ELK HORN (Feb. 13) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team defeated Glidden-Ralston 61-51 in a Class 1A, Region 8 quarterfinal game Wednesday night in Elk Horn. The Spartans improved to 17-5 overall and will now play at 14th-ranked Westwood (18-4) in a 7:00 p.m. regional semifinal Friday night (Feb. 15).

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 8) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team wrapped up regular-season play with a Hawkeye Ten split late last week, beating Atlantic 56-51 in Harlan February 7 and losing at Lewis Central 55-39 on Friday, February 8.

 ELK HORN -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team opened postseason play Thursday night (Feb. 14) ranked seventh in Class 1A with a 19-2 overall record. The Spartans hosted Boyer Valley at 8:00 p.m.

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 DES MOINES (Feb. 14) -- Four Harlan Community wrestlers and three from AHSTW have qualified for the 2019 State Wrestling Tournament February 14-16 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. In a change this year, the state has used a formula to seed the top eight wrestlers in each state tourney bracket.

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 TRURO (Feb. 9) -- Three AHSTW wrestlers qualified for state and four others fell a win or two short on Saturday at the Class 1A, District 2 Tournament held in Truro. Freshman 106-pounder Hayden Fischer claimed a district title for the Vikings while junior 132-pounder Joel Sampson and senior 182-pounder Gabe Pauley both placed second. All three will compete at the 2019 State Wrestling Tournament starting Thursday (Feb.

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 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 5) -- The Harlan Community girls bowling team set three school records at Thunderbowl in Council Bluffs last Tuesday, defeating Lewis Central and St.

 ATLANTIC (Feb. 5) -- Despite a valiant effort Tuesday night, the Harlan Community wrestling team fell one win shy of knocking off Prairie City-Monroe and setting up a chance to reach next week’s state duals. PCM, listed 12th in the Class 2A dual rankings and No. 1 in the state tournament team rankings, bumped six wrestlers up a weight class and narrowly got away with it, building a 38-15 lead and holding off the No.

 MISSOURI VALLEY (Feb. 5) -- For the second straight year, Missouri Valley ended a successful dual season by the AHSTW wrestlers. The Vikings never got any momentum going against the 11th-ranked Big Reds on Tuesday night, falling behind 30-3 after six weights and losing 52-21 in a Class 1A regional semifinal dual. Seventh-ranked Woodbury Central won the other semifinal 66-18 over Riverside before Mo.

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 ELK HORN (Feb.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team will host Tri-Center in a Class 2A, Region 8 first round game Saturday (Feb. 9) at 7:00 p.m. The Lady Vikes (14-6) beat the Trojans twice during the regular season in a pair of competitive games. Saturday’s winner will play at Sidney Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.