NO. 13 BLUE DRAGONS DRAW 3RD SEED, FIRST-ROUND BY FOR REGION 6

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team earned a seventh-straight opening-round bye for the Region 6 Tournament, which begins on Saturday at home sites around the state.

The No. 13-ranked Blue Dragons (25-5) tied for second with Dodge City in the Jayhawk Conferences standings, but lost a tie-breaker with the Conquistadors for the No. 2 overall seed.

The Blue Dragons will receive an opening-round bye and will play host to the No. 6 Colby/No. 11 Pratt winner in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Sports Arena.

If the Blue Dragons can advance to their third-straight Region 6 Tournament semifinal, they will play the Cloud County/Barton-Dodge City winner at 5:30 p.m. at Fleske Fieldhouse in Great Bend.

Hutchinson goes after its 10th Region 6 Tournament championship, the first since 2024.

The Blue Dragons had season sweeps over their potential quarterfinal opponent.

Hutchinson defeated Colby at Colby 64-55 on Jan. 3 at Colby and then knocked off the Trojans 50-42 on Feb.18 at the Sports Arena. The Blue Dragons dominated Pratt twice, winning 86-47 on Jan. 14 at Pratt and 75-34 on Feb. 28 at the Sports Arena.

The Blue Dragons are 71-39 all-time in the Region 6 Tournament. Hutchinson is 5-0 all-time against Colby in the Region 6 Tournament and 4-0 against Pratt in the postseason.

Hutchinson enters the postseason riding a 10-game winning streak, the 20th win streak of 10 or more games in head coach John Ontjes' 19 seasons as head coach.

2026 REGION 6 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Opening Round – Saturday, March 7 at Home Sites
No. 9 Cowley (15-15) at No. 8 Garden City (16-13) – 2 p.m. in Garden City
No. 12 Fort Hays Tech Northwest (2-28) at No. 5 Seward County (19-11) – TBA in Liberal
No. 11 Pratt (7-22) at No. 6 Colby (15-15) – 1 p.m. in Colby
No. 10 Cloud County (14-15) at No. 7 Barton (14-16) – 5:30 p.m. in Great Bend

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10 at Home Sites
Cowley/Garden City winner at No. 1 Butler (29-1) – TBA in El Dorado
Fort Hays Tech Northwest/Seward County -winner at no. 4 Coffeyville (22-8) – TBA in Coffeyville
Pratt/Colby winner at No. 3 Hutchinson (25-5) – 6 p.m. at Sports Arena
Cloud County/Barton winner at Dodge City (25-4) – TBA at Dodge City

Semifinals – Friday, March 13 at Fleske Fieldhouse, Great Bend
1 p.m. – Cowley/Garden-Butler winner vs. FHT Northwest/Seward County-Coffeyville winner
5:30 p.m. – Pratt/Colby-Hutchinson winner at Cloud County/Barton-Dodge City winner

Championship – Saturday, March 14 at Fleske Fieldhouse, Great Bend
3 p.m. – Semifinal winners