By Dustin Armbruster
Girls Dodge City 38 – Hays 18
The Hays High seniors played the final home game of their careers on Tuesday night. Three girls and eight boys were honored between the varsity games against Dodge City. Audra Schmeidler, Nicole Dinkel, Haley George, Isaiah Nunnery, Drew Young, Dylan Davis, Maddux Winter, Laken Jacobs, Keith Dryden, Marcus Altman and Luke Nansel took to the Hays High hardwood for a final time.
Neither Hays or Dodge City put their best half of basketball together combining for 20 points and 32 turnovers. Hays trailed 6-0 before getting on the board in the first quarter with 1:20 left. The Lady Indians trailed 6-2 after the first quarter and 8-4 in the early stages of the second. Dodge City finished the second quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 16-4 half time lead.
Highlights
Dodge City continued to pull away in the third quarter hitting all four of their three point attempts after going 0-5 in the first half. After three quarters Dodge City led 36-11. Hays outscored Dodge City 7-2 in the fourth quarter and lose 38-18. For Hays it was the fewest points they had scored on the season.
Coack Kirk Maska
Hays falls to 7-12 overall and 2-5 in the WAC. Dodge City wraps up the conference crown for a second consecutive year at 7-0 in the WAC and 14-5 overall for the #8 team in 6A. The Red Demons have won 17 consecutive Western Athletic Conference games.
Boys Dodge City 70 – Hays 64
Hays came out firing from behind the three point arc hitting four in the first quarter. Three of them were from Isaiah Nunnery which pushed him to 101 career made three point field goals. Hays held their biggest lead of the first half at the end of the first quarter 15-8.
Dodge City answered the Indians big first quarter with their own 11-0 run to start the second quarter. The run ended in a 19-15 lead for Dodge City. Hays retook the lead on a Dylan Davis basket at 20-19. Hays though would go scoreless over the last 3:20, while Dodge City scored only two points, from the free throw line, over the final 5:00 to take a 21-10 lead at half time.
Highlights
Dodge City continued their hot run through the third quarter out-scoring Hays 27-17. Dodge City hit 10 of their 11 shots in the 3rd and 15 of 17 in the second half. After Hays tied the game at 26, Dodge City used 11-3 run to build their lead to eight and push it up to 14 late in the third quarter. Hays entered the fourth quarter trailing 48-37.
Dodge looked like they put the game away mid way through the fourth quarter building a 57-41 lead. Thats when Isaiah Nunnery came to life. After scoring 14 in the first three quarter, Nunnery scored 18 in the fourth for a game and career high 32. The Indians got the lead down to five but never any closer, losing 70-64.
Hays was led by the 32 of Isaiah Nunnery. Drew Young scored 12. Dodge City had four in double figures led by Bryce Unruh with 17.
Coach Rick Keltner
Hays falls to 15-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference. Dodge City is now 10-9 and 5-2 in conference play. There is now a three way tie for first place in the WAC as Liberal lost at home to Garden City 57-54 in overtime. Liberal falls to 5-2 in conference play. The three way tie will be decided on Thursday and Friday. Dodge City travels to Liberal on Thursday. Hays is in Great Bend on Friday.