The Hays Indians will challenge the Hutchinson Salthawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hays is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Eisenhower as they made off with a 49-29 victory. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Tigers are ranked 85th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hutchinson entered their tilt with Emporia on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They really took it to the Spartans for the full four quarters, racking up a 34-0 win. The Salthawks pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Spartans had little chance of recovering from.
Hutchinson had a senior duo take command as Robert Hunter rushed for 52 yards and a pair of TDs and Karmelo Green rushed for 136 yards and one score on only eight carries. Green's longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Hays' victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Hutchinson, their win bumped their record up to an identical 7-2.
Everything came up roses for Hays against Hutchinson in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, as the team secured a 28-0 victory. Do the Indians have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Salthawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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