HOISINGTON 40, PRATT 16

PRATT — When red-hot quarterback Kolter Hahn departed, Hoisington's future rising star rose to the occasion.

Backup freshman quarterback Colton Staudinger shocked Pratt with a 77-yard option run to help ignite a 32-point outburst en route to a dominating 40-16 victory over Pratt in 3A, District 6 football.

The Cardinals finished with 358 yards rushing for their second consecutive 300-yard plus ground game.

Hahn scored on a pair of 3-yard runs and had a 29-yard touchdown nullified on a penalty. Drake Martin scored on a 10-yard run and Dexter Klug added the finishing touch on a 25-yard touchdown run for a 40-8 lead.

After an 8-8 halftime tie, Hoisington's defense intercepted three passes and Parker Turner recovered a fumble.

Pratt quarterback Thimesch torched the Cardinal defense with top receiver Caleb Strong, who caught a 16-yard scoring strike. Vandiver scored on 10-yard scoring strike from Thimesch.

Hoisington (3-2, 2-0) takes command of 3A District 6 with a pair of opening wins. The Cardinals face winless Larned (0-5), Nickerson (1-4) and Lyons (4-1) in District 6.

Hoisington (3-2, 2-0) 8 0 24 8— 40

Pratt (2-3, 1-1) 0 8 0 8— 16

H—Hahn 37 run (Merlau run); P—Strong 16 pass from Thimesch (Humble pass from Thimesch); H—Martin 10 run (Merlau run); H—Staudinger 77 run (Martin pass from Staudinger); H—Hahn 3 run (Merlau run); H—Klug 25 run (Gruis pass from Hahn); P—Vandiver 10 pass from Thimesch (Beach run)

RUSHING—Turner; Cossel; Hahn, Staudinger 3-92.

PASSING—Hahn 0-2-0.

RECEIVING—

3A, DISTRICT 6

Hoisington 2-0 3-2

Lyons 1-0 4-1

Pratt 1-1 2-3

Nickerson 0-1 1-4

Larned 0-2 0-5

10-2—*Hoisington 40, Pratt 16; *Lyons 14, Larned 8; Nickerson 46, Sedgwick 20