After a season in which the HCHS Cyclones football team dealt with injuries and an uncharacteristic 35-27 playoff loss in the first round, the Cyclones are ready to get back to business.

Incoming IKM-Manning Junior Grace Carroll is excited to open the volleyball season starting with a scrimmage at Atlantic High School where they will be one of 16 schools in attendance.
“I’m very excited,” Carroll said. “I think our team is going to do really well this year. I think we’re more prepared for this season, and we’re so excited to get started with our new teammates and just have a blast this year.”

HCHS’s multi-sport athlete Aubree Wegner just wrapped up her freshman year with the biggest smile on her face, starting off slow with volleyball and basketball, but finishing strong with track and field and softball.

HCHS’s multi-sport athlete Macy Mueller is only steps away from her senior season getting underway.
“Being a senior is your last of firsts,” Mueller said. “It’s a different perspective, but I’m super excited to step out and be a leader this season.”

IKM-Manning Wolves Junior Alikxa McGinn and Sophomore Anna Stangl took home awards in the Western Iowa All Conference list for their efforts in softball. McGinn received honorable mention, while Stangl took home 2nd Team.

Recently, six members of the AHSTW Vikings softball team were recognized for their efforts. Etta Partlow and Graycen Partlow made 1st Team, Bella Lamp got 2nd Team, and Loralei Wahling, Clara Pace, and Kennedy Wyman received honorable mention in the Western Iowa All Conference list.

Eight Cyclones recently received awards in the Hawkeye Ten All Conference for their efforts in baseball, where they won 27 games as a team, including making an appearance at their second consecutive state tournament berth.
Quinn Koesters and Braydon Ernst made 1st Team, Colton Schneider, Brett Heese, and Cade Sears made 2nd Team, while Caleb Schleis, Brock Lemrick, and Matthew Sorfonden received honorable mention.

Harlan 2019 alum and current University of Nebraska starting pitcher Brett Sears recently got drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the seventh round as the 221st overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.

Sometimes a game can come down to just one pitch to define your season, and that certainly proved to be case for the HCHS baseball team Monday in Cedar Rapids in the Class 3A – Quarterfinal Game when North Polk Comet Sophomore Chase Fjelland launched a 2-out, 2-run walk-off single off Freshman Cyclone Colton Schneider over the head of Junior Cyclone Jozef Reisz winning the game 5-4 ending the Cyclones season.

AHSTW’s Halle Goodman is halfway done with high school with an already standout athletic career where she’s played volleyball, basketball, soccer, and softball.

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.