The Hays Larks are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Hays, Kansas . The Larks evolved from Hays during the 1946 season. From 1869 to 1945, the team went by the name of The Hays Town Team and was sponsored by various organizations and businesses in Hays. The Larks won their first NBC championship in 2024, defeating the defending champions Hutchinson Monarchs 7-3.
5-625: The Larks were part of the Jayhawk Collegiate League conference and were league champions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. The Larks have finished as NBC national runner-up four times: in 1995 with their only two losses to Team USA, 2000, 2001, 2007, and 2016. As of 2020 the Larks are playing in the Rocky Mountain Baseball League and won the league in 2020, their inaugural year joining. The team
10-630: Is managed by Frank Leo who is a member of the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame. This article about a baseball team in Kansas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jayhawk Collegiate League The Jayhawk Collegiate League is collegiate summer baseball league consisting of seven teams from Kansas and one team from Oklahoma. The league
15-848: The Jayhawk League, but they switched leagues. In Kansas and Oklahoma, the Jayhawk is one of 4 collegiate leagues until 2017, the Sooner State League (2010s) , the Tulsa (Oklahoma) League , and the Walter Johnson League (these 3 are disbanded) with a total of 30 teams. In 2019, The Derby Twins, Great Bend Bat Cats, Haysville Aviators, and El Dorado (formerly Wichita) Broncos went to the Sunflower Collegiate League , leaving four teams behind:
20-667: The league once again in 2011 after leaving in 1981. The Twins joined the league in 2005. The team previously played in the Walter Johnson League . The Broncos officially moved from Wichita to El Dorado for the 1996 season. The Broncos had previously been located in Hutchinson before moving to Wichita. Briefly, the Elk City Elkes, Enid (Red) Sox, Joplin Blasters and Nevada (Mo.) Griffins were members of
25-617: Was formed in 1976 and was a "Premier League" within the National Baseball Congress . The league is currently still operating with 9 teams. The league included the following teams: Derby Twins, Dodge City A's, El Dorado Broncos , Great Bend Bat Cats, Hays Larks , Haysville Aviators, Liberal Bee Jays , and the Mannsville Oklahomans ("Munsee") in Ardmore . The Dodge City A's returned to
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