The Dodge City High School “Red Demons” will host the Liberal High School Redskins this Friday night for their final game of the regular season.

• This is the 93rd meeting in this storied rivalry. The series was not played from 1949-1956, but, excluding those dates, has been played every year since 1919.
• The Red Demons are 7-2 in the Foster era versus the Redskins, and look to go undefeated in WAC play for the first time since 2015.
• Dodge City is currently seeded #3 in the West 6A Regional, behind #1 Derby and #2 Lawrence. The top seven teams in the West are all undefeated or have one loss.
• Dodge City will host a week 9 playoff game next week at Memorial Stadium.
• Week 9 playoff tickets will be on sale Friday night at halftime of the Liberal game.
• Friday night will feature senior recognition for football, athletic training, cheerleading,drill team, band, cross country, golf, and tennis.

It was Dodge City Red Demons versus the Garden City Buffaloes versus the weather Friday in the teams’ traditional rivalry Hatchet Game.

Lightning delayed the start of the game by an hour and 20 minutes, and when play started, the teams had to deal with a 40 mph wind that sometimes had gusts of 56 mph.

Scoring was hard to come by, but in the end, the Demons took home a 17-7 victory over the Buffaloes.

The Demons got the scoring started by forcing a Buffalo turnover and got a field goal with 8:33 in the first quarter.

After that, the teams continued to battle each other and the persistent wind, with neither team getting on the scoreboard until the fourth quarter.

Garden City scored its only points on a touchdown carry by Josh Janas, who had 42 carries for 186 yards.

“It (the Buffalo touchdown) was significant. They had just scored and we had to (score) into the wind,” coach Dave Foster said.

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The Dodge City High School football program will travel to compete against the Garden City Buffaloes on Friday night in the 82nd Annual Hatchet Game.

• Friday night will mark the 121st time these teams have met in this storied rivalry.
• The Demons and Buffaloes have played every year since 1907, the second longest rivalry in Kansas.
• The first game between these two teams occurred in 1903, a 34-0 Dodge City win.
• The two teams played a rematch the following week on Thanksgiving Day which ended in a 0-0 tie. Garden City hosted a post-game dance and meal, and both teams attended. For both games, the host team provided the transportation for the visiting team to travel.
• In 1938, the series was livened by the addition of the hatchet. Dodge City leads in Hatchet game victories 50-30-1.

The Dodge City Red Demons got busy in a hurry against Hays on Friday night.

On the first play from scrimmage after the opening kickoff, Beau Foster intercepted a pass and returned it to the 45-yard line. It took the Demons just four plays for Foster to run in for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead with just 1:16 gone in the first quarter.

The Demons offense and defense went to work and took a 40-21 victory over the Hays Indians.

The Demons were just getting started in the first quarter and scored another touchdown with 7:56 left in the first.

Hays answered with a touchdown of their own at 4:19 but the Demons came back just 39 seconds later with another touchdown for a 20-7 lead at the end of the first quarter after a missed PAT.

In the second quarter, both team defenses stiffened and neither was able to get into the end zone for a 20-7 score at half.

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