Girls: Hays 43, Colby 33
The Hays High Lady Indians didn’t allow a single point for the first 4:35 of the game, but found themselves down 3-2 after Colby made their first shot. Colby made two more three pointers in a 9-0 run to take a 9-2 lead. But Hays responded with an 11-0 and 8-3 run to grab a 21-14 half time lead.
The Indians lead by as many as 13 early in the fourth quarter before Colby cut the lead to eight with 1:58 remaining, but Hays hit six of eight free throws to close out the 43-33 victory moving to 1-0 on the season.
Katelyn Schumacher led Hays with 16, while Janae Gagnon scored a career high 15. Hays shot 50% from the field (16-32) while holding Colby to just 9-32 from the field.
Hays will play Newton at 6:30 in a rematch of last year’s third place game in this tournament and the sub-state championship game.
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Boys: Hays 69, Colby 23
The score was tied at two starting in the first minute of the game, but Hays reeled off runs of 8-0, 14-2, 18-0, and 14-3, cruising to a 69-23 victory over the Colby Eagles.
Hays made just one of their first seven three point attempts, but made eight of their final 16.
The Indians shot 50% overall (22/44), but it was the defense that was the key Thursday night. The Indians held Colby to just 7/26 shooting, 1/8 on threes, and forced 25 turnovers.
Hays was led in scoring by Brady Werth and Jordan Windholz who each scored 10 each. Overall Hays played 15 kids in the game with 12 of them scoring.
Hays will play Newton at 8:15 Friday night at Hays High School. The game is a rematch of last year’s 4th place game that was won on a Lane Clark three at the buzzer.
Keltner Post Game Interview:
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