Monday, the HCHS boys tennis team fell to 0-6 on the season after a hard fought battle with the Kuemper Catholic Knights who won in dominant fashion 9-0.

It didn’t take for the HCHS Cyclones girls soccer team to put away the Logan-Magnolia Panthers, as with just over two minutes into the action, Sophomore Cyclone Carly Torneten scored the first goal, giving the Cyclones an early 1-0 lead en route to a dominant 6-0 win, their third in a row, and their fourth in their last five games.

AVOCA - Junior Viking Kayden Baxter was the star of the game during Senior Night Friday night in Avoca against the Logan-Magnolia Panthers scoring three goals, helping lead his team to a 4-1 victory, their first of the season.
“Kayden, this guy is a hustler,” said Viking Head Coach Michael Mertz. “Every single time, he gets back on side and he is hustling for every ball, he doesn’t give up, and that’s something that we need.”

AVOCA - It didn’t take long for the Logan-Magnolia Panthers to set the tone Friday night against the AHSTW Vikings girls soccer team as Junior Panther Brooklyn Lally scored in the first two minutes, which would be all the Panthers would need to earn a 3-0 win, handing the Vikings their 5th loss.

After a 3rd place finish at the Ken Carstens Invitational, the HCHS Cyclones boys track and field returned to action less than 48 hours later competing in the 8th Annual Council Bluffs Boys Track Invitational taking a 7th place finish with 50 points, 81 points behind Southeast Polk who won the event with 131 points.

The AHSTW Vikings girls track and field team earned a 7th place finish out of 11 teams with 50 points, tied with Woodbine, and 57 points behind the winner St. Albert.
“I thought that the girls competed very well yesterday in adverse conditions,” said Viking Head Coach Traye Pelzer. “ Our middle distance groups had to really face the brunt of the windy day, and I think they handled it well.”

The HCHS Cyclones boys track and field team competed in the Ken Carstens Invitational Tuesday night at home, finishing in third place with 96 points, just 2.5 points behind Atlantic who finished second, and seven points behind Underwood who won with 104 points.

The HCHS Cyclones girls tennis team battled with the Lewis Central Titans Tuesday at home and lost 8-1, but one individual earned her first win of the season in a match that last over an hour.

The HCHS Cyclones boys tennis team faced an uphill battle against the Council Bluffs Jefferson Yellow Jackets Monday at home, losing 9-0.
“The weather presented itself with some new challenges for some of our kids playing at the high school, and I thought while we didn't react to the challenges as well as we could have, we still had some kids step up and continue to learn,” said Cyclone Head Coach Dillon Stane.

Cyclone Junior Aubrey Schwieso set the tone Monday at Merrill Field, going for three goals against the Kuemper Catholic Knights, helping lead her team to a 5-1 victory for their second win of the season.
“Kayla [Anderson] did a great job of getting the ball to her [Schwieso],” said Cyclone Head Coach Jared Boysen. “Getting it across was something that we were really trying to work on, and she was there to finish on those three.”

The HCHS Cyclones girls golf team struggled Monday afternoon at the Harlan Golf & Country Club, taking a 225-243 loss to the Lewis Central Titans in their season opener.
“Some things got in the way,” said Cyclone Head Coach Todd Bladt. “We let some emotion kind of influence some shots and some poor decision making and we let the scoring kind of get inflated on us a little bit.”

HCHS Girls
Less than 24 hours after the HCHS girls track and field team competed in the Koos Invitational at Merrill Field, they were off and running at the Denison-Schleswig Co-Ed event where they took home a 4th place finish with 90 points, just nine behind Tri-Center who won the event.

Despite losing as a team in their season opener 9-0 against the Denison Monarchs, Cyclone head coach Dillon Stane was pleased with the way his team performed.

The Denison Monarchs boys varsity golf team set the tone against the HCHS Cyclones Thursday at the Harlan Golf & Country Club as they beat the Cyclones 173-189.
“Denison-Schleswig had an excellent day with all 6 of their varsity players scoring in the 40s,” said Cyclone Head Coach Chad Swanson. “Their balance was the key as we struggled to avoid trouble all day long.”

The HCHS Cyclones girls track and field team took a second place finish overall at the Koos Invitational with 121.5 points, just half a point behind Atlantic who won the event.