With a combination of stellar defense and multiple Cyclones stepping up on the offensive end of the floor, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team opened Tuesday’s home game on a 15-0 run en route to a 65-25 victory over the Denison Monarchs.

In their final tune-up before Regionals, the HCHS Cyclones girls wrestling team struggled Monday at Red Oak High School against four other schools in part due to weight differences, but head coach Tarah Devlin-Lawler was still proud.

Against grapplers from South Dakota and Nebraska, the HCHS Cyclones boys wrestling team competed against 15 other schools picking up individual victories along the way.
“The Sioux City tournament I think is a really good one,” said Cyclone Head Coach Adam Bendorf. “You see a lot of different kinds of wrestlers there. There were five or six teams from South Dakota and five or six teams from Nebraska.”

Saturday, the HCHS girls wrestling team came away with a 19th place finish out of 22 schools, finishing with 27 points, 169 behind the winner, Lewis Central.

Spartans Head Coach Tom Petersen called a timeout, and when play resumed, Fahn made a huge shot at the basket for a layup putting her team up 46-37. The Bulldogs managed to make a few more shots, but the Spartans hung on for their fifth consecutive win and 11th of the season.

The HCHS Cyclones went quiet to open the game Friday as the Blair Bears opened the game on a 9-0, which forced a timeout from Cyclone head coach Mitch Osborn. When play resumed, Junior Cyclone Dallas McDowell got the Cyclones their first points of the game, but the Bears continued to make shots going on another 8-2 run putting themselves up 17-12 en route to a 73-62 victory.

Midway through the second quarter of Friday’s home game with the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team leading 24-22, Cyclone head coach Zach Klaassen called a timeout, and when play resumed, the Cyclone offense got going closing out the half on a 9-6 run with Senior Grace Albertsen getting layups and Sophomore Kenzley Bruck having a fade away shot that went off the backboard en route to a 63-48 victory.

Tuesday, the Cyclones boys wrestling team came away with three victories against Panorama 39-30, Colfax-Mingo 57-16, and CAM 56-12.
“All three schools were 1A schools,” said Cyclone Head Coach Adam Bendorf. “I think we’re only running with open weights. That goes a long way in duals, especially against 1A schools that typically don’t have a full lineup. I think we did well. A few of our wrestlers had some tough matches.”

Facing the #2 ranked Kuemper Catholic Knights on the road, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team knew they had a challenge ahead of them. Despite a strong first half, the Cyclones lost 83-51.

Coming off a big 44-32 victory Friday night at home over the Atlantic Trojans, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team rolled into Carroll to take on the Kuemper Catholic Knights coming away with a hard fought 63-57 win.

In what Cyclone head coach Tarah Devlin-Lawler said was their toughest competition all year, the HCHS Cyclones girls wrestling team finished 17th out of 21 schools with 22 points, 146 behind the winner, Logan-Magnolia.

With just four wrestlers in Saturday’s tournament, the HCHS Cyclones girls wrestling team managed to come away with 38 points, 79 points behind the winner, Clarinda, taking a sixth place finish out of nine teams.
“I’m so proud of these girls,” said Cyclone Head Coach Tarah Devlin-Lawler. “We competed with four girls, and we were able to put numbers up on our team score, and they were very supportive of one another.”

After three tough losses, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team returned to the win column Friday night against their Hawkeye Ten rival, the Atlantic Trojans, winning 71-52.
“It feels very nice,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “You had two teams very hungry for a win. They [Atlantic] lost a couple of very close games, and our last two came down to the last possession.”

In the third quarter of Friday’s home basketball game, the Atlantic Trojans rallied to bring themselves back within three points of the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team. 
Cyclone Head coach Zach Klaassen called a timeout, and when play resumed, Cyclone Junior Addison Wicks scored the next two shots, followed by another two in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points on the night, helping lead her team to a 44-32 victory.

Hoping to snap their 5-game losing streak, the Exira-EHK Spartans boys basketball team started off Thursday’s home game strong against the Ar-We-Va Rockets leading at the end of the first quarter and tied at halftime, but the Rockets offense came alive in the second half, handing the Spartans a 69-56 loss.