Towards the end of the third quarter in Tuesday’s home game, the HCHS girls basketball team went on a 13-2 run, followed by a 6-0, leading to a dominant 54-36 win over the Atlantic Trojans. With this win, the Cyclones conclude their regular season with a 17-3 record.

After falling Friday night on the road to the Lewis Central Titans by eight points, the HCHS girls basketball team came storming out of the gate Monday night at home against the Glenwood Rams starting the game on a 16-0 run en route to a 62-38 home win.

In the third quarter of Friday’s home game, Exira-EHK boys head basketball coach Tony Santisteban called a timeout with his team leading 46-33. When play resumed, the Spartans went on a 14-2 run, which led to a dominant 67-41 victory over the CAM Cougars earning their 15th win of the season.

In the third quarter of the Exira-EHK girls basketball game Friday night at home with the game tied at 30 points apiece against the CAM Cougars, the Cougar offense caught fire and erupted with a 10-0 run, leading to a 67-55 victory, and handing the Spartans their 6th loss.

Approaching the midway point of the third quarter with the Cyclones leading the Kuemper Catholic Knights by seven points, Knights head coach Sean Minnehan called a timeout, and when play resumed, the Knights offense caught fire going on a 15-0 run en route to an eventual 75-63 victory, handing the Cyclones their third consecutive loss and sixth on the season.

In the fourth quarter of Thursday’s home game with just under a minute remaining and the Cyclones hanging on to a 3-point lead, Senior Cyclone Hannah Sonderman stepped up to the free throw line, knocked down both shots, helping the Cyclones to a 55-49 win, and their seven consecutive victory.
“I knew we needed those, so I just slowed down, took a breath and reached up,” Sonderman said.

Senior Cyclone Erica Rust will be continuing her basketball career at Simpson College following the conclusion of her high school days.
“Since I was little, it’s been a dream to play college basketball,” Rust said. “To be able to make that happen is pretty exciting.”
With many options in front of her, Rust talked about what made her choose Simpson.

For the first time since Dec. 12, the AHSTW boys basketball team is back in the win column, snapping a 10-game losing streak Tuesday night at home against the St. Albert Falcons.

In the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game with the AHSTW Vikings trailing by three points, Senior Saint Ella Klusman came down court and made back-to-back 3-point shots putting her team up nine points en route to an eventual 41-31 victory, snapping the Vikings 5-game win streak.

In a tight back-and-forth game that went to overtime, Senior Spartan Aiden Flathers was fouled, sending him to the free throw line where he made two buckets putting the Spartans up five points en route to a 66-55 victory.

In the first quarter of Monday’s home game with the Exira-EHK Spartans trailing 4-3, Freshman Riley Miller passed the ball to Senior Hannah Nelson who went for a layup, putting the Spartans up 5-4 that started an 11-2 run and lead to a 66-53 victory.
“I think all of us are really proud,” said Freshman Taryn Petersen. “Our girls played really well today. What we had to do was stop Charlie Pryor because she’s a great player.”

Senior Spartan Cash Emgarten’s breakaway slam dunk set the tone early in the first quarter as the Exira-EHK Spartans had a dominant 72-44 victory.
"Getting this win tonight was big, because we lost Tuesday," Emgarten said. "Then we came back and got a win yesterday which was huge, and then we got another tonight which helps us get momentum towards Monday."

After two tough losses, the Exira-EHK Spartans got back in the win column with a dominant 71-30 win over the West Harrison Hawkeyes Friday night at home.

Junior Cyclone Aubrey Schwieso erupted for 32 points during Thursday’s road win against the Atlantic Trojans to lead the Cyclones to their 12th victory of the season.

Towards the end of the third quarter in Thursday’s home game, Senior Cyclone Franz Reisz put his team up 11 points with a jump shot forcing a timeout from Glenwood Rams head coach Curt Schulte en route to an eventual 57-43 victory.
“It feels good especially since we lost last time,” Reisz said. “Our team has been gelling together really well, and playing really good defensive ball.”