Hays High were on the road in Garden City on Friday night.  The game marked the third road trip in the first four weeks of the season for the Indians.

Garden City scored on four of their five, first half drives to build a 28-0 lead over the Hays.  Indian miscues set up the Buffaloes in excellent field position as quarterback Carlos Acosta scored on three rushing touchdowns and threw a 48 yard scoring pass.  Hays threw an interception, punted the ball on a three play drive, fumbled a kick off return, had a punt blocked and missed a field goal in the first half.

Highlights

 

Hays though would not go quietly.  The Indians forced a fumble on Garden City’s first drive of the second half.  Five plays later Palmer Hutchison hit Dylan Ruder for a 13 yard touchdown to make the score 28-7.  Garden City scored on their next drive after recovering an onside kick by the Indians to go back up 35-7.  Hays scored on their next drive on a 37 yard Hutchison run and after recovering another fumble, scored one play later when Willie Sennett caught a 32 yard pass to close the game down to 35-21.

The Indians then recovered an onside kick and scored twenty seconds in to the fourth quarter on a Hutchison seven yard run closing the gap down to 35-28.  After being shutout in the first half, Hays scored 28 points in 12:20 in the second half.

Hays forced Garden City to punt on their next two drives but threw an interception and lost the ball on downs.  Garden City took their final drive just 32 yards but ran 5:52 off the clock before losing the ball on downs at the six yard line.  Hays then drove to the Garden City 37 yard line but a hail mary landed incomplete for a 35-28 loss.

Coach Tony Crough

 

Hays returns home for three straight games starting with Wichita South on September 28th.