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The Cardinal Basketball Teams completed their pre holiday slates tonight in Sterling. The Girls team improved their record to 3-1 with a 60-51 win over the host Black Bears. The Boys team lost 65-26 to #1 ranked Sterling and finish December with a 3-2 record. Both teams will be back in action on Friday, January 2nd at home against Russell.
Tonight's Cardinal basketball games in Sterling will be live-streamed on: go.shsblackbears.com
The Hoisington Boys Basketball Team finished runner-up in the Larned Keady Classic title game tonight. #3 state ranked Holcomb beat the Cardinals 65-59 in a back and forth championship tilt. The Boys and Girls 🏀 teams will be back in action next Tuesday at Sterling.
Congratulations to the Girls Wrestling team for their 9th place finish in the Christmas Clash event in Great Bend this weekend. There were 34 teams in the tournament. Top placers were:
Amerie Hinz 7th
Annabelle Gonzalez 8th
Ayla Brown 5th
Trinity Graves 7th
Tristin Compton 7th
CANCELLATION: The Girls Basketball game in Larned today has been cancelled. Our opponent (Plainville) cannot make the trip due to ice north of Hays. There is no makeup date scheduled at this time. The Boys will still play at 5:45pm in the championship game
Props to the Boys Wrestling Team for their 3rd Place 🥉finish today in the Railer Round Robin (Ellis). Top individual finishers for the Cardinals were:
Peyton Lomas 2nd
Kalob Lamb 1st
Jhadyn Turner 3rd
Xavier Stevenson 3rd
Taylen Morales 3rd
Brody Corbett 2nd
Colin Mater 2nd
The Lady Cardinal Wrestlers got off to a great start in the two-day Christmas Clash event in Great Bend. Hoisington sits in 12th place (out of 34 teams) and will send eleven wrestlers back to the mats tomorrow morning.
Congratulations to the Boys Basketball Team for advancing to the title game of the Keady Classic (Larned) with tonight's 53-43 victory over the host team. The Cardinals will meet Holcomb tomorrow at 5:45pm in the feature game.
The Cardinal Girls Basketball Team beat Kinsley 72-26 tonight in the Keady Classic (Larned) and will play for 5th place on Saturday. The game will be at Larned High School at 3:30pm against Plainville.
The Cardinal Varsity Basketball squads kicked off the Keady Classic tonight in Larned. The girls fell short to Bucklin 45-40 and will play again Thursday at 5:30pm. The boys scored early and often to beat Bucklin 60-36 and advance to the semi finals Friday at 7:00pm against the winner of Kinsley/Larned.
The Boys Wrestling team began their season in Pratt today competing against 20 schools. Congratulations to Colin Mater for winning a 2nd Place medal to complete the event. The Cardinals will be back in action Friday at Ellis.
Congratulations to the Cardinal Basketball teams on their Road Sweep 🏀 🧹 tonight in Scott City. The Girls used 10 straight free throws down the stretch to win 47-39 in the early game. The boys made huge game winning plays in the 4th quarter to beat the #8 ranked Beavers 62-55 in the nightcap. Both teams will be back in action Monday in the Keady Classic (Larned).
Props to the Hoisington Music Department for an outstanding Winter Concert tonight. The crowd was treated to performances from our various 6th-12th grade bands and 6th-12th grade choirs. Thank you to Debra Lewis and Casey Bowers for all of the time and effort you put into leading our talented musicians. #supportfinearts
SE Saline 22 Hoisington 12 The Cardinals 🏈 season came to a close tonight on the road in the Class 2A Semi Finals. Thank you to the Coaches and Team for an outstanding 10-1 season. This group of Seniors raised the bar for an already great program. Our school/community are very appreciative of the hard work the entire team put in on/off the field. PROUD TO BE A CARDINAL!
SIMIC NAMED 🏐 PLAYER OF THE YEAR! Hoisington was well represented on the recent 3A All State Team. Congratulations to Sofia Simic for being chosen the top player in Kansas and to Kelsi Maier for making 2nd Team All State. Thanks for your hard work and great representation of our school.
CARDINALS 🏈 WIN AND ADVANCE!! Hoisington beat Garden Plain 36-7 tonight in a strong effort on both sides of the ball. With the Sectional title in hand, we will now move on to the Semi Finals next Friday at SE Saline (11-0). Let's show up in large numbers to support our undefeated Football team!!
Please join Cardinal Athletics in supporting our local Food Bank in this time of need. We appreciate the hard work that Jan Morgenstern and her food bank crew provide for our community, and HHS will be donating a portion of tonight's gate receipts.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 🏈 KSHSAA Sectional home battle with the Garden Plain Owls @ 7pm. Admission $8 Adults $6 (K-12) Veterans 🇺🇸 get in free. A big Thank You AGAIN to the HHS Booster Club for paying for high school student admission and Clara Barton for paying for middle school student admission. All students wanting free admission need to check in at the HS Cafeteria between 6:30-6:45. GO CARDS!!
In front of a loud and raucous crowd tonight at Elton Brown Field, the Junior Girls topped the Senior Girls in the annual Powder Puff 🏈 game. Despite the dominance from the Class of '27 in the semis and finals, a shoutout to the Class of '26 for scoring not once, but twice in their two games tonight. Prior to the nightcap, the fans were treated to a buzzer beating catch by Reese Vaughn in the Sophomores 6-0 victory over the Frosh for the bronze medals. A special Thanks to Amy Haxton and the Cardinal Crew for their time and effort with this event. Training camp will begin soon as the Juniors attempt to run it back!
