HOISINGTON — Hoisington scored three second-half touchdowns and a stout defense sparked an opening 26-8 Central Kansas League football victory over Hillsboro.

Brody Pfannenstiel's 2-yard touchdown followed Parker Turner's 38-yard run for a 6-0 halftime lead.

The Cardinals' Preston Merlau scored on a 6-yard run and Drake Martin followed with a perfectly executed 44-yard cutback run for a 20-0 lead after Logan Cossel's 2-point reception from Kolter Hahn.

Hahn added the clinching touchdown on a 8-yard run for a 26-8 final. The Cardinals yielded a 6-yard touchdown pass to Brayson Amstutz from zayne Hazlett.

"It was ugly. Defensively, we played well. Hillsboro made us earn it. Kolter did some nice things. We'll get better."

Hillsboro 0 0 8 0 — 8

Hoisington 6 0 14 6 — 26

HOIS—Pfannenstiel 2 run (run fails)

HOIS—Merlau 6 run (run fails)

HOIS—Martin 44 run (Cossel pass from Hahn)

HILL—Amstutz 6 pass from Hazlett (Amstutz pass from Hazlett)

HOIS—Hahn 8 run (pass fails)

RUSHING—HILL—; HOIS—Pfannenstiel; Hahn; Merlau; Chambers

PASSING—HILL—; HOIS—Hahn

RECEIVING—HILL—; HOIS—Pfannenstiel

Larned —

Smoky Valley —

RUSHING—L—; SV—

PASSING—L—; SV—

RECEIVING—L—; SV—

Ellinwood —

SW Heights —

RUSHING—E—; SWH—

PASSING—E—; SWH—

RECEIVING—E—; SWH—

Central Plains 6 8 8 6 — 28

Victoria 0 12 0 6— 18

CP—Schepmann 14 pass from Crites

V—Scherrer 10 pass from Nick Sander

V—Sander 3 run

CP—Crites 14 run (Robison run)

CP—Robison 8 run

CP—Robison 48 run (pass fails)

V—Pfannenstiel 1 run

RUSHING—CP—Crites; V—

PASSING—CP—Crites; V—

RECEIVING—CP—; V—

Macksville —

Pretty Prairie —

RUSHING—M—; PP—

PASSING—M—; PP—

RECEIVING—M—; PP—

St. John —

Ness City —

RUSHING—SJ—Alpers; NC—

PASSING—SJ—Alpers; NC—

RECEIVING—SJ—; NC—

Chase —

Bucklin —

RUSHING—C—; B—

PASSING—C—; B—

RECEIVING—C—; B—

Otis-Bison —

Centre —

RUSHING—OB—; C—

PASSING—OB—; C—

RECEIVING—OB—; C—

Stafford —

Fairfield —

RUSHING—S—; F—

PASSING—S—; F—

RECEIVING—S—; F—

Langdon