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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/4/1746020484058.jpeg" alt="Tailor Golly and the Blue Dragon Softball team open the Region 6 Tournament at 2 p.m. on Friday against Seward County at Legends Park in Dodge City. (Sammi Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)" />
 <figcaption>Tailor Golly and the Blue Dragon Softball team open the Region 6 Tournament at 2 p.m. on Friday against Seward County at Legends Park in Dodge City. (Sammi Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)</figcaption>
 </figure><div>Hutchinson CC Sports Information
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The defending Region 6 Tournament champion Hutchinson Community College softball team opens the 2025 tournament on Friday in Dodge City against the Seward County Saints.
The No. 2-seed Blue Dragons (35-9) takes on No. 7 Seward County (18-30) in an opening-round matchup at 2 p.m. Friday at Legends Park in Dodge City. Regardless of outcome, the Blue Dragons will play again at 6 p.m. Friday.
BLUE DRAGON SOFTBALL Region 6 Tournament Opening-Round Matchups Friday, May 2, 2025 &ndash; Legends Park, Dodge City Noon &ndash; No. 1 Butler (38-6) vs. No. 8 Pratt (12-36), Field 4 Noon &ndash; No. 4 Garden City (26-20) vs. No. 5 Dodge City (26-26), Field 2 2 p.m. &ndash; No. 3 Barton (32-14) vs. No. 6 Colby (30-25), Field 2 2 p.m. &ndash; No. 2 Hutchinson (35-9) vs. No. 7 Seward County (18-30), Field 4
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No. 3-seed Barton (32-14) and No. 6-seed Colby (30-23) is in Hutchinson's side of the double-elimination bracket.
All games will be videostreamed live on the KJCCC Network, which is a pay-per-view stream.
The KJCCC champion Blue Dragons swept Seward County in four games this season, winning 6-3 and 9-0 on March 12 in Hutchinson and 8-4 and 8-5 on April 13 in Liberal.
The Blue Dragons hit .400 in four games against the Saints.&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchinson.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/kruger_kaibryn_wwcp">Kaibryn Kruger</a>&nbsp;was 10 of 13 (.769) and&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchinson.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/backhaus_bailey_44zk">Bailey Backhaus</a>&nbsp;was 6 of 7 (.857).&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchinson.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/stauffer_gabby_t8qf">Gabby Stauffer</a>&nbsp;had a series-high eight RBIs, while&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchinson.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/golly_taylor_l19d">Tailor Golly</a>&nbsp;added six RBIs.
Pitcher&nbsp;<a href="https://hutchinson.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/bios/tomlinson_morgan_0v0v">Morgan Tomlinson</a>&nbsp;was 3-0 with a 2.52 earned-run average in three games against the Saints.
Last season, the Blue Dragons defeated Butler in back-to-back championship games to capture the program's first Region 6 title since 1987 and earn the first-ever trip to the NJCAA Softball World Series.</div>

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