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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/5/1746415043974.jpeg" alt="Kaibryn Kruger tries to fire up the dugout after a double vs. Butler on Saturday in the Region 6 Tournament at Dodge City. The Blue Dragons fell 8-3 to wrap up the 2025 season. (Steve Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)" />
 <figcaption>Kaibryn Kruger tries to fire up the dugout after a double vs. Butler on Saturday in the Region 6 Tournament at Dodge City. The Blue Dragons fell 8-3 to wrap up the 2025 season. (Steve Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)</figcaption>
 </figure><div>Hutchinson CC Sports Information
DODGE CITY &ndash; The Hutchinson Community College softball team saw its 2025 Region 6 Tournament run come to an end on Saturday evening in a third-round elimination game at Legends Park.
Butler hit two home runs and scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to defeat the Blue Dragons 8-3. Earlier on Saturday, the Blue Dragons stayed alive with 4-3 win over Dodge City.
The Jayhawk Conference champion Blue Dragons close the 2025 season with a 37-11 record.
The Blue Dragons left the bases loaded in the first and left two runners on in the fifth. Butler had home runs in the second and fourth innings in building a 5-0 lead after five innings.
The Dragons finally broke through in the sixth. After a&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/kruger_kaibryn_wwcp">Kaibryn Kruger</a>&nbsp;double,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/golly_taylor_l19d">Tailor Golly</a>&nbsp;hit a two-run home run to left field to cut the deficit to 5-2.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/brawner_brie_hldl">Brie Brawner</a>&nbsp;then singled home&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/backhaus_brooke_ngsp">Brooke Backhaus</a>&nbsp;in the sixth to cut the Butler lead to 5-3.
Things got away from the Blue Dragons in the bottom of the sixth when three errors led to three-unearned runs and rebuilt a five-run lead at 8-3.
Each team had six hits in the game.
Kruger went 2 for 4 with a double and run scored and Golly went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/backhaus_bailey_44zk">Bailey Backhaus</a>&nbsp;and Brawner had the other Hutchinson hits.
<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/tomlinson_morgan_0v0v">Morgan Tomlinson</a>&nbsp;(21-7) went three-plus innings in her final Blue Dragon start. Tomlinson allowed four hits and three runs with two strikeouts and a walk.&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/schmidt_jessica_edec">Jessica Schmidt</a>&nbsp;pitched the final three innings.
For the Blue Dragon sophomores &ndash; Tomlinson,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/backhaus_bailey_44zk">Bailey Backhaus</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/backhaus_brooke_ngsp">Brooke Backhaus</a>, Brawner,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/kruger_haley_h3bo">Haley Kruger</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/dice_emily_75aj">Emily Dice</a>&nbsp;and Annie Keeley &ndash; finishes an incredible two-year run with 86 wins, a Region 6 Championship in 2024, a Jayhawk Conference championship this season and the program's first-ever appearance in the NJCAA World Series.</div>

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