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Football Playoffs D6 Round 1
Varsity Football Playoffs – D6 Round 1
Event – Red Cloud Warriors vs Hay Springs Hawks
Date – Friday, October 30th, 2026
Time – 2:30 PM CT Kickoff
Admission – $8 for adults and $6 for students
Streaming – https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/red-cloud/organization/68175/red-cloudschoo-high-school
Please note: The football field is located south of the elementary building(NOT the high school). As seen on the map below, the high school is in the northeast corner, and the football field is in the southwest corner.
D2-12 Volleyball Subdistricts Championship Match
The Championship Match for the Volleyball Subdistrict D2-12 will be held tonight Tuesday, October 27 @ 6 PM.
Reminder – NO passes will be accepted at the Sub District volleyball game. Adults $6.00/ Students $5.00.
As always, if you are unable to make it to the game in person, it is available on NFHS Network. The link to the game tonight is: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gam7f85985721
K-2 Concert
🎶 OUR LITTLE HAWKS TOOK THE STAGE! 🎶
Our K–2 students recently packed the house for a wonderful afternoon of music, dancing, storytelling, and plenty of smiles!
🐘 Kindergarten presented Elephant’s Story, narrated by student teacher Ms. Madison Schaefer.
🎵 1st & 2nd Grade presented BINGO
Both groups did a fantastic job telling their stories through lots of singing and dancing!
A fan favorite may have been “I Wanna Be a Kid Again.” And after this performance, we’re thinking some of these Hawks just might have a future in singing telegrams!
A huge THANK YOU to music teacher Raime Varvel and student teacher Madison Schaefer for putting together such a great program!
Special thanks also go to Jodie Garrett for creating the sheep masks and canes, Larel Reimann for helping with sound, and all of our staff members who helped behind the scenes to make the show a success.
And finally, THANK YOU to our families and community members who came out and packed the house to support our little Hawks! We love seeing our community show up for our kids!
Playoff Bound
🏈💚💛 THE HAWKS ARE PLAYOFF BOUND! 💛💚🏈
The road continues for Hay Springs Football!
🔥 NSAA CLASS D6 SIX-MAN PLAYOFFS: FIRST ROUND 🔥
#12 HAY SPRINGS HAWKS
🆚 #5 RED CLOUD WARRIORS
📅 Friday, October 30
📍 Red Cloud, Nebraska
⏰ Game time: 2:30PM CT
After battling through a tough early-season schedule, our Hawks have rattled off FIVE STRAIGHT WINS and earned their spot in the Class D6 State Playoffs! 💪
Now it’s time to hit the road and keep it rolling!
Hawk Nation: make plans to head to Red Cloud, fill the stands, wear your GREEN & GOLD, and get LOUD for our boys!
LET’S GO HAWKS! 🦅🏈
State Cross Country Meet
💚💛HAWK PROUD! 💛💚
Congratulations to Grant Wellnitz on competing at the State Cross Country Meet for the first time!
Grant represented Hay Springs well, fighting hard through a very difficult course and giving it everything he had. He even dug deep in the final stretch to pass another runner before crossing the finish line!
What a way to finish an incredible cross country season on a high note!
💚💛Congratulations, Grant, and Coach Matt on a great season! We are proud of the way you represented the Hawks at STATE! 💛💚
State Football Playoffs Apparel
Hurry and get your State Football Playoffs Apparel now! The store closes Monday, October 26 at 7:00 AM. Follow the link below to check out the offerings in the store:
https://customsports.chipply.com/hayspringsstatefb26/?action=viewall
CSC Scholastic Day
HAWKS SHINE AT CSC SCHOLASTIC DAY!
On Wednesday, October 21, 25 Hay Springs High School students traveled to Chadron State College to compete in the 2026 Scholastic Day Contest!
Our Hawks challenged themselves in a BIG way; completing 42 assessments across 27 different academic contest areas, including business, science, mathematics, agriculture, history, art, communication, finance, music, and more.
Students competed alongside high school students from across Nebraska and surrounding states, and when the results were posted, six Hay Springs performances finished in the TOP 25% of their respective contests! 🙌
🏆 Business Management Decision Making
🥈 Braydon Heiting, 11th Grade — 2nd Place
⭐ Easton Mintken, 11th Grade — 6th Place
⚖️ Business Law
🥉 Gage Didier, 10th Grade — 3rd Place
🧬 General Biology
⭐ Easton Mintken, 11th Grade — 9th Place
🔬 Physical Science
⭐ Gage Didier, 10th Grade — 9th Place
📐 Plane Geometry
🥉 Grant Wellnitz, 11th Grade — 3rd Place
That means four different Hawks earned top-25% recognition, with three performances finishing in the TOP THREE!
We are incredibly proud of ALL 25 students who stepped outside the classroom, challenged themselves academically, and represented Hay Springs High School at Chadron State College.
Academic competition gives our students another opportunity to discover their strengths, test their knowledge, and see how they measure up alongside students from schools throughout the region.
Congratulations to Braydon, Easton, Gage, and Grant on their outstanding finishes; and congratulations to all 25 of our Hawks for representing Hay Springs so well!
Way to SOAR, Hawks!
Second Grade Ag Field Trip
The second grade students had a fun and educational field trip learning about agriculture! We explored swine, corn, beef cattle, dairy, agricultural technology, potatoes, wheat, and beans. Students learned how farmers care for animals, grow crops, and use technology to help produce the food we eat every day. It was a wonderful opportunity to see how agriculture connects to our daily lives!
Cross Country Sendoff
STATE BOUND!
There’s nothing quite like a Hawk send-off!
This morning, our entire school came together to celebrate Grant Wellnitz as he heads to Kearney to compete at the Nebraska State Cross Country Championships!
From our littlest Hawks in PK all the way through our seniors, students and staff lined the hallways to cheer Grant and his coach, Matt Albrecht, on and wish them luck before they hit the road. The smiles, high-fives, cheers, and Hawk pride made for a pretty special morning!
Grant earned his trip to State with a 13th-place finish at Districts, and tomorrow he’ll represent Hay Springs on the state course in Kearney!
We are so proud of you, Grant! Run hard, enjoy every second, and know that an entire school and community are cheering you on!
GOOD LUCK AT STATE GRANT AND COACH MATT!
GO HAWKS!
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