HAYS -- The Great Bend basketball Panthers will start the 2016-2017 season at Hays High and Hays Middle School Thursday against Manhattan.

The Gerald Mitchell Hays City Shootout starts at Hays High with the Great Bend and Manhattan boys at 3:30 p.m. followed by Olathe North and Hays-Thomas More Prep at 5:15 at the middle school and Hays High against Garden City at 7 p.m. 

At Hays Middle School, the Great Bend girls meet Manhattan at 3:30 p.m. followed by Hays High and Garden City at 5:15 p.m. at the high school and Olathe North against TMP at 7 p.m.  

HAYS CITY SHOOTOUT, GIRLS
HHS (Hays High School); HMS (Hays Middle School)
12-1—Game 1—Great Bend vs. Manhattan, HMS, 3:30; Game 2—Hays vs. Garden City, HHS, 5:15; Game 3—Olathe North vs. Hays-Thomas More Prep, HMS, 7 p.m.
12-2—Game 4—Losers Games 1, 3, HMS, 3:30; Game 5—Winners Games 2, 3, HHS, 5:15; Game 6—Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, HMS, 7 p.m.
12-3—Game 7, 4th Place—Losers Games 4, 6, HMS, 10 a.m.; Game 8, 3rd Place—Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, HMS, 1:30; Game 9, Championship—Winners Games 5, 6, HHS, 3:15

HAYS CITY SHOOTOUT, BOYS
HHS (Hays High School); HMS (Hays Middle School)
12-1—Gamer 1—Great Bend vs. Manhattan, HHS, 3:30; Game 2—Olathe North vs. Hays-Thomas More Prep, HMS, 5:15; Game 3—Hays vs. Garden City, HHS, 7 p.m.
12-2—Game 4—Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 3:30; Game 5—Losers Game 1, 2, HMS, 5:15 p.m.; Game 6—Winners Games 2, 3, HHS, 7 p.m.
12-3—Game 7—4th Place—Losers Games 4, 5, HMS, 11:45 a.m.; Game 8, 3rd Place—Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, HHS, 1:30; Game 9, Championship—Winners Games 4, 6, HHS, 5 p.m.