Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Dodge City baseball opened the postseason on the road for the best-of-three first-round series in the Region 6/Plains District playoffs, taking on KCK from the east side of the KJCCC. 

The Conquistadors fought valiantly in game one, but their late comeback fell just short, falling 12-11, and in game two would push KCK yet again but ultimately fall 8-4 to end the season. 

The Conqs finish the season with a 32-25 record, finishing 15-16 in KJCCC play. 

Game 1 – Lost 12-11 at KCK
The contest would open with a quiet start to the game offensively for the Conqs, going down in order in the first two innings, while KCK took the initial lead, scoring three in the bottom of the second. In the third, the Conqs worked the bases loaded on a pair of walks and a single, and Calvin Warrillow belted a grand slam to push the Conqs in front at 4-3. The Conqs' lead was short-lived with KCK tallying a run in the bottom of the third to even the game at 4-4. In the bottom of the fifth, KCK swung the lead back their way, scoring three runs to carry a 7-4 lead into the sixth. The sixth inning saw KCK extend their lead, going up 9-4, but the Conqs countered in the seventh, getting a run back only to again see KCK score in the bottom of the seventh and lead 10-5 after seven innings. A Juan Concepcion solo home run in the eighth made it a four-run game, but KCK would hit a home run in the eighth, also, and tack on another run to lead 12-6. Down to the final three outs of the game, the resilient Conqs would continue to fight. After a groundout to open the inning, the Conqs got a walk and back-to-back singles to load the bases, then Warrillow delivered an RBI single to make it 12-7. A lineout was corralled by KCK for the second out, but the Conqs continued to fight as Concepcion would have an RBI single, followed by a Freddy Oquendo two-RBI single, and then a Ben Longoria RBI single, making it a one-run game at 12-11. The Conqs would roll out a ground out in the next at bat to cap the game and end the comeback attempt, falling 12-11. 

Warrillow led the Conqs offense, going 3-5 with five RBI, a home run, and two runs scored. Josh McClintock and Concepcion each had a multi-hit day, while Longoria, Jose Alfonso, MD Conner, and Oquendo each had a hit. McClintock was 2-5 with two runs scored, while Concepcion was 2-5 with two runs scored, two RBI, and a home run. 

Game 2 – Lost 8-4 at KCK 
The Conqs fell behind early in the second game of the series as KCK tallied a run on the second and then four more in the third to lead 5-0. In the top of the fifth, the Conqs broke through to tally their first run of the contest on an RBI single by Jaxen Derry. KCK countered with a two-run bottom of the fifth, but the Conqs again scratched a run across the board in the sixth after loading the bases. Seth Brown was hit by a pitch to drive in the run in the sixth. After a couple of walks to get base runners in the eighth, the Conqs tallied two runs on sacrifice flies by Brown and Ben Longoria to make it 7-4. KCK got a run back in the bottom of the eighth, and the Conqs would be unable to get anything going in the ninth, falling 8-4. 

Conqs had just six hits in the loss as Derry was 3-4 with an RBI, while Longoria, Brown, and Josh McClintock each recorded a hit. Cameron Stukenborg tossed four solid innings of relief, giving up just two runs on four hits, a walk, and two hit batters, while striking out three. Caleb Tucker tossed four innings, giving up six runs on five hits, two walks, and a hit batter, while striking out two.