COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 18) -- Harlan Community won two events, scored 122.5 points and placed second to Abraham Lincoln at Thursday’s Council Bluffs AL/TJ Girls Track Invitational. The Lynx showed up big for their home meet, led by senior standout Darby Thomas winning four gold medals in the long jump, 100-meter dash, 200 dash and 100 hurdles.

 WAUKEE (April 18) -- Harlan Community placed at least once in all 14 events it entered Thursday night, scoring 84 points and finishing fifth out of eight teams in the “Class A” division of the Waukee Boys Track Invitational. Pella led the Class A standings with 124.5 points, followed by Carlisle (119), Norwalk (110) and Dallas Center-Grimes (103).

 SHENANDOAH (April 16) -- Haley Manz was the third-place medalist with a round of 98 and Kayla Powers placed 12th with a 105 last Tuesday, leading Harlan Community to sixth out of nine teams in the Shenandoah Fillie Girls Golf Invitational held at the American Legion Country Club. Creston, paced by Rylie Driskell’s first-place round of 80 and Maria Groumoutis’ runner-up 96, won the team championship by 25 strokes over Glenwood, 403 to 428, fol

 SPENCER -- The Harlan Community boys shot an 18-hole score of 374 and finished 10th out of 12 teams at the Spencer Golf Invitational held April 15. Spencer won the meet by nine strokes over Clear Lake - 315 to 324 - while Webster City (334), Carroll (338) and Estherville-Lincoln Central (340) rounded out the top five.

Co-Ed Golf • April 15 • at Avoca Golf CourseGirls: Missouri Valley 203, AHSTW 245Medalist: Madison Lease, MV, 42. Runner-Up: Emma Jorgensen, AHSTW, 51.AHSTW Scorecard -- Emma Jorgensen 51, Darian Hansen 61, Hope Constable 65, Grace Luna 68.Boys: Missouri Valley 202, AHSTW 218Medalist: Nick Tennis, MV, 40.

 GRAND JUNCTION (April 15) -- Harlan Community was blanked 3-0 in boys soccer action at Greene County last Monday night, dropping the Cyclones to 4-5 overall and capping a very challenging stretch to start the season. Including a pair of weekend tournaments, HCHS played nine matches in a 19-day span between March 28 and April 15 - many against bigger schools and/or state-ranked foes.

    ELK HORN -- Charlie Andersen, 85, Elk Horn, died Friday, April 19 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.    Services were held Wednesday, April 24 at 10:30 a.m.

    GLENWOOD -- Nicholas Joseph Gross, 54, Glenwood, died January 23, 2019 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, April 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia.  Visitation is Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Jeffery Otis Stokes, 63, Harlan, died April 21 at Veteran’s Medical Center.    Services were held Thursday, April 25 at 10 a.m.  at Fresh Encounter Fellowship in Harlan with burial in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter.    Stokes is survived by mother Rhodora (Rose) Stokes of McClelland; wife Marian Greer-Stokes of Harlan; sons Matthew (Kathi) Stokes and Justin (fiancee Sarah Pinnell) Stokes, both of Woodland, CA; daughter E