Football Preview: Hays Indians vs. Great Bend Panthers
The Hays Indians will square off against the Great Bend Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Hays sitting on three straight wins and Great Bend on six.
Hays' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Dodge City as Hays made off with a 26-0 victory. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 26 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Great Bend was able to grind out a solid win over Liberal on Friday, taking the game 14-7. The 14-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
A big part of Great Bend's victory came down to the chemistry between Daxton Minton and his top target Ian Premer. Minton threw for 210 yards and a touchdown while Premer picked up 155 receiving yards and a touchdown. Premer torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
Hays' win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Great Bend, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Hays won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, slipping by Great Bend 28-27. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Minton, who threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hays still be able to contain Minton? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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