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 </figure><div>Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College baseball team will play host to the Allen Red Devils in an opening-round series of the 2025 Region 6 Tournament, which begins on Wednesday at Hobart-Detter Field.
The Blue Dragons (37-19) are the No. 3 seed from the Jayhawk West, while Allen (16-31) is the sixth seed from the Jayhawk East.
Game 1 of the best-of-3 series will be at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Game 2 will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday and Game 3, if necessary, will be at 1 p.m. Friday.
BLUE DRAGON BASEBALL Hutchinson (37-19) vs. Allen (16-31) Region 6 Tournament Opening-Round Series When: Wednesday-Friday, May 7-9 At: Hobart-Detter Field, Hutchinson Series Schedule Game 1&nbsp;&ndash; Wednesday, May 7, 3 p.m. Game 2&nbsp;&ndash; Thursday, May 8, 1 p.m. Game 3 (if necessary)&nbsp;&ndash; Friday, May 9, 1 p.m. Admission: Free Video: All games on the Blue Dragon Sports Network
There will be no admission for the entire series. All games will be streamed live and for free on the Blue Dragon Sports Network.
The Blue Dragons closed the season winning 3 of its last 4 games, including a doubleheader sweep of Pratt on the final day of the regular season to clinch third place in the Jayhawk West. The Dragons were 18-14 in the Jayhawk West, going 4-2-2 in its eight conference series.
Allen has won two in a row and is 5-5 in its last 10 games. The Red Devils split a four-game series with Neosho County last weekend. The Devils tied Labette for sixth at 12-20 and won the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Cardinals by winning 3 of 4 games.
Hutchinson is the No. 5 overall seed in the Region 6 Tournament and Allen is seeded No. 12.
Hutchinson and Allen played each other on each teams' conference bye week and the Blue Dragons earned a four-game sweep of the Red Devils. The Dragons won 11-1 and 20-4 at Hobart-Detter Field on March 22 and 17-3 and 11-2 in Iola on March 24.
This will be the first postseason meeting between Hutchinson and Allen since May 15, 2021 when the Blue Dragons rallied to defeat Allen 11-10 in 10 innings in a sub-regional matchup at Hobart-Detter Field.
The 2025 matchup will be only the fifth time Hutchinson and Allen will play in the postseason since Region 6 went to its current format in 2005. The other three matchups were: + Hutchinson defeated Allen 5-4 in 12 innings in the opening round of the Region 6 Tournament in 2005 at old Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita. + The Dragons defeated Allen twice in a four-team sub-regional at Johnson County in 2010 by scores of 6-5 and 4-3 in 10 innings. + The Dragons swept Allen in a best-of-3 series in 2024, winning 3-0 and 4-1.
The Dragons and Devils haven't played each other many times over the years. The Blue Dragons have won 20 consecutive games over the Red Devils dating back to 1995. The last Allen win was the 1995 season opener in a 6-5 victory over Hutchinson.
The Hutchinson-Allen winner advances to the Plains District (Region 6) Tournament for an eight-team double-elimination series. The Dragon-Devil winner will play the Cowley-Seward County series winner on May 13 at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina.
2025 Region 6 (NJCAA Plains District Tournament) May 7-9 (Best of three series) No. 16 Neosho County (34-28) at No. 1 Barton (40-11) &ndash; 2 p.m./2 p.m./2 p.m. No. 9 Butler (25-26) at No. 8 Coffeyville (31-18) &ndash; 2 p.m./2 p.m./2 p.m. No. 12 Allen (16-31) at No. 5 Hutchinson (37-19) &ndash; 3 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m. No. 13 Seward County (26-29) at No. 4 Cowley (41-10) &ndash; 3 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m. No. 14 Labette (15-31) at No. 3 Cloud County (42-14) &ndash; 3 p.m./2 p.m./TBA No. 11 Dodge City (32-23) at No. 6 Kansas City (35-20) &ndash; 1 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m. No. 10 Fort Scott (35-21) at No. 7 Colby (30-25) &ndash; 1 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m. No. 15 Garden City (22-33) at No. 2 Johnson County (45-11) &ndash; 1 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m.
2025 Region 6 (NJCAA Plains District Tournament) Dean Evans Stadium, Salina &ndash; May 13-17 Eight-team Double-Elimination Format May 13 &ndash; Opening Round Barton/Neosho County winner vs. Coffeyville/Butler winner Hutchinson/Allen winner vs. Cowley/Seward County winner Cloud County/Labette winner vs. Kansas City/Dodge City winner Colby/Fort Scott winner vs. Johnson County/Garden City winner</div>

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