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Unbeaten Cardinals cruise past Cimarron 67-20
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Hoisington's quarterback Tony Moore (11) scrambles for yardage against Russell in Friday's football jamboree at Memorial Stadium. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

HOISINGTON 67, CIMARRON 20

CIMARRON – Hoisington quarterback Tony Moore completed three touchdown passes to Mason Martin and threw for 161 yards and four touchdown aerials in a resounding 67-20 football victory over Cimarron in 2A, District 7. Hoisington (8-0, 4-0 District) will play Phillipsburg (4-4, 1-3, -29 points), which survived a wild 3-way tiebreaker with Hays TMP (4-4, 1-3, -28) and Russell (3-5, 1-3, -30 points).

Martin caught 11, 14 and 26 yards touchdown passes. Mason Alderdice caught a 35-yard touchdown strike after racing for a near-record 97-yard run on the final play before halftime to the Cimarron 2-yard line. Ian Smith scored a pair of rushing touchdowns.

The Cardinals rushed for 404 yards. Alderdice gained 117 yards, Teron Kraft 114 and Moore 82 yards.

As usual, Hoisington scored a defensive touchdown as Jason Robinson scored on a 75-yard interception return among his three interceptions. Kalob Lamb and Rhen Galla recovered Cimarron fumbles.

Cimarron quarterback Trace Kopper threw for 157 yards and completed touchdown passes to Payton Dye and Holden Kite and gave the Cardinals trouble all night by escaping pressure to complete desperation passes. Kite also scored on a 1-yard run.

Hoisington 21 20 13 13 – 67

Cimarron 6 6 8 0 – 20

H—Mason Martin 14 pass from Tony Moore (Britt kick); H—Ian Smith 1 run (Gage Britt kick); C—Payton Dye 35 pass from Trace Copper (pass fails); H—Teron Kraft 35 run (Britt kick); C—Holden Kite 31 pass from Copper (pass fails); H—Ian Smith 3 run (kick fails); H—Jason Robinson 75 interception return (Britt kick); H—Moore 16 run (Britt kick); H—Martin 26 pass from Moore (Britt kick); C—Kite 1 run (Dye run); H—Martin 11 pass from Moore (kick fails); H—Martin 26 pass from Moore (Britt kick); H—Mason Alderdice 35 pass from Moore (kick fails); H—Alderdice 5 run (kick fails)

RUSHING—H—34-404; Alderdice 3-117; Kraft 11-114; Moore 6-82; Taylen Morales 5-43; Kyler Dean Russell 4-27; Preston Merlau 1-16; Ian Smith 30-5; Turner 1-0; C—Trace Kopper 15-44; Kite 4-20; Logan Heddlesten 1-18; Barranca 1-11; (15) 1-2; team 2-(-28).

PASSING—H—Moore 6-12-0, 161; C—Kopper 13-33-2, 157.

RECEIVING—H—Martin 4-105; Alderdice 1-35; Rhen Galla 1-21; C—Dye 4-60; Kite 3-46; Mendez 3-54; Heddlesten 2-1; Schlesener 2-1.

2A DISTRICT 7 *

Hoisington 4-0 8-0

Larned 3-1 6-2

Lakin 2-2 4-4

Cimarron 1-3 1-7

SW Heights 0-4 1-7

10-27—Phillipsburg at Hoisington; Hays TMP at Larned; Lakin at Beloit; Cimarron at Norton; SW Heights vs. Russell

10-20—*Hoisington 67, Cimarron 20; *Larned 46, Lakin 40 (4 OT); Holcomb 48, SW Heights 22

10-13—*Hoisington 34, Larned 6; Colby 20, Lakin 14; *Cimarron 48, SW Heights 0

10-6—*Hoisington 63, Lakin 15; *Larned 48, SW Heights 8; Hugoton 54, Cimarron 8

9-29—Hoisington 27, Pratt 19; *Lakin 52, SW Heights 22; *Larned 24, Cimarron 21

9-22—*Hoisington 63, SW Heights 6; Larned 52, Nickerson 12; *Lakin 44, Cimarron 20

9-15—Hoisington 60, Lyons 0; SW Heights 44, Syracuse 28; Goodland 16, Colby 14; Larned 38, Smoky Valley 0; Colby 26, Cimarron 0

9-8—Hoisington 38, Halstead 14; Larned 60, Lyons 0; Lakin 50, Syracuse 14; Holcomb 49, Cimarron 10; Stanton County 20, SW Heights 6

9-1—Hoisington 39, Hesston 7; Lakin 56, Stanton County 14; Pratt 48, Larned 12; Scott City 49, Cimarron 13; Hugoton 52, SW Heights 0