HARLAN (May 14) -- The Harlan Community girls golf team finished regular season play Tuesday with a 21-stroke loss to Atlantic (204-225) at the Harlan Golf and Country Club, putting their final dual record at 2-6. HCHS scores included a 52 by Kayla Powers, a 55 for Haley Manz and a 57 shot by Jocelyn Cheek.

 DENISON (May 10) -- For the second straight year, the Harlan Community boys golf season ended with a sixth-place sectional finish at Denison’s Majestic Hills Golf Course. HCHS shot a team score of 352 at last Friday’s Class 3A Sectional Tournament - just 10 strokes out of second place but four spots behind where it needed to be to advance. Carroll easily placed first with a 320 while Atlantic narrowly secured second place with a 342 and also

 HARLAN -- On Wednesday, May 8, the Harlan Community School District Special Olympics held their first-ever Unified Champion School (UCS) event - a round robin style Bocce Ball Tournament - in the Harlan Primary School gym. The event was originally scheduled to be held outside on the school’s brand new bocce court, but rain forced the tournament indoors. Despite being a no-school day for the district, a total of 74 students participated and 20

   DES MOINES -- The Harlan Community track teams combined to qualify 22 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and AHSTW have combined to qualify 49 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 16-18).

 CARROLL (May 10) -- On the state’s biggest night of the year for high school track and field, Harlan Community showed up ready to roll at Friday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Carroll. The Cyclone boys tied for third place out of eight teams with 115 points and, more importantly, qualified 14 entries in 13 events for the state meet in Des Moines (Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18). The Cyclone girls placed fifth with 92 points and qualified e

 GRISWOLD (May 10) -- The IKM-Manning boys earned a championship banner and the AHSTW girls placed second at Friday’s Class 1A State Qualifying Track Meet in Griswold. Together, the two area schools combined to qualify 27 entries for the State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines later this week (May 16-18). IKM-M ran away with the boys team title, scoring 145 points and qualifying for state in 10 events.

 REGIONAL (May 10) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning boys golf teams both advanced from sectionals to district play on Friday and will play again May 16-17 in an attempt to get back to the state meet. Exira-EHK placed first at the Logan-Missouri Valley Country Club with a team score of 330, led by medalist Ev Carroll’s 72.

 UNDERWOOD (May 6) -- Michael Heithoff’s second penalty kick of the game with just 1:14 to go broke a late tie and lifted Harlan Community past Underwood 2-1 in non-conference boys soccer action Monday night. A handball in the box call on Underwood set up Heithoff’s successful PK, which extended the Cyclones’ winning streak to five games and improved their record to 9-6.

 HARLAN (May 2) -- Jordan Fink scored a pair of goals while Cole Kramer and Luis Mendoza both found the back of the net once as the Harlan Community boys handled Carroll 4-1 last Thursday at Merrill Field. HCHS led 2-0 at halftime and 3-0 early in the second half.

 LOGAN (May 6) -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team scored three second-half goals to put away Logan-Magnolia 5-0 Monday night, improving to 6-5 overall with its third win in a row. Anna Shelton got HCHS on the board in the 12th minute with a free kick goal and Raegen Wicks scored on a nice shot about 10 minutes later to make it 2-0. Early in the second half, Wicks made a great cross to Kaia Bieker in the center of the 18-yard box for the

 SHENANDOAH -- Led by a second-place finish in No. 1 doubles from Brock Bruns and Jonathan Cheek, Harlan Community came in eighth in the team standings of the Hawkeye Ten Conference Boys Tennis Tournament held April 29 in Shenandoah. Clarinda won a tight race for the team title with 24 points, followed by Atlantic with 23, Denison-Schleswig 21 and St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (May 6) -- Jay Swanson became the first Harlan Community boys golfer in five years to earn first team all-conference status Monday, placing sixth in the Hawkeye Ten Boys Golf Tournament at Council Bluffs’ Fox Run. Swanson carded 10 pars and two birdies over 18 holes, including a string of six straight pars to start his round.

 CLARINDA (May 6) -- Harlan Community sophomore Jocelyn Cheek won a three-way tiebreaker for 12th place to earn second team all-conference honors at Monday’s Hawkeye Ten Girls Golf Tournament. Cheek carded a round of 98 on the 18-hole Clarinda Country Club (par 69), leading the Cyclones to a seventh place team finish.

 ATLANTIC (May 6) -- Led by Ev Carroll’s two-over-par round of 71 at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys golfers posted three of the top four scores to win the Rolling Valley Conference Tournament team title by 35 strokes over CAM here Monday. Ev Carroll won the individual RVC championship by five shots over CAM’s Ben Tibken, 71-76.