By Dustin Armbruster

Friday night the Hays High Indians took to the road looking for the same result their only other road trip of the year had provided, a win.  The Indians were in Wichita to take on the 4-0 Wichita South Titans.  The Titans had already scored more points in four games than they had total in two of the previous three full seasons.  With four wins in four games, South had already tied their win total of the previous three seasons combined.

The teams played to a scoreless tie at the end of the first quarter.  Hays struck first on a seven yard touchdown pass from Maddux Winter to Shane Berens.  The drive was set up by a Kohlton Meyers interception.  The touchdown gave Hays a 7-0 lead with 8:09 left in the 2nd quarter.  Hays would score on their next possession.  Keith Dryden ripped off a 73 yard run to set up a one yard score by Kohlton Meyers to take a 13-0 lead after the extra point was blocked.  Wichita South drove inside of the five at the end of the first half, but a intentional grounding penalty ran off the final three seconds of the half.  Hays led at half 13-0.

Highlights:

Neither team would score in the third quarter.  The big play of the quarter came when Maddux Winter intercepted a pass in the end zone stop another South drive from inside 5.

Hays would force a fifth Titan turnover of the game and turn it into a 22 yard field goal from Logan Clark to take a 16-0 lead with 7:40 remaining in the game.

South would have one more chance to score at the end of the game, but was turned away from inside the five again.

Coach Randall Rath:

Hays improves to 2-3 on the year.  Wichita South drops to 4-1.

Hays is on the road to Dodge City next week.