Hays High 56 – Dodge City 38 (Ladies)
The Hays High Lady Indians beat Dodge City by two and six points in their first two meetings on the season. Tuesday night would be much different though as Hays raced out to a 10-0 lead before the Red Demons cut the lead to five on two different occasions and eventually to four at 18-14 half way through the second quarter. Hays closed the first half on a 9-5 run, then scored the first 10 points of the third quarter building the lead to 18 points. The Indians would cruise from there winning 56-38.
Hays shot 61% (22/36) for the game and made 3 of 7 three pointers. Dodge City shot just 31% (15/49) and made just 3 of 18 threes. The Indians get 18 points from Katelyn Schumacher, ten from Taylor Herman nine from Emily Braun and six from Kaitlin Gulley and April Johnson.
The Indians are 9-10 on the season, Dodge City is 4-15. At 4-3 in the conference, Hays can still finish second in the WAC when they play Great Bend on Friday.
Hays High 36 – Dodge City 53 (Boys)
A slow start and 12-0 run by Dodge City in the first quarter, but the Red Demons of Dodge City up by 14 points in the first quarter as the Hays Indians lost 53-36 on Tuesday. Dodge City wrapped up their fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference title on the home floor shooting 57% on the night and making 6 of 11 threes on the night.
Hays did get within eight points in the second quarter, but never any closer. Hays shot just 30% from the field and made 5 of 19 threes. Hays was led in scoring by Lane Clark with 10.
Both teams are now 12-7 on the year. Hays is 4-3 in the conference and can still finish in second place with a win against Great Bend on Friday.
The Hays loss combined with a Salina Central win locked the Indians into the two seed for Sub-State next week.