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The Hay Springs Hawks varsity boys played at home against the Crawford Rams. The hawks led the whole game with the largest lead of 15 at points throughout the game. The hawks scoring were led by Seth Nowak with 15 points followed by Jordan Encinia with 11 and Matt Hessler with 12 points and others with single digits. The hawks had 21 points in the first half with 11 in the first quarter and 10 in the second quarter. In the second half the hawks scored 29 points with 11 points in the third quarter and 18 points in the fourth quarter.

On February 8^th the Hay Springs boys took on the Edgemont moguls for the second time this basketball season. The hawks fought hard but again came up short, scoring 68 points but letting the Moguls score 70 in a single overtime loss.  By the end of the game two starters, Jordan Encinia and Jordan Houser, had fouled out and a third player, Riley Abbott, fouled out before overtime had ended. Still the hawks played well with four of the five starters finishing with double digits in scoring. Jordan E. had 11 points, Seth Nowak had 22, Matt Hessler had 16 and Jordan Houser had 13. Other Hawks that scored are Eli Badje, and Riley Abbott.

The Lady Hawks played the Lady Rams on Thursday, February 13. The score at the half was 11-14. The Lady Rams Slowly increased the gap to ten points by the end of the game. The Lady Hawks lost 46-39. Steph Tlustos lead the scoring for the Lady Hawks with 16 and Whitney Heiting scored 15.

The Hawks traveled to Edgemont to take on the Moguls in the first game of the 2014 Panhandle Conference. The game was a nail-biter the whole time. Hay Springs was looking for their first win.

The Hawks were leading at the half by double digits. At one point after half, the Moguls scored 12 unanswered points quickly, catching the Hawks lead. At the end of the third, the game was close. In the last minutes of the game, the teams went back and forth scoring points but ended up tied at the end of regulation. In overtime, the Moguls did not slow down. They got a small lead in overtime and kept it throughout, winning by two points.

The game was a hard-fought game and the Hawks went on to play the Morrill Lions. This would be the second time Hay Springs has taken on the Lions this season.