Senior Cyclone Erica Rust led the way with 24 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks Tuesday night during a dominant 66-44 win at Glenwood as the Cyclones earned their sixth win to open its season.

In the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game, Sophomore Viking Collin Harder stole a pass and rushed down court, scoring a layup to extend his team’s lead by 11 points en route to a 77-68 Vikings win.

Viking Senior Delaney Goshorn scored 29 points in a 62-26 bounce back win over Missouri Valley Tuesday night at home.
“They don’t have a lot of size down low,” Goshorn said. “Being able to find the gaps there, and the 15-footers were falling for me tonight.”

In the first quarter of Monday’s game, the ACGC Chargers boys basketball team set the tone right away over the AHSTW Vikings opening the game with runs of 10-2 and 18-4 en route to a 65-46 victory, handing the Vikings its third loss of the season.

Junior Shay Lemke and Sophomore Camdyn Richter of the ACGC Chargers set the tone Monday night in Avoca, going on a 12-0 run against the AHSTW Vikings to open the game en route to a dominant 78-57 victory.

Cyclones head coach Adam Bendorf was pleased with his wrestlers Jesse Jens and Brody McKinley during the Riverside Wrestling Tournament Saturday.

Friday, in a tournament at Riverside High School, HCHS girls Junior wrestler Ivy Stevens made history winning the school’s first match when the team competed in their first event in a tournament that featured 24 schools.

24 hours after a big home victory Friday night over the Tri-Center Trojans, the IKM-Manning Wolves stepped foot onto the court against the Exira-EHK Spartans and dominated with a 84-67 victory.

Towards the end of the third quarter, Spartan Freshman Taryn Petersen launched a 3-pointer putting her team up 12 points en route to a 58-41 victory, the Spartans fourth win in a row after dropping their season opener to Woodbine.

The Cyclones overcame injuries to key players Friday night, but still came away with a 63-49 victory over the Denison Monarchs.
In the second quarter of Friday's home game against the Denison Monarchs, Senior Brehden Eggerss exited the game due to a hand injury, followed by Junior Jozef Reisz exiting in the fourth quarter due to a dislocated shoulder.

With a combination of senior leadership and a steller starting lineup, the HCHS girls basketball team cruised to their fifth consecutive win to open the season behind Seniors Erica Rust and Hannah Sonderman, and Junior Aubrey Schwieso.

In the fourth quarter with 5.5 seconds left, Junior Viking Luke Sternberg made an off balance shot, sealing a 49-48 AHSTW road victory, earning their first win of the season.
“Feels amazing to finally get that first win under our belt,” Sternberg said. “We played two tough teams to start and even tonight, and we’re capable of beating some solid opponents.”

In the first quarter, Senior Viking Saydi Paulsen launched a 3-point shot, putting the Vikings up 12-0 to start the night en route to a 41-31 victory for their third consecutive win.
“We’ve been really having to work as a team,” Paulsen said. “We’ve all been working really hard during practice and learning who’s doing what while trying to get better.”

In the second quarter of Tuesday’s road match, the HCHS boys basketball team got outscored 23-9, en route to an eventual 69-52 loss, putting them at 1-1 on the season.

Cyclone Junior Molly Swensen came away with 18 points leading the Cyclones to their 4th consecutive victory and first road win of the season over the Kuemper Catholic Knights, 56-41.
“I thought we got off to a good start for sure,” said Cyclone Head Coach Zach Klaassen. “We kind of came out of the gates right away. We hit a couple of early 3’s. Molly came out on fire right away and Hannah [Sonderman] hit one as well.”