HOISINGTON — In a game where momentum swung on penalties and mistakes, the Hoisington High School Cardinals resorted to old-fashioned, smash-mouth football to topple the Larned Indians from the ranks of the unbeaten, 27-9.In the first quarter after neither team could move the ball on their first possession, Hoisington had a snap to the punter sail out of the end zone with 6:25 to play, and they staked the Indians to a 2-0 lead.Following the free kick to Larned, Hunter Hanzlick intercepted a pass from Larned quarterback Easton Palmer and returned it to the Indians’ 17-yard line, but the Indians defense stiffened, forcing the Cardinals to try a field goal. That kick was blocked by Larned and picked up by Tyler Stelter and returned 75 yards for a touchdown.Following the conversion kick by Michael Reece, Larned led by 9-0. That was to be all the scoring Larned would do in the game.Starting in the second quarter, the Cardinals began controlling the line of scrimmage and successfully moved the football on the ground with a crunching running game spearheaded by 215-pound Avery Urban and the speedy Nolan McCurry.Aided by several key penalties, the Cardinals got a 2-yard touchdown by Urban and following the extra point kick had closed the gap to 9-7.A key play in the second quarter came with 4:27 to play.Larned had held Hoisington’s offense on the 24-yard line, forcing a punt, but a roughing the kicker penalty gave new life to the Cardinals and they then went on a drive and with 36 seconds left in the half.Urban shredded tacklers as he bulldozed 18 yards for a touchdown to give Hoisington their first lead, 13-9.The Larned offense could not get untracked in the first half and finished the second quarter with only 51 yards of total offense.