ELK HORN (Jan. 24) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls won their 14th straight game and improved to 14-1 overall Friday night with a 68-23 home win over Woodbine. The Spartans entered Monday’s game at Boyer Valley with a first-place mark of 11-0 in the Rolling Valley Conference. Macy Emgarten led E-EHK with five three-pointers and 21 points against the Tigers while Ellie Schultes also hit double figures with 13 points.

 ELK HORN (Jan.

 MANNING (Jan. 21) -- Colten Brandt’s well-contested three from the left corner fell short as time expired last Tuesday night, allowing the AHSTW boys to escape IKM-Manning with a come-from-behind 58-55 Western Iowa Conference victory. The Vikings (12-2, 10-1 WIC), who fell behind 17-4 after one quarter, gradually fought their way back and took their first lead on Kyle Sternberg’s steal and layup with 2:28 remaining.

 HUXLEY (Jan.

 HUXLEY (Jan. 21) -- The Harlan Community boys became the latest victim of a red-hot Ballard team Tuesday night, allowing a season high for points in a 78-54 loss to the 10th-ranked (3A) Bombers. Ballard, which started the season 2-3, has now won six of its last seven games to improve to 8-4 overall. The Bombers won at top-ranked Carroll by 26 points (68-42) last Tuesday, followed by a 62-60 win at No.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan. 20) -- As the final seconds ticked away on Harlan Community’s 49-35 win over the St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan. 20) -- Outside of some shaky free throw shooting, Monday’s fourth quarter at St. Albert was largely stress free by Harlan Community standards. No last-second shots were required.

 MANNING (Jan.

 ELK HORN (Jan. 21) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team extended its win streak to 13 games here Tuesday night with a 58-36 home win over Paton-Churdan.

 ELK HORN (Jan. 21) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys bounced back from a tough loss Monday to defeat Paton-Churdan 44-35 on Tuesday night in Elk Horn, improving to 7-5 overall and 6-4 in the Rolling Valley Conference. The Spartans led 24-21 at the half before outscoring the Rockets 6-4 in the third quarter and 14-10 in the fourth to complete a regular season sweep. Creighton Nelson led a balanced Spartan scoring attack with 11 points.

 AVOCA (Jan.

 AVOCA (Jan.

 MANNING (Jan. 16) -- Senior Lexi Branning scored a career-high 31 points in less than 17 minutes of action and junior Alexa Ahrenholtz tallied 21 points and 10 assists here Thursday night as the IKM-Manning girls raced past Riverside 96-29 to sweep the season series. The Wolves led 35-8 after one quarter and 59-19 at the half before outscoring the Bulldogs 25-5 in the third with a running clock.

 MANNING (Jan. 16) -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team won its fourth straight game since the holiday break on Thursday night, easily defeating Riverside 62-32. The Wolves improved to 6-5 overall and 6-3 inside the Western Iowa Conference, good for fourth place in the standings. A dozen IKM-M players scored vs. the Bulldogs, led by Kyler Rasmussen with 10 points and Connor Keller with eight. Both hit a pair of three-pointers.

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