By JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

HOISINGTON — Tailback Hunter Hanzlick scored four second-half touchdowns and rushed for 182 yards to spark unbeaten Hoisington past Washington County 50-6 in the Class 3A second round.
The Cardinals rushed for 355 yards and added 38 yards passing. Zade Sanders rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns.
The Cardinals (11-0) will play at Halstead (11-0) next week in the Class 3A semifinals. The Cardinals have also reached the quarterfinal round in 2007 and 1990.
The Cardinals recovered an opening fumble and Tyler Specht scored on a 1-yard run. Hunter Kier scored a touchdown for the Tigers (10-1) for a 6-6 tie.
Hoisington scored the next 44 points over the next three quarters to dominate both sides of the football. Sanders scored on rushing touchdowns of 2 and 15 yards for a 22-6 halftime lead.
Hanzlick dominated the second half with second-half touchdown runs of 1, 11, 14 and 26 yards. The Cardinals limited the Tigers to 109 yards rushing and 38 yards passing. The Cardinals stopped the Tigers on several short-yardage situations to control the ballgame.
"We played even harder and stepped it up. Our guys were phenomenal. I was extremely proud of our defense and special teams holding those guys to six points," said Hoisington coach Zach Baird. "They had some great athletes and some big kids."
Baird said Sanders' effort was a big boost.
"You could not find a better kid to coach than Zade Sanders. He's all about his team," Baird said. "He continues to get better because he works all the time. I'm proud of him."
About the only negative was the number of penalty flags thrown against the Cardinals.

HOISINGTON 50,
WASHINGTON CO. 6
WC 6 0 0 0 — 6
HH 6 16 15 13 — 50
H—Tyler Specht 1 run (run failed), 8:10
WC—Hunter Kier 9 run (pass failed), 2:58
H—Zade Sanders 2 run (Cameron Davis run), 6:48
H—Sanders 15 run (Steffan Dolechek run), 4:28
H—Hunter Hanzlick 26 run (Wright kick), 5:51
H—Hanzlick 11 run (Wright kick), 2:34
H—Hanzlick 1 run (Wright kick), 10:11
H—Hanzlick 14 run (kick failed), 7:04
CLASS 3A
FIRST ROUND
Sabetha 42, Centralia 7
Silver Lake 49, Pleasant Ridge 0
Wellsville 63, Erie 0
Neodesha 31, Cherryvale 26
Nemaha Central 56, Wathena-Riverside 12
Rossville 49, Atchison-Maur Hill 0
Pittsburg Colgan 49, Jayhawk-Linn 6
Galena 41, Caney Valley 21
Wichita Independent 17, Cheney 13
Halstead 46, SE of Saline 7
Washington County 44, Beloit 34
Hoisington 76, Cimarron 19
Wichita Collegiate 63, Conway Springs 6
Garden Plain 22, Hesston 21
Norton 37, Marysville 0
Scott City 54, Lyons 0

SECOND ROUND
Sabetha 34, Silver Lake 28
Wellsville 56, Neodesha 7
Rossville 61, Seneca-Nemaha Central 20
Pittsburg Colgan 28, Galena 14
Halstead 48, Wichita Independent 0
Hoisington 50, Washington County 6
Wichita Collegiate 41, Garden Plain 6
Norton 28, Scott City 24

FRIDAY’S QUARTERFINALS
Sabetha 7-4 at Wellsville 9-2
Pittsburg Colgan 9-2 at Rossville 11-0
Hoisington 11-0 at Halstead 11-0
Norton 9-2 at Wichita Collegiate 11-0