Hay Springs is 0-10 against Hemingford since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hay Springs Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Hemingford Bobcats. Hay Springs will be strutting in after a win while Hemingford will be coming in after a defeat.
Hay Springs had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 47-36 victory over Morrill. Given Hay Springs' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Morrill is ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hay Springs can attribute much of their success to Dylan Young, who scored 13 points along with 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Gage Mintken, who scored 25 points. The match was Mintken's third in a row with at least ten points. Talan Smith was another key contributor, scoring 2 points along with 13 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Hemingford took a serious blow against Bridgeport on Friday, falling 67-22. Hemingford has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The wins kept both teams' perfect 3-0 season records intact.
Hay Springs was taken down by Hemingford 72-43 when the teams last played back in January. Thankfully for Hay Springs, Hunter Wyland (who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 10 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
