The locker room at Hillcrest was quiet before Saturday’s game.  The lights were turned out.  Some quiet music played. And the Raven basketball players took a few minutes to relax … more

KALONA Blink, and you would have missed it. Hillcrest Academy boys basketball coach Dwight Gingerich, who is on the edge of Iowa basketball history, didn’t dare blink. Trailing 6-2 in … more

The Hillcrest Ravens used the 3-point shot to match Wapello through three quarters, but the Arrows pulled away in the fourth for a 44-28 win.  Norah Yoder hit key 3-pointers in the second and … more

Playing in front of a home crowd for the first time this season, the Hillcrest Ravens got into an offensive flow in the first half.  But over the next ten minutes, a 15-point halftime lead … more

KALONA The transformation of Hillcrest Academy junior forward Grant Bender hit like a freight train the night of November 22. Here the Ravens and Bender were, playing for the first time this … more

After Hillcrest Academy had fallen behind by 18 points in its season opener last Friday, Ravens senior Esther Hughes figured it was go time. The Ravens had not scored a point in the third quarter … more

The Eastern Mennonite University soccer team was in a bit of a slump heading into a conference match with Ferrum on October 13. The Royals had not experienced a win in 750 days, not since senior Cole … more

FORT DODGE One mile into her final high school race, Hillcrest Academy senior Leah Bontrager decided it was go time. The timing was perfect. Competing in her fourth consecutive Class 1A … more

Cross country runners from Highland High School, Hillcrest Academy and Lone Tree High School chased after state championship berths in the Class 1A state qualifier held October 21 at the Iowa City … 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

The Hillcrest Academy Ravens  played  their volleyball home opener against Louisa-Muscatine on September 7, and won the match in four sets. Click through the photos for a look at the … 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

110-meter hurdle prelims (Boys) 1 Beau York HLV, Victor 15.20 2 Kole Becker Lisbon 15.40 3 Brad Bellis West Monona, Onawa 15.51 4 Gavin Smith Audubon 15.59 5 Quintin Hess … more

The Hillcrest golfers played 18 holes for the first time this season during the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Championship meet in Fort Madison on Wednesday. They finished the front nine with 202 … more

It was a good Thursday night for Hillcrest senior Aaron Hershberger, who left the conference meet in WACO as the SEISC North champion in the 400-meter hurdles, and also left his name in the record … more

The Mid-Prairie girls earned a 5-0 shutout of Northeast on Friday, aided by a hat trick from Julia Boller in her first game of the season.  “It was amazing,” Boller said about … more

Photos by Molly Roberts/The News By Jeff Yoder Highland’s Charlie Aicher and Hillcrest’s London Schrock were the medalists in a girls’ triangular and boys’ quad with … more

The shorthanded Hillcrest soccer team got a little help from the Ravens’ golf squad during a 1-0 win over Cedar Valley Christian on Saturday morning.  With leading scorer Will Kolck and … more

Sam Brueck scored three goals as No. Burlington Notre Dame (5-0) defeated Hillcrest (1-1) by a score of 8-0 on Thursday April 15.  Aiden Krabill made a Hillcrest-record 22 saves in the … more

Sophomore Luke Schrock and senior London Schrock earned medalist and runner-up medalist honors for Hillcrest in a 226-257 season-opening win over Highland on Thursday at the Kalona Golf … more