Miller. 3B—E—Quintana; S—Miller, Surface. 2-1A HAYS (5-20)—SEMIFINALS—Hays TMP (25-2) vs. Sylvan-Lucas (14-11); Stanton County (17-6) vs. Sterling (14-7), 3 p.m.; FIRST ROUND— TMP 15, Elkhart 0; Sylvan-Lucas 7, South Sumner 2; 4 Stanton County 10, Ell-Saline 0; 5 Sterling 13, Ellinwood 3