Whether it was Exira-EHK, AHSTW, or IKM-Manning, multiple runners performed strong at the AHSTW Invitational in Avoca Tuesday afternoon. For the Wolves, two girls medaled, including Raegan Garrison, who finished 10th with 22:38 and Emily Albertsen, who finished 13th with 23:05.
“I thought Raegan and Emily had solid races tonight,” said Wolves Head Coach Robert Cast.

In set four of Tuesday’s road volleyball match against the Woodbine Tigers, Exira-EHK Spartan Junior Jaelynn Petersen jumped at the net spiking the ball, finishing off the set and helping lead her team to their sixth victory of the season.
This is the Spartans first victory since beating Ar-We-Va in a triangular a week ago. Following that victory, they suffered losses to IKM-Manning and Coon Rapids-Bayard.

For the second consecutive Friday, the 2-1 HCHS Cyclones football team will be on the road again, this time facing off against the undefeated 3-0 Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warriors.
“They’re a good football team, and they’re well coached,” said Cyclone Head Coach Todd Bladt. “They fly around with the ball defensively. Offensively, they are juggernauts. They come downhill and have really good schemes and really good players.”

The HCHS Cyclones football team responded to their first road test Friday against the Glenwood Rams winning 38-22 and moved to 2-1 on the season.

After a 30-22 road victory in their previous game against the Stanton Vikings, the Exira-EHK Spartans football team had another road match against the Audubon Wheelers and faced an uphill battle the entire night losing 72-0.

After opening the season with two strong wins, the IKM-Manning Wolves volleyball team was back in action Thursday against the 7-9 Underwood Eagles as they struggled to defeat them losing sets one, two, and four (25-17, 25-17, and 25-20).

For the first time this season, the IKM-Manning Wolves volleyball team was on the court seeing some game action where they came away with two wins, one each against the Ar-We-Va Rockets and the Exira-EHK Spartans.

The HCHS Cyclones girls cross country team has placed first in three consecutive meets, most recently winning the Gary Meyer Invitational with 72 points, five ahead of Lewis Central and Sioux Center, who tied with 77 Tuesday at the Prairie Rose Golf Course in Brunsville.

The HCHS Cyclones football team will play its first road game of the season against the 0-2 Glenwood Rams Friday night. They are coming off two home games where they went 1-1. After taking a 31-10 season opener loss to Lewis Central, they returned the following week to dominate Denison 49-7.

In the third set of Monday’s road volleyball match leading 25-24, Cyclone Senior Aubrey Schwieso stepped up and delivered the final shot of the night, hitting the ball into the backcourt against the CAM Cougar defense, winning the set 26-24. The other two sets were won by scores of 27-25 and 25-12.

When multiple Cyclones were sidelined due to injuries Friday night, the phase “next man up” is commonly uttered, and when the Cyclones took the field, it didn’t take them long to put away their rival, the Denison Monarchs, easily beating them 49-7 for their first win of the season.

In the fourth set of Thursday’s home volleyball match, Cyclone Senior Macy Mueller scored the final point of the night which landed in between two Monarch defenders, winning the set 25-23, and giving the Cyclones their fourth win of the season, along with handing the Monarchs their first loss.

After a tough 31-10 loss in their season opener to the Lewis Central Titans, the HCHS Cyclones football team returns to Merrill Field Friday night looking for their first win against the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” said Senior Lukas Francis. “What happened against Lewis Central sucked, but you’ve just got to move past that and move on to greater things.”

HCHS Cyclones
Tuesday afternoon, the HCHS Cyclones cross country team competed in the Shenandoah Early Bird event that featured 12 other schools. The girls finished first as a team with 32 points, 12 ahead of Treynor who came in second place with 44. The boys finished in sixth with 135 points, 88 points behind Red Oak, who won with 47.

After a weekend tournament in which the AHSTW Vikings volleyball team took just one of six, they returned to action Monday at home for a triangular which also featured the Nodaway Valley Wolverines and Griswold Tigers.
During their match with Nodaway Valley, the Vikings made quick work of them taking the first two sets by scores of 25-6 and 25-8.