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.

Thursday night, the HCHS Cyclones split their triangular losing their first match to Atlantic 59-17, but bounced back in their second match against Denison 58-18.
It was also Senior Night as Brody McKinley, Austin Spray, Spencer Fink, Jesse Jens, Manager Olivia Jens, and Cheerleaders Allisyn Ludwick, Dixi Ordonez, and Katherine Schwery were honored.

Despite low numbers for the HCHS Cyclones girls wrestling team, one Cyclone stood out in a big way. Senior Addison Obrecht won three matches during Thursday’s quad that featured Logan-Magnolia, Tri-Center, and Ridge View.

The AHSTW Viking offense came storming out of the gate Tuesday night at home opening the game on a 9-2 run en route to a 66-55 victory over the IKM-Manning Wolves for their second win of the season.
“To be able to put one in the win column was big for us,” said Viking Head Coach G.G. Harris. “We’ve got guys that work really, really hard and are doing a lot of the right things. Tonight we were able to do it enough.”

Tuesday at home, the AHSTW Vikings got locked into a close battle with the IKM-Manning Wolves with the Wolves coming away victorious in the end, 46-45.
“I think we got stops when we needed to get our stops,” said Wolves Freshman Keagan Eischeid. “We all believed in each other, and I think when we needed offense we came out and did well.”

The HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team struggled on the offensive end of the floor and lost 56-44 to the Lewis Central Titans Tuesday.
“It was a very winnable game,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “It’s amazing to think it was a 42-37 with about three minutes to go and we had our chances, and just didn’t execute.”

The HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team went into Lewis Central Tuesday night and took care of business, winning 55-44 over the Titans for their seventh win in a row.
“I thought we played tremendous defense,” said Cyclone Head Coach Zach Klaassen. “That kind of got us going. Offensively, we hit a couple of shots early, but defense was what carried us out of the gates.”

ELK-HORN - In the first quarter of Saturday’s home game, the Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team came out aggressively leading 21-2 at the end of the first quarter en route to a 57-42 victory over the Earldom Cardinals for their second consecutive win and fourth of the season.

Friday night at home, the IKM-Manning Wolves boys basketball team got off to a slow start trailing 8-0 against the Missouri Valley Big Reds, which led to a 59-47 loss for their fourth loss of the season.
“You’ve just got to keep pushing forward,” said Wolves Head Coach Keith Wagner. “There’s a lot of season left. You’ve got to keep working and trying to get better. Hopefully we respond next week and play good basketball.”

In their first game following the holiday break, the IKM-Manning girls basketball team opened Friday’s game with a 10-2 run in the first quarter, en route to a 44-23 victory over the Missouri Valley Lady Reds for their third win of the season.

After a close Thursday night road battle with the Denison Monarchs, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team beat the Clarinda Cardinals 65-49 handing them their second loss, and giving the Cyclones their fourth win of the season.

Less than 24 hours after a dominant victory over the Denison Monarchs, the HCHS girls basketball team returned to the court on the road against the Clarinda Cardinals and beat them soundly 53-22.

In the first quarter of Thursday’s road match against the Denison Monarchs with the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball leading by seven points, Junior Cyclone Dallas McDowell snagged a rebound, went for a turnaround fade away jump shot, putting his team up 12-3 en route to a 57-51 win.
“Anytime you get that second put back it’s big,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn of McDowell. “That was good to see.”