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.

With just 1.7 seconds remaining in regulation of Friday’s home game against the Creston Panthers, Senior Panther Brayden Schoon received an inbound pass, and made for a layup at the buzzer defeating the HCHS Cyclones 48-46.

Coming into Friday’s home match against the Creston Panthers, Cyclone Senior Aubrey Schwieso needed just four points to reach 1000 in her Cyclone basketball career and was able to achieve it on a 3-point shot in the first quarter, en route to a 73-36 win.

HCHS’s Elle Stephens was the lone Cyclone to punch her ticket to the state tournament in Coralville doing so at the regional meet at Red Oak High School.

The HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team continues to stay hot winning their seventh consecutive game 67-55 Thursday night at home against the Maryville Spoofhounds.
“We played well,” said Cyclone Head Coach Zach Klaassen. “I thought we got out of the gates really well. They [Maryville] were pressing us. We were cutting it up getting easy buckets. We were scoring inside and getting to the hoop as well.”

HCHS Senior Katy Schmitz will be heading off to South Dakota State University for horseback riding.
“I’m really excited and really grateful,” Schmitz said. “It took a lot of work to get to this point. I’ve been competitively showing for 10 years now, and I’m very grateful for the opportunity.”
With multiple choices in front of her, Schmitz talked about what led to her choosing SDSU.

After three tough losses, the HCHS Cyclones boys basketball team got back in the win column with a Tuesday night 67-45 home win over the Denison Monarchs.
“It feels nice,” said Cyclone Junior Dallas McDowell. “We were playing together. We’re catching a rhythm, so it’s fun to play with the guys out there and get a win.”

With a combination of stellar defense and multiple Cyclones stepping up on the offensive end of the floor, the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team opened Tuesday’s home game on a 15-0 run en route to a 65-25 victory over the Denison Monarchs.

In their final tune-up before Regionals, the HCHS Cyclones girls wrestling team struggled Monday at Red Oak High School against four other schools in part due to weight differences, but head coach Tarah Devlin-Lawler was still proud.

Against grapplers from South Dakota and Nebraska, the HCHS Cyclones boys wrestling team competed against 15 other schools picking up individual victories along the way.
“The Sioux City tournament I think is a really good one,” said Cyclone Head Coach Adam Bendorf. “You see a lot of different kinds of wrestlers there. There were five or six teams from South Dakota and five or six teams from Nebraska.”

Saturday, the HCHS girls wrestling team came away with a 19th place finish out of 22 schools, finishing with 27 points, 169 behind the winner, Lewis Central.

Spartans Head Coach Tom Petersen called a timeout, and when play resumed, Fahn made a huge shot at the basket for a layup putting her team up 46-37. The Bulldogs managed to make a few more shots, but the Spartans hung on for their fifth consecutive win and 11th of the season.

The HCHS Cyclones went quiet to open the game Friday as the Blair Bears opened the game on a 9-0, which forced a timeout from Cyclone head coach Mitch Osborn. When play resumed, Junior Cyclone Dallas McDowell got the Cyclones their first points of the game, but the Bears continued to make shots going on another 8-2 run putting themselves up 17-12 en route to a 73-62 victory.

Midway through the second quarter of Friday’s home game with the HCHS Cyclones girls basketball team leading 24-22, Cyclone head coach Zach Klaassen called a timeout, and when play resumed, the Cyclone offense got going closing out the half on a 9-6 run with Senior Grace Albertsen getting layups and Sophomore Kenzley Bruck having a fade away shot that went off the backboard en route to a 63-48 victory.