AVOCA (Jan. 7) -- For the first time in nearly two decades, AHSTW beat Treynor in girls basketball Tuesday night... and it wasn’t close. The 12th-ranked (2A) Lady Vikes bolted out to a 31-7 halftime lead and held off several Cardinal rallies the rest of the way to finish with a 48-39 victory.

 AVOCA (Jan. 7) -- AHSTW’s impressive unbeaten streak to start the season came to an end here Tuesday night at the hands of second-ranked (2A) Treynor. The Cardinals flustered the Vikings with pressure defense early and raced to a 22-5 lead after one quarter.

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 LOGAN (Jan. 7) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team maintained its share of first place in the Western Iowa Conference Tuesday night with an impressive 64-58 road win at 14th-ranked (Class 2A) Logan-Magnolia. Turning the ball over just nine times in the game, the Wolves used a strong third quarter to build a 48-35 lead and staved off a late comeback after the Panthers pulled within three points with more than a minute remaining.

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 HARLAN (Jan. 7) -- With 4:23 left in Tuesday’s third quarter, the outlook for the Harlan Community boys basketball was bleak. Lewis Central had rattled off 10 straight points - all in the paint - to surge ahead 48-33 and the Cyclones were searching for answers in their second timeout of the second half. “We could have quit. We could have folded.

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 HARLAN (Jan. 3) -- Poor starts at home have become an all-too-familiar pattern for the Harlan Community girls basketball team during its current five-game losing streak. The Cyclones fell behind 16-3 vs.

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 MANNING (Jan. 3) -- Bre Muhlbauer had a career night with 27 points, six rebounds and five steals Friday night as the IKM-Manning girls destroyed Missouri Valley 92-37 in Western Iowa Conference play. Leading 20-10 after one quarter, the Wolves blew the game wide open by outscoring the Lady Reds 37-12 in the second stanza. Muhlbauer finished 3-for-3 on three-point attempts on the night and shot 10-of-19 overall.

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 AREA -- The 2019-2020 winter sports season will resume Friday (January 3) with three area girl/boy basketball doubleheaders on the docket. Harlan Community will host Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, IKM-Manning will host Missouri Valley and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will play at Ar-We-Va.