Cyclone Junior Lindsey Sonderman competed strong at Fort Dodge Saturday in the state meet taking a second place finish overall, just 3.5 seconds behind Sophomore Marissa Ferebee of Pella with a time of 18:38.6.
“It was awesome,” said Cyclone Head Coach Zach Klaassen. “She’s a special talent. That’s the highest 5k finisher Harlan has ever had. She’s just a tough, tough girl. She knows what she needs to do and she gets it done.”

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Spartan Freshman Michelle Wilson ran a time of 21:01.9 Friday afternoon at the state meet, taking a 68th place finish overall.

After a tough 25-22 loss in week five of the regular season in which the game was decided by a field goal, the Cyclones hope to get redemption on the Creston Panthers.

AHSTW Senior Delaney Goshorn has concluded her volleyball career. During the season, Goshorn led in multiple categories for the Vikings, including kills with 242, and 50 blocks. But it wasn’t just her senior season where she led in multiple categories. During her junior season, she led in kills with 185 and blocks with 56, along with 51 blocks her sophomore season.

Last Wednesday, the Exira-EHK volleyball team’s season came to an end on the road at CAM High School losing in four sets. The Cougars won sets one and two 25-11 and 25-17, the Spartans bounced back to take set three 25-23, but the Cougars won set four 25-21 for the victory.

Last Monday on the road, the IKM-Manning Wolves volleyball season came to end in an intense five set match with the Glidden-Ralston Panthers. The Panthers won set one 25-15, the Wolves won sets two and three 25-18 and 25-23, but the Panthers won the final two sets 25-14 and 15-6.
“I was proud of their hard fought battle, and I gave the seniors a hug since it was their last volleyball game,” said Wolves Head Coach McKaylie Croghan.

After a dominating first half in which they scored in each quarter and led the Glidden-Ralston Wildcats 22-8, the Exira-EHK Spartans fell flat in the third quarter and then what looked like a victory going away, became a barn burner when the Wildcats scored to open the fourth quarter making it a one score game, 22-16

The IKM-Manning Wolves football season has come to an end after a loss to the Madrid Tigers on the road Friday night in the Class A – First Round Game, 45-7.

The Vikings had to face an uphill battle in the 5-3 Hinton Blackhawks on the but were able to shut them out 21-0.
“We were very confident going in, and felt good about the match-up,” said Vikings Head Coach G.G. Harris.
Camden Soukup recorded 114 passing yards, along with 88 rushing yards. Kayden Baxter had 61 receiving yards, and defensively Blake Akers was stellar on defense recording 13 tackles.

The phrase, “controlling your own destiny” is fairly common in sports, and Friday night on the road with their season potentially on the line, the Cyclones were able to do so winning 42-26 over the Knoxville Panthers.

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At the 3A cross country state qualifying meet Wednesday in Pella, all seven Cyclone girls qualified for the state meet in Fort Dodge Saturday Oct. 28, including Juniors Lindsey Sonderman who took third place overall with a time of 19:08.65, and Brylee Schechinger who finished 12th with 20:16.05.

Tuesday night, the HCHS volleyball team’s season came to an end when they lost three straight sets to the Red Oak Tigers in the Class 3A Region 3 Tournament Game.
“We told them that we had a lot of opportunities to win that match, and unfortunately it didn’t end up that way,” said Cyclone Head Coach Elle Crees. “We will always be very proud of them, and thanked our seniors for all they have given the program the last four years.”

The Cyclones are coming off an impressive 27-6 home win over at the Atlantic Trojans and look to make it two in a row as they head to Knoxville Friday night to take on the Panthers with multiple injured players.

In set four of the Class 2A Region 3 volleyball tournament game, a shot was deflected out of bounds off Junior Viking Grayson Gettler, ending the Vikings season at the hands of the Underwood Eagles. The Vikings lost the first two sets 25-17 and 25-16, won set three 25-19, but dropped set four 26-24.