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Cardinal baseball sweeps Ellinwood
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ELLINWOOD — Jack Wikum's two-run single scored the tying and game-winning runs to complete Hoisington's baseball sweep 6-5 over Ellinwood. The Cardinals (6-6) won the opener 9-1.

CARDINALS 9, ELLINWOOD 1 (G1) — Leyton Haxton and Chase Steinert combined to shut down Ellinwood's batting.

Shawn Ingram led the Cardinals with four hits. Holt Hanzlick, Chase Steinert and Cole Steinert each delivered two hits.

Ellinwood's Alek Brack rapped out two hits.

CARDINALS 6, ELLINWOOD 5 (G2) — Hoisington reliever M.J. Aylward earned the victory.  

Layton Haxton and Cole Steinert each drove in two runs with two hits. Alex Elmore delivered three hits and Holt Hanzlick and Shawn Ingram each had two hits.

Ellinwood's Cooper Hosman drove home a run. Parker Scheck had two hits.

Hoisington 121 111 2 — 9 12 0

Ellinwood 001 000 0 — 1 6 2

Haxton, Chase Steinert (4) and Cole Steinert. W—Haxton. L—Scheck

Hoisington 000 130 2 — 6 14 5

Ellinwood 011 210 0 — 5 6 0

Tony Moore, Aylward (5) and Cole Steinert. Stuhlsatz, Tony Moore (7) and Zink. W—Aylward. L—Stuhlsatz. 2B—H—Haxton. 3B—H—Cole Steinert.

CKL BASEBALL

Pratt 10-1 11-2

Hesston 8-3 10-3

Halstead 6-4 6-6

Larned 5-4 5-4

Smoky Valley 5-6 5-8

Hoisington 4-6 6-6

Lyons 4-7 4-7

Hillsboro 4-6 6-6

Haven 5-5 5-5

Nickerson 0-10 0-12

TUESDAY—Pratt 10-8, Lyons 8-5; Hoisington 9-6, Ellinwood 1-5; Larned 7-3, Hillsboro 0-1; Cheney 12-11, Halstead 4-4 

FRIDAY—Pratt at Haven; Smoky Valley at Hesston; Hoisington at Larned; Lyons at Hillsboro; Nickerson at Halstea