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The 2023 edition of the HWC girls basketball Team opened up their season this past weekend at the 47th Annual Central North Dakota Conference (CNDC) Tournament in Rugby at Charlie Hanneman Gymnasium. The Hornets started the season with a tough 73-39 loss to highly-touted St. John, then lost a close battle to the Glenburn Panthers by seven. HWC rebounded from a 12-point deficit in the seventh place game to defeat Drake-Anamoose by 15 to end the weekend. St. John 73, HWC 39 Aubree Jeanotte...
When the four seed and five seed match up in the first round of any tournament, one would expect a great match, and even though this match was only three sets, the games were close throughout, with many ties and some fantastic rallies. The fourth seeded North Prairie Cougars were on the positive end of all of the great finishes, as they finished off each game with a solid run to defeat the four seed Harvey-Wells County, 3-0, in the opening round of the Region 4 Volleyball Tournament at the...
Harvey-Wells County split their last two games of the regular season, as they defeated Dunseith in Harvey and dropped a four-setter to Central McLean on the road. With the win over Dunseith, HWC sealed up the Super Region 4 fifth seed, and will play fourth-seeded North Prairie in Devils Lake on Monday, November 6. The split for HWC moved their record to 11-8 during the regular season and 5-4 in Super Regional play. Central McLean 3, HWC 1 Saturday, October 28 saw the Hornets travel to Turtle... Full story
The Kindred Vikings had too much of a lot of things in a 49-6 rolling of the Harvey-Wells County Hornets in the first round of the Class A playoffs in Kindred on Saturday, October 21. Size, speed, numbers and just a little more size helped the Vikings keep their season record unblemished at 9-0, while HWC finished their season at 5-5 overall. The Viking offensive line averaged 248 pounds across the front, and the defense line wasn't much different. The O-line and D-line were anchored by...
For the second consecutive game, the Harvey-Wells County volleyball team faced a top-10 ranked team. This time around, HWC faced North Star, who was ranked #8 in the most recent state poll. The Bearcats would get a straight set victory over HWC. The Hornets traveled to Cando on Tuesday, October 17 to take on the Bearcats. The Bearcats came into the contest at 5-1 in the Super Region 4 standings. The Bearcats jumped out to a 6-2 lead, but HWC responded and kept the game close, pulling to within...
Central Cass scored 29 points in the first quarter and 14 more in the second quarter to take an insurmountable 43-0 lead into halftime, and cruised to a 49-8 win over Harvey-Wells County in Casselton on Friday, October 13. The Squirrels scored from both sides of the ball, as the offense put up five touchdowns and the defense scored two. The Central Cass defense has been outstanding all year, giving up 21 points in the opening game to Region 1 champion Kindred, and then only surrendering 13 more...
Harvey-Wells County saw both sides of the spectrum in recent volleyball action as they rose to the challenge and defeated the Rugby Panthers for the first time in many, many years. The momentum earned from the big win over Rugby was not enough to challenge one of the state's best teams, though, as Langdon/Edmore/Munich cruised to a 3-0 sweep of HWC in Harvey. HWC 3, Rugby 0 HWC came out on fire with two decisive victories and a come from behind effort in a three-game sweep over the visiting...
The Cavalier Tornadoes scored 20 second half points and held Harvey-Wells County scoreless in the last 24 minutes to earn a 26-14 homecoming victory over the Hornets in Cavalier on Friday, October 6. The Hornets opened the game with the ball, and the offense had their way with the Tornado defense. Junior Kayl Sieg touched the ball on every play but two of the eight-play, 75- yard drive. Sieg caught one ball for six yards, and rushed five times for 59 yards, including the 12-yard run for the open...
Saturday, October 7 saw the Hornets in action at the Carrington Tournament. The Hornets played three matches in pool play, splitting with the Velva Aggies and dropping 2-0 games to Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier and the Jamestown junior varsity. In tournament play, the Hornets opened up against the Grand Forks Red River sophomores and after losing the first game, came storming back to defeat the Roughriders 22-25, 25-19 and 15-9. The win put them up against the host team Carrington, where their day...
Harvey-Wells County continued their solid play as they defeated the Nelson County Chargers 3-1 on Thursday, October 5, in Fessenden. The Hornets and Chargers started game one in close contention but that changed quickly as the Hornets' Taylor Nelson served nine straight points, helping HWC open up a 12-3 lead. Jessie Monsebroten's two kills kept Nelson County within range until a mini run with two kills from Rachel Neumiller and an ace from Nelson lifted the Hornets to a 20-11 lead. The Hornets...
Carrington scored 15 fourth quarter points and came from 10 points down to squeeze by HWC, 31-26, for a huge Class A Region 2 victory in Harvey on Friday, September 29. With the win, Carrington secured a playoff spot, and would be in line to lock up the second seed and home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs which start on Saturday, October 21. The Cards have two Region games left, and would need to win just one of those for the number two spot. The Hornets received the ball to...
The Harvey-Wells County volleyball team had a solid day at the Washburn/Wilton Volleyball Tournament held Saturday, September 30 at the Washburn and Wilton Schools. The Hornets played some tight games all day long, and the close scores resulted in a second place finish in Pool D with all of those games being played in Wilton. HWC tied with Flasher, Lewis and Clark North Shore-Plaza and Central McLean, and the scores resulted in a point differential of 0 for the Hornets. Central McLean had a...
Harvey-Wells County ran their road win streak to five games with a sweep over the Cardinals in Washburn, but ran into one of Region 4's top contenders in New Rockford-Sheyenne as they were on the other end of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Rockets. HWC 3, Washburn 0 The Hornets traveled to Washburn on Tuesday, September 19, and came away with a three-game sweep of the Cardinals with wins of 25-18, 25-11 and 25-12. With the win, the Hornets moved to 5-1 during the regular season and 6-4 o...
Harvey-Wells County needed a huge road win, and that's just what was dialed up as the Hornets scored early and often and didn't let the 160-mile trip to Grafton change their plans in a 42-13 win over the Spoilers on Friday afternoon, September 22. The game started with a bang for the Spoilers, as junior Kruiser Burns took the opening kickoff and went 89 yards to paydirt to put Grafton on the board first. The Ethan Adlam PAT kick was good, and the host team led, 7-0, after just 16 seconds. The...
Harvey-Wells County scored 14 first quarter points and scored a touchdown in every other quarter, and the HWC defense held Park River Area to just a single touchdown in each of the final three quarters, as the Hornets claimed a 35-18 over the Aggies in a Homecoming game victory on Saturday, September 16, at L.C. Loerch Field in Harvey. The Hornets started the game with a 33-yard strike from Tallen Thorson to Keaton Keller down to the PRA 27-yard line. The big play was ever important, as the...
Harvey-Wells County won their third and fourth consecutive road matches last week, defeating the St. John Woodchucks and Griggs/Midkota Titans on their home floors in three and four-game matches. The Hornets are now 4-1 in regular season play and 1-3 in tournament play, for an overall record of 5-4. HWC 3, St. John 0 Harvey-Wells County powered their way to a three game sweep over St. John in Region 4 volleyball action on Tuesday, September 12, in St. John. From the start, the Hornets were the...
The old saying "defense wins championships" seemed appropriate for the play on Friday, September 8, in Bottineau as the Hornet defense helped overcome seven HWC turnovers holding the Braves to just a touchdown in a 7-6 region victory. To say the defense won a championship is a bit premature, but in this case, they did step up and win this ever-important Class A Region 2 matchup with a once-defeated Bottineau team. The Hornet defense kicked it up a notch and stopped a Brave drive inside the HWC...
Harvey-Wells County put together some solid volleyball against a younger, less experienced Kidder County team, defeating the Wolves in four games in non-region action on Tuesday, September 5, in Steele. HWC got behind early in game one, trailing 6-1. Four kills from Rachel Neumiller helped the Hornets go on a 11-1 run. Neumiller had seven kills in the first game, and along with two kills late from Ashley Keller, HWC claimed the first set, 25-18. The youthful Wolves gave HWC some fits in game...
Keaton Keller's acrobatic catch in the corner of the end zone with 45 seconds remaining in the game helped lift the Harvey-Wells County Hornets to a 21-18 victory over the Thompson Tommies at L.C. Loerch Field in Harvey on Friday, September 1. The Hornets and Tommies struggled at the start of this late afternoon matchup, as each team had turnovers early in the game. The Tommies got the low-scoring first half started late in the first quarter when quarterback Drew Overby found Brody Gibson wide...
Harvey-Wells County put together strong finishes in all three high school volleyball games against Drake-Anamoose to seal a 3-0 sweep over the Lady Raiders on Thursday, August 31, in Drake. The Hornets and Lady Raiders were close at the beginning of all three games, but the Hornets finished each game with a strong run. Game one saw Mariah Mack with consecutive kills, pulling Drake-Anamoose to within 7-6. Ashley Keller's second kill of the night gave HWC a mini-run and a 10-6 lead. An ace from...
Langdon/Edmore/Munich threw four touchdown passes, and added two rushing and one defensive score, as the Region favorite Cardinals flew by the HWC Hornets, 50-12, on Friday, August 25, in Langdon. The Cardinals wasted little time in their initial drive of the game, covering 58 yards in four plays. Three pass completions for 53 yards, including a 27- yard strike from Rayce Worley to Mason Romfo for the game's opening score, led to a quick 6-0 lead for LAEM. HWC responded with a nice offensive...
The 2023 Hornet varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams both saw their first action at tournaments in Bottineau and Rugby on Saturday, August 26. The varsity girls spent the day competing at the Bottineau Invitational, where Coach Kristi Fike thought the girls had a good day. "Overall, I thought we did a good job," said Fike. "We had two girls missing that usually see a lot of playing time, and two players step in and do really great for them." In pool play, the Hornets dropped two games to...
One play does not make a game. The Hornet defense literally had one play all game that they could look back on with question, but that one play motivated the defense to step it up a notch in a 38-14 season opening win over the Rugby Panthers in Harvey on Friday, August 18. The Panthers' Tucker Volk opened the first offensive series of the season for Rugby with a quarterback draw that went up the middle and around the right edge for a 53-yard score. An Austin Schneibel PAT run made the score 8-0...
The Harvey-Wells County Hornets' track and field team had some great finishes at the recently-held state Track and Field meet at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck. Many of the performances from HWC were season-bests, and some were even personal bests as the Hornet boys scored in four events and finished in a tie for 10th overall in the boys' division. Earning state placing awards were Tallen Thorson, who finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles in a personal best time of 15.22....
The HWC boys finished third and the girls fifth in the North Central Regional Track and Field meet, held Friday, May 19, at Rugby. Both the boys and girls team added events to their state meet schedule by either meeting the state standard or by finishing in the top three in their respective events. In the boys division, the Hornets received first place efforts from Tallen Thorson in the 110 and 300 hurdles, and the 4x100 relay team of Carson Heilman, Thorson, Keaton Keller and Kayl Sieg....
