GLENWOOD (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team lost by 14 strokes in dual play at Glenwood Tuesday, falling 155 to 169 at the Glenwood Golf Course. HCHS is now 2-1 on the season. The Cyclone bright spot at Glenwood was HCHS junior Jay Swanson chipping in for birdie on his last hole to secure first-place medalist honors with a 37.

 HARLAN (April 17) -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team split a pair of home meets in the last week, beating Audubon 6-3 on April 12 and losing to an undefeated Glenwood squad 9-0 on April 17. The Cyclones’ top four seeds all won twice against the Wheelers, including one-sided singles wins by Nicole Lange (8-1), Taylor Andersen (8-0), Amelia Juhl (8-4) and Elise Juhl (8-3).

 GLENWOOD (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team took a 3-2 dual record into Thursday’s meet at Shenandoah following a 9-0 defeat at Glenwood Tuesday. HCHS also notched an 8-1 dual win at Audubon on April 12 before its meets at St. Albert (April 13) and vs. Kuemper (April 16) were postponed. All six Cyclone varsity players earned at least one win against the Wheelers as they were just a tiebreaker loss away from a 9-0 sweep.

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 OMAHA, NEB. (April 12) -- Avery Blasdel and Mia McCorkle scored two goals apiece and Blasdel also had two assists to lead 14th-ranked (2A) Glenwood past Harlan Community 6-0 in girls soccer action Thursday at Creighton University’s Morrison Stadium. The Cyclones, now 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference, were held without a shot attempt in the game while the Rams took 35 total shots and 28 shots on goal (11 by Blasdel).

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 12) -- AHSTW’s Gage Clay and Harlan Community’s Nick Foss combined to win three gold medals Thursday night at the C.B. Boys Invitational track meet held at the Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex. HCHS scored 11 times in 10 events and tied Treynor for fifth place in the team standings with 54 points. AHSTW placed in seven events and finished 10th out of 14 teams with 43 points. The meet’s top four teams included St.

 NEOLA (April 12) -- Impressive wins by Ryann Portch in the 800-meter run and Heidi Hall in the 1,500 pushed the AHSTW girls to third place out of 13 teams at Thursday night’s breezy Tri-Center Invitational. Portch, who also anchored two second-place relays - the sprint medley and the 4x400 - ran an aggressive 64-second opening lap in the 800 and buried the rest of the field with a personal-best time of 2:22.06 that is just shy of a school rec

 GLENWOOD (April 12) -- Chloe Hansen’s gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles marked Harlan Community’s only top-three finish Thursday night as the Cyclones placed 10th at the Glenwood Girls Ram Relays with just 41 points. Glenwood, despite winning only two events, easily paced the 11-team field with 135 points, followed by Sioux City Bishop Heelan (87.5), Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (79.5), Lewis Central (77) and Sioux City East (75). Hansen

 AVOCA (April 12) -- In a matchup of undefeated, state-ranked boys soccer teams, AHSTW scored late in the first half and early in the second to shut out Tri-Center 2-0 here Thursday. The game remained scoreless until 1:49 left in the first half when Kyle Branan’s indirect free kick led to a goal by Viking junior Matthew Herrera.

 HARLAN (April 9) -- It was one of the easier goals, but perhaps the most exciting, that Dylan Eshelman will ever score. Less than two minutes into the first of two possible overtime periods Monday night, Eshelman made Kuemper Catholic pay for a mistake in front of the net, scoring the game-winning goal in sudden death to lift the Harlan Community boys soccer team past the Knights, 3-2, in a chilly 82-minute thriller at Merrill Field. The game

 HARLAN (April 10) -- If the Drake Relays started tomorrow, the Harlan Community boys track team would have four events qualified for the 109th running of America’s Athletic Classic April 26-28. Nine days prior to this year’s qualifying deadline for Drake, the Cyclones improved their standing in two of those events Tuesday night and placed second as a team in the Ken Carstens Cyclone Invitational held at Merrill Field. Atlantic led the 15-team

 HARLAN (April 10) -- Six Harlan Community tennis players claimed at least one victory on Tuesday as the Cyclone boys defeated Lewis Central 6-3 to improve their record to 2-1. The dual outcome was already decided after singles play as HCHS won five out of six matches in convincing fashion.

 HARLAN (April 10) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team improved to 2-0 on the season here Tuesday with a five-stroke dual win over Lewis Central, 182 to 187, at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Individual results were not available.

 HARLAN (April 9) -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team dropped to 0-2 here Monday night following a 6-0 non-conference loss to Tri-Center at Merrill Field. Tri-Center (3-0) showcased good passing and ball-control skills on their attacks and built a 4-0 halftime lead. Paige Skow scored two first-half goals and Tillie Heim also finished with a pair of goals for the Trojans, who outshot the Cyclones 33-2 overall and 21-0 on goal.

 EARLHAM (April 10) -- The Harlan Community girls track team placed 22 times in 17 events and scored 124 points on Tuesday, capturing second place out of 14 schools at the Earlham Co-Ed Relays. The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls finished 12th with four points and the Spartan boys came in 10th with 24 points. The Cyclone girls won three events, starting with a season-best time of 1:57.8 by the sprint medley quartet of Cassidy Riley, Alyssa Sot