April 2025

Jake Lewis says he can see himself spending the rest of his life in Humboldt.

Lewis, who was hired by the district to teach physical education, will also take on the role as the school’s strength and conditioning coach. Lewis and his wife, Cheyanne, were introduced to the Humboldt High School coaching at a meet-and-greet event on April 2.

Cheyanne will teach sixth grade at Humboldt Middle School. They are parents of a young child and are anxious to anchor their roots in the community.

“This is a phenomenal opportunity. My family and I are super excited to come to Humboldt. It’s going to be hard for me to leave working at my alma mater, Dallas Center-Grimes, but my wife and I made this decision because we feel this is an opportunity that we can’t pass up and so we are not going to look back,” Lewis said.

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Humboldt placed sixth in the team scoring of the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Lady Bulldog Relays on April 10 in Hampton. Humboldt's 4x800 relay took first in 10:32.73. Avery Fisher, Meg Zweibohmer, Aubry Fisher and Brynn Malo comprised the relay for the Wildcats. Malo was third in the 800-meters in 2:29 and Aubry Fisher third in the 1,500-meters in 5:23.

Humboldt girls 6th in Clear Lake Relays
CLEAR LAKE – Humboldt's varsity girls' track team opened their outdoor season by placing sixth in the team scoring of the Clear Lake Early Bird Relays on April 8. The Wildcats were led individually by Aubry Fisher, who ran first in 5:21.16. The 4x400 relay of Bella Metli, Landry Lash, Avery Fisher and Brynn Malo ran second in 4:29.85.

Humboldt finished fourth in the power-laden Spencer Invitational golf meet on Monday, April 21.

The Wildcats finished with 321 strokes. Clear Lake won with 303 while Spencer was second at 312 and Carroll Kuemper third with 313. Cade Birdsell was 10th individually with a 77 to pace the Humboldt boys. Dawson Sleiter was 12th with 78 and Parker Sleiter fired an 82. Cyler Cirks had an 84, Carson Oleson 85 and Mack Harklau 88.

Birdsell's 36 leads HHS boys in golf victory
Cade Birdsell shot an even par 36 and Dawson Sleiter fired a 38 to lead the Humboldt boys' golf team to a non-conference triangular victory in Humboldt on April 11. The Wildcats totaled 159 strokes, Pocahontas Area had 181 and Manson-NW shot 232. Parker Sleiter added a 42 for the Wildcats with teammate Cyler Cirks next at 43. Andrew Nedved had a 45 and Cooper Theesfeld 47.

Humboldt High School junior Kate Sievers, involved in many school activities, will become a little bit busier as she joins the Humboldt Independent Newspaper as a freelance writer.

Sievers will focus mostly on covering Wildcat sports and academic activities but will expand into news, features and special projects as needed.

Sievers, the daughter of David and Ginger Sievers of Humboldt, is active in basketball, track, cross country and individual and large group speech. She is also president of the Best Buddies organization at the school, a member of the National Honor Society and is thinking of participating in the musical next year.

“I love to write and I think I can provide a good perspective of things going on inside the school. I’m looking forward to the great experience I will gain writing for the Independent,” Sievers said. “I have two brothers and my mom and dad are supporting me in this opportunity.”