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On May 6 at 6:30 pm in gym A students received and were recognized for scholarships, sports awards, academic achievements, etc. Students that came to awards night gave the announcer a card of their achievements, to be read off.  

[Photo] Academic, athletic awards given to students

May 10, 2019
Senior Cordelia Isbell was awarded $20,000 from the Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Program. Isbell hopes to attend college at Pomona College in Claremont, California and become a surgeon.

[Photo] Senior Cordelia Isbell surprised with scholarship from Foot Locker

May 10, 2019
Sophomores Sean Gillock and Tucker Veach race to fasten their seatbelts. Senior Peyton Thorell watches over the two to insure the seatbelts are properly fastened before the two can run back to the starting line. This relay was meant to demonstrate how easy it is to buckle up and stay safe.

[Photo] State Trooper Tod Hileman speaks on safe driving

April 10, 2019
Senior Savannah Schneider snatches the ball and dribbles it in to try and shoot against the Panthers.

[Photo] Girls basketball wins first round of Hays City Shoot-Out against Great Bend

November 30, 2018
The girls golf team ended its season with a sixth-place finish at the state golf tournament on Oct. 16.

Girls golf wraps up season with sixth-place state finish

October 29, 2018
The Lady Indians golf team qualified for state after taking second at the Class 5A Regional Tournament on Oct. 11. It marked the 13th straight year Hays will make the state trip. The golfers will travel to Hesston on Oct. 15 for state.

[Photo] Lady Indian golfers again headed to state tournament

October 12, 2018
Sophomore Sophia Garrison watches her tee shot at the home tournament.

[Photo] Lady Indians take second at home tournament

August 30, 2018
2018 boys soccer team

[Photo] New boys soccer roster brings in new season

August 30, 2018
Football Varsity & JV

[Photo] 2018 Football Roster

August 27, 2018
Graduated seniors Hannah Donaldson and Abby Balman wear their decorated caps for graduation.

[Photo] 168 seniors walk across stage during graduation on May 13

May 14, 2018
Members of the class of 2018 were recognized at the awards ceremony on May 7.

[Photo] Seniors earn over $1 million in scholarships at awards ceremony on May 7

May 8, 2018
Seniors Karee Dinkel and Ethan Nunnery received Outstanding Athlete Awards. The Jack Roberts Outstanding Female Athlete Award is given to one outstanding female athlete. The Swim Carpenter Smith Memorial Award is given to one outstanding male athlete.

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May 8, 2018
Senior Brendan Chapman received the National Merit Commended Student. Commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers among 1.6 million who took the 2016 PSAT.

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May 8, 2018
Seniors Lacey Gregory and Dawson Rooney received the Governor's Scholar Award. The scholarship recognizes one-percent of high school graduates. Recognition is based on academic excellence, citizenship, contribution to one's school and community and ACT score.

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May 8, 2018
Senior Sara Rohleder was selected for the Air Force ROTC Scholarship. One senior is chosen each year, and the scholarship pays 100% of tuition and fees at an in-state school, while also paying a monthly stipend of $300-500 a month and a $600 per year book allowance.

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May 8, 2018
Nine seniors were chosen to receive a Hays FFA Chapter Scholarships. The amounts are based upon the level of participation members have shown throughout their high school years. A total of $13,580 was rewarded.

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May 8, 2018
Senior Zachary Wagner was nominated to receive the Golden Belt Bank Scholarship. It is $1000 and the recipient is chosen by a committee of teachers and administrators.

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May 8, 2018
Junior Cordelia Isbell received the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence. She was nominated by her teacher or guidance counselor for leadership ability, academic achievement and dedication to science and technology.

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May 8, 2018
Freshman Andrew Duke, freshman Kalyssa Boyle, and sophomore Allison Hillebrand received the ACL/NJCL National Latin Exam Award for doing extremely well on the 2017 National Latin Exam.

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May 8, 2018
Seniors Kyler Voss and Lacey Gregory received the KSDE Seal of Biliteracy. They were recognized for having attained proficiency in English and one or more other language by the time they graduate.

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May 8, 2018
The Indian baseball team is undefeated in their first four games against Dodge City and Russell.

[Photo] Baseball sweeps Dodge City at Dodge on April 3

April 9, 2018
Twenty-eight students make up the cast and crew of “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” which will be presented at 7 p.m. on March 15-17 at 12th Street Auditorium. General admission tickets are available at the Hays High office or from any cast member or can be purchased at the door.

[Photo] Past, present Spring Play leads discuss their experiences

March 9, 2018
Everyone in the picture above qualified for state competition.

[Photo] Students compete at regional journalism

February 23, 2018
The tape that the students have bought is laid out on the tables in preparation for taping Straub and the Chief of Police Don Scheibler to the wall.

[Photo] DECA holds assembly to end Human Trafficking Awareness week

January 12, 2018
2017 - 18 Boys Swim team

[Photo] Swimmers clinch third place at Hays invitational

January 23, 2018
The Indian wrestling team went 4-3 at the Colby Invitational. Their next meet will be at home on 12-14

[Photo] Indian Wrestling takes third in season opener

December 5, 2017
Esmeralda and Quasimodo (seniors Erin Muirhead and Ryan Will) sit at the top of the bell tower as Esmeralda is dying (

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December 5, 2017
Captain Phoebus de Martin and Esmeralda (junior Cade Swain and senior Erin Muirhead) sing of their love and how

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December 5, 2017
Quasimodo (senior Ryan Will) talks to the statue of Saint Aphrodisius (senior Dusty Schneider) who, along with the three gargoyles Laverne, Victor, and Hugo (seniors Sarah Wyse, Michael Hernandez, and Dawson Rooney) guide him on what to do. They help him figure out the puzzle Esmeralda (senior Erin Murihead) left him. They also convince him to go after her and help her (

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December 5, 2017
Father Claude Frollo (senior Eric Adams) sings of his love for Esmeralda (senior Erin Muirhead) and asks why he has fallen for her. He believes that her soul is unclean and in need of saving, yet he still loves her. He asks for God to either give Esmeralda to him or for her to burn in hell (

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December 5, 2017
Gypsy Esmeralda (senior Erin Muirhead) sings in the Cathedral asking for God to help the outcasts (

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December 5, 2017
Quasimodo (senior Ryan Will) is bound by rope and held down by two gypsies (seniors Tanner Eiland and Dusty Schneider) while a third (senior Adam Klausmeyer) uses a whip to strike Quasimodo in the back.

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December 5, 2017
Gypsy dancer Esmeralda (senior Erin Muirhead) dances to the

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December 5, 2017
Captain Phoebus de Martin (junior Cade Swain) enters the scene and tells of his time on the front lines during the war. He is joined by four members of the cathedral guard (sophomore Nathan Leiker, junior Garrett Cole, senior Kyra Polifka-Wilhelm, and junior Rebecca Anderson) who help him tell his tale (

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December 5, 2017
Two gypsies (seniors Adam Klausmeyer and Tanner Eiland) perform a

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December 5, 2017
Clopin Trouillefou, queen of the gypsies, leads the festivities on the day of the Feast of Fools. She steals a purse from a haughty looking gentleman at the beginning of the festival, before turning the entire city

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December 5, 2017
Quasimodo (senior Ryan Will) is offered a strawberry from his master Claude Frollo (senior Eric Adams) as a treat, like a dog. Frollo makes a big deal about showing Quasimodo that he is unfit for the real world, that he must stay in the bell tower, in his sanctuary.

[Photo] 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' sells around 1700 tickets

November 16, 2017
Quasimodo (senior Ryan Will) stands atop the edge of the bell tower looking down upon the square. Gargoyles Hugo and Victor (seniors Dawson Rooney and Michael Hernandez) attempt to convince him to leave the bell tower and join the Feast of Fools. The Feast of Fools is an event one day a year where anyone, regardless of their background, is allowed to sing and dance without being subject to arrest.

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November 16, 2017
Father Claude Frollo (senior Eric Adams) holds a baby whom he names Quasimodo, or

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November 16, 2017
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[Photo] Lady Indian golf team pulls off yet another second-place finish

September 8, 2017
The 2017 boys soccer team

[Photo] Boys soccer struggle in season opener

August 30, 2017
Senior Justin McCullick tees off at the Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament in Hays. McCullick finished with a 17th-place medal at the state tournament on May 22.

Golfers end up in fourth at state tournament

May 30, 2017
Members of the boys golf team display their regional championship trophy at Smoky Hill Country Club on May 15.

Golfers win 5th straight regional title; to make 9th straight state appearance

May 16, 2017
Class of 2017 graduates turn the tassel on their mortarboard caps.

[Photo] Class of 2017 commencement ceremony held

May 15, 2017
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