Tuesday, the HCHS girls track and field team competed at the Lady Red Relays with 95 points, finishing 4th overall.
Multiple Cyclones stood out at the meet including Lindsey Sonderman who finished 1st in the 3000 and 800 meter run events. In the 3000, she finished with 10:57.81, 13 seconds ahead of Denison’s Lola Mendlik.

With a few minutes left in double overtime, it looked like the HCHS boys varsity soccer team was headed for penalty kicks to determine the winner, but Sophomore Monarch Richard Gonzalez had other plans kicking the game winning goal, giving the Monarchs a 1-0 victory.
“It’s a very proud moment for those guys,” said Cyclones Head Coach Dave Voge. “They played their hearts out. It’s always close with Denison.”

Monday, the AHSTW boys track and field team competed at the Phil Hummel Relays taking a 4th place finish, tying with Riverside with 73 points, just four behind Missouri Valley.

AHSTW Senior Kyle Sternberg has committed to playing basketball at Buena Vista University, a private university in Storm Lake.
“It was an exciting day for sure,” Sternberg said. “I’ve always had a dream of playing college basketball ever since I was younger and finally making it official, it felt really good and I was just really proud of myself.”

The HCHS boys varsity golf team finished 7th with 349 strokes just three strokes behind Lewis Central and Atlantic who tied for 5th.
For the Cyclones, they were led by Jace Gubbels who finished 13th overall with 82 strokes, including a birdie on hole two, a par 4 and hole eight, a par 4. The winner was Grant Jansen out of ADM, finishing his day with 73 strokes.

Cyclone Sophomore Aubrey Schwieso scored two goals against the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs en route to a 5-0 shutout victory for the Cyclones, winning their fourth consecutive game and 7th on the season.
“It was a good night for soccer,” said Cyclones Head Coach Jared Boysen. “We knew this was going to be a similar match up to our games last week and was a close matchup last year where we were able to win 3-2.”

With a limited roster at the Tiger Relays, Cyclones head coach Sam Brummer was pleased with the effort put forth by his team as they managed to tie for 3rd place with the Glenwood Rams with 63 points, just four behind Underwood who won the event.

With the Drake Relays right around the corner, the HCHS girls track and field team had another strong performance at the Council Bluffs Track Invite Thursday.
“This was a fun meet for us,” said Cyclones Head Coach Jenny Hamilton. “We switched some things up and asked girls to compete in events that may have been out of their comfort zone. We got in some needed speedwork and broke a few mental barriers along the way.”

12 minutes into Thursday’s soccer match, Cyclone Aubrey Schwieso crossed the ball to Kayla Anderson who assisted to Ivy Stevens for a goal, putting the Cyclones up 1-0, en route to a 4-0 shutout victory over the Missouri Valley Lady Reds. It was their third consecutive win and sixth of the season.

Thursday, the HCHS boys golf team competed in the Harlan Triangular against the Treynor Cardinals and Kuemper Catholic Knights at the Harlan Golf & Country Club in challenging weather.
“The conditions tonight were pretty tough with chilly temps and gusty 25 mph winds,” said Cyclones Head Coach Chad Swanson.

The HCHS girls track team was originally supposed to be in Lewis Central for a Co-Ed meet, but the event got moved to Glenwood, where the girls managed to take an 8th place finish with 45 points.
“This meet is always quite the show with a 14 team co-ed lineup,” said Cyclones Head Coach Jenny Hamilton. “It’s a tough place to score points, but we are always happy to welcome good competition.”

Monday afternoon at home, the girls varsity tennis team lost 9-0 to the Kuemper Catholic Knights despite some close battles.
“I thought our girls competed really well on Monday,” said Cyclones Head Coach Dillon Stane. “We had 4 matches go into "extra innings", and our 5th match was extremely close as well. They played a very solid team and were close to walking away with some high-quality victories.”

Monday afternoon at the Harlan Golf & Country Club, the girls varsity golf team earned its first victory of the season, beating the Kuemper Catholic Knights, 209-217.
“We’re steadily improving,” said Cyclones Head Coach Todd Bladt. “It’s hard to get everybody to have their best night on the same night, so if we can get everybody playing well and consistent, get down around the 190s, that’s kind of what we’re striving for.”

The IKM-Manning Wolves track and field team performed well at the Ace Nelson Relays at Denison-Schleswig Monday afternoon with a second place team finish, along with many students finishing high in multiple events.

Tuesday, the HCHS boys varsity golf team competed on the road against the Glenwood Rams, losing 159-164.
Despite dropping the match, the Bladt name ran strong, including Senior Drew Bladt, who had the best score among the Cyclones with 40 strokes, including being a medalist.