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Harvey-Wells County took a small squad to the Bismarck Community Bowl on Saturday, April 13, to participate in the Karlgaard Invite. Only six schools participated in the meet, which hosted a varsity and junior high division for both the boys and girls. The Hornets track and field athletes had a great day, performing with nine personal bests, three state qualifying standards met and one school record set. Keaton Keller had a great day as he set a new Harvey-Wells County School record in the...
The HWC Hornets opened their outdoor season on Tuesday, April 9, participating in the Hazen Bison Stampede Meet. The first meet of the year started out with some great performances, as HWC qualified four people and five events for the state meet at the Bismarck Community Bowl May 23-25. Tallen Thorson started the day off finishing first and qualifying in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.03. Thorson followed that up later with another first place qualifying effort of 15.14 in the 110 high...
The HWC track and field team traveled to the Minot State University Dome for the CNDC Indoor meet on Thursday, March 28. Bottineau claimed the top spot on both the boys' and girls' side, but the HWC boys scored 71.5 points to finish in third while the girls scored 31, finishing in ninth place. The boys picked up three first place finishes on the day, as Kayl Sieg claimed the top spot in the 200-meter dash and Tallen Thorson claimed the 55 hurdle race. The Hornets also took the 4x160, with...
The Harvey-Wells County track and field teams traveled to Fargo on Saturday, March 23, to compete at the North Dakota Class B Indoor Meet at the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track and Field Facility on the campus of North Dakota State University. The boys' team picked up three first place event finishes and tallied 58.33 points to finish in fifth place overall. Tallen Thorson won the 60-meter hurdles in a school record time of 8.50 seconds, and anchored two more school record relays to first place...
A split squad of Harvey-Wells County track and field athletes recently traveled to Grand Forks to compete at the Fighting Hawk Classic at the Fritz Pollard Athletic Center on the Campus of the University of North Dakota. The event was held on Saturday, March 16. Tallen Thorson led the way for the HWC boys with a school-record setting time of 8.51 and a first place finish in the 60-meter hurdles. Christalea Wagner led the girls team with a second place finish in the 400, a fourth in the 200 and...
The Velva Aggies defeated Harvey-Wells County in the opening round, and the Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) Mavericks beat the Hornets in a loser-out game at the District 8 Boys Basketball Tournament, thus ending the HWC boys' season. The Hornets finished the season at 11-11 overall in the inaugural season for the new alignment of Divison B basketball. Velva 73, HWC 56 Velva started strong and stayed strong throughout the game, winning each quarter and eventually taking the District 8...
Harvey-Wells County scored 49 points in quarters two and three, and held Glenburn to just 14 in the same period of time as the Hornets dominated the Panthers in one of three District 8 play-in games on Saturday, February 17 at the Minot Municipal Auditorium. HWC, the #6 seed, started the game on a hot streak, opening up a 15-4 lead early on. The Panthers, seeded 11th, scored seven of the final 11 points of the first quarter as they trailed, 19-11, after one. Tallen Thorson hit a three and...
Harvey-Wells County went on the road for their final regular season game of the year, and ran into a hot shooting Towner-Granville-Upham (TGU) Titan squad. The home team amassed 24 first quarter points, and Sage Hanson scored 33 points as the Titans won their 11th game of the season, handling HWC, 68-36 on Monday, February 12, in Towner. The first half was owned by TGU, as they scored 24 points in the opening quarter and 40 in the first half. Hanson and Jaxon Nelson combined for 18 first...
With a win over Glenburn earlier in the week, the HWC girls earned a spot in the District 8 Tournament in Minot. The Hornets entered as the 8th seed, and were paired up against #1 seed Our Redeemer's, where they dropped a 60-34 decision. HWC would play Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) in one loser-out game and played solid for the first half, but a great third quarter by the Mavericks helped oust HWC 49-30. Following the tournament, Rachel Neumiller was awarded with one of the 15 All-District play...
Harvey-Wells County picked up three victories in weekly boys basketball action, getting District 8 victories over Surrey and Glenburn and defeating non-regional foe Carrington to move their season record to 10-8. HWC currently sits in fifth place in District 8 with a 5-4 record. HWC 74, Surrey 57 HWC scored 22 points in the first quarter and 21 more in the second quarter putting together their best first half of the season enroute to a 74-57 victory over the Mustangs in Surrey on Thursday, Febru...
The Harvey-Wells County girls basketball team finished out District 8 competition picking up two big wins this past week. The Hornets hosted Drake-Anamoose in Fessenden and held off a third quarter charge to claim the victory. The Hornets also picked up a big win over Lewis & Clark in Berthold to finish district play with four wins. The Hornets hosted Kidder County in a non-district game and although playing solid in the first half, dropped the contest by 10 points. HWC 55, Drake-Anamoose 47...
The Harvey-Wells County Boys Basketball team went 3-0 this past week picking up District 8 victories over Drake-Anamoose and Lewis & Clark and also defeating Kidder County. The boys will continue into the heart of District 8 action with games against Velva, Surrey, Glenburn and TGU in the coming weeks. HWC 62, Drake-Anamoose 53 Harvey-Wells County exploded for 23 first quarter points and held off a late charge from Drake-Anamoose to pick up a 62-53 win over the Raiders in Fessenden on Tuesday,...
The HWC boys and girls basketball teams were in action for a split-day doubleheader, taking on the Westhope/Newburg Sioux on January 18 and 19. The Hornet girls dropped a 47-45 heartbreaker to W-N in Newburg the first night, and the #3-ranked Sioux boys had no problems taking a 68-28 victory in Westhope that Friday night. W-N 47, HWC 45 Girls Westhope/Newburg hit two three pointers and a two and one and stormed back from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to steal a 47-45 win over visiting...
Breanna Heilman connected on a field goal and Braylee Keller drained two free throws with 10 seconds remaining, helping lift the Harvey-Wells County Hornets to a 44-40 victory over Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood Friday, January 12, in Fessenden. The Hornets and Mavericks played a tight first quarter, with MLS getting the fast 4-0 start. Four different HWC players scored in the first but it was Rilynn Beck's four points that gave the Mavericks the 10-8 edge after eight minutes. HWC took their first lea...
Harvey-Wells County ran into more stiff competition this week, taking on Our Redeemer's and Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood. The Hornets continued their improved play, taking down previously unbeaten and eighth- ranked MLS in a close game, and fell to the Knights, which used 11 three-pointers in the 13-point victory over HWC. HWC 62, MLS 60 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (MLS) came from 13 down to take the lead, but Harvey-Wells County regained their composure and captured a 62-60 win over the previously...
Six-foot-seven Ramsey Walz scored 18 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, as the #3 ranked team in Class B, Bishop Ryan, came into Harvey and defeated the Hornets by 16 on Friday, December 5. Blake Kaylor and Jett Lundeen got the Lions off to a fast start, as they both drained three pointers for a quick 6-0 lead. Avery Williams, Noah Ziegler and Tyler Swang made field goals for HWC, but another three from Hayden Seay helped the Lions to a 14-8 lead after one quarter. A great pass from...
HWC may have a 2-10 record, but sometimes progress isn't noticed in records. The Hornet girls played four games this past and showed steady improvement during that time. A highly-touted TGU team ran away from the Hornets, but HWC responded with a better game against Bishop Ryan, falling by 12. The Hornets had a 14- point lead against a North Star team with six wins and fell by four, and had a 10 point lead against Our Redeemers, another six win team, before falling in the final seconds by three...
Harvey-Wells County cut the Rocket lead from 10 down to a single point in the final six minutes, but could not get the basket to put them on top as they fell 51-50 to New Rockford-Sheyenne in Harvey on Thursday, December 28. A quick four- point start for the Rockets was answered by six straight from HWC's Avery Williams for a Hornet 6-4 lead. Easton Simon scored five in the first quarter for the Rockets, but Tallen Thorson scored the final four points for a 12-10 HWC lead after one. The Rockets...
The Harvey-Wells County girls dropped their final two games of the pre-Christmas season, falling to District 8 foes Surrey and Glenburn. The Hornets put on over 630 miles of travel in a four-day, three-game stretch, as they finished the pre-break at 2-6 overall. HWC played at St. John on Monday, December 18, taking a 67-41 loss. Glenburn 62, HWC 54 The two main themes for the District 8 matchup would come down to Hornet turnovers and the Panthers' Emma Jones. The Hornets, despite 34 turnovers, w...
Harvey-Wells County was on the road for a boys and girls doubleheader against the St. John Woodchucks on Monday, December 18. The girls game was played as scheduled, while the boys game was a makeup game from December 8 originally slated to be played in Harvey. St. John 67, HWC 41 Girls The St. John Woodchuck half court press proved to be valuable, as they forced HWC into 26 turnovers in a 67-41 victory on Monday, December 18, in St. John. Six Woodchuck players scored in the first quarter,...
Harvey-Wells County entered the CNDC Tournament as the sixth seed, and came out with a fourth place finish as they defeated TGU and dropped games to New Rockford-Sheyenne and Rugby. HWC was on both ends of comebacks, as they defeated the Titans after being down 11 in the fourth quarter, and lost to the Rockets after being up seven in the fourth. Rugby controlled the Hornets in the third place game for a 30-point victory. HWC 58, TGU 56 The Hornets came from 11 points down early in the fourth qua...
Eighth grader Addisyn Faul calmly drained two free throws with five seconds remaining in the overtime period to seal an exciting 60-58 win for HWC over the Velva Aggies in Velva on Thursday, December 7. The Hornets had a solid start to the opening quarter, with Rachel Neumiller hitting a three and scoring five while Breanna Heilman added four more points, helping HWC take a 13-6 lead. The Aggies finished the first up with two free throws from Taryn Braaten and field goals from Natalie...
HWC came from six points down late in the fourth quarter, but couldn't get the final points needed as they dropped a 53-50 game to Linton-HMB on Saturday, December 9, in Linton. The Lions got the quick 4-0 lead as Gentry Richter had two field goals. Avery Williams scored two and Tallen Thorson added a three, as the Hornets took the lead. Tyler Swang scored four points late in the first, as HWC led, 12-9, after one. Noah Ziegler's three- pointer moved the Hornet lead to six early in the second, b...
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...
