LOGAN (Nov.

 AVOCA (Nov. 19) -- Claire Harris and Claire Denning combined for 42 points Monday night as the AHSTW girls basketball team took control from the outset and cruised past Woodbine 74-33 in its season opener. The Lady Vikes secured 25 steals in the contest and led 17-6 after one quarter, 39-16 at the half and 64-25 after three. Harris led the way with 22 points, Denning scored 20 and Kinsey Scheffler also hit double digits with 12.

 HARLAN (Nov.

 MANNING (Nov. 19) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team raced out to a 24-10 lead after one quarter and beat West Monona 69-39 in an Iowa Hall of Pride Scrimmage here Monday. Caitlin Muhlbauer had a huge game in the post for IKM-M, making 11-of-15 shots and scoring a game-high 24 points.

 DES MOINES (Nov.

 MANILLA -- Longtime IKM-Manning and I-K-M football coach Tom Casey, Manilla, was recognized in this year's state football program as a future inductee into the Iowa Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Casey, along with Lonnie Powers, Greg Thomas and Brian Wilken, will officially join the IFCA Hall of Fame during a coaches clinic ceremony at Prairie Meadows Casino and Hotel, Altoona, sometime in February or March, according to Case

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15Eight-Player: New London 55, Rockford 14First state title for New London (12-1)Class A: Hudson 30, AHSTW 7Third state title for Hudson (13-0)Class 3A: Cedar Rapids Xavier 34, Epworth, Western Dubuque 20Third state title and second straight for Xavier (13-0)

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Nov. 16) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team saw its first action of the season late last week, beating IKM-Manning in a jamboree on Thursday night (Nov. 15) in Harlan and losing a Hall of Pride Scrimmage by one point at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson on Friday. The Cyclones and Wolves played just two quarters to close out Thursday’s eight-team jamboree.

 HARLAN (Nov.

 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota junior forward Taylor Frederick has been named the initial Summit League Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 11, the league office announced Monday.  Frederick, an Earling native and 2016 graduate of Harlan Community, earned the award for the first time in her career. She led the Coyotes to a 77-65 win over Creighton with 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting.

    HARLAN - Harlan Community senior Kyle Knudson, son of Rodney and Rhonda Knudson, Harlan, is continuing his Friday, November 30 goal to raise $1,500 this year toward Kicking For The Dream, a fund drive created by former Harlanite and NFL kicker Billy Cundiff as a way to support the Colleen’s Dream Foundation and its fight against ovarian cancer.    “I would like to thank everyone who has donated for making this season more than just winning

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 15) -- Of the six state championship football games set for later this week at the UNI-Dome, only one involves a pair of unbeaten teams. Second-ranked AHSTW (12-0) and No. 1 Hudson (12-0) will play for the Class A state title on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Both teams advanced with semifinal wins last Friday. Hudson, a state runner-up last year, nearly let a three-score halftime lead evaporate before holding off No.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 9) -- A 27-year state title game drought has come to a resounding halt for the AHSTW football team. The 2nd-ranked Vikings looked right at home inside the warm confines of the UNI-Dome Friday afternoon, overcoming a slow start with 36 unanswered points and defeating No.

Semifinal Round Scores • UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls