Hutchinson High School’s Rhyan Galyon tied a Hutchinson High School girls soccer team record with six goals during a 7-2 win over Goddard in a Kansas Class 5A West #3 regional Tuesday night at the Salthawk Soccer Complex. (Photo courtesy of KSHSAA Covered and Hutchinson High School).
By John Mesh
Junior Rhyan Galyon tied a Hutchinson High School girls soccer team record with six goals and lifted the Salthawks past Goddard 7-2 in a Kansas Class 5A West #3 regional Tuesday night at the Salthawk Soccer Complex.
Hutchinson led at halftime 4-2.
Salthawks’ senior Lily Rodriguez scored one goal and assisted Galyon three times. Kate Jackson, Alayniah Johnson and Breckyn Edwards each contributed one assist.
“This game meant a lot to our girls — it’s the first regional match we’ve won in several seasons,” said Hutchinson girls soccer coach Jordan Proffitt. “The girls came out ready to play, scoring just 5 minutes into the match. We had multiple players contributing assists, with Rhyan Galyon netting 6 of our 7 goals.
“Rhyan tied the school record for goals scored in a single game with six. Her speed up top creates problems for every opponent we face. We successfully threaded the ball to her on several occasions, resulting in decisive finishes. Lily Rodriguez assisted Rhyan three times, bringing her total for the season to 12 assists so far.”
The Salthawks (11-6) will play Maize South (15-2) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Maize South.
“On Thursday, we will face a strong Maize South team for the regional championship,” Proffitt said. “We are eager for the challenge and are determined to give it our all. The girls are prepared to battle for the regional championship on Thursday.”
Maize South defeated Arkansas City 12-0 Monday night at Maize South.
Goddard finished the season 8-9 and Ark City finished 5-12.
In other Class 5A West girls soccer finals Thursday, Goddard Eisenhower (12-6) hosts Hays (9-8), Bishop Carroll (17-0) hosts Salina South (9-8) and Andover Central (12-5) hosts Kapaun-Mount Carmel (12-5).
In the Kansas Class 4A girls soccer West #4 Regional, Buhler (12-5) hosts Mulvane (11-6) at 6 p.m. Thursday.
In the other 4A West girls soccer finals Thursday, Wichita Trinity Academy (13-1-2) hosts Classic School of Wichita/Wichita Central Christian Academy (8-9), Rose Hill (13-4) hosts Topeka Cair Paravel Latin School/Mission Valley (8-7) and McPherson (12-5) hosts Topeka Hayden (10-7).
Baseball roundup: Season ends for Hutchinson Salthawks with loss to Goddard Eisenhower
The 2025 baseball season came to an end for the Hutchinson Salthawks with a 4-2 loss to Goddard Eisenhower Wednesday afternoon in the Class 5A baseball regional semifinals at Wichita.
Goddard Eisenhower (17-10) will play Bishop Carroll (21-6) in the regional title game. Carroll defeated Goddard 8-0 in the other semifinal.
Regional winners qualify for the Class 5A state baseball tournament May 29-30 at the Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium.
The Salthawks finished the season with a 15-12 record and Goddard finished 8-16.
• In the Class 2-1A baseball regional at Marion Wednesday night, Hutchinson Trinity lost to Whitewater-Remington 8-5 in the championship game.
Trinity finished the season with a 15-8 record. Whitewater-Remington will take a 16-8 record to the 2-1A state tournament May 29-30 at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
In the semifinals, Hutchinson Trinity defeated Little River 5-4 and Whitewater-Remington handed Sedgwick its first loss of the season with a 2-1 decision.
Little River finished the season 20-4 and Sedgwick finished 26-1.
• The Buhler High School baseball season came to end with a 6-0 loss to McPherson in the Kansas Class 4A West #1 championship game Tuesday night at McPherson.
In the semifinals, Buhler shut out Larned/La Crosse 2-0 and McPherson defeated Towanda-Circle 3-1.
The McPherson Bullpups improved to 25-3. The Buhler Crusaders finished the season with an 18-10 record.
Larned/La Crosse finished 15-10 and Towanda-Circle finished 9-18.
McPherson advanced to the Kansas Class 4A state baseball tournament May 29-30 at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina.
Softball roundup: Inman headed to Class 2-1A state tournament
The Inman High School softball team is headed to the Class 2-1A state-tournament, which will be played May 29-30 at Pratt’s Green Sports Complex.
The Teutons defeated Bennington 8-1 in the Class 2-1A Inman regional championship game Tuesday night. Lyla Levin pitched a complete game for the Teutons. She allowed one run and struck out seven. The Inman offense collected 14 hits.
The Teutons (21-1) defeated Salina Sacred Heart 13-2 in the regional semifinals on Tuesday and Ell-Saline 15-0 in the first round.
Bennington, which finished the season with a 22-2 record, defeated Sterling 17-3 in the other semifinal game.
Sterling finished the season with an 8-11 record and Salina Sacred Heart finished 9-16.
• In the Class 3A softball regional championship game at Halstead Wednesday night, Haven lost to Wichita Trinity Academy 9-8.
Haven finished the season with a 23-5 record. Wichita Trinity Academy will take a 24-3 record to the Class 3A state softball tournament May 29-30 at Topeka’s Envista Softball Complex.
In the semifinals, Haven defeated Halstead 9-0 and Wichita Trinity defeated Kingman/Norwich 8-1. Halstead finished the season 21-4 and Kingman/Norwich finished 17-9.
In a play-in round game Tuesday, Chaparral defeated Belle Plaine 17-3.
In first-round games Tuesday, Wichita Trinity Academy defeated Chaparral 10-0, Kingman/Norwich defeated Cheney 4-3, Halstead defeated Central State Academy Reds 3-1 and Haven defeated Hesston 7-0.
Cheney finished the season 16-7, Hesston 14-11, CSA Reds 13-13, Chaparral 5-17 and Belle Plaine 3-20.
• The season came to an end for the Buhler High School softball team with a 13-3 loss to Clearwater in the championship game of the Kansas Class 4A West #3 semifinal game Tuesday at Clearwater
Buhler, which finished the season with a 17-10 record, defeated Rose Hill 13-3 in the semifinals Tuesday. Clearwater (24-3) defeated Hugoton/Moscow 15-0 in its semifinal game.
The Kansas Class 4A state softball tournament will be played May 29-30 at Salina South High School.
• The season came to an end for the Hutchinson Trinity Catholic High School softball team with a 16-4 loss to Moundrige Tuesday night in the first round of the Kansas Class 2-1A regional at Moundridge.
The Celtics finished the 2025 season with a 7-16 record.
Central Christian’s Belle Barnett to play volleyball at Sterling College
Hutchinson Central Christian High School 2025 graduate Belle Barnett signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Sterling College.
Sterling College also announced the signing of Stephanie Munoz, a defensive specialist from Akins High School in Austin, Texas.
The signings of Barnett and Munoz were announced on Wednesday.
On May 9, the Warriors announced the signing of outside hitter Karlie Ashley from Garner Preparatory Academy in Millsap, Texas.