By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan.-When Kallie Leiker showed up to the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex on Thursday afternoon to face her cross town rivals she wanted to win. Little did she know how instrumental she would be in helping the Hays High Lady Indian soccer team in their 5-0 win over TMP. Leiker finished the match with a hat trick, the first of the season for Hays.

It took a little while for the Lady Indians to get things going in the first half. Leiker found the back of the net in the 20th minute to give Hays the 1-0 lead. A little over eight minutes later Leiker struck again with a goal in the 28th minute and a 2-0 lead. Maggie Robben tallied the final goal of the first half with just 22 seconds remaining to give the Lady Indians a commanding 3-0 lead at the halftime break.

The TMP defense was tough to break in the second half but Leiker finally broke through in the 72nd minute to complete the hat trick and to give her team a 4-0 lead. Isabel Robben didn’t waste any time with the Lady Indians’ fifth and final goal of the match as she scored 46 seconds later for the 5-0 Hays High victory. Hays continues an impressive season on both offense and defense as they have outscored their opponents 39-5 on the season.

TMP drops to 0-9 and will travel to Great Bend on Monday. Hays High improves to 9-1-2 and await a visit from Garden City on Monday in Hays.

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