HOISINGTON 20, CHENEY 6 — The Cheney Cardinals had no idea what happened, especially the public address announcer who reported that "Halstead" led Cheney 20-6 Friday night.
State-ranked Hoisington avenged a 47-18 setback to 3A powerhouse Cheney with a resounding 20-6 victory keyed by a trio of Taylen Morales touchdowns and 133 yards passing by quarterback Mason Martin. Brody Pfannenstiel had three catches for 64 yards.
Morales gained 100 yards rushing and sealed the victory with a 1-yard touchdown with 2:06 left. The game's biggest play was Martin's 5-yard touchdown pass to Morales on fourth-and-goal for a 12-6 lead.
Mason Martin delivered the game's second-biggest play with a key 23-yard pass for a first down to Carson Mason that led to a 2-score lead. Martin converted a key run for a first down to the 9-yard line.
Morales scored twice on shotgun snaps with Pfannenstiel working as his lead blocker.
"Our offensive line did great up front. I give all the credit to them," Martin said. "If my guys are open, I'm going to be able to get the football to them. Brody (Pfannenstiel) is a beast. He has a shot at anything I throw."
It marked one of Zach Baird's greatest non-league, non-district football wins.
"There's certain games that draw attention. This group needed to win a 'big game' like this," Baird said. "Cheney is a quality opponent, an excellent football team."
"It's a total team effort. I was proud of the heart we played with," Baird said. "Cheney is sound defensively. We busted a couple big ones. We made big plays through the air. For Martin's first big-time road game, he was poised. You could tell he studied the game plan and made big throws for us."
Hoisington's aggressive defensive trio of Pfannenstiel, Layton Hoffman and Colin Mater helped sack Cheney quarterback Reese Tolar five times. Morales, Pfannenstiel, Kaidenn Chambers, Drew Hekele contributed tackles for losses.
"Brody Pfannenstiel made huge plays, and still has a ton of room before he reaches his ceiling," Baird said. "Coach Matt Koelsch did a great job getting our guys ready to play defensively. The kids executed the game plan.
Hoisington 6 0 6 8 — 20
Cheney 6 0 0 0 — 6
H—Taylen Morales 8 run (run fails); C—Quaid Thomas 27 pass from Reese Tolar (run fails); H—Morales 8 run (pass fails); H—Morales 1 run (Morales pass from Mason Martin)
RUSHING—H—42-149; Morales 24-100; Mason Martin 8-12; Pfannenstiel 1-14; Bryant 7-18; Wilkens 1-3; Kolter Hahn 1-2; Cheney 23-38
PASSING—H—Mason Martin 7-12-1, 133; Cheney—Tolar 9-21-1, 94.
RECEIVING—H—Pfannenstiel 3-64; Carson Mason 2-47; Hahn 1-7; Morales 1-5.
2A DISTRICT 8
Cimarron 2-0 3-2
Hoisington 1-0 4-0
Lakin 1-1 2-3
Larned 0-1 0-5
SW Heights 0-2 1-4
9-26—Hoisington 72, SW Heights 0; Cimarron 31, Lakin 7; Russell 52, Larned 0
10-3—Hoisington 20, Cheney 6; Cimarron 48, Larned 0, Lakin 37, SW Heights 16
10-10—Hoisington at Lakin; SW Heights at Larned; Hugoron at Cimarron
ELLINWOOD 41, SOUTH SUMNER 13 — Ellinwood sparkplug Austin Brack ignited a 41-13 District victory over South Sumner with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. Brack rushed for 143 yards and scored on 20- and 35-yard touchdown runs off superb outside blocking.
Halfback Drake Hosman rushed for 186 yards and delivered a trio of touchdowns on 7, 40 and 50-yard runs keyed by excellent offensive line play. Austin Shinliver contributed eight tackles and Gabe Martinez six tackles.
Ellinwood (4-1, 1-1 District) beat the Outlaws (2-3, 0-2 District) for the second consecutive year in the state's toughest 1A District. South Sumner quarterback Matt Blosser converted 3- and 6-yard scoring runs.
Ellinwood 7 14 6 14 — 41
South Sumner 0 7 6 0 — 13
E—Austin Brack 30 interception return (Ethan Schlochtermier kick); E—Drake Hosman 7 run (Brody Brack run); SS—Matt Blosser 3 run (Blosser kick); E—Hosman 50 run (run fails); E—Hosman 40 run (kick fails); SS—Blosser 6 run (kick fails); E—Austin Brack 35 run (Luke Heinz run); E—Austin Brack 20 run (pass fails)
RUSHING—E—42-337; Hosman 18-186; Austin Brack 17-143; Layton Wirtz 3-6; Kale Williams. 1-3; Luke Hein 3-(-1)
PASSING—E—Coleman 0-2-0; Luke Heinz 0-1-0
1A DISTRICT 7
Sterling 2-0 5-0
Hutchinson Trinity 2-0 4-1
Ellinwood 1-1 4-1
Conway Springs 1-1 2-3
South Sumner 0-2 2-3
Medicine Lodge 0-2 1-4
9-26—Sterling 43, Ellinwood 8; Hutchinson Trinity 48, South Sumner 7; Conway Springs 28, Medicine Lodge 21
10-3—Hutchinson Trinity 40, Conway Springs 6; Ellinwood 41, South Sumner 13; Sterling 47, Medicine Lodge 10
10-10—Hutchinson Trinity at Ellinwood; South Sumner at Medicine Lodge; Sterling at Conway Spring
HODGEMAN COUNTY 59, STAFFORD 0 — Hodgeman County quarterback Gavin Reese completed three touchdown passes in a 59-0 victory over Stafford in 8-Man, Division 2, District 6. The Longhorns (5-0, 2-0 District) drop Stafford to 2-3, 1-1 District.
Stafford's Dyan Brozek accounted for 10 tackles and 27 yards rushing. Talon Shank and Brody Schroeder intercepted passes by Brozek.
The Longhorns spread the scoring wealth. Tyson Younger scored a rushing and a pass receiving touchdown. Ian Reece rushed for a 18-yard touchdown, passed for a 24-yard touchdown and caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Reese.
Also scoring touchdowns were Garrett Nuss (8 yards), Ethan Schroeder (5 yards), Logan Bamberger (18 yards) and Devin Shank (28-yard pass from Gavin Reese).
Hodgeman Co. 38 21 — 59
Stafford 0 0 — 0
RUSHING—HC—12-115; Logan Bamberger 4-32; Devin Shank 1-28; Ian Reese 2-20; Brody Schroeder 1-11; Gavin Nuss 2-10; Tyson Younger 1-8; Ethan Salmans 1-5; Jaelin Clayton 1-2; S—18-34; Dylan Brozek 12-27; Tuff Pope 4-4, James Engelbrecht 1-2, Jace Kreutzer 1-1.
PASSING—HC—G Reese 4-5-0, 87; Ian Reese 1-1-0, 24; S—Brozek 3-9-2, 3.
RECEIVING—HC—Younger 2-39; Devin Shank 1-28; Ian Reece 1-33; S—Landon Marks 1-3; Engelbrecht 2-0.
8-MAN 2 DISTRICT 6
Hodgeman Co. 2-0 5-0
Victoria 1-0 4-0
Stafford 1-1 2-3
St. John 0-2 1-4
Macksville 0-2 0-5
9-26—Hodgeman County 52, St. John 6; Stafford 56, Macksville 6; Victoria 54, Pretty Prairie 0
10-3—Hodgeman County 59, Stafford 0; South Central 60, Macksville 6; Victoria 46, St. John 0
10-10—Macksville at Hodgeman County; Stafford at Victoria; St. John at Minneola
CUNNINGHAM 46, OTIS-BISON 0 — Cunningham scored five first-half touchdowns and placekicker Brody Bock converted five consecutive 2-point kicks to spark the Wildcats past Otis-Bison 46-0 in 6-man District 2. Cunningham (4-1, 1-0 District) drops Otis-Bison to 2-3, 0-1 District.
Quarterback Tyler Osner threw for 93 yards and completed touchdown passes to Bock and John Paul Kerschen. Liam McGuire scored on 5 - and 40-yard runs. Stephen Kerschen scored on a 70-yard interception return. Skyler Thimesch opened the scoring on a 1-yard run. McGuire and Bock also intercepted passes as the Wildcats had three interceptions.
Otis-Bison's AIden Ochs-Lohrey rushed for 20 yards and Maddox Firebaugh passed for 22 yards.
Otis-Bison 0 0 — 0
Cunningham 24 16 6 — 46
C—Skyler Thimesch 1 run (Brody Bock kick); C—Stephen Kerschen 70 interception return (Bock kick); C—Bock 24 pass from Tyler Osner (Bock kick); C—John Paul Kerschen 17 pass from Osner (Bock kick); C—Liam McGuire 40 run (Bock kick); C—McGuire 5 run
RUSHING—OB—Aiden Ochs-Lohrey 9-20; Travis Ross 4-14; Maddox Firebaugh 3-(-17); C—14-84.
PASSING—OB—Firebaugh 3-6-2, 22; Ochs-Lohrey 3-7-1, 10; C—Osner 8-8-0, 93.
RECEIVING—OB—Kelson Juno 2-7; Ochs-Lohrey 1-9; Marcus Starr 1-9; Kolten Cory 1-4; Konner Schenk 1-3.
PAWNEE HEIGHTS 74, ROLLA 19 — Pawnee Heights Tiger Cody Holste enjoyed a night to remember with seven touchdowns, 222 yards rushing and five interceptions in a 74-19 victory over Rolla in 6-Man, District 3.
Holste returned a 53-yard punt and an interception for touchdowns with 98 yards in interception returns. Holste added a trio of 1-point conversion runs.
Halfback Alexis Ibarra rushed for 156 yards and four touchdowns with eight tackles defensively.
Other Tiger game statistics — Logan Enabit, 11 yards passing and an interception; Thomas Boese, 1-point conversion; Bob Cordero, 1-point conversion; Cooper Josefiak, 3 tackles; and Helder Ibarra, 11 receiving yards.
The Tigers (3-2, 1-0 District) play Moscow (0-4, 0-2 District) next week.
6-MAN DISTRICT 3
Ingalls 2-0 5-0
South Barber 1-0 4-1
Pawnee Heights 1-0 3-2
Rolla 0-2 1-3
Moscow 0-2 0-4
9-26—Ingalls 1, Rolla 0 (forfeit); Ingalls 30, Rolla 25; South Barber 50, Moscow 0; Peabody 58, Pawnee Heights 26
10-3—Ingalls 62, Moscow 6; Pawnee Heights 74, Rolla 19; South Barber 70, Chetopa 0
10-10—Moscow at Pawnee Heights; South Barber at Ingalls
