In both games of a doubleheader Monday night at home, the later innings proved costly for the HCHS Cyclones baseball team, as they dropped game one 16-7 and game two 10-7.
“It’s a long season with long weeks where we’ll have to get deeper into our staff,” said Cyclone Head Coach Heath Stein. “Up until this point in the season, our starting pitching has been so good that we haven’t used a ton of guys.”

With one out in the top of the seventh inning with the HCHS Cyclones baseball team up 11-2, a flyball was hit to Cyclone Senior Cade Sears in centerfield, where he made the catch, and threw out Junior Falcon Owen Marshall at home plate attempting to tag up from third base for the final out of the game.

Senior Saint Alexis Narmi set the tone Thursday night against the HCHS Cyclones softball team, keeping them off the scoreboard and giving up just three hits with three strikeouts, leading her team to an 11-0 win, handing the Cyclones their 12th loss.
Prior to the game, Seniors Haylee Ernst, Lilyana Albertsen, Teya Frohlich, and Emily Feser were honored for their contributions to the program.

2024 IKM-Manning graduate and multi-sport athlete Emma Reginato is returning to Italy after spending her senior year in Iowa.
“I think I’ll remember the teachers,” Reginato said. “They were always kind and nice with me. They always tried to help me whenever I had difficult moments, and then the sports I played, all the practices that we did and the fun we had.”

The struggles continue for the IKM-Manning Wolves, dropping Tuesday’s game to the Audubon Wheelers 8-0 for their fifth loss in a row.
Ella Richards got the ball for the Wolves, pitching six innings, striking out two Wheeler batters, but ran into some trouble in the second and fifth inning, giving up three runs in each of those innings.

For the first time in their 2024 campaign, the HCHS Cyclones softball team earned a win Monday night at home against the Kuemper Catholic Knights 9-3.
“It’s a great thing,” said Cyclone Head Coach Tarah Devlin-Lawler. “We finally had all of the pieces come together and the girls had a great game, making great plays, and everyone had a part no matter where they were playing and we all came together as a team.”

In the bottom of the sixth inning trailing 4-0, Senior Cyclone Quinn Koesters opened the inning with a leadoff single, which was followed by a 2-run home run over the left field fence off the bat of Brett Heese, which started a 6-run rally, leading the Cyclones to a 6-4 victory over the Kuemper Catholic Knights.

In the bottom of the 4th inning with an already sizeable lead, eighth grader Kaitlyn Evans launched a 2-run home run to put the Logan-Magnolia Panthers up 10-0, which gave the Panthers the victory via the mercy rule. Sophomore Campbell Chase returned to the field in the top of the 5th inning, not giving up any runs, securing the final three outs for the win.

Due to thunder and rain in the area, the HCHS Cyclones baseball team was only able to play five innings of Thursday’s home game against the Denison Monarchs losing 5-4.
Senior Brock Lemrick took the mound to start the night for the Cyclones going four innings, giving up five runs on eight hits, while walking three batters and striking out three.

In the bottom of the sixth inning with the HCHS Cyclones baseball team leading 2-1, the Cyclones had runners on the corners and attempted a rare double steal, which allowed Cyclone Junior Landen Kaufman to come in to score, putting them ahead 3-1 at the time. The Titans would score one more run in the top of the 7th, but the Cyclone hung on for a 3-2 win.

The HCHS Cyclones softball team was in a tight battle with the 3-3 Lewis Central Titans, trailing by just three runs after the first inning, and four runs after the third inning, dropping their match Wednesday night against them 10-1.

In the bottom of the 4th inning of Tuesday’s softball match against the #4 ranked Missouri Valley Lady Reds, the IKM-Manning Wolves only trailed by four runs until the Lady Reds busted the game open dropping a 6-spot, starting with a 3-run home run off the bat of Junior Audrie Kohl, followed shortly after by an RBI triple from Grace Herman to score Paige Bell, which would later be capped off with a 2-run single from Carlyn Christensen.

AHSTW Vikings eighth grader Etta Partlow struggled out of the gate Friday night allowing seven runs to the Riverside Bulldogs, which proved to be the difference in the game as the Vikings would lose their first game of the season 10-4.

It didn’t take long for the ADM Tigers to put away the HCHS Cyclones softball team as they opened the game dropping an 8-spot with contributions from Kaylee Smith, who had two triples and Aleah Johnson who had a home run with six runs batted in throughout the night leading them to a 15-2 victory.

In the bottom of the 6th inning of Thursday’s game at Jim Goeser Field, and the game tied at three, Senior Cyclone Matthew Sorfonden connected for a base hit, breaking the tie to drive home Keegan Ring after Ring came in to courtesy run for Weston Reisz. The Cyclones would add another run on a sacrifice fly by Quinn Koesters to score Landen Kaufman earning a 5-3 victory over the ADM Tigers.