COLONY — The Crest High Lancers ended their season at home against Yates Center Tuesday the same way they’ve played all season: dominantly.
The Lancers (19-0) put a cap on their undefeated regular season with the win Tuesday. Crest was able to squeeze in one game before rain canceled game two, which will not be made up.
The Lancers secured a Three Rivers League title at Southeast-Cherokee last week.
Lancer seniors, Jack White and Avery Blaufuss, went deep for home runs in their final regular season at bats in Colony.
Both home runs came in the third inning and put the finishing touches on a one-sided 16-0 win.
Crest’s senior group of players have never lost a home game in three years after not playing their freshman season due to COVID.
The only loss the seniors took over the three years was an early season loss in their sophomore season.
Stetson Setter started on the mound for the Lancers, and worked all three innings without allowing a hit. Two Wildcats reached base, one on a walk; the other a fielding error.
Setter struck out eight.
The Lancers wasted no time getting on the board. Setter doubled home White for a 1-0 lead to start things off. Rogan Weir then singled to score Holden Barker and Setter for a 3-0 advantage. Blaufuss delivered an RBI single for the 4-0 edge, and scored on an error to push across the fifth run.
Six more Crest runs crossed home plate in the second inning, beginning with White’s RBI single and followed up by a Setter RBI double, H. Barker’s RBI double and a Weir RBI single for the 9-0 lead. Weir and Blaufuss scored near the end of the second to take an 11-0 lead.
When White stepped to the plate with Church on base in the bottom of the third, he delivered a mammoth home run to left field for the 13-0 advantage.
Blaufuss then came through with his three-run homer with H. Barker and Weir on base to take a 16-0 lead.
Yates Center started Canon Cavender. He surrendered three hits and two walks in an inning.
Blake Morrison then came in to pitch in relief.
The Lancers have been back-to-back regional champions with state appearances the past two years.
The Class 2-1A Regionals begin next week.
Crest, the top seed, will take on the winner of Maranatha Christian Academy (4-11) or McLouth (1-19) about 25 minutes after Pleasant Ridge and Pleasanton finish their 1 p.m. game in Overland Park Tuesday.
