The Hays Indians are on the road again on Friday to play the Hutchinson Salthawks at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hays is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They secured a 19-14 W over Great Bend.
Meanwhile, Hutchinson came tearing into Thursday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Redskins as they made off with a 33-13 win. Considering the Salthawks have won seven contests by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The critical scores for Hutchinson came from Taishaun Govain, Terrell King, Jeremyah Gaitho-Karanu, and Kade Smith.
Hutchinson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 268 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Hutchinson's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Gavaughn Embers was especially locked on to Liberal's QB and sacked him twice. Embers has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Hutchinson pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.7 points per game. As for Hays, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
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