HARLAN (Sept. 27) -- Members of the 1979 Harlan Community fall softball team - the last of its kind at HCHS - will be honored prior to Friday’s Homecoming game at Merrill Field, along with former coaches Russ Gallinger and Sue Fowler. Forty years ago, the 1979 Cyclonettes had an undefeated regular season.

 CRESTON (Sept. 24) -- Claiming a trio of top-three individuals combined, the Harlan Community girls won their fourth team title of the year and the boys earned their best finish so far (second) in Tuesday’s Creston Cross Country Invitational held at Southwestern Community College. The Cyclone girls were led by Lucy Borkowski’s second-place run in 20:27 while Kaia Bieker placed third in 20:44.

 NEOLA (Sept. 24) -- Eight runners from AHSTW and IKM-Manning earned individual top-20 medals at Tuesday’s Tri-Center Cross Country Invite held at the Quail Run Golf Course. Top-ranked (1A) Logan-Magnolia won the girls team title with a score of 42 while Sergeant Bluff-Luton edged ninth-ranked (1A) AHSTW by a point (50-51) for second place and No.

 GLIDDEN (Sept. 20) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team evened its record at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in 8-Player, District 8 with a 43-20 win at Glidden-Ralston last Friday night. Exira-EHK junior quarterback Tyler Petersen threw five touchdown passes on the night, completing 12-of-24 throws for 183 yards with one interception.

 ATLANTIC (Sept.

 MANNING (Sept. 20) -- Kyler Rasmussen rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns and IKM-Manning’s defense stepped up in a big way here Friday night as the Wolves notched their first win of the year with a 17-7 Homecoming conquest of East Sac County.

 AVOCA (Sept. 20) -- Sophomore Denver Pauley scored the game-winning touchdown with 52 second left - his third of the game - as the AHSTW football team rallied past Martensdale-St. Marys for a 33-29 victory Friday night. The Vikings improved to 2-2 overall and will open Class A, District 9 play at Riverside (0-4) on Friday, Sept. 27. Martensdale-St. Marys is now 3-2 on the year.
AHSTW 33, Martensdale-SM 29

 CARROLL (Sept. 21) -- The Kuemper Catholic Cross Country Invite scheduled for Saturday (Sept. 21) was cancelled a day in advance due to wet grounds and the forecast for more rain Friday night. Area teams set to attend the two-class meet included Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and Exira-EHK. No make-up date was announced.

 ATLANTIC (Sept. 19) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team won its third consecutive Hawkeye Ten road match Thursday night with a four-set victory in Atlantic, prevailing 25-13, 25-11, 19-25, 25-11 to improve to 3-1 in conference play (8-8 overall). HCHS served at a 93.5 percent clip with 15 aces and produced a kill efficiency of .217, totaling 39 kills to just 14 attack errors.

 OAKLAND (Sept. 19) -- The AHSTW volleyball team rallied back from an 0-2 deficit to force a fifth set at 14th-ranked (Class 1A) Riverside Thursday night before losing a heartbreaker, 19-25, 15-25, 25-20, 25-10, 9-15.

 HARLAN (Sept.

 STORM LAKE (Sept. 17) -- Four meets into the 2019 cross country season, the only team to outrace the Harlan Community girls is still Class 4A’s defending state champion, Southeast Polk. The fourth-ranked (3A) Cyclones earned their third team title of the year at Sunrise Pointe Golf Course on Tuesday, winning the Storm Lake Invite by a margin of 35-46 over fifth-ranked (3A) Spencer.

 ATLANTIC (Sept. 20) -- As Harlan Community football coach Todd Bladt scanned Quik Stats earlier this week, he struggled to find Atlantic statistical categories that didn’t include Tyler Moen’s name at the top. “I think the only thing that he doesn’t lead in would be passer rating...

 AVOCA (Sept. 17) -- The AHSTW girls placed second as a team and Quentin Dreyer’s third-place finish led the IKM-Manning boys to third on a hot Tuesday afternoon for the AHSTW Cross Country Meet.

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