AVOCA -- Junior fullback Gabe Pauley led the way with 128 rushing yards and two touchdowns last Friday night as 7th-ranked (Class 1A) AHSTW hammered Treynor 58-0 for its fourth straight shutout. The Vikings (5-0 overall, 3-0 in District 7) will now host IKM-Manning (4-1, 3-0) in an area showdown for the outright district lead this Friday at 7:00 p.m. AHSTW finished with 328 rushing yards and 526 total yards against Treynor (2-3, 1-2) and cont

 CLARINDA -- Senior Cole Madsen and junior Cole Burmeister combined to rush for 274 yards and five touchdowns Friday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team rolled up 579 total yards in a 70-38 win at Clarinda Academy. Junior quarterback Josh Pettepier also had a big night for the Spartans, completing 7-of-10 passes (one interception) for 157 yards and two touchdowns while scoring twice on the ground. Burmeister was the team’s top

 ELK HORN -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton won the first set but struggled the rest of the way Thursday night in a four-set home loss to Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Crusader volleyball team won the match 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-19, handing Exira-EHK its first Rolling Valley Conference defeat of the year. Sydnee Young led Exira-EHK with 12 kills and three ace serves in defeat.

 HARLAN (Sept. 19) -- For the first two sets on Tuesday night, Harlan Community battled the Lewis Central volleyball team to an even draw. Long, competitive rallies were common. One-sided scoring runs were scarce.

 HARLAN -- Oh, what a difference a year makes. With four football games in the books last season, Harlan Community stood at 1-3 overall (0-2 in District 7) and had already allowed 183 points, including 70 in one night at Creston. Fast forward to 2017 and the Cyclones are 3-1 overall (2-0 in District 7) and have allowed just 59 total points going into Friday night’s Week 5 Homecoming game vs.

 RED OAK (Sept. 16) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team lost two out of three games and did not make it past pool play last Saturday at the Red Oak Tournament. The Cyclone defeats came against a pair of state-rated Class 2-A opponents. Fifth-ranked Sidney beat HCHS 21-16, 21-16 and No. 15 Tri-Center edged the Cyclones 21-19, 18-21, 15-10.

 HARLAN -- Fourteen schools are scheduled to compete at the Harlan Golf and Country Club Saturday morning (Sept. 23) as part of this year’s Harlan Community Cyclone Boys and Girls Cross Country Invitational. The meet will get underway at 9:30 a.m. with the boys and girls middle school races.

MOORHEAD -- Rhonda Jo Richards, 52, Moorhead, formerly of Defiance, died Thursday, Sept. 21 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.    Visitation was held Monday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

IRWIN -- James J. Murray, 85, Irwin, died Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Irwin.    Graveside services and burial will be held Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Sept. 25 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.