MANGUM — The Central Tigers baseball team was on the cusp of another Class 2A State Tournament berth, but it ended up in heartbreak.

The Tigers, who opened last week’s Class 2A-II Regional Tournament with a 13-1 fourinning, run-rule win over the Haskell Haymakers and a 5-4 win over the host Mangum Tigers on Thursday, when it came down to a battle of Tigers for the regional championship and a trip to this week’s Class 2A-II State Tournament, it was the host Tigers who prevailed.

Mangum edged Central 2-1 in the first regional title game on Friday, then Mangum run-ruled Central 10-0 in four innings in Saturday’s winner-take-all game.

Last week started with a 14-1 road loss to the Panama Razorbacks on May 5 in Panama.

The Tigers finished the season with a record of 13-18. In the regionaltournament win over Haskell, Ryker Miller threw four-inning three-hitter with four strikeouts.

The Tigers put away the game early as they scored five runs in the first inning and four runs in the second inning for a 9-0 lead. A four-run fourth inning put the game into runrule status.

For the contest, Aidan Sainer was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, Kage Poindexter was 2-for-2 with a double, three runs scored and two runs batted in and Kiefer Bailey doubled with two runs scored for Central.

In the regional-tournament victory over Mangum, Hardy Buzzard scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning to break a 4-all tie.

For the game, Bailey was 2-for-3 with two runs scored for Central.

Buzzard got the win, going all seven innings with three strikeouts.

In the first regional title game, Mangum scored a run in the fifth inning to break a 1-all tie.

In defeat, Sainer was 3-for-4 with a run scored, Waylen Campbell was 2-for-3 and Paitton Merrill doubled for Central.

Bailey was the hardluck loser, going six innings with four Ks.

In the winner-takeall regional championship game, Mangum pitcher Beau Rogers threw a four-inning nohitter with two strikeouts.

Mangum scored three runs in the first inning and five runs in the second inning for an 8-0 lead. A two-run fourth inning put the game into run-rule status.

Campbell took the loss, going the first 1.2 innings. Sainer went the final two innings with two strikeouts.

There was no more information on the Panama game by press time.