AREA -- Qualifiers for the 2016 State Track and Field Championships will be determined Thursday night when Co-Ed State Qualifying Meets are held statewide, starting at 4:00 p.m. The area’s four track schools will compete at four different venues. The Harlan Community girls and boys squads will be part of an eight-team Class 3-A meet at Glenwood.

 REGIONAL -- Monday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference tournaments for boys and girls golf and boys tennis were postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Tuesday at the same time and locations. The boys golf meet is at Glenwood and the girls golf meet is at Fox Run Golf Course in Council Bluffs. The boys tennis tournament is at Red Oak. All three events start at 9:00 a.m. Due to the rescheduling, Harlan Community’s golf triangulars vs.

 HARLAN -- Less than six minutes away from ending a long, frustrating losing streak, the Harlan Community girls soccer team was instead hit by another dose of heartbreak Thursday at Merrill Field. With HCHS leading 2-1, Riverside sophomore Grace Gleaves nailed a perfectly-struck, game-tying goal with 5:28 left in regulation, then assisted Lindsey White’s sudden-death game-winner with 3:49 left in double overtime as the Lady Dawgs (1-8) beat th

 HARLAN -- Miranda Beezley scored a hat trick and Emily Casson and Nicole Hilderbrand added two goals apiece last Monday as Council Bluffs St. Albert shut out the Harlan Community girls soccer team 9-0 at Merrill Field. The 8th-ranked (1-A) Saintes (9-2) scored six goals in the first 28 minutes of play and added three goals in the second half. HCHS lost its eighth straight game to fall to 1-8.

 CARROLL -- Going into a seven-day break without a game, the Harlan Community boys put together 80 minutes of quality soccer Thursday night in a 4-0 non-conference road win over Carroll. HCHS outshot the Tigers 33-9 overall and 24-6 on goal while totaling 11 corner kick opportunities.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Trailing 4-1 with 27:19 left in the match, Harlan Community mounted a late comeback that fell one goal short in a 4-3 boys soccer loss at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson last Tuesday. HCHS narrowed the gap by scoring twice off Ethan Knudson corner kicks in a span of 66 seconds - first on a header goal by Drayke Eshelman and then on a TJ own goal with 15:13 remaining. The Cyclones were unable to force a tie down the stretch,

    COLUMBIA, MO -- Allan C. Henningsen, 87, Columbia, MO, died Saturday, May 7 at his home.    A celebration of life service will be held June 4 at 11 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville.    Henningsen is survived by children Blaine (Cheryl) of Jefferson City, MO, Dane of Kansas City, MO and Jane of Kansas City; grandsons Adam Henningsen of St. Louis, MO and Eric Henningsen of Columbia, MO.

    NEOLA -- Panama native Neil Pauley of Neola marks his 80th birthday on May 21. His family is planning a card shower in his honor. Cards will reach him if sent to 612 2nd Street, Neola, IA 51559.    Neil’s family includes his wife, Marian, and children: Rose and Ben Hunter, Omaha; Randy and Julie Pauley, Omaha; Linda Grudle, Arizona; and Rob and Sandi Pauley, Persia. The Pauleys have 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

    HARLAN -- Shirley (Dreager) Knudtson of Harlan will celebrate her 90th birthday on May 16. Her family is requesting a card shower in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to 2105 9th Street, Harlan, IA 51537.