After finishing the season 20-3 and making back-to-back trips to the 5A state softball tournament the Hays High Softball team had two players named to the Softball Coaches Association 5A All-State Team.

Senior Paige Lunsford was named a first team infielder and Freshman Hannah Hearld was named a first team Utility player. Lunsford finished with a team high 11 homeruns and 42 RBI and was second to Hearld with a .543 batting average.

Hearld finished with a .586 batting average and drove in 36 RBI. Hearld also led the Indians with a 12-2 record, a 1.43 ERA and struck out 74 in 83 and 1/3 innings. Both Lunsford and Hearld were also selected to the First Team all Western Athletic Conference.

Hays High’s Hayden Hutchison has been named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and is one of five Indians named to the first team of the All-Western Athletic Conference team.

Indians coach Frank Leo is the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

Hutchison lead the Indians with 26 doubles and was second on the team with a .456 batting average and 24 RBI’s. He was third with 31 hits. Hutchison was 6-1 on the mound in seven starts with a 3.12 ERA. He led the team with five complete games and in innings pitched with 49.0.

All-Western Athletic Conference Team

Player of the Year: Hayden Hutchison-Hays
Coach of the Year: Frank Leo-Hays

First Team
Thomas Solorio-Garden City
Taylor Murphy-Dodge City
Andrew Balderaz-Dodge City
Jordon Doan-Dodge City
Jace Bowman-Great Bend
Connor Sell-Great Bend
Mith Kottas-Great Bend
Austin Unrein-Hays
Riley Kaus-Hays
Zach Legleiter-Hays
Trevor Henningson-Hays
Hayden Hutchison-Hays

Honorable Mention
Taylor Renz-Hays

Hays High senior Paige Lunsford has added another Player of the Year honor to her list of accomplishments. Earlier this spring, Lunsford was named the Western Athletic Conference basketball Player of the Year. Now she’s been named the WAC Softball Player of the Year.

Lunsford led the Indians with 11 home runs and 42 RBI’s. She was second on the team with a .543 batting average, 38 hits and had one of the squads four triples on season.

She’s joined on the All-Western Athletic Conference first team by junior Katelyn Schumacher, sophomore Haley Wells and freshman Hannah Hearld.

Mackenzie Flaska, Shea Briggs, Jillian Taylor and Courtney Storer were named honorable mention.

All-Western Athletic Conference Team

Player of the Year: Paige Lunsford-Hays
Coach of the Year: Carrie Minton-Great Bend

First Team
Hannah Hearld-Hays
Katelyn Schumacher-Hays
Haley Wells-Hays
Hunter Middleton-Great Bend
Stephanie Morrison-Great Bend
McKenna Mauler-Great Bend
Jennifer St. Clair-Garden City
Leslie Ford-Garden City
Sierra Scott-Garden City
Jaycee Darroch-Liberal
Ashley Stephenson-Dodge City
Paige Lunsford-Hays

Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Barber-Great Bend
Kennedy Brunson-Garden City
Kori Thornton-Garden City
Jamie St. Clair-Garden City
Mekayle Guerrero-Garden City
Bravlin Bretz-Great Bend
Tarynn Stueder-Great Bend
Bonny Boultinghouse- Great Bend
Ramey Petty-Liberal
Kaitlyn Ralston-Liberal
Alexis Sanchez-Dodge City
Brooklyn Garcia-Dodge City
Shea Briggs-Hays
Makenzie Flaska-Hays
Jillian Taylor-Hays
Courtney Storer-Hays

Mission accomplished for the Hays High boys track and field team in their quest for a third straight 5A state title. The Indians score 118 points, holding off second place Bishop Carroll who tallied 104.

Junior Adam Deterding brought home two gold medals, winning the high jump (6’6″) on Friday then finishing first in the 110 high hurdles (14:54) on Saturday. He also finished sixth in the triple jump (44′ 7 3/4″).

Cade Sharp also won two golds, finishing first in the discus Friday (161′ 2″) and taking the shot put (54′ 6″) Saturday. The Indians finish 1-2-3 in the shot put, which pushed then over the top for the team title.

The 4×800 meter relay team of Tanner Staab, Josh Brungardt, Ethan Fort and Eric Stumon also brought home a gold medal.

100: Emilio Mitchell-3rd (10.75)
800: Eric Stumon-2nd (1:56.64), Tanner Staab-6th (2:00.41)
110 High Hurdles: Adam Deterding-1st (14.54), Dominique Carrasco-6th (15.48)
4×100 Relay: 5th (43.44) (David Cardinal, Preston Weigel, Shawn Herrman, Emilio Mitchell)
4×400 Relay: 3rd (3:35.56) (Josh Brungardt, Eric Stumon, Ethan Fort, Tanner Staab)
4×800 Relay: 1st (7:56.73) (Tanner Staab, Josh Brungardt, Ethan Fort, Eric Stumon)
High Jump: Adam Deterding-1st (6-6), Derek Bixenman-2nd (6-6)
Triple Jump: Adam Deterding-6th (44-7.75), TJ Dreling-7th (41-7.75)
Shot Put: Cade Sharp-1st (54-6), Zach Binder-2nd (51-7.75), Luke Madden-3rd (49-10.25)
Discus: Cade Sharp-1st (161-2), Luke Madden-2nd (153-9), Zach Binder-6th (143-4)
Javelin: Emilio Mitchell-3rd (167-2)

The Hays High girls’s soccer team saw their magical season come to an end with a 1-0 loss to Bishop Carroll in the consolation match at the 5A state tournament in Topeka.

The Indians, who had won 12 straight prior to their semifinal loss to Mill Valley Friday night, finish the season 16-5.

The Hays High girls’ soccer team’s comes up short in the 5A state semifinals, losing 5-0 Friday to Shawnee-Mill Valley at the Hummer Sports Complex in Topeka.

The Jags scored two goals in the first two minutes. They would add one more just before halftime for a 3-0 lead at the break.

The loss snaps the Indians 12-game win streak as they fall to 16-4 on the year.

The Indians play Bishop Carroll (17-2) in the consolation match at noon Saturday.

The Hays High Indians lead Bishop Carroll by seven points after day number one of the state track meet in Wichita.  Hays has 41 points in the 5A standings to Carroll’s 34.  Only five events have been score, thirteen more will be scored on Saturday.

Cade Sharp won his second gold medal at state with a 161′ -2″ throw on his first throw of the day.  Luke Madden finished second throwing 153-09″ on his last throw.  Zach Binder finished sixth, throwing 143′-4″.

Adam Deterding and Derek Bixenman both jumped 6’6″ in the high jump sweeping the top two spots.  Deterding was awarded first on the tie-breaker.  Aaron Voss went 5’10” finishing tenth.

Adam Deterding and Dominque Carrasco both qualified for the finals in the 110 meter high hurdles.  Deterding qualified first with a time of 14.82 seconds, Carrasco finished 8th with a qualifying time of 15.87.

Adam Deterding, TJ Dreiling, and Jordan Windholz finished sixth, seventh and eighth respectively in the triple jump.  Deterding jumped 44′-7.75″.  Dreiling jumped 44′-3.25″.  Windholz just missed placing at 44′-1.25″.

The 4×100 meter team qualified for the finals in sixth.

The 4×400 meter team qualified for the finals in second.

Josh Brungardt and Shawn Herrman did not qualify in the 400 meters.

Derek Drees finished 9th and Dallas Kaiser finished 16th in the 3200 meters.

Kyler Meyers did not record a height in the pole vault.  Hayden Kruetzer finished out of the points in tenth with a 12’6″ vault.

Wendy Zimmerman placed 6th in the high jump at 5’2″.

Hanna Pfannenstiel did not qualify for the finals in the 400 meters finishing 9th.

The 4×400 meter relay finished 11th and did not qualify for Saturday.

Ashlynn Parish and Mattison Schlaefli did not qualify in the 100 meter hurdles.

Ashlynn Paris did not qualify for the finals in the 300 meter hurdles.