HOISINGTON – The Hoisington Cardinals featured four runner-up district finishers and five qualifiers for the Feb. 13 Wakeeney girls wrestling regional.

Hoisington’s second-place finishers were No. 4 Sheena Gocela (17-5, 101); Kiana Grandclair (7-6, 115); No. 4 Emily Lovett (17-6, 120); and No. 1 Tally Wikum (23-2, 138).

In championship matches, Oakley’s No. 1 Citori Bosserman pinned Gocela (5:45); Colby’s No. 4 Kathie Chavez defeated Grandclair, 7-6; Oakley’s Mikyah Cain defeated Lovett, 11-0; and Rawlins County’s Kaileigh Morrison upset Wikum 5-2.

Cardinal Lyrica Orosco (6-12, 143) placed fourth with a loss (2:27) to Rawlins County’s Xavia Brenn.

The Cardinals scored 60 points to finish second behind Ellis (76). The top four regional finishers qualify for the Division 2 state tournament.

HOISINGTON DISTRICT

TEAM SCORES—1—Ellis 76; 2—Hoisington 60; 3—Oakley 48; 4—Norton 37; 5—Colby 34; 6—Rawlins County 32; 7—Plainville 30; 8—Hoxie 26; 9—Phillipsburg 24; 10—Smith Center 22; 11—Trego 20; 12—Goodland 7

HOISINGTON RESULTS

101—Sheena Gocela, H (17-5), 2nd; Gocela pinned Priest, Ellis, 1:00; 1ST—Bosserman, Oakley pinned Gocela, 5:45

115—Kiana Grandclair, H, (7-6), 2nd; Grandclair def. Todd, Norton, 9-0; 1ST—Chavez, Colby def. Grandclai, 7-6

120—Emily Lovett, H (17-6), 2nd; Lovett def. Smyth, Plainville, 2-1; 1ST—Cain, Oakley def. Lovett, 11-0

138—Tally Wikum, H (23-2), 2nd; 1ST—Morrison, Rawlins Co. def. Wikum, 5-2

143—Lyrica Orosco, H (6-12), 4th; Boyle, Trego pinned Orosco, 1:56; Orosco pinned Moore, Phillipsburg, 2:54; 3RD—Xavia Brenn, Rawlins County pinned Orosco, 2:27