HAYS - Hays High hosted Kapaun on a cold Friday at Lewis Field Stadium. The showdown was big for seeding purposes in 5A West with both teams at 5-1 on the season. Kapaun entered the game seeded fifth and Hays sixth before the final game of the regular season.
Each team turned the ball over twice in the first half. Kapaun started in Hays territory on each of their ensuing drives once at the five and once at the thirty-two yard line. The Crusaders scored on both of the possessions.
Following the Hays takeaways the Indians started at their own 30 and the Kapaun 40. Hays did not score on either of the drives throwing an interception on the first and missing a field goal on their second after reaching the 15 yard line resulting in a 14-0 Kapaun lead at halftime.
Highlights
Kapaun opened the second half with a touchdown on the first play of the second half but it was called back on a block in the back. The Indians forced a punt and then intercepted a pass on the next series, the second for Tucker Veach on the night. The Indians next offense series opened with a 43 yard run but was called back for a hold.
The Hays offense would never gain much traction following that series. The offense gave up a safety on first down from their own half yard. Kapaun took the ensuing kickoff back 56 yards for a touchdown. They bobbled the snap on the extra point but were able to score a two point conversion. The sequence of the ten points took a total of twelve seconds resulting in a 24-0 Kapaun advantage.
Coach Tony Crough
Hays finally found the end zone with 3:04 remaining on a Dylan Dreiling four yard touchdown run. The Indians two point conversion failed for the final score of 24-6.
Hays falls to 5-2 on the year while Kapaun improves to 6-1. Hays will be the six seed in the week nine game and host at Lewis Field Stadium. At the time of this publication Hays is unofficially set to host Maize South. The Indians lost to Maize South in week seven 21-20.