Wrestling meets can take brackets of individual wrestlers competing against their weight class and earning team points. A Dual puts two teams head to head in each class to win points for the team. Instead of competing for an individual place or medal, the wrestlers work to win for their school only in a dual….
As calendars flip to a new month, a whole new season of Football begins. Now teams must win to keep playing. Class 3A joins the two Eight Man divisions on starting their playoffs on Tuesday night. For the Hoisington Cardinals, they started their playoff hopes with a matchup against the Lakin Broncs. Hoisington’s Defense established…
Every year, schools take a moment to thank the parents of their athletes for the dedication and sacrifice they make to support their children. Hoisington took time before their game with Lyons to recognize their Fall Sports Senior athletes and the parents behind them. Below are some of the pictures I took at the event:…
The Ninth and final week of the regular season for football brought a lesson in things that are bigger than the game itself. For a second year, the Lyons Lions and the Hoisington Cardinals faced off with heavy hearts. Last year, Lyons lost a player in a tragic fire. This year, a Hoisington player and…
Week Seven of the Football season saw the start of District games for Class 3A and other classifications. The Hoisington Cardinals traveled to the nearby Ellsworth Bearcats for their first District competition. The first half started off sluggish for the Cardinals as they gave up an interception for a touchdown and allowed another. They finished…
Week Five of the Football season brought two teams together to decide a league title. The Hoisington Cardinals traveled to face the Pratt Greenbacks in their first home game of the season. Both teams came into the game with undefeated records and the chance to claim the best record in the Central Kansas League. In…
The second week of the Football season brought a major matchup to Barton County. Both the Wichita Collegiate Spartans and the Hoisington Cardinals made it to the Class 3A playoffs last year. Collegiate made it all the way to the State Title game, but fell to Rossville. This year the Spartans moved up to Class…
The early part of the season means early mornings for the players and coaches. I headed over to Hoisington for their third practice of the year. When the practice started, the sun remained below the horizon. As the sun inched farther up the sky, the players worked up a sweat with drills for conditioning and…
I made it to the gym in time to see the Ellinwood Lady Eagles take on the Hoisington Lady Cardinals in a volleyball match. Below are some of the pictures I took at the match: Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures. Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures.
The first week of the 2015 high school football season saw two rivals lock horns again as the Larned Indians traveled to face the Hoisington Cardinals. After playing a tight battle the previous year, the Cardinals came out firing from the start and buried the Indians with a final score of 53 to 21. Below…
