Eagles Surge into Postseason After Four-Game Sweep
May 8, 2026
The Colby High School baseball team could not have asked for a better way to close out the regular season.
Over the course of two road doubleheaders, the Eagles swept Ulysses and Sublette while piling up 53 runs and receiving dominant pitching performances from Braxton Withington, Conner Surmeier and Dallas Kleinsorge. The four-game winning streak sends Colby into postseason play with confidence as the Eagles prepare to host Goodland in a Class 3A Sub-State matchup Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Young Memorial Field.
Colby opened the stretch on May 5 at Ulysses, where Withington set the tone with one of the finest pitching performances of the season. The senior right-hander struck out 17 batters in a complete-game effort, allowing just one hit and one run in an 8-1 victory.
For three innings, the game remained scoreless before the Eagles erupted for six runs in the fourth. Reid Ryan drove in two runs with a single, Withington laced a two-run double, and Keegan Glassman added an RBI double. Glassman finished with two hits and three RBIs, while Ryan contributed a hit and two RBIs. Withington also helped his own cause with two hits, two RBIs and a run scored.
The second game was much more competitive early on. After Ulysses battled back to tie the game at 3-3, Colby broke through in the sixth inning.
Withington started the rally with an RBI double, and Glassman followed with the biggest hit of the game, a three-run double that cleared the bases and put the Eagles in command. Colby went on to secure an 8-3 win.
Glassman turned in another big performance, collecting three hits, three RBIs and a run scored. Conner Surmeier added two hits and two RBIs, and Withington scored twice while adding two more hits.
Cobin Curry started on the mound and worked four innings before Surmeier took over in relief. Surmeier allowed just three hits over the final three innings while striking out four to earn the save.
Three days later, Colby traveled to Sublette and delivered its most explosive offensive performance of the season.
The Eagles scored 21 runs in the opener and never looked back. Talon Wark crossed the plate five times and drove in two runs, Dallas Kleinsorge collected three hits and three RBIs, and Kasen Stramel added two hits and four RBIs.
Surmeier was nearly unhittable on the mound, tossing a complete game and striking out 15 while allowing just four hits and one run.
The nightcap was more of the same as Colby rolled to a 16-0 victory.
Keegan Glassman highlighted the game with a two-run home run and finished with three runs scored and two RBIs. Cobin Curry added two hits, three RBIs and three runs scored, while Surmeier stayed hot at the plate with three hits and three RBIs.
Kleinsorge took care of business on the mound, throwing a two-hit shutout and striking out nine.
Over the four-game stretch, Glassman was a consistent force in the middle of the lineup, delivering clutch hits in every contest and helping drive in runs at critical moments. Withington, Surmeier, Curry, Kleinsorge, Wark, Ryan and Stramel all contributed as the Eagles demonstrated the depth that has made them a dangerous club all season.
Just as impressive was the work on the mound. Withington’s 17 strikeouts against Ulysses, Surmeier’s 15 strikeouts against Sublette, and Kleinsorge’s nine strikeouts in the finale underscored Colby’s ability to dominate from the rubber.
Now the focus shifts to postseason baseball.
With their bats producing at a high level and the pitching staff firing on all cylinders, the Eagles will look to carry that momentum into Wednesday’s Sub-State showdown against Goodland, with a trip to the next round on the line.