By Dustin Armbruster

The Hays High Indians played Dodge City to close out their Western Athletic Conference schedule Friday night at Lewis Field Stadium. It was also the final game Hays would have to play versus an opponent in 5A or 6A, as the Indians open up 4A-I play next week.

Dodge City scored on all four of their first half possessions building a 24-7 lead. Hays tied the game at seven on a 31 yard third down pass from Hunter Brown to Mason Ibarra. Dodge City responded to take a 14-7 lead on the Red Demon’s quarterback ran in the second of his three first half touchdowns.

Hays put together a 65 yard drive getting to the 65 yard line but had a 32 yard field goal blocked. Two plays later Williams again hit pay dirt, this time on 74 yard run and a 21-7 lead. The Red Demons added a 34 yard field just before half for a 24-7 lead.

Highlights

Dodge City started the second half with a three and out, but got the ball back following a muffed punt by the Indians. Dawson Williams scored his fourth rushing touchdown of night pushing the lead to 30-7 following a missed extra point.

The Indians went on a 16 play drive on the next drive but lost the ball at the 26 yard line on downs. Dodge City ended up scoring on eight of their ten possessions winning 44-14. Hays did add another score on a 4th down pass of 28 yards from Brown to Collyn Kreutzer.

Coach Randall Rath

Hays totaled 270 yards and falls to 1-5 and finishes 0-4 in the Western Athletic Conference. Dodge City improves to 4-2 and is 1-1 in conference play. The Red Demons had 373 yards, 305 on the ground. Dodge City quarterback Dawson Williams scored four times and ran for 189 yards. Tylor Garcia ran for 110 and two scores. The Indian’s quarterback Hunter Brown threw for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Mason Ibarra and Collyn Kreuzter each had scoring catch.

Hays moves on to 4A-I district play next week as they travel to 4-2 McPherson.