RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup Preview: Paxton at Maywood-Hayes Center

On Friday, January 9th, 2026, in Hayes Center, the Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves will play host to the Paxton Tigers for a girls and boys basketball double-header. Let's preview the matchup.

Maywood-Hayes Center Girls Basketball

• Record: 11-1 so far this season. They have won seven in a row.

• Head Coach: Kim Stengel: Stengel has built an excellent program. She has spent 25 years coaching, and since MHC has been a co-op, her record is 206-59.

• The Wolves have been effective on offense, averaging 63.9 points per game.

• Their defense is excellent, which often leads to their offense, as they allow just 29 points per game. Overall, they are excellent defensively as a team.

• They average nearly 24 steals per game.

• Caylie Softley, a junior, leads the team in scoring at 19 points per game and also averages about four steals per game.

• Karissa Stengel, a senior, is scoring just over 15 points per game, five rebounds, about seven assists, and about six steals per game. She affects the game in so many different ways.

• The Wolves are in the D1-11 Subdistrict, which includes Arapahoe, Hi-Line, Southern Valley, and Southwest.

  
  
  

  

  

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Paxton Girls Basketball

• Record: 7-3, they have won three of their last five games.

• Head Coach Chance Morland, six years as head coach, career record of 72-54.

• The Tigers have been effective on offense, averaging about 52 points per game.

• Paxton is an excellent defensive team as well, allowing 30.1 points per game.

• Ella Fote, a senior, is the team's leading scorer at about 14 points per game, and fellow senior Jaleigh Hansen is averaging just over 10 points per game.

• The Tigers have five players averaging at least three rebounds, so as a team, they do a good job with that. Sophomore Jakcee Mitchell and freshman Addison Holm are the top two rebounders, averaging about six per game.

• As a team, the Tigers collect about 29 rebounds per game.

• Paxton is in the D2-10 Subdistrict with Arthur County, Creek Valley, Garden County, and South Platte

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Maywood-Hayes Center Boys Basketball

• Record: The Wolves are 9-2 this season. They have won six of their last seven games.

• Head Coach: Kolby Hamilton. 12 years coaching, eight at MHC, career record of 174-139.

• Maywood-Hayes Center has a team with good shooters, but post play is their strength. They average 51 points per game.

• On defense, they have been tough, allowing just 39 points per game. They are active on that end of the floor.

• One of their two losses this season is to Paxton on December 23rd, 47-41.

• Junior Keenan Richards is having a nice season, averaging about 16 points and seven rebounds. He's joined in the post by Oliver Anders, a junior who is scoring about nine points and 12 rebounds.

• Senior Charlie Callis is having a good start to the year at 10.8 points per game and about five rebounds.

• The Wolves are in the D1-12 Subdistrict, which includes Hitchcock County, Maxwell, Morrill, and North Platte St. Pat's.

  
  
  
  
  

  

  

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Paxton Boys Basketball

• Record: 6-4, most recently they beat Leyton on January 8th, 58-54.

• Head Coach: Justin Hardin, four years as head coach; 53-29 career record. Spent many years as an assistant on the staff.

• The Tigers have found success on offense, averaging 53.4 points per game.

• Paxton has played a number of close games, allowing about 48 points per game, so that margin of victory, as you can see, has been tight.

• Seniors Maddex McConnell and Tristen Hebblethwaite lead the scoring for Paxton, combining for about 31 points per game. McConnell is at 16.4 points per game, and Hebblethwaite is at 14.5 points per game.

• The Tigers do a solid job rebounding, averaging about 32 rebounds per game.

• Paxton is in the D2-9 District, which includes Arthur County, Sutherland, Wallace, and Wauneta-Palisade.