After concluding their regular season with an overall record of 17-4, the HCHS girls basketball team opens their first round of regional play against the Red Oak Tigers.
“I think we’re going to be able to go pretty far,” said Cyclone Senior Aubrey Schwieso. “That’s my hope anyway.”

Coming into the second half of Tuesday’s game at Wells Fargo Arena trailing by 11, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team was hoping for some magic, but couldn’t overcome the Atlantic Trojans offense dropping their regular season finale 63-41.

The HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team has returned to the win column after a tough 3-game stretch defeating Hawkeye Ten opponent, the Atlantic Trojans 59-44 at Wells Fargo Arena.
“It’s a fun place to play and it’s a good environment,” said Junior Dallas McDowell. “We started playing as a team. We struggled in some areas, but we were able to figure it out and get our defense together, score the ball, and it was a fun time.”

Thursday, the HCHS Cyclones boys wrestling team competed in the Logan-Magnolia Round Robin event featuring three other schools, and managed to come away with two wins and one loss. The Cyclones beat MVAOCOU 48-18, and West Monana-Whiting 39-33, but lost to Logan-Magnolia 58-21.

The HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team has hit a bump in the road losing their third consecutive game 62-53 Friday night at home against their rival, the Lewis Central Titans.
“I thought our effort was incredible tonight,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “I thought we played extremely hard. The kids were charged up. We had opportunities. The free throw line was the difference. They were 22-for-28 and we were 7-for-17.”

Despite getting off to a slow start Friday night at home against the Lewis Central Titans trailing 17-5, at the end of the first quarter, the HCHS girls basketball team got going in the second half winning 63-51 for their ninth consecutive victory and 17th of the season.

IKM-Manning Wolves Junior Ben Ramsey scored 31 points in Thursday’s 55-36 road victory over the Boyer Valley Bulldogs, leading them to their eighth win of the season and second victory in a row.
“My shots felt good,” Ramsey said. “Setting good screens, the guys were driving and kicking out for 3’s with good plays, and other guys stepped up too.”

The IKM-Manning Wolves girls basketball team got back in the win column Thursday night on the road with a 48-39 victory over the Boyer Valley Bulldogs for their ninth win of the season.
“It feels good,” said Wolves Junior Anna Stangl. “We’ve been working for this win for a while. It feels good to get it under our belts for tomorrow night.”

HCHS Senior Jozef Reisz has signed a football Letter of Intent at South Dakota State University.
“It’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid,” he said. “Everyone can say that, but growing up I always knew I wanted to play college football at a high level and my dreams are coming true. I just need to follow through, keep working hard, and everything will fall in line.”

Cyclone wrestlers Nathan Sandquist, Spencer Fink, Jesse Jens, Coy Obrecht, Brody McKinley, Chayton Snethen, Jaden Stephens and Brody Bendorf picked up victories at Saturday’s Hawkeye Ten wrestling meet in Denison.
“I think we competed well,” Fink said. “The team is really pushing in practice right now with districts in two weeks.”

Coming off a big 62-32 victory over West Harrison, the Exira-EHK Spartans boys basketball team brought that momentum into Tuesday’s home game against the Paton-Churdan Rockets, defeating them 71-45.
“I think we’re playing very good basketball right now,” said Spartan Senior Josh Nelson. “We’re limiting the turnovers, playing good defense, and just shooting the ball well.”

After a tough Monday night 56-44 home loss to the Atlantic Trojans, which snapped an 8-game winning streak, the Exira-EHK Spartans returned to a win 24 hours later with a Tuesday night 59-17 home win over the Paton-Churdan Rockets.

HCHS Senior Nolan Schwery has signed a football Letter of Intent at Midland University.
“I’m just really excited and ready to start playing football again,” he said.
During the signing at Midland, Schwery’s mom and dad, Joi and Paul, were in attendance, along with his older sister, Tela.

Coming off a tough 2-point loss Friday night, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team was hoping to return to the win column Monday night at home against the Winterset Huskies, but came out flat, losing 60-48.

Leading by just six points approaching the end of the third quarter, Sophomore Cyclone Brinley Van Baale made back-to-back 3-point shots, followed by a layup from Sophomore Kenzley Bruck, helping lead the Cyclones to their 16th win of the season over the Winterset Huskies 64-55.