BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

Great Bend's Chayla Prendergast and Braelyn Turner are well known for their pitching prowess.

Prendergast and Turner displayed their hitting talent with home runs that started with a dominating 13-2 and 12-2 sweep over Hays High in Thursday's Western Athletic Conference showdown.

The Panthers (18-1, 8-0 WAC) extend their WAC winning streak to 24 consecutive games.

PANTHERS 13, HAYS 2 (G1) — Prendergast (9-1, 1.24 ERA) struck out three batters and yielded one earned run.

Alyssa McCauley singled home Camdyn Post and Katherine Mazouch in the first inning.

Kamryn Koelsch's homer sparked a 6-run second inning. Denver Ringo scored on a passed ball. Post's single scored Jaya Stroup and Baze Hogan. Post scored on Mazouch's groundout. Kya Behr scored on an error.

The Panthers' 5-run fourth helped end the run-rule win. Mazouch scored on McCauley's sacrifice fly. Behr scored on Callie Umphres' single. Ringo and Umphres scored on Prendergast's homer.

PANTHERS 12, HAYS 2 (G2) — Turner matched Prendergast with a 2-run homer. Prendergast quickly regained bragging rights among the pitchers with her second roundtripper.

Denver Ringo joined home-run derby with a 2-run blast.

Hays High 002 00 — 2 3 4

Great Bend 260 5x — 13 9 1

Raymer and Augustine. Prendergast and Koelsch. W—Prendergast, 9-1. L—Raymer, 3-3. 2B—H—Kippes. HR—GB—Koelsch, Prendergast.

Hays High 000 20 — 2 6 0

Great Bend 602 31 — 12 14 2

Summers and Augustine. Turner, Prendergast (5) and Koelsch. W—Turner, 8-0. L—Summers, 3-7. 2B—GB—Mazouch 2, Hogan, Umphres, McCauley; H—Kippes, Summers, Klein. HR—GB—Turner, Prendergast, Ringo.

WAC SOFTBALL

Great Bend 8-0 18-1

Garden City 6-0 9-8

Hays High 4-5 7-10

Dodge City 0-6 1-11

Liberal 0-7 4-11

4-21—Great Bend 18, Hays 6; Garden City 11, Liberal 2

4-23—Great Bend 13-12, Hays 2-2; Garden City 13-10, Liberal 1-0; Lakin at Dodge City