LE MARS (Jan. 26) -- The Harlan Community girls placed second and the boys took fourth in last Saturday’s Le Mars Bowling Tournament, both posting their season-best team scores at Sweet 16 Lanes. Le Mars swept the team titles on the day, including a 2,878 score by the girls, who were led by Kaitelin Konz’s first-place individual series of 407 (215-192).

HCHS Bowling Results • Jan. 17 • at Ida Grove

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 AREA -- The AHSTW, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning boys basketball teams will each be bracketed in Class 1A, Substate 8 when postseason play begins next month. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its boys basketball district pods January 18 for Class 1A and 2A teams. AHSTW (8-8) and Exira-EHK (13-2) will compete in District 15 while IKM-Manning (10-5) is part of District 16.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team has added a 21st game to the schedule and will now host Nodaway Valley on Thursday, January 31, in Harlan. The junior varsity will play first at 5:00 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 6:30. Both teams were short one game on their schedule.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- Kailey Jones made 10-of-12 field goals, scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds Monday night to lead the AHSTW girls past Underwood 56-38. Jones, a 5’11” sophomore, became the fourth Lady Vike player this season to eclipse the 20-point mark in a game.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- AHSTW saw its 24-20 halftime lead quickly turn into a 20-point loss Monday night as Underwood outscored the Vikings 38-14 in the second half to win 58-38 in Western Iowa Conference boys basketball action.

 PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. (Jan. 19) -- The Harlan Community wrestlers finished fourth out of 14 teams in a tough Plattsmouth Invitational last Saturday as runners-up Oscar Olmos and Derec Weyer led a group of 11 Cyclone place-winners. Millard South, one of four state-ranked Nebraska teams in the field (No. 2 in Class A), claimed five individual champions and won the team title with 252.5 points. Blair (No.

 MANNING (Jan.

Exira-EHK 81, West Harrison 45 MONDAMIN (Jan. 17) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls raced out to a 34-8 lead after one quarter and drained 10 three-pointers last Thursday night in an 81-45 road win over West Harrison. Freshman Macy Emgarten led four Spartans in double figures with 18 points and also blocked four shots.

 MANILLA (Jan.

 HARLAN (Jan. 17) -- On the day after Christmas, Mitch Osborn went to his office at Harlan Community High School and typed up a formal letter of resignation. It was a decision he had been mentally wrestling with for weeks, and he wanted to see what his thoughts looked like on paper. About two weeks later, Osborn submitted that letter to the Harlan Community Schools.