MANNING (Sept. 7) -- South Central Calhoun scored 19 first-quarter points and continued to pull away in the second half last Friday night, defeating the IKM-Manning football team 38-0 in non-district action.

 HARLAN (Sept.

 CARROLL (Sept. 7) -- The Harlan Community football team will look to bounce back quickly Friday night following last week’s frustrating 34-32 home loss to Sergeant Bluff-Luton. HCHS led 20-0 in the first half but was unable to establish a running game or slow down the Warriors’ speed-oriented attack late while allowing 426 yards all told (324 through the air).

 LAKE CITY (Sept.

 MISSOURI VALLEY (Sept. 1) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton volleyball team opened the season by going 0-5 at Saturday’s Missouri Valley Lady Red Tournament. The Spartans won just one set on the day, falling to Mo.

 SIDNEY (Aug. 31) -- Senior quarterback Josh Pettepier threw four touchdown passes and also ran one in from 33 yards out last Friday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team rolled past Sidney 43-8 in its second and final non-district game of the year. The Spartans have now outscored their first two opponents - who both won at least one playoff game last year - by a combined 88-35 in the first two weeks of the season.

 HARLAN (Aug.

 AVOCA (Aug.

 MANNING (Aug. 31) -- Outgained by more than 300 yards Friday night, the IKM-Manning football team scored twice on special teams and found a way to hold off Underwood for a 28-26 non-district win. Trailing 28-14 after three quarters, the Eagles scored twice in the fourth but missed an extra point with 5:13 to go and failed on their two-point conversion pass at the 1:03 mark.

 LOGAN (Aug. 30) -- Quentin Dreyer’s fifth-place individual finish led the IKM-Manning boys to third as a team at Thursday’s Logan-Magnolia Cross Country Invitational. The meet was postponed two days due to rain. Team champions were the Lo-Ma girls with an impressive team score of 25 and the Tri-Center boys (62).

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept. 1) -- Harlan Community’s cross country meet at Iowa Western Community College - the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Invite - was cancelled on Saturday morning due to wet grounds and has not been rescheduled. The Cyclone harriers will travel to IWCC for the Lewis Central Invite this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. The varsity girls will run first, followed by the varsity boys.

 HARLAN (Aug.

 ROCKWELL CITY -- Harlan Community Activities Director Mitch Osborn announced the following changes to the Cyclone volleyball schedule, which will effectively swap out one Saturday tournament for another. The HCHS volleyball team will no longer be playing in the Newton Tournament that was originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29. Newton moved up the tournament to Thursday, Sept.

 HARLAN (Aug.

 AVOCA (Aug.