In the top of the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 3A-8 Regional Championship Game leading 10-0, Lewis Central Senior Luke Woltmann hammered a flyball to center field, but Senior Cyclone Matthew Sorfonden was there to make the catch securing the final out, followed by his team rushing the field to jump on the back of Senior Braydon Ernst, as the team punched their ticket to the state tournament for the second consecutive season.

For the second year in a row, the HCHS Cyclones baseball team has punched their ticket to the Regional Final Game with a 9-1 home victory over Hawkeye Ten rival, the Creston Panthers.

Whether it’s AHSTW’s Claire Mertz, Exira-EHK’s Harlee Fahn, HCHS’s Aubrey Schwieso, or IKM-Manning’s Raegan Garrison, each student athlete is excited and looking forward to their senior season.

In the bottom of the third inning of the Class 3A – 8 First Round Tournament Game with the HCHS Cyclones baseball team leading 3-2 over the Carroll Tigers, Junior Cyclone Landen Kaufman stepped to the plate and connected on a 3-2 pitch for a 3-run home run that cleared the left field fence putting his team up 6-2, en route to a 11-3 win, punching their ticket to the Semifinals of Regional Play.

Thursday, the HCHS Cyclones softball team opened Regional Play on the road against the Clarinda Cardinals losing 5-0, taking a first round exit ending their season.

In a game that didn’t feature much offense, HCHS Cyclone pitching paved the way starting with Junior Cyclone Weston Reisz who went five innings, giving up just one hit, and striking out six batters, helping lead his team to a 3-0 victory over Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, closing out their regular season with 24 wins.

In the top of the third inning of Wednesday's Class 2A - Region 3 Softball Game, with the game tied at 1 between the AHSTW Vikings and the Logan-Magnolia Panthers, Panther eighth-grader Kaitlyn Evans launched a 2-run home run to break the tie, putting her team ahead 3-1, and leading to a 9-1 victory stamping their ticket to the next round of Regionals, eliminating the Vikings and ending their season.

For the first time in five days, the HCHS Cyclones baseball team was back in action as they returned home to battle the Council Bluffs Jefferson Yellow Jackets easily cruising to a 10-0 victory in five innings due to the mercy rule for their 23rd win of the season.

In the bottom of the third inning in a scoreless game of the Class 1A – Region 3 First Round Tournament Game, IKM-Manning Wolves Sophomore Karlee Arp made a running, diving catch in center field for the first out.