Baseball:
The Indian baseball team played in the regional tournament at Bishop Carroll on May 19.
Before their regional, Hays played an away double header against Junction City. They successfully won both games and brought their rank up to No. 12 in 5A.
To qualify for state, a baseball team must place first out of their region.
Coming into the first game, Hays faced No. 5 Bishop Caroll to qualify for the finals bracket in the West Regional.
Track & Field:
The boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) tournament in Dodge City on May 14 and then participated in the regional meet, held for the first time at Hays High School, on May 21 for a chance to qualify for the state meet.
WAC
100 Meters (Boys) – 4th senior Holden Lind, 7th junior Joseph Fuller, 10th senior Jarek Purdy
200 Meters (Boys) – 7th freshman Connor Sloan, 8th junior Michael Watson
400 Meters (Boys) – 2nd Sloan, 8th freshman Riley Windholz, 9th sophomore Bryce Homeier
800 Meters (Boys) – 10th junior Brayden Staley, 12th sophomore Jackson Huwa, 13th junior Eli Dreiling
1600 Meters (Boys) – 6th freshman Levi Denham, 9th freshman Emmitt Dreiling, 10th junior Logan Leiker
3200 Meters (Boys) – 8th Denham, 9th sophomore Bladyn Werth
110 Meters Hurdles (Boys) – 1st junior Brogan Albers
300 Meters Hurdles (Boys) – 1st Albers
4×100 (Boys) – 3rd Lind, Fuller, Albers, Purdy
4×400 (Boys) – 3rd sophomore Archer Amrein, Albers, freshman Diego Jiminiez, Sloan
4×800 (Boys) – 4th junior Jared Anschutz, sophomore Kasdan Green, junior Alex Kershner, Huwa
High Jump (Boys) – 7th Huwa
Long Jump (Boys) – 3rd Windholz, 7th freshman Mason Shadley
Triple Jump (Boys) – 2nd Amrein, 3rd freshman Kobe Schmidt
Pole Vault (Boys) – 1st senior Jace Myers, 6th senior Grady Lind
Shot Put (Boys) – 1st senior Jaxson Chartier, 2nd junior Caleb Englert, 3rd junior Tanner Geist
Discus (Boys) – 1st junior Gus Corsair, 2nd senior Parker McGuire, 3rd Chartier
Javelin (Boys) – 3rd sophomore Jaxon Prediger, 5th Amrein, 7th junior Warren Kirkpatrick
100 Meters (Girls) – 1st junior Lyndi Zimmerman, 5th senior Kamryn McCall, 10th senior Moriah Hallam
200 Meters (Girls) – 2nd freshman Sydney Lewallen, 3rd McCall, 8th Hallam
400 Meter (Girls) – 1st Lewallen, 3rd senior Aralen Maupin
800 Meters (Girls) – 4th freshman Alexa Cooley, 8th senior Serena Wilson
1600 Meters (Girls) – 4th freshman Audrey Yarmer
3200 Meters (Girls) – None
100 Meter Hurdles (Girls) – 1st Zimmerman
300 Meter Hurdles (Girls) – 2nd Zimmerman, 4th senior Cara Cunningham
4×100 (Girls) – 1st Lewallen, Zimmerman, junior Brooke Bieker, McCall
4×400 (Girls) – 2nd Maupin, Cunningham, Cooley, Lewallen
4×800 (Girls) – 3rd sophomore Bekah Clark, Wilson, sophomore Madelyn Wilikins, Cooley
High Jump (Girls) – 1st freshman Chloe Crawford, 4th junior Caleah Sanders, 5th freshman Kendall Schulte
Long Jump (Girls) – 3rd junior Lynsi Kanak, 5th McCall, 10th senior Jaci Schmidt
Triple Jump (Girls) – 1st Bieker, 9th Schmidt
Pole Vault (Girls) – 1st junior Kenlee Vehige, 6th freshman Summer Simpson
Shot Put (Girls) – 1st Zoe Winter, 13th junior Allyson Werth
Discus (Girls) – 6th senior Cassidy Smith, 9th Werth
Javelin (Girls) – 3rd Bieker, 5th Schulte
Regionals
To qualify for the state championship, an athlete or relay team must place in the Top 3 at their regional meet. If they do not finish in the Top 3, they can still qualify by earning one of the four best remaining performances statewide in their classification based on time, height or distance.
Boys Golf:
The boys team competed at the regional meet, held at their home course at Smoky Hill Country Club, on May 18.
To qualify as a team, the team must place in the Top 3 out of the teams present. Otherwise, individually, players had to rank Top 5 out of every athlete. At the meet, there were a total of seven teams and 42 athletes.
Individually, senior Caleb Thompson placed first with a total of 70 while sophomore Miles Weimer placed third with a score of 77.
Sophomore Dalton Schmidtberger came in 11th while senior Trey Oakley ended in12th with both of them shooting an 83. Senior Braiden Bickle placed 14th with an 84 while junior Mason Simmons placed 25th with a total of 90.
Overall, Hays placed first with a combined score of 313. All boys mentioned above qualified as a team and will compete at the state meet on May 26 at the Tallgrass Golf Course, located in Wichita.
