The Hays High Indians split a pair of conference games Friday night at home as they opened Western Athletic Conference play against Liberal.

Girls: Liberal 56, Hays 51

The Hays High Lady Indians opened the game on a 8-0 as Audra Schmeidler scored the game’s first five points. But with Hays leading 10-4 Liberal finished the first quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 12-10 lead.

Early in the second quarter with Liberal up 18-13 Hays finished the second quarter on a 8-0 run with Jaycee Dale scoring back-to-back field goals to give the Indians a 21-18 halftime lead.

Liberal finished the fourth quarter on a 6-2 run and outscored Hays 22-17 in the fourth quarter in a 56-51 win.

 

 

Jada Mickens led all scorers with 20 for Liberal. Talyn Kleweno led the Indians with 11 points. Hays drops to 3-4 and 0-1 in the Western Athletic Conference.

 

Boys: Hays 55, Liberal 54
The Hays High Indians started the second half on a 12-3 run fueled by back-to-back Isaiah Nunnery steals that resulted in a Keith Dryder and Nunnery layup to put Hays up 35-29. Hays led by as many as 10 in the second half on a Shane Berens put-back as time expired in the third quarter putting Hays up 45-35 after three quarters.

Liberal made a late push, outscoring Hays 19-10 in the fourth quarter. But Nunnery hit four straight free throws down the stretch and the Redskins missed on a couple of last second shots as Hays High held on for the 55-54 win.

Drew Young led the Indians with 15 points and Cade Hinkle had a 15 for the Redskins. Isaiah Nunnery finished with 11 points and Keith Dryden and Shane Berens each finished with 10 points.

 

Hays improves to 6-1 overall and 1-0 in the WAC.

 

Hays hosts Great Bend next Tuesday.