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.

The Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team rolled into a Thursday night showdown with the Ar-We-Va Rockets and dominated them on both ends of the floor to cruise to a 65-27 victory for their second consecutive win.
“We’ve just got to figure out when we attack, that’s when we find our rhythm,” said Spartan Senior Harlee Fahn. “It always starts on defense, and with defense you can just get out and go.”

The struggles continue for the Exira-EHK Spartans boys basketball team as they’ve dropped their fifth consecutive game, most recently losing 78-44 Tuesday night to the Woodbine Tigers.

After dropping their season opener to the Woodbine Tigers 55-39, the Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team returned to face the Tigers Tuesday night on the road and won 58-44.
“I think our first game we had against them we didn’t come ready to play,” said Sophomore Taryn Petersen. “I think we came in ready to play better than they did tonight, and I think we had more energy than they did. Energy gets us going.”

The HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team lost a close battle 59-56 to the Glenwood Rams Tuesday night on the road.
“I was very proud of our guys last night,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “I thought we went on the road and played pretty well. It was a back-and-forth game, but Glenwood is 10-2 for a reason. They have a great team.”

After a tough loss Friday at home against St. Albert, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team returned to action Tuesday, getting a 60-45 road win over the Glenwood Rams.

In the fourth quarter with 4.1 seconds remaining in regulation with the St. Albert Falcons leading by two, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team inbounded the ball, got it to Senior Jozef Reisz, who went up for a layup, but couldn’t sink the shot and the Cyclones lost 56-54.

After three straight road wins and riding a 7-game win streak, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team returned home Friday night to take on the undefeated St. Albert Saintes losing 60-42 for their third loss of the season.