The Exira-EHK girls varsity basketball team prevented the Ar-We-Va Rockets from blasting off at home Tuesday night, cruising to a 56-20 first round tournament victory. This was the first game for the Spartans in a week due to the formatting of the tournament schedule.

Senior Reed Hinners was the star of the night leading the way with 23 points, helping the Wolves soundly defeat the Audubon Wheelers, 60-44 at home in the 2A-7 First Round playoff game.

The HCHS girls varsity basketball team stamped their ticket to the next round of the playoffs after a massive win Saturday night at home against the Red Oak Tigers, 61-14.
“He [Klaassen] told us at practice this is not going to be like the normal competition that we see and we just need to stay up at our level and we’ll be successful,” said Junior Erica Rust.

DENISON - Senior Cole Scheffler dropped in a layup with less than 10 seconds to go Thursday night on the road, 52-50 over the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs that got the AHSTW Vikings their 19th win of the season on the road.
“Well I told my friends right before that I’m clutch and I saw they were doubling on Brayden [Lund], so I knew I had to take it to the rack,” Scheffler said.

The HCHS girls varsity basketball team ran into the very hot Atlantic Trojans, having won seven consecutive games and beat the Cyclones in a nail biter, 53-51. For the Cyclones, it was their first game since last Monday at home against Winterset.

Senior Jace Gubbels led the way Tuesday night on the road against the Atlantic Trojans helping the Cyclones to a dominant 70-46 victory, earning their 12th win of the season. Head coach Mitch Osborn was out due to illness, so his son, Kevin, coached the Cyclones.
“It feels really good,” Gubbels said. “Our defense was stellar, holding them to under 50 points and we shot the ball really well. We just played as a team.”

Senior Makenzie Riley scored 18 points en route to a dominating victory over the Paton-Churdan Rockets for the Spartans 17th win of the season. The Spartans got back in the win column after dropping its previous match to the Woodbine Tigers Friday night on the road.

Senior Brad Curren scored 18 points to lead the way for the Cyclones en route to a 51-42 victory over the Lewis Central Titans at home Friday night.
“I thought tonight, we out-toughed them,” said Cyclones Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “I thought our rebounding and toughness inside was tremendous. I thought we did a great job.”

Senior Cole Scheffler made history for the Vikings Thursday night at home against the Treynor Cardinals becoming the all-time steals leader in the history of AHSTW.
“Every time he makes a play, it’s our play, not just his,” said Junior Nick Denning of Scheffler. “We’re both bird dogs. It’s just fun to play with him.”

Treynor Senior Clara Teigland led the way with 17 points for the Cardinals over the Vikings cruising to a 68-33 victory in dominant fashion.

Freshman Ben Ramsey led the way for the Wolves Tuesday night at home to a dominant 63-46 victory over Missouri Valley to snap a 3-game losing streak.
“Last week was a tough week for us,” said Wolves Head Coach Keith Wagner. “We played some really good competition, all on the road, and we wanted to try and bounce back tonight.”

The IKM-Manning Wolves girls got back in the win column after dropping its previous five games with a 53-22 win Tuesday night at home over the Lady Reds.
“It feels really good,” said Senior Mabel Langel. “We needed a win.”

The HCHS boys varsity basketball team ran into a buzzsaw Monday night, falling to the Winterset Huskies, 66-52.
“We ran into a very, very hot shooting team,” said Cyclones Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “Winterset is definitely capable of that. They were on fire. They had seven 3’s at the half. I think they had seven or eight the second half.”

Juniors Erica Rust and Hannah Sonderman led the way for the Cyclones Monday night at home against the #12 4A ranked Winterset Huskies, giving them their second consecutive win and 12th of the season.
“This was a really good win for us,” Rust said. “Winterset is a great team. They’re ranked in 4A, but we just came together as a team and got it done.”

Senior Jacob Birch scored 18 points leading his team to a 64-55 victory over the Creston Panthers Friday night at home. For the Cyclones, it was a much needed bounce back victory after dropping their previous game to the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs in overtime.
“You just got to take it one game at a time,” Birch said. “We came in, practiced, took it one play at a time and won.”