HALSTEAD — Hoisington’s baseball team staged a seventh-inning rally for a 5-5 tie, only to see Halstead score the game-winning run for a 6-5 and 7-4 baseball sweep Thursday. The hard-luck Cardinals (6-8) have lost six consecutive games after a hot start.
DRAGONS 7, CARDINALS 4 — The Cardinals’ lack of defense contributed to five unearned runs off losing pitcher Alex Schremmer. 
Jeremy Breit’s bases-loaded double scored Ethan Hubbard, Jerred Bieberle and Hunter Hanzlick for the Cardinals’ third-inning highlight. Myles Menges forced home Collin Schlochtermeier on a bases-loaded seventh-inning walk for the Cardinals’ final run.
The Cardinals missed a scoring opportunity after Menges’ leadoff triple in the sixth inning. Lakye Heimerman retired the next three batters. 
Tony Morris doubled and scored a first inning-run. Heimerman’s RBI single was followed by sacrifice flies by Dalton Kraus and Brian Casey in a three-run third inning for a 4-3 lead. 
Jon Fulghum’s RBI single drove home Dalton Kraus in the fifth inning. The Cardinals gift wrapped two insurance runs on three sixth-inning errors. 
DRAGONS 6, CARDINALS 5 — Schlochtermeier’s two-run single scored Trey Byers and Jerred Bieberle with the game-tying runs to spark a four-run seventh-inning rally. Bieberle was hit by a pitch to force home Kyle Lang for the Cardinals’ first run. Alex Schremmer’s two-out single scored Menges and Schlochtermeier’s hit tied the score. Kaden Kraus retired Hanzlick to preserve the tie. 
Dalton Kraus delivered the game-winning single off losing pitcher Breit to score David Schulte, who had reached on an infield error. 
The Dragons led 1-0 when Dalton Kraus’ single drove home Chase VanSteenburg. Kaden Kraus’ two-run single scored Fulghum and Morris for a 3-0 lead after three innings. 
Hoisington’s Byers’ singled to drove home Lang in the fourth inning for a 3-1 score. Halstead’s Lane Boswell and Fulghum delivered RBI singles for a 5-1 lead after six innings.
DRAGONS 7, CARDINALS 4
Hoisington 003 000 1 — 4 3 6
Halstead 103 012 x — 7 5 0
Schremmer, Boxberger (6) and Breit. Heimerman, Kraus (7) and Boswell. W—Heimerman. L—Schremmer. 2B—Hois—Breit; Hal—Morris. 3B—Hois—Menges.
DRAGONS 6, CARDINALS 5
Hoisington 000 100 4 — 7 8 4
Halstead 012 002 1 — 6 8 0
Breit and Menges. VanSteenburg, Kaden Kraus (6) and Boswell. W—VanSteenburg. L—Breit. 2B—Hal—Morris, Boswell. 3B—Hal—VanSteenburg.

CKL BASEBALL

Nickerson 9-1 13-1

Pratt 9-3 10-4

Halstead 9-3 9-5

Haven 7-5 9-5

Larned 8-6 8-6

Hoisington 6-8 6-8

Kingman 7-7 8-8

SValley 3-9 4-9

Hillsboro 3-9 3-11

Lyons 1-11 1-11

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Halstead, 7-6, Hoisington 4-5

Kingman 4-4, Hillsboro 2-2

Lyons 7-6, Haven 6-8

Nickerson 4-13, Great Bend 3-5

Smoky Valley 6-5, Pratt 5-5

TUESDAY’S GAMES
Haven 14-3, Pratt 3-5
Halstead 11-10, Kingman 6-9
Hillsboro 9-4, Lyons 3-2
Larned 5-16, Hoisington 2-3
Nickerson 12-11, Sedgwick 1-0

NICKERSON (9-1, 13-1)—WW Haven 5-4, 8-7; WW Smoky Valley 8-4, 15-3; WW Lyons 10-1, 8-6; WL Larned 13-4, 2-4; WW Hoisington 10-4, 7-4; WW Sedgwick 11-0, 12-1; WW Great Bend 4-3 13-5; 5-2—Pratt; 5-5—Halstead; 5-9—at Kingman

PRATT (9-3, 10-4)—W Wichita Trinity 3-2; L Liberal 5-10; WW Halstead 12-1, 3-2; WL Larned 9-5, 10-11; WW Kingman 9-3, 9-5; WW Hillsboro 6-4, 11-6; WL Haven 5-3, 3-14; WL Smoky Valley 5-4, 5-6; 5-2—at Nickerson; 5-5—Lyons; 5-9—at Hoisingto

HALSTEAD (9-3, 9-5)—LL Wichita Independent 0-10, 3-7; LL Pratt 1-12, 2-3; WW Smoky Valley 5-3, 15-0; WW Lyons 11-4, 2-1; WL Larned 20-9, 12-13; WW Kingman 11-6, 10-9; WW Hoisington 7-4, 6-5; 5-2—at Hillsboro; 5-5—at Nickerson; 5-9—Haven

HAVEN (7-5, 9-5)—LL Nickerson 4-5, 7-8; WW Larned 13-10, 10-2; WW Hillsboro 5-0, 11-3; WL Smoky Valley 3-0, 3-4; WW Sedgwick 21-7, 15-5; WL Pratt 14-3, 3-5; WL Lyons 8-6; 6-7; 5-2—Kingman; 5-5—Hoisington; 5-9—at Halstead

LARNED (8-6, 8-6)—WW Kingman 12-2, 18-2; WL Hillsboro 15-1, 10-13; LL Haven 10-13, 2-10; WL Pratt 11-20, 5-9; WL Nickerson 4-2, 4-13; WL Halstead 13-12, 9-20; WW Hoisington 5-2, 16-3; 5-4—at Smoky Valley; 5-9—Lyons; 5-11—at Great Bend

HOISINGTON (6-8, 6-8)—(3-28, TMP, ppd.); LL Kingman 1-11, 2-13; WW Hillsboro 14-0, 24-5; WW Lyons 7-6, 5-2; WW Smoky Valley 17-3, 6-5; LL Nickerson 4-10, 4-7; LL Larned 2-5, 3-16; LL Halstead 4-7, 5-6; 5-5—at Haven; 5-9—Pratt

KINGMAN (7-7, 8-8)—W Wichita Trinity 9-6; L Liberal 6-16; LL—Larned 2-12, 2-18; WW Hoisington 11-1; 13-2; WL Smoky Valley 4-2, 4-7; LL Pratt 3-9, 5-9; WW Lyons 15-3, 16-4; Halstead 6-11, 9-10; WW Hillsboro 4-2, 4-2; 5-2—at Haven; 5-9—Nickerson

SMOKY VALLEY (3-9, 4-9)—W Ell-Saline 5-2; LL Nickerson 4-8, 3-15; LL Halstead 3-5, 0-15; WL Kingman 7-4, 2-4; WL Haven 4-3, 0-3; LL Hoisington 3-17, 5-6; WL Pratt 6-5, 4-5; 5-2—at Lyons; 5-4—Larned; 5-9—at Hillsboro

HILLSBORO (3-9, 3-11)—WL Larned 13-10, 1-15; LL Hoisington 0-14, 5-24; LL Haven 0-5, 3-11; LL Marion 5-6, 3-13; LL Pratt 4-6, 6-11; WW Lyons 9-3, 4-2; LL Kingman 2-4, 2-4; 5-2—Halstead; 5-9—Smoky Valley

LYONS (1-11, 1-11)—LL Nickerson 1-10, 6-8; LL Hoisington 6-7, 2-5; LL Halstead 4-11, 1-2; LL Kingman 3-15, 4-16; LL Hillsboro 3-9, 2-4; WL Haven 7-6, 6-8; 5-2—Smoky Valley; 5-5—at Pratt; 5-9—at Larned