Meredith Blossom, a Hillcrest Academy senior, stood outside the batter’s box Monday, bat in hand, and glanced toward the Ravens third-base coach to see if there was a play on.
Dad clapped …
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When Luke Schrock’s final pitch Monday night was popped into the air, Noah Miller of Hillcrest Academy raced in from center field as fast as he could.
Miller hugged Schrock and …
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Camp Director Dwight Gingerich announces that boys may still enroll in the Hillcrest Raven Basketball Camp slated for June 28-July 1. The session for those entering grades 8-10 will run from …
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The Ravens battled back from an early four-run deficit on Thursday, but came up one run short of their first victory of the season — falling 11-10 to Lone Tree in nine innings.
The …
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The Ravens came out swinging in both games of the Hillcrest baseball triangular on Saturday. Hillcrest scored three runs in the first inning of game one, and sent 13 batters to the plate in the first …
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Mid-Prairie’s Ethan Trimpe was named second-team All-State when the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association released its annual awards on Monday.
The Golden Hawk senior led the …
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The Hillcrest Ravens showed some improvement at the plate, in the circle, and in the field during a 9-0 loss to Winfield-Mt. Union on Tuesday.
The Lady Wolves (8-1) scored four runs and had …
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After blowing a pair of seventh-innings leads during an 0-3 start, the Hillcrest Ravens have come back from early deficits in back-to-back games while winning three in a row.
On Monday, …
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When Pekin arrived at Hillcrest on Friday night, the Panthers had not allowed more than three runs in a game all season. They had also not scored fewer than three runs in a game, and more …
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The Hillcrest Ravens were unable to come back from an early four-run deficit in a 6-2 loss at Mediapolis.
Mediapolis put the first four batters on base with three hits and a walk, but the …
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The Hillcrest softball team put up a season-high eight runs on eight hits at Mediapolis (1-4) on Thursday, but couldn’t come back from an early eight-run deficit in an 18-8 loss.
The Ravens …
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Aaron Hershberger wrapped up his track & field career at Drake Stadium on Friday, competing in the 110 and 400-meter hurdle races, just 90 minutes apart.
He finished 17th in the …
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Hillcrest Academy defeated Central Lee, 2-0, in the first round of substate play on Thursday, May 20, thanks to two goals that came less than a minute apart in the first half.
Midway through the …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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By Jeff Yoder
Highland’s Charlie Aicher and Hillcrest’s London Schrock were the medalists in a girls’ triangular and boys’ quad with …
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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 …
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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 …
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