The Hoisington Cardinal Wrestling team continued to dominate in the after Christmas part of their season. The team won the Hoisington Cardinal Classic Wrestling Tournament this past Friday to remain undefeated in tournaments and duals after the break. Fresh off the heels of their big win at the Bob Kuhn Classic just six days before, the Cardinals kept their foot on the pedal by sending eight wrestlers to the finals, and placing 12 in the top four.
The tournament win was special for six wrestlers as the Friday night tournament was Senior night. The six seniors on the team, who fill four of the varsity spots, are: two time State Qualifier Landon Harmon at 120; three time State Champion Brandon Ball at 138; 6th at State last year Chance Boor at 195 lbs.; and KC Stephens at 220 lbs. class. The remaining two seniors on the squad are: Tyler Walker at 152, and Girls State Champion Lexi Sanders who has had to sit out this year due to an injury.  
The team was led by four champions: senior Brandon Ball, 138; sophomore Jonathan Ball, 145; fresman Christopher Ball, 152; and sophomore Landen Urban, 285 lbs. class. Senior Landon Harmonm 120l junior Kody Lang, 126; junior Austin McHenry, 182; and senior Chance Boor, 195, placed 2nd. Fresman Tanner Cassity ,113 placed third; freshman Sean Urban, 160; and senior KC Stephens placed 4th.
Next action for the team will come this Saturday when the team travels to Phillipsburg to wrestle in the Panther Classic. With Norton Ranked number 1 in class 1-3A and Marysville ranked number 5 along Hoisington ranked number 3 in the latest polls the tournament should host some outstanding match-ups.
Coaches comments: “It was a very good evening for our seniors to put in their high school memory books. The kids wrestled very well. We still have some important cogs on the team that need to get headed in the right direction if we want to have a shot at bringing home hardware from the State Tournament. Consistency is still eluding our team at certain weights. It is not too late for that consistency to evolve, but it needs to happen very soon or we will be talking about how we just missed at the State Tournament from meeting our goal.”


Team                    Points
1. Hoisington                195.5
2. Douglass                  125.0
3. Cimarron                  105.0
4. Goddard Eisenhower         97.5
5. Hillsboro                  91.0
6. Marion                     71.0
7. Ellsworth                  49.5
8. Stafford                   48.0
9. Wichita Leoti County       44.0
Hoisington Cardinal Classic 2015 Results for Hoisington
106 - Dylan Carrier (7-15) placed 5th and scored 0.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Braiden Lynn (Cimarron) 8-19 won by decision over Dylan Carrier (Hoisington) 7-15 (Dec 6-5)
    Round 2 - Ashten Dodson (Douglass) 20-5 won by fall over Dylan Carrier (Hoisington) 7-15 (Fall 3:26)
    Round 3 - Colin Reed (Goddard Eisenhower) 8-12 won by fall over Dylan Carrier (Hoisington) 7-15 (Fall 4:43)
    Round 5 - Mack Bartel (Hillsboro) 7-10 won by decision over Dylan Carrier (Hoisington) 7-15 (Dec 6-4)

113 - Tanner Cassity (17-9) placed 3rd and scored 9.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Victor Aguilera (Goddard Eisenhower) 14-10 won by fall over Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 17-9 (Fall 0:40)
    Round 2 - Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 17-9 won by fall over Jayden Lauderbaugh (Douglass) 2-6 (Fall 0:30)
    Round 3 - Jarett Johnson (Marion) 19-6 won by fall over Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 17-9 (Fall 5:39)

120 - Landon Harmon (26-5) placed 2nd and scored 20.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 26-5 won by fall over Dustin Sweeters (Goddard Eisenhower) 4-13 (Fall 1:46)
    Round 2 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 26-5 won by fall over Tristan Donaldson (Hillsboro) 2-10 (Fall 0:36)
    Round 3 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 26-5 won by fall over August Farmer (Douglass) 10-12 (Fall 1:01)
    Championship Bracket - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 26-5 won by fall over Alex Villaneuva (Cimarron) 6-9 (Fall 1:14)
    1st Place Match - Dylon Niswonger (Wichita Leoti County) 24-3 won by decision over Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 26-5 (Dec 9-2)

126 - Kody Lang (16-12) placed 2nd and scored 18.50 team points.
    Round 1 - Kody Lang (Hoisington) 16-12 won by fall over Josh Griffin (Cimarron) 6-18 (Fall 3:10)
    Round 2 - Kody Lang (Hoisington) 16-12 won by fall over Brett Binns (Wichita Leoti County) 2-18 (Fall 0:19)
    Round 3 - Kody Lang (Hoisington) 16-12 won by fall over Conner Porter (Douglass) 13-8 (Fall 3:27)
    Championship Bracket - Kody Lang (Hoisington) 16-12 won by decision over Travis King (Hillsboro) 14-11 (Dec 10-7)
    1st Place Match - Conner Porter (Douglass) 13-8 won by decision over Kody Lang (Hoisington) 16-12 (Dec 7-6)

132 - Dustin Edmondson (8-19) placed 6th and scored 0.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Riley Wise (Ellsworth) 17-6 won by fall over Dustin Edmondson (Hoisington) 8-19 (Fall 0:58)
    Round 2 - Jon Carey (Hillsboro) 21-2 won by fall over Dustin Edmondson (Hoisington) 8-19 (Fall 0:09)
    Round 3 - Rusty Inkelaar (Douglass) 13-10 won by fall over Dustin Edmondson (Hoisington) 8-19 (Fall 3:18)
    Round 4 - Denton Russell (Goddard Eisenhower) 21-9 won by fall over Dustin Edmondson (Hoisington) 8-19 (Fall 0:16)
    Round 5 - Alec Smith (Cimarron) 6-14 won by decision over Dustin Edmondson (Hoisington) 8-19 (Dec 9-5)

138 - Brandon Ball (29-0) placed 1st and scored 22.00 team points.
    Round 2 - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 29-0 won by fall over Ethan Masterson (Wichita Leoti County) 6-18 (Fall 0:33)
    Round 3 - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 29-0 won by fall over Dodge Ellegood (Ellsworth) 10-2 (Fall 1:04)
    Round 4 - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 29-0 won by fall over Ian Alumbaugh (Hillsboro) 7-10 (Fall 0:52)
    Round 5 - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 29-0 won by fall over Jonathan Schuler (Douglass) 4-11 (Fall 0:31)

145 - Jonathan Ball (29-1) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 29-1 won by fall over Ethan Curnutt (Ellsworth) 1-12 (Fall 0:17)
    Round 2 - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 29-1 won by fall over Tyson Reimer (Hillsboro) 10-15 (Fall 0:37)
    Round 3 - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 29-1 won by decision over Branson Sandovol (Cimarron) 20-10 (Dec 5-0)
    Championship Bracket - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 29-1 won by fall over Jordan Burden (Goddard Eisenhower) 7-5 (Fall 1:34)
    1st Place Match - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 29-1 won by tech fall over Trenton Weber (Stafford) 17-4 (TF-1.5 3:51 (19-4))

152 - Christopher Ball (27-4) placed 1st and scored 22.50 team points.
    Round 1 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 27-4 won by tech fall over Lucas Alvarez (Douglass) 8-18 (TF-1.5 2:18 (17-0))
    Round 2 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 27-4 won by fall over Teyton Loveland (Goddard Eisenhower) 15-16 (Fall 3:31)
    Round 3 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 27-4 won by fall over Dawson Sandovol (Cimarron) 11-8 (Fall 3:50)
    Round 4 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 27-4 won by injury default over Zeke Castill (Wichita Leoti County) 12-8 (Inj. 4:00)
    Round 5 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 27-4 won by major decision over Zach Martin (Ellsworth) 22-7 (MD 12-3)

160 - Sean Urban (14-7) placed 4th and scored 6.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Remington Putter (Marion) 21-9 won by decision over Sean Urban (Hoisington) 14-7 (Dec 5-4)
    Round 3 - Sean Urban (Hoisington) 14-7 won by fall over Layton Tankersley (Wichita Leoti County) 11-14 (Fall 5:26)
    Round 4 - Eann Ellingson (Goddard Eisenhower) 27-6 won by decision over Sean Urban (Hoisington) 14-7 (Dec 5-1)
    Round 5 - Gunner Schaffter (Stafford) 19-9 won by decision over Sean Urban (Hoisington) 14-7 (Dec 4-3)

170 - Hunter Hanzlick (21-11) placed 4th and scored 7.50 team points.
    Round 1 - Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 21-11 won by tech fall over Caleb Douglas (Goddard Eisenhower) 5-7 (TF-1.5 5:34 (15-0))
    Round 2 - Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 21-11 won by fall over Zachary Simoens (Douglass) 7-14 (Fall 1:15)
    Round 3 - Josh Seabolt (Cimarron) 13-1 won by decision over Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 21-11 (Dec 7-1)
    Championship Bracket - Jesse Meier (Hillsboro) 19-7 won by major decision over Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 21-11 (MD 20-10)
    3rd Place Match - Jacob Clark (Wichita Leoti County) 13-9 won by tech fall over Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 21-11 (TF-1.5 4:48 (21-6))

182 - Austin McHenry (26-6) placed 2nd and scored 18.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 26-6 won by fall over Levi Mendoza (Hillsboro) 22-8 (Fall 1:44)
    Round 2 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 26-6 won by fall over Christian Strother (Douglass) 22-10 (Fall 1:39)
    Round 3 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 26-6 won by fall over Charlie Coleman (Cimarron) 6-20 (Fall 0:54)
    Round 4 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 26-6 won by fall over Mason Madzey (Goddard Eisenhower) 9-12 (Fall 2:24)
    Round 5 - Adam Janzen (Marion) 25-2 won by major decision over Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 26-6 (MD 15-5)


195 - Chance Boor (23-7) placed 2nd and scored 16.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 23-7 won by fall over Ethan Haase (Ellsworth) 15-11 (Fall 1:15)
    Round 2 - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 23-7 won by fall over Nathan Simhiser (Hillsboro) 11-14 (Fall 0:27)
    Round 4 - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 23-7 won by fall over Anthony Lozano (Goddard Eisenhower) 0-10 (Fall 0:54)
    Round 5 - Seth Fouts (Douglass) 26-4 won by decision over Chance Boor (Hoisington) 23-7 (Dec 8-6)

220 - KC Stephens (19-11) placed 4th and scored 8.00 team points.
    Round 1 - KC Stephens (Hoisington) 19-11 won by fall over Franklin Jost (Hillsboro) 15-10 (Fall 1:13)
    Round 2 - AJ Cooper (Cimarron) 27-2 won by tech fall over KC Stephens (Hoisington) 19-11 (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0))
    Round 3 - Zachery Strother (Douglass) 25-4 won by fall over KC Stephens (Hoisington) 19-11 (Fall 2:31)
    Round 4 - Kyle Palic (Marion) 26-2 won by tech fall over KC Stephens (Hoisington) 19-11 (TF-1.5 4:48 (16-1))
    Round 5 - KC Stephens (Hoisington) 19-11 won by fall over Edson Castillo (Wichita Leoti County) 5-10 (Fall 0:19)

285 - Landen Urban (25-4) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.
    Round 1 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 25-4 won by fall over Ryan Stepanek (Hillsboro) 1-11 (Fall 0:48)
    Round 2 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 25-4 won by fall over Rafael Sanchez (Stafford) 15-12 (Fall 0:36)
    Round 3 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 25-4 won by fall over Tyresse Hardiman (Douglass) 5-5 (Fall 1:03)
    Round 4 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 25-4 won by fall over Kellen Smith (Ellsworth) 15-11 (Fall 0:24)
    Round 5 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 25-4 won by fall over Nick Powell (Cimarron) 19-10 (Fall 1:58)