Trojans' playoff baseball starts at home

The Colby Community College baseball team will host Allen Community College in the opening round of the Region VI playoffs for a best-of-three game series Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, if necessary. The first pitch for games one and two is at 3 p.m., and a possible game three would start at 1 p.m. Each nine-inning game from Young Memorial Field will be broadcast on Open Spaces Sports.

The Trojans were the Jayhawk Conference western division runners-up with a record of 21-11 and 35-19 overall. They are the No. 4 seed in the tournament, while 13^th seed Allen was 13-19 in the eastern division and 26-24 overall.

The team that wins the series will advance to the Plains District Championship beginning May 17 in Manhattan at Kansas State University. The opponent will be the winner of the Johnson County (5) and Dodge City (12) series, which also begins Wednesday.