HIGHLAND Highland’s high-powered softball offense delivered big in a postseason tournament preview Friday. The Huskies topped Lone Tree 10-0 to win for the fifth time in six games. … more

Hillcrest was defeated by the Winfield-Mt Union Lady Wolves, 3-1, with final scores of 25-23, 25-23, 25-4, and 25-19 on September 12. This was a home game for the Ravens.  more

Without enough players to scrimmage 6-on-6, it was a tough transition for Hillcrest from pre-season practice to the 3A and 4A competition at the Fairfield Varsity Quad on Thursday, August 26. The Ravens dropped all six sets, but showed first-year coach Brandon Statler some positive things with a week to go before conference play begins.  more

Hillcrest hosted its annual cross-country invitational on October 2. This was their second home meet of the season.  Freshman Marie Yoder led the Ravens girls team with a final time of … more

WAVERLY A hot day in Iowa? Well, yes. Temperatures at Wartburg College’s Max Championship Cross Country Course topped 90 degrees last Saturday, Sept. 30. Ambulances headed up 12th … more

It was time for game two between the Ravens and the Winfield-Mt Union Wolves, two teams residing in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference. With the first contest being a home game for Hillcrest, which … more

When the playoffs come around it’s all about earning the right to play more baseball. Win and advance or lose, watch the season come to a screeching halt. With neither team ready for the … more

LONE TREE On Monday, April 8, Lone Tree hosted their track invite. The Lone Tree girls track team took third place while the boys team took fourth place. Additionally, Mid-Prairie, … more

Senior night arrived for the Hillcrest Ravens, and they were matched up with a familiar opponent, the Highland Huskies.   Taking control early the Ravens would take a 12-0 win over the … more

Clearly, that was a Pennsylvania run to remember. Leah Bontrager, a 2022 Hillcrest Academy graduate from Wellman, helped the Central College women’s cross country team to a Top 10 national … more

The Ravens battled the Huskies at Riverside on April 24. Hillcrest defeated Highland in this Southeast Iowa Super Conference matchup, 3-0. more

Hillcrest was defeated by the WACO Warriors, 3-0, with final scores of 25-12, 25-15, and 25-21 on August 31. This was a road game for the Ravens.  more

KALONA The battle was dramatic. When Highland’s volleyball team swept Hillcrest Academy in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference match Sept. 28, the sweep didn’t come easily. … more

Girls and boys runners from Hillcrest Academy, Highland and Lone Tree participated in the English Valleys Invitational on September 14 at Knoll Ridge Country Club in North English. Click through … more

In what turned into a high-scoring contest for both teams involved it was Hillcrest on their home field who was able to outlast the Winfield-Mt Union Wolves, with a final score of 16-12 in … more

DES MOINES The final day of the Iowa High School Track & Field Championships delivered a window into the past for Mid-Prairie girls track head coach Mark Hostetler. The Golden Hawks had … more

The ball is flying around the perimeter of Mid-Prairie’s offense at a dizzying pace. And then it winds up in the hands of Golden Hawks freshman Brooklyn Schneider, setting up for yet … more

That winning feeling is becoming all too familiar to this years’ Hillcrest baseball squad. After battling and vanquishing Winfield-Mount Union in a home game on June 2, with a final score of … more

KEOTA The Hillcrest girls golf team continues to make positive strides in a season full of firsts.   This Raven squad are in the midst of their very first golfing season and they put … more

Highland defeated Hillcrest, 12-0, on June 6.  more