HOISINGTON BOYS 58, HESSTON 52

HESSTON – Hoisington’s Mason Haxton scored 23 points and dished out six assists as the Cardinals stunned Hesston 58-52 for an opening Central Kansas League basketball victory. The Cardinals (3-3, 1-0 CKL) sprinted to a 10-0 lead and never lost control. The Cardinals outscored Hesston 26-24 in a wild fourth quarter.

Drew Nicholson added 13 points for the Cardinals, who play at Nickerson Tuesday.

Hesston (6-2, 0-1 CKL) was paced by Nick Arnold with 10 points.

Hoisington 16 6 10 26 – 58

Hesston 5 16 7 24 – 52

HOISINGTON (3-3, 1-0)—Haxton 6-10 11-12 23, Nicholson 4-8 4-4 13, Brewer 1-2 2-2 5, Xavier Robinson 3-6 3-6 9, Woydziak 0-1 0-0 0, Chase Robinson 2-3 0-2 4, Donovan 1-3 2-2 3, Totals 17-33 22-28 58

HESSTON (6-2, 0-1)—McDonald 3-9 1-2 9, Eilert 1-4 1-1 3, Richardson 4-6 0-0 9, Spencer 2-2 0-0 5, M. Arnold 2-3 2-4 6, N. Arnold 4-5 1-1 10, Bollinger 2-4 0-0 4, Humphreys 2-3 1-3 6, Toews 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 20-42 6-11 52

3-pointers—HHS 2-8 (Brewer 1-2, Nicholson 1-3, C. Robinson 0-1, Donovan 0-2), Hesston 6-18 (McDonald 2-5, Spencer 1-1, N. Arnold 1-1, Humphreys 1-2, Richardson 1-3, Eilert 0-3, Toews 0-3)

HESSTON GIRLS 51, HOISINGTON 31

HESSTON – Hoisington’s Kelsi Dalton scored 18 points in a 51-31 loss to Hesston in a Central Kansas League basketball opener.

Keely Wolf scored eight points for Hoisington (2-4, 0-1 CKL), which plays at Nickerson Tuesday.

Hesston (7-1, 1-0 CKL) was paced by Elise Kaiser with 26 points and Rylie Schilling with 11 points.

Hoisington 2 12 5 12 – 31

Hesston 9 16 14 12 – 51

HOISINGTON (2-5, 0-1)–Dalton 7 4-5 18, Wolf 2 2-2 8, Colson 0 1-2 1, Schneider 0 2-2 2, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 9-13 31

HESSTON (7-1, 1-0)–Kaiser 6 12-14 26, Schilling 6 2-4 14, Deegan 2 0-0 4, Martin 1 0-2 2, Johnston 1 0-0 2, Vogt 1 0-1 3, Totals 17 14-21 51