Hays High hosted Junction City Friday night to wrap up the home portion of the 2022 season.
Girls
#9 Hays 51 - Junction City 25
Hays turned a cold shooting first quarter into a 26 point win 51-25 over the Junction City Blue Jays. The Indians made just two of eleven first quarter shots and were tied at nine points after the first quarter. Hays slowly started to pull away in the second quarter with a 15-7 advantage during the eight minutes for a 24-16 halftime lead.
Highlights
Hays never trailed and was never threatened in the second half. Junction City failed to score in the third quarter and Hays put 16 more points on the board for a 40-16 lead. The Indians pushed the lead to near thirty before settling for a 51-26 victory.
Coach Len Melvin
The Indians were led by Molly Martin with 16 points which included four more three pointers after making six on Tuesday. Katie Linenberger scored a career high 14 points.
Hays improves to 4-1 and will play Wichita South at Wichita Southeast on Saturday, December 17th. Junction City drops to 0-3.
Boys
Hays 45 - Junction City 47
Hays High was outrebounded for the first time on the season and committed 19 turnovers in a two point loss to Junction City 47-45.
The Blue Jays led 9-4 leading into a timeout by Hays. The Indians responded with a 15-2 run that lasted midway through the second quarter. Hays had their biggest lead of the night at that point 19-11.
Junction City went on an 8-0 run to get within one before Hays pushed their advantage back to six at halftime 26-20.
Highlights
Hays kept their lead at six through the first two minutes of the third quarter before Junction City started chipping away and taking the lead at 32-30 with three minutes left. Hays took their last lead of the game moments later on a three pointer at 34-32.
Junction City took a two point lead into the fourth quarter and pushed their advantage to five points on two occasions. The last of which was at 45-40 with 1:17 remaining. Hays scored the game's next five points to tie the game at 45, but the Blue Jays scored quickly on their next possession.
Hays had a pair of free throws with five seconds remaining. They missed the first and after intentionally missing the second got the offensive rebound but was called a travel. The Indians stole the inbound pass but could not get a clean look at a game winner, falling 47-45.
Coach Sean Dreiling
Six players scored five or more points for the Indians, led by the nine of Edwin Muller.
Hays falls to 2-3 and will be in Wichita to face South High School next Saturday at 2:00. The contest will be held at Southeast High School.