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SEISC Softball & Baseball All-Conference Teams Feature A Flock of Ravens

August 4, 2020

Despite pandemic guidelines and a shortened season several Ravens softball and baseball players shined on their respective diamonds and were awarded spots on the Southeast Iowa Super Conference All-Conference teams. Our friends at KCII Radio covered our teams all season and have reported on the successes of some of our student athletes.

Four Soccer Ravens Named Academic All-State

August 3, 2020

Despite the loss of the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, four Raven soccer players were recognized for their academic achievements by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. Players were selected based on their GPA’s and their contributions to the 2019 season. John Hughes, a junior, was named to the Academic All-State 1st […]

HILLCREST ACADEMY Announces New Hires

July 21, 2020

CHRIS NACHTIGALL has been named the new Activities Director. Chris returns to the role after leaving in 2011 for stints as Head Softball Coach and Assistant to the Athletic Director at Northwestern College (Orange City) and Hesston College (KS), where he served as Athletic Director the last two years. Chris is married to Marena (Leichty […]

Golfers Hit The Links

July 20, 2020

A record number of (socially distant) golfers braved the heat and took to the links at the Kalona Golf Club on Saturday, July 18 for the annual Hillcrest Academy Golf Benefit. We are thankful for all the community support from not only the golfers, but all our business sponsors. For more, check out the results […]

Pandemic Electronic Benefits Program

July 20, 2020

The Families First CoronaVirus Act allows states to issue Food Assistance benefits to households with children in Pre-K through 12th grade who lost access to Free and Reduced Price School Meals due to pandemic-related school closures in Spring 2020. Any child who was an enrolled Pre-K through 12th grade student, during the 2019-2020 school year, […]

Virtual Culinary Camp

July 14, 2020

Our Virtual Culinary Camp was a success! Ranee Gingerich ’01 Brokaw led 12 students as they learned about basic food and nutrition virtually and tried their hand at preparing a new recipe each day in their own kitchen. While they missed getting to cook together in the Food & Consumer Science kitchen lab, it was […]

Ravens Baseball 2020

July 11, 2020

The Ravens finished the shortened baseball regular season with a 5-5 record. After a 1-5 start to the season Hillcrest won 4 in a row finishing the regular season with a 10-0 win on senior night vs Columbus. Hillcrest has been led on the mound by Eli Ours, Drew Blauvelt, and London Schrock. Ours has […]

Ravens Softball Update

July 10, 2020

Hillcrest Academy hosted Wapello on June 29th. The game was scoreless until the top half of the third when Wapello broke through after a lead-off single and a couple of stolen bases led the runner to 3rd base with less than two outs. A sacrifice fly out to center field allowed the runner to score […]

Ravens Softball Celebrates Senior Night!

July 2, 2020

On Tuesday, June 23rd, the Ravens softball program recognized two seniors, Sarena Gerber and Mia Graber, prior to the game vs. Southeast Super Conference opponent Mediapolis. This is Sarena’s first season playing softball at Hillcrest and Mia will earn her 5th varsity letter in softball after earning a varsity letter in the summer prior to […]

Ravens Softball Play Ball

June 23, 2020

The Hillcrest Academy softball team took to the field last week providing one last opportunity for this year’s student-athletes to compete on a state level. With the Iowa Girl’s Athletic Union (and the Iowa Boy’s Athletic Association) giving the ok to start the season for High School softball and baseball programs, albeit a later start […]