The Dodge City High School “Red Demons” will host the Hays High “Indians” on Friday Night at Memorial Stadium.

• This will be the 77th meeting all-time between the two schools.
• The series dates back to the 1932 season, with the teams having played in 43 consecutive seasons beginning with the 1977 season, a 39-0 Demon victory.
• The Red Demons won last year’s game, 34-33, in exciting fashion after trailing 20-0 at the half.
• This will be the last WAC game for Hays. The Indians defeated Liberal and lost to both Great Bend and Garden City. The Red Demons have nothing but WAC games remaining.
• Next week is the annual Hatchet Game in Garden City for the Red Demons.

Big plays make a big difference, and for the Dodge City High School Demons, a pair of fumble recoveries and an interception helped pave the way for a DCHS 35-14 victory Friday over Wichita West.

Wichita West presented a lot of issues for matchups, but the team responded and came up with big plays to get the win over the Pioneers.

“I was extremely proud of the way the kids played,” said DCHS football coach Dave Foster. “I think we took away what they wanted to do.”

Looking at the statistics, those turnovers were vital to getting the victory. The Demons had 300 total yards while the Pioneers had 315. The Pioneers ran 73 plays to the Demons’ 53.

The Pioneers had 18 first downs to the Demons’ 15, and the Pioneers had better third down and fourth down efficiency.

But when players step up at the right time, that can make the difference in the game.

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The Dodge City High School football program will travel to Wichita this Friday night as the Red Demons meet the Pioneers at the Wichita Northwest Stadium.

• This will be the 21st meeting all-time between the two schools.
• The Red Demons first played the Pioneers in 1976, a game won by West (20-7).
• The Red Demons and Pioneers are tied for the longest streak in the series at five, with the Demons winning consecutive games from 1977-1992 and the Pioneers winning consecutive games from 1993-2001.
• The Red Demons are 2-3 in the last five games versus the Pioneers.
• The Red Demons and Pioneers will continue their current series with the game moving to Opening Week of the 2020 season.
• West Head Coach Weston Schartz played football and graduated from St. Mary of the Plains College (class of 1983).

It was a tale of two halves when the Dodge City Red Demons played host to the Great Bend Panthers, with Dodge dominating the first half and Great Bend dominating the second.

In the end, the Demons prevailed, even after deliberately taking points off the scoreboard, and recorded a 24-21 victory over the Panthers on Friday.

Red Demons coach Dave Foster said he knew Great Bend would present a lot of issues, but the Demons prevented those issues in the first half.

The Demons created turnovers, had a short field after a turnover and had a fake punt that led to the first Demons score.

The Demons rode some early momentum to a 14-0 lead, producing one drive of nine plays for 69 yards and another of 13 plays and 67 yards.

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The Dodge City High School football program will host Great Bend this Friday night as the Red Demons meet the Panthers at Memorial Stadium.

• This will be the 92nd meeting all-time between the two schools, dating back to the1907 season.
• The teams have met in consecutive seasons beginning with the 1942 season, a 37-0 Red Demon victory.
• The Red Demons hold the longest streak in the series (11), winning consecutive games from 1984-1994. Great Bend currently owns a three-game winning streak over theDemons, with the last DC win coming in 2015 (51-7).
• Great Bend suffered their first loss of the season last week versus No. 2-ranked (5A) Wichita Northwest. Dodge City remains the only unbeaten team in the WAC, while Garden City is the only WAC team still looking for a victory as they travel to Hays on Friday.