In the bottom of the 4th inning of Tuesday’s softball match against the #4 ranked Missouri Valley Lady Reds, the IKM-Manning Wolves only trailed by four runs until the Lady Reds busted the game open dropping a 6-spot, starting with a 3-run home run off the bat of Junior Audrie Kohl, followed shortly after by an RBI triple from Grace Herman to score Paige Bell, which would later be capped off with a 2-run single from Carlyn Christensen.

AHSTW Vikings eighth grader Etta Partlow struggled out of the gate Friday night allowing seven runs to the Riverside Bulldogs, which proved to be the difference in the game as the Vikings would lose their first game of the season 10-4.

It didn’t take long for the ADM Tigers to put away the HCHS Cyclones softball team as they opened the game dropping an 8-spot with contributions from Kaylee Smith, who had two triples and Aleah Johnson who had a home run with six runs batted in throughout the night leading them to a 15-2 victory.

In the bottom of the 6th inning of Thursday’s game at Jim Goeser Field, and the game tied at three, Senior Cyclone Matthew Sorfonden connected for a base hit, breaking the tie to drive home Keegan Ring after Ring came in to courtesy run for Weston Reisz. The Cyclones would add another run on a sacrifice fly by Quinn Koesters to score Landen Kaufman earning a 5-3 victory over the ADM Tigers.

The phrase "with little room for error" is commonly uttered in sports, and that proved to be true Wednesday night in Treynor, as the Cardinals ended the HCHS Cyclones girls soccer season shutting them out 2-0 to stamp their ticket to the Regional Final Game against the Underwood Eagles.

After struggling in their 2023 season going 4-22, the IKM-Manning Wolves softball team has more girls on the team and they’re ready to get back to work.
“I’m just excited to get on the field and see what we’ve got,” said Senior Ella Richards. “We have a lot of girls out, so it’ll be fun.”

With just over three and a half minutes remaining in regulation and the game tied at one, it looked like the Carroll Tigers and the HCHS Cyclones were headed into overtime, but Senior Tiger Chase Ragaller scored a goal, his second of the night, leading his team to a 2-1 victory ending the Cyclones soccer season.

The HCHS Cyclones boys track and field may not have ended up on the podium as a team, but did get some individuals on the podium, including Cade Sears in the 100 and 200 meter dash, along with the 4x100 meter relay team which featured Sears, Brehden Eggerss, Matthew Sorfonden, and Lukas Francis taking 1st place and earning a state record time with 41.60 at the state track meet in Des Moines at Drake Stadium, edging out ADM who finished with 41

In the second half of Wednesday’s First Round Regional Tournament Game at Merrill Field with the HCHS Cyclones girls soccer team leading 2-1 against the Kuemper Catholic Knights, Sophomore Cyclone Carly Torneten was able to easily knock in a goal with Knights goalkeeper Brianna Wittrock coming out and away from the net little too far. The Cyclones would hang on for a 3-1 win advancing to the second round.