ATLANTIC (May 1) -- Harlan Community senior Kevin Campbell finished among the top 12 individuals with a seventh-place score of 74 as the Cyclones finished seventh out of 14 teams in the Atlantic Boys Golf Invitational, held May 1 at the Nishna Hills Golf Club. Kuemper Catholic won a tight race for the team title on a tiebreaker (fifth score) after the Knights and Glenwood both finished with a 298.

 HARLAN (May 5) -- Facing a good team with a shorthanded lineup proved difficult for the Harlan Community girls soccer team Saturday morning as Denison-Schleswig handed the Cyclones an 11-1 defeat at Merrill Field. The match ended by the mercy rule with 2:26 remaining. Led by four goals each from junior Alex Mohr and senior Tori Herrig, Denison attempted 31 total shots (23 on goal) compared to just eight for Harlan.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (May 5) -- Playing its first game in a full week, the Harlan Community boys soccer team built a 2-0 halftime lead before pulling away in the final 40 minutes Saturday morning to beat Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 8-0 on a grass field at the Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex. Seven players scored at least one goal for the fifth-ranked (Class 2A) Cyclones, who dominated the Yellow Jackets in shot attempts (34-4 overall, 21-2 on

 HARLAN (April 27) -- Harlan Community broke a scoreless tie with three goals in the final 30 minutes to topple the Atlantic boys soccer team 3-0 on Senior Night April 27. Andres Cavalieri, Michael Heithoff and Drew Voge all scored for the Cyclones, who improved their Hawkeye Ten Conference record to 4-1 (second place). Voge also added an assist.

 ATLANTIC (April 30) -- Highlighted by a pair of personal bests in the boys shot put, the Harlan Community track teams tuned up for the conference meet by placing a combined 29 times at Monday’s windy Atlantic Trojan Co-Ed Invite. The Atlantic boys (144 points, 10 gold medals) and the Glenwood girls (145) both cruised to team titles on the night, outscoring their closest competition by at least 50. Bolstered by 34 points in the field events, t

 ATLANTIC (May 1) -- Blake Osbahr scored back-to-back goals in a span of 61 seconds to lead the AHSTW boys soccer team past Atlantic 2-1 in non-conference action Tuesday. Atlantic (3-8 overall) scored first on a Brady Dickerson goal with 23:00 left in the first half but would be shut out the rest of the way.

 DENISON (April 28) -- The AHSTW girls soccer team finished 1-1 at last Saturday’s Denison Tournament, beating Carroll in a PK shootout before losing to Sioux City North 6-2. The Carroll match was tied 1-1 following regulation before the Lady Vikes outscored the Tigers 4-2 in the shootout.

 DUNLAP (April 30) -- Evan Wilson earned gold medals in both the two-mile and mile runs Monday night, sparking the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys track team to a fourth-place finish in the Rolling Valley Conference Championships at Dunlap. A strong south wind gusted well over 30 miles per hour, blowing directly into the face of runners on the track’s home stretch and hampering most runners’ times. Wilson, who alternated between a headwind and

 MISSOURI VALLEY (May 2) -- AHSTW athletes combined to win eight events and IKM-Manning also enjoyed its fair share of success during this week’s two-day Western Iowa Conference Co-Ed Track Meet held at Missouri Valley. Thunderstorms suspended the action Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

 DES MOINES (April 27) -- Gage Clay and his AHSTW track teammates competed in just two events at the 2018 Drake Relays, but they certainly made the most of their opportunity to shine on the famed blue oval. One of the state’s fastest sprinters regardless of class, Clay added to his Viking legacy Friday with a medal-winning fourth-place finish in the boys 100-meter dash inside Drake Stadium. Clay, a senior, ran the third-fastest qualifying time

 DES MOINES (April 28) -- AHSTW boys track coach G.G. Harris will always remember the 2018 Drake Relays fondly, and not just for his team’s impressive accomplishments. Around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Viking senior Gage Clay earned a fourth-place medal in the 100-meter dash with the best time of his career.

 DES MOINES (April 28) -- Harlan Community’s Chloe Hansen appeared well on her way to qualifying for the Drake Relays in her signature event last April when a fall in the 400-meter hurdles at Iowa Western Community College cost her that opportunity. One year later, Hansen wasn’t about to let an ongoing battle with painful shin splints prevent her from participating in America’s Athletic Classic. Competing for the first time in eight days, Hans

 WINTERSET (April 28) -- Harlan Community avenged a substate loss from last year and took home a nice trophy in the process Saturday afternoon, beating Winterset 4-1 and Creston 3-0 to win the championship of the Winterset Boys Soccer Tournament. The host Huskies, ranked fifth in Class 2A, ended the Cyclones’ season last May with a 5-1 substate semifinal decision, but the rematch was all HCHS. The 10th-ranked Cyclones scored twice in each half

 OAKLAND (April 28) -- The AHSTW boys soccer team improved to 8-1 on Saturday, winning the championship of the Western Iowa Shootout in Oakland with wins of 2-0 over Riverside and 2-1 (in a PK shootout) over Treynor. The Vikings, ranked 14th in Class 1A, tied the Treynor match on Kyle Branan’s free kick with 16:21 left in the second half. The match went directly to a penalty kick shootout which AHSTW won 3-1.

 HARLAN (April 23) -- The temperature was up but attendance was down for Monday’s Harlan Community Cyclone Girls Johnson Relays at Merrill Field. Spencer earned gold in five relays and nine events overall to win the four-team meet with 120 points.