Hoisington won the last time they faced Halstead, and Mason Martin did his part to make sure it happened again. Everything went the Hoisington Cardinals' way against the Halstead Dragons on Tuesday as the Hoisington Cardinals made off with a 69-48 win for which the team can thank Martin, who went 11-for-16 to rack up 25 points and eight rebounds. He has become a key player for Hoisington: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 20 points, but 8-9 otherwise.
Preston Merlau
| 02/25/25 vs Halstead | 11 |
| 01/25/25 vs Pratt | 9 |
| 01/24/25 vs Ellsworth | 6 |
| 01/14/25 vs Hesston | 5 |
| 01/13/25 @ Smoky Valley | 5 |
Preston Merlau was another key player, going 5-for-7 en route to 11 points. Those 11 points gave him a new career-high.
Hoisington is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to offensive rebounds: they averaged an imposing 12.25 offensive boards in those games compared to only 7.69 in the others. Halstead's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-13.
Looking ahead, Hoisington will take on Southwestern Heights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Halstead does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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