CLASS 3A, SUBSTATE 8 BOYS BASKETBALLSubstate Quarterfinal Pairings: Monday, February 24#8 Winterset (16-4) vs. Clarke, Osceola (2-19) - at Winterset, 8:00 p.m.Denison-Schleswig (12-8) vs. Creston (12-9) - at Winterset, 6:30 p.m.#9 Glenwood (16-5) vs. Greene County (5-16) - at Glenwood, 6:30 p.m.Harlan Community (15-5) vs.

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 AREA (Feb. 18) -- All four local prep girls basketball teams will play at least one home game this week as regional tournaments swing into high gear. First round games started Thursday and Saturday nights in Class 1A, 2A and 3A, but all of the area teams had byes. On Tuesday night, 8th-ranked Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton (19-1) will host Sidney (14-7) in a Class 1A quarterfinal while No.

 LE MARS -- The Harlan Community girls placed third and the boys took fourth at the Le Mars Bowling Tournament held Saturday, February 1 at Sweet 16 Lanes. Le Mars swept the team titles. Girls Team Standings: 1. Le Mars 3,033; 2. CB Thomas Jefferson 2,815; 3. HCHS 2,491; 4. Sioux Central 2,223; 5. OABCIG 2,094; 6.

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 WINTERSET (Feb. 11) -- A valiant comeback attempt by the Harlan Community wrestling team fell short Tuesday night as the Cyclones lost to seventh-ranked Winterset 44-35 in the championship round of a Class 2A Regional Dual Tournament. HCHS (ranked 21st) opened the meet with a commanding 51-28 semifinal win over No.

 REGIONAL (Feb. 15) -- Nine wrestlers from Harlan Community and eight from AHSTW will compete in district tournaments Saturday afternoon seeking a spot in the 2020 State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines. The Cyclone district qualifiers will be part of the Class 2A, District 2 meet in Atlantic.

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 NEOLA (Feb. 11) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team clinched its first Western Iowa Conference championship in 20 years Tuesday night with a 49-27 victory at Tri-Center. The 12th-ranked (2A) Lady Vikes finished the regular season 18-3 overall and 14-2 in the WIC, winning a tough four-team battle for first place.

 ELK HORN (Feb. 10) -- The Boyer Valley boys basketball team (18-1) pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Exira-EHK 54-33 on Monday night. The Spartans (10-10, 9-7 Rolling Valley Conference) will host Woodward Academy on Friday to close out the regular season.
   Spartan Scoring: Creighton Nelson 12 (7 rbs.), Tyler Petersen 9, Easton Nelson 8, Hunter Andersen 4 (3 assists).

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