Derek Drees took first in the 50 free and Blake Mathews took second in the 500 free.

“A number of our swimmers had PR’s at the Salina meet.” swim coach Ann Adams said, “The hard work and attention to technique is really paying off.  Our state-qualifying medley relay as well as our 200 freestyle relay shaved off some time.  We now have several individuals who have respectable consideration times.  After our last meet at Manhattan this Saturday we’ll know more about whose going to state.”
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In the first quarter, the ladies pulled ahead with the score ending 9-13. The score at the end of the half was 24-25 with the lady Indians ahead.

Seniors Hanna Pfannenstiel and Paige Lunsford led the team in percentage of three-point shots made. Pfannenstiel had 50 percent and Lunsford had 25 percent. Lunsford had the most turnovers in the game with six and Pfannenstiel followed with four.

McPherson made a run in the third quarter with the score ending 44-31. The ladies won two of three games at the McPherson tournament, causing two teams that were undefeated to suffer a defeat.

In the first quarter, the ladies were ahead by seven ending in a score of 6-13. In the second quarter, each team made 13 points. The score at the half was 19-26.

Junior Katelyn Schumacher led the team in percentage of field goals made with 86 percent. Junior Megan Bird and senior Paige Lunsford followed with 50 percent and 43 percent. Bird led the team with 100 percent of free throws made. Junior Taylor Herman and Lunsford followed with 83 percent and 75 percent.

In the third quarter, Andale made a run closing the gap to seven points. The score at the end of the third was 32-39.

In the first quarter the girls were behind with a score of 23-12. Manhattan maintained their lead in the second quarter as well.

Senior Paige Lunsford led the team in points with 21. Junior Katelyn Schumacher followed with 10. Lunsford and senior Hanna Pfannenstiel had four assists in the game and junior Taylor Herman had three.

In the third quarter the girls attempted closing the gap. The score at the end of the third was 35-27. The girls attempts paid off in the fourth quarter with the game ending in a tie 48-48. In overtime the girls made a run making three more points than Manhattan.

After one quarter of play the score was 16-14, in favor of South with the two teams battling back and forth.

Hays had just two points in the second quarter to fall behind 27-16 at the half.

The team managed to stay in reach in the third quarter with the score being 36-27.

Late in the fourth-quarter the Indians were able to cut the lead down to four at 46-42, before South pulled away by making free-throws down the stretch handing the Indians its loss.

Sophomore Jordan Windholz led all players in points with 13. Junior Derek Bixenman added seven points for the second most on the Hays team.

The next game for the boys is Friday, Feb. 3, at Concordia.

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Dodge City was the first opponent it played with a final score of 43-36. The Indians led 29-24 going into the fourth quarter before being outscored 17-7.

Junior Derek Bixenman led the team in scoring with 14 points, while freshman Brady Werth led the team in rebounds with 9.

The second round game was against St. James Academy. The final score of the game was 49-28, with Hays being outscored in every quarter.

Bixenman led the team in scoring again with 12 points and fellow junior David Cardinal led the team in rebounds with 6.

In the 7th/8th place game the boys played Ulysses in a tight 40-38 loss. The Indians led going into the fourth quarter for the second time in the tournament, 34-26. Ulysses then outscored Hays 14-4 in the final quarter of play.

Bixenman led in scoring once again with 16 points and Werth had 9 rebounds for the second time in the tournament.

For the tournament Bixenman averaged 14 points.

The next action for the boys basketball team is Tuesday, Jan. 31 against Salina South.

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Senior Paige Lunsford led in points with 20, and junior Katelyn Schumacher followed with 13. Lunsford also led the team in assists with six. Senior Hanna Pfannenstiel had two, and sophomore Wendy Zimmerman had one.

During the third quarter, Liberal was losing by 28 points. At the end of the game, the Indians managed to end the game ahead by 31 points. The final score at the end of the game was 59-28.

“The 24-man bracket will run into the night on Friday until around 10 p.m.,” Athletic Director Clint Albers said. “It will start back up early Saturday morning and run until around 7 or 8 p.m. IDs are not permitted to get in, because it is a tournament.”

The price for a ticket will be $6 for adults and $4 for students in grades K-12. The tickets are good for all day, but a separate ticket is needed to get in on a different day.

Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic was formerly known as Hays Invitational. It started around 30 years ago and was a one day tournament. It then went on to be called the Senior Prairie Classic and was a two day tournament. About four years ago, it was changed to the Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic in honor of former wrestling coach Bob Kuhn who died from cancer.

“I expect the boys to do very well at this tournament,” wrestling coach John Hafliger said. “Based on previous years, and how our season is going so far we could have a very good showing.”

Freshman Ethan Wadel and Ethan Deterding, sophomores Caleb Hecker and Preston Weigel, juniors Cade Albert, Jake Sedbrook, Leroy Franco, Kyler Meyers and Chandler Rule and seniors Kevin Arnhold, Derek Stiles, Brandon Weigel, Cash Drylie and Luke Madden will be representing the Indians for varsity.

Other than that Werth was relatively quiet, along with the rest of the team, with four points and four rebounds.

The team shot 5-of-18 from three-point range and just 12-of-36 from the field.

The Indians also managed just two free-throw opportunities all night.

Sophomore Jordan Windholz led the team in scoring with 11 points.

Hays is now 4-5 as the team heads into the Dodge City Tournament of Champions on Thursday, Jan. 19. The Indians play Dodge City in the first round at 8:15 p.m.

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Junior Derek Drees took second in the 50 freestyle in a time of 23.87. Junior Blake Matthews took third in the 200 freestyle in 2:07. The 200 medley relay team also took third in 1:56.