By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER

The Hays High Indians will have a different look to their football schedule for 2016 and 2017.  The Indians will open 2016 at Scott City, a team they have played three time prior.  The two played in 2002 and 2003.  Scott City winning 13-12 in 2002 and Hays taking the 2003 game 23-20.  The two also played back in 1931 with Hays winning 6-0.

Weeks two through four remain with the same Western Athletic Conference games as before with Great Bend, Liberal and Garden City.

Week 5 the Indians will welcome Valley Center to town.  The two have only met one time prior and that was in the 5A playoffs in 1995.  Valley Center won the game 28-7.

Hays will finish their WAC schedule with Dodge City in week 6.

The Indians district schedule gets a bit of a tweak as well.  McPherson moves from the final game of the season to Week 7.  Abilene remains in the Week 8 slot.  To finish district play and the regular season the Indians will travel to Wamego in Week 9.  The Indians have never faced the Red Raiders.  Wamego is competed last year and this year in 4A-II.

Scott City is moving from 3A to 4A-II after ten years.  Valley who is the 8th smallest 5A school football.   Those two schools replace 6A schools Olathe Northwest and Wichita South on the schedule.

Wamego replaces Buhler in the district schedule that is set up by KSHSAA.

2016 Football Schedule
1. @ Scott City
2. @ Great Bend
3. v Liberal
4. @ Garden City
5. v Valley Center
6. v Dodge City
7. @ McPherson (district)
8. v Abilene (district)
9. @ Wamego (district)