HCHS Girls
The HCHS Cyclones girls track and field team earned a fourth place finish at the Lewis Central Co-Ed Track event Wednesday with 64.5 points, finishing 133.5 points behind the winner, Waukee NW.
“This was a huge meet with great competition,” said Cyclone Head Coach Jenny Hamilton. “Overall, a very positive meet for us. We’re getting better every time out, and that’s the most important thing.”

It was a tough day at the courts for the HCHS Cyclones boys tennis team losing 9-0 to the Shenandoah Mustangs.
“My message was that we are continuing to improve,” said Cyclone Co-Head Coach Michael Rueschenberg. “Sometimes the scores might not always reflect that, but both Coach [Dillon] Stane and I can see improvements from the beginning of the season until now.”

After a tough 2-0 Tuesday road loss to the Treynor Cardinals, the HCHS Cyclones girls soccer team returned home to battle the Missouri Valley Lady Reds and won 3-2, courtesy of all three goals coming from Junior Cyclone Kayla Anderson.
“It feels so good,” Anderson said. “Our passing is coming together and we’re running through corners a lot better, so that makes me happier.”

IKM-Manning Girls
Monday in Denison, the IKM-Manning Wolves girls track and field team earned themselves a 5th place finish with 64 points, 77.5 points behind the winner, Cherokee Washington.
“Overall, the girls placed 5th, which we thought was pretty good for missing 7 runners due to an FFA conflict,” said Wolves Head Coach Emma Konkler-Petersen.

Monday, the HCHS boys tennis team fell to 0-6 on the season after a hard fought battle with the Kuemper Catholic Knights who won in dominant fashion 9-0.

It didn’t take for the HCHS Cyclones girls soccer team to put away the Logan-Magnolia Panthers, as with just over two minutes into the action, Sophomore Cyclone Carly Torneten scored the first goal, giving the Cyclones an early 1-0 lead en route to a dominant 6-0 win, their third in a row, and their fourth in their last five games.

AVOCA - Junior Viking Kayden Baxter was the star of the game during Senior Night Friday night in Avoca against the Logan-Magnolia Panthers scoring three goals, helping lead his team to a 4-1 victory, their first of the season.
“Kayden, this guy is a hustler,” said Viking Head Coach Michael Mertz. “Every single time, he gets back on side and he is hustling for every ball, he doesn’t give up, and that’s something that we need.”

AVOCA - It didn’t take long for the Logan-Magnolia Panthers to set the tone Friday night against the AHSTW Vikings girls soccer team as Junior Panther Brooklyn Lally scored in the first two minutes, which would be all the Panthers would need to earn a 3-0 win, handing the Vikings their 5th loss.

After a 3rd place finish at the Ken Carstens Invitational, the HCHS Cyclones boys track and field returned to action less than 48 hours later competing in the 8th Annual Council Bluffs Boys Track Invitational taking a 7th place finish with 50 points, 81 points behind Southeast Polk who won the event with 131 points.