LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High girls’ golf team place four in the top-10 and won the Liberal Invitational by 15 strokes over Garden City Thursday at the Willow Tree Golf Course.

Brittini Park shot a 43 and finished second, one shot back of Garden City’s Alyssa McMillen. Emily McGuire was fourth with a 46, Sophia Garrison fifth after a 48, Taleia McCrae placed sixth with a 49 and Emily George eighth with a 50.

Team Results
1. Hays High 186
2. Garden City 201
3. Dodge City 202
4. Great Bend 212
5. Liberal 225

Top 10 Medalists
1. Alyssa McMillen-Garden City, 42
2. Brittani Park-Hays, 43
3. Olivia Gregg-Dodge City, 46
4. Emily McGuire-Hays, 46
5. Sophia Garrison-Hays, 48
6. Taleia McCra-Hays, 49
7. Kaylee Reiser-Great Bend, 49
8. Emily George-Hays, 50
9. Cailee McMullen-Great Bend, 50
10. Mandy Zhang-Liberal, 51

McPHERSON, Kan. – The Hays High girls cross country team placed five runners in the top-20 and won the McPherson Invitational on a warm and windy day Thursday. The Indians finished with 32 points, 13 less than Salina Central.

Landri Dotts led the way with a third place finish, followed by Yesenia Maldonado in sixth, Allison Shubert came in ninth, Lainey Hardman 10th and Cristina Leos 12th.

The Indian boys had two medalists and finished third. Johnny Fuller was 10th and Brayden Hines 13th.

Boys Results
Johnny Fuller, 19:58:00, 10th Medalist
Brayden Hines, 20:27:00, 13th Medalist
Grant Brungardt, 21:11:00, 19th
Nathan Erbert, 21:38:00, 23rd
Landon Viegra, 21:52:00, 26th
Chris Isbell, 22:02:00, 28th
Fernando Zarate, 22:19:00, 31st

Girls Results
Landri Dotts, 23:07:00, 3rd Medalist
Yesenia Maldonado, 23:55:00, 6th Medalist
Allison Shubert, 24:43:00, 9th Medalist
Lainey Hardman, 24:52:00, 10th Medalist
Cristina Leos, 25:05:00, 12th Medalist
Ady Albers, 26:33:00, 18th
Claire Shippy, 26:51:00, 22nd

SALINA, Kan. – The Hays High girls’ golf team placed two win the top-15 and finished third at the Salina South Invitational Monday at the Salina Municipal Golf Course.

Brittini Park shot a 95 and finished 12th. Taleia McCrae fired a 96 to finish 15th.

The Indians had a team score to 393 which was 27 back of first place Maize and 22 behind Manhattan.

Team Results
1. Maize 366
2. Manhattan 371
3. Hays High 393
4. Salina South 401
5. Great Bend 412
6. Derby 419
7. Goddard-Eisenhower 426
8. Newton 427
9. Dodge City 448
10. Hutchinson 460
11. Haysville Campus 475
12. Salina Central 488

Top 15 Medalists
1. Emma Johnson Derby 78
2. Riley Hunter Maize 84
3. Lexie Ridder Maize 84
4. Abby Donovan Concordia 86
5. Andi Siebert Manhattan 88
6. Meredith Kinney Hutchinson 89
7. Elise Jackson Manhattan 90
8. Mallory Seirer Newton 92
9. Zoe Norton Salina South 92
10. Cailee McMullen Great Bend 93
11. A.J. Ryan Manhattan 93
12. Brittani Park Hays High 95
13. Kaylee Reiser Great Bend 95
14. Karsen Klein Goddard-Eisenhower 95
15. Taleia McCrae Hays High 96

Hays High played their first home game of 2018 Friday night hosting the Liberal Redskins.

Hays turned the ball over on three of their five first half possessions and Liberal punted on three of the six and lost the ball on downs once.  The result of the first two quarters was a tie at seven points a piece.

Liberal’s Jaylin Staten ripped off a 65 yard run to give the Redskins a 7-0 after picking off an Indian pass.  Hays responded on the next drive in the first quarter driving 81 yards on 9 plays which was capped off by a six yard Palmer Hutchison score.

Highlights

Liberal’s first drive of the second half was kept alive after Hays ran into the punter on 4th and 4.  Syris Dunlap took advantage with a 60 yard touchdown run for a Liberal 14-7 lead.

The Indians responded right back on a seven play seventy yard drive finished off by a second Hutchison score to even the game at 14.  The next Liberal drive ended when Tavian Creamer picked off the first pass of his career for Hays.  The Indians drove to midfield then on 4th and 2, Hutchison ran for 48 yards to the three yard line.  Hayden Brown punched in the go ahead run two plays later.  Cole Schroeder hit his third extra point of the night for a 21-14 lead.

The Indians recovered an uncovered kickoff on the next play but gave the ball back after four plays.  Liberal drove the field converting on third and fourth downs, scoring on a twelve yard pass from Dunlap to Lee Hatcher for a 21-20 score.  The score remained the same as Keaton Markley, a few plays after leaving with an injury, blocked the extra point.

Hays recovered the Liberal onside kick and with a first down took a 21-20 victory.

Coach Tony Crough

Hayden Brown ran for 151 yards and Palmer Hutchison for 157.  Hays moves to 1-2 on the year and is 1-1 in the WAC.  Liberal drops to 1-2 and 0-1.

VICTORIA, Kan. – The Hays High girls finished third and the boys fourth at their own invitational at Sand Plum in Victoria. The girls’ had three medalists led by freshman Landri Dotts who finished seventh, Claire Shippy was 19th and Yesenia Maldonado 21st.

Boys Team Scores
1. Dodge City 25
2. Garden City 34
3. Olathe North 82
4. Hays 118
5. Salina Central 120
6. Salina South 162

HHS Results
Brayden Hines V 18:59:00 24th
Johnny Fuller V 19:18:00 28th
Grant Brungardt V 19:52:00 42nd
Conner Cunningham V 20:13:00 48th
Fernando Zarate V 20:41:00 58th
Landon Viegra V 20:47:00 60th
Chris Isbell V 20:48:00 61st
Nathan Erbert V 21:33:00 30th
Corey Hale V 22:16:00 43rd

Girls Team Scores
1. Dodge City 29
2. Garden City 60
3. Hays 75
4. Salina South 79
5. Salina Central 113
6. Olathe North 134

HHS Girls Results
Landri Dotts V 22:12:00 7th (5th in large class)
Claire Shippy V 23:08:00 19th (13th in large class)
Yesenia Maldonado V 23:10:00 21st (15th in large class)
Cristina Leos V 23:40:00 27th