Upcoming Activity Info

Changes
*No Junior Varsity Boys or Girls basketball until further notice.*
Dec. 6th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 5:00 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 9th, Varsity Girls ONLY against Hot Springs with tip off set for 6:00 PM.
Dec. 13th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 5:00 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 15th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 4:30 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 17th, Varsity Girls ONLY will travel to Sioux County to take on Lusk, WY at 12:00 PM.

Monday, December 5th, 2022
What: Varsity Wrestling Triangular
Where: Crawford
When: 5:30 PM

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Morrill – No JV games
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 5:00 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Thursday, December 8th, 2022
What: Santa Soup Cookoff
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 4:00 – 7:30 PM

What: The Nights, The Lights, and Music Concert
Where: Hay Springs High School Auditorium
When: 7:00 PM

Friday, December 9th, 2022
What: Varsity Girls Only vs. Hot Springs
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 6:00 PM

Saturday, December 10th, 2022
What: Girls JH Basketball vs. Crawford JH
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 10:00 AM

What: Varsity Wrestling @ Gordon-Rushville
Where: Gordon-Rushville High School
When: 10:30 AM

Monday, December 12th, 2022
What: Girls JH Basketball Tournament
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 9:00 AM

Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Hemingford
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 5:00 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Thursday, December 15th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Creek Valley
Where: Creek Valley High School
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 4:30 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Saturday, December 17th, 2022
What: Varsity Wrestling Tournament
Where: Sidney High School
when: 9:00 AM

What: Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Lusk, WY
Where: Sioux County High School
When: 12:00 PM

One Act Play Public Preview

Hay Springs Public School would like to invite parents, public, and theater fans of all ages to the public preview of this year’s One Act Play performance of “Only Human”.  Everyone is encouraged to come to this first performance and then come to the last performance(date to be determined) to see how our thespians have improved their craft!  Please be aware that there is a non-violent death in the play so use your best judgement for younger viewers.  The first public preview will take place on Thursday, November 17 @ 6:30 PM.  Please note there are no admission fees for any of these performances so plan to come support our students and have an entertaining evening at the theater!

2021 One-Act Play District Competition

On December 1, 2021, the Hay Springs High School One Act team traveled to Creek Valley High School in Chappell for district competition. They presented the play, “This Just In” and received 4th place as a team out of 7 teams competing. Members of the cast are: Ava McKillip, Abigail Nelson, Jett Rasmussen, Emily Nelson, Sadie Hanks, Abbey Russell, Hally Johnson, Jaelyn Rasmussen, Lilly Dorshorst, Kaden Langford, Sam Hindman, Breely Smith and Aaliyah VanValkenburg. Members of the crew are: Adrianna Haffner, Brooke Winter, and Nevaeh Peters. Hay Springs received the overall technical award and six individual acting awards. The technical award recognizes the play which possesses outstanding costumes, make up, hair styling, props, set design, sound and lighting. There is not an overall best actress or best actor award given at the district level at this time, however excellent performances are recognized. Individuals receiving district awards were: Abigail Nelson, Jett Rasmussen, Emily Nelson, Sadie Hanks, Kaden Langford and Sam Hindman.

The directors, cast and crew would like to thank:
Larel Reimann for sound advice, sharing his knowledge, and patiently listening.
Jerry Wellnitz for helping construct our sound booth.
Brad Bounous for support while passing the baton.
Candie Johnson with the Sheridan County Players for loaning us some great shoes!
Toi Lyn Flick for advice and encouragement.
Tina Skinner, Bonnie Housh, Julianne Rasmussen and the Nelson family for delicious food.
The Hay Springs Museum for historically accurate props.
Cravath Memorial Library for help with props and providing rehearsal space.
Jack Wefso for insight and character development pointers.
Shop/Ag students for some assistance with painting platforms.
Hay Springs Schools for supporting this activity.
Rickey Wohl, Brett Skinner and Nate Cochran for early mornings, long days and getting us where we need to go!
A big thank you to our audiences especially those who donated to our program!
Families of the cast, crew and coaches for patience and encouragement.

One Act Performing “This Just In”

Please be sure to support our One Act Play program by attending one(or more!) of the following performances! They will be performing the play “This Just In” about a radio show from the 1940s.

There will be a non-public performance for the school only on Thursday, November 18th, at 3:15 PM.

The community performance will be on Monday, November 29th at 6:30 PM. Free will donations will be accepted, but there will be no admission charge.

The competition performances, which are open to the public, will be held at the following locations and times:
Morrill – Friday, Nov. 19th @ 1:30 PM
Chappell – Wednesday, Dec. 1st @ 11:45 AM

District One Act Information

The Hay Springs Once Act team will be participating in the D1-6 District competition on Tuesday, December 1st at Creek Valley High School in Chappell. The team was originally supposed to perform at 4:30. However, due to a team having to remove themselves from the competition; the team will now be performing at 1:30. Leave time is scheduled to be about 10:00. Once the team receives their critiques they will be leaving to come back to Hay Springs, about 2:30. Good Luck Hawks!

PanCo One Act Play Information

The Hay Springs One Act team will be participating in the Panhandle Conference One Act competition on Friday, November 20th in Hemingford. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, only judges and coaches will only be allowed to watch the play. Unfortunately, because of copyright laws streaming will not be available. Hay Springs will be performing at 10:00 am. Leave from the school will be at 8:10 am.  The team will be returning after receiving their critique. The return time will be around noon.

One Act Competition

Hay Springs Public School was excited to be able to host the 2019 Panhandle Athletic Conference One Act Competition last Friday, November 22nd.  The competition was held in the auditorium and five area schools participated.  First up was Hay Springs with their performance of Citizen’s Arrest, followed by Crawford(The Monkey’s Paw), Hemingford(Spy School), Sioux County(Cinderella Wore Combat Boots), and finishing up the day, Morrill(Night Witches).  Both Jett Rasmussen and Joce Varvel received honorable mentions and Hay Springs took 4th place overall, with the number one spot going to Hemingford.  Best Actor went to Carter Buchheit and best Actress went to Ashton Hoffman.  Be sure to catch the upcoming performances of Citizen’s Arrest on Monday, December 2nd at 7:00 PM and also on Tuesday, December 3rd at 2:00 PM!  Congratulations to all participants!

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