HARLAN – The Harlan Community Cyclones football team dropped its third straight game to start the season 0-3 on Friday night, falling to rival Lewis Central at Merrill Field.The Titans came out fast, putting together an 89-yard drive capped by a 39-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Brody Chubb to senior Peyton Phippen, giving them an early 7-0 lead with 8:30 left in the first quarter.The Cyclones moved the ball well on their opening

HARLAN – The Harlan Community Cyclones face off against rival Lewis Central Titans this Friday night at Merrill Field, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.Both teams are searching for their first win of the season — an unusual situation for either program at this point in the year.The Cyclones are trying to avoid their worst start since 2016-17, when they opened the season 1-3.Both squads enter 0-2, each suffering some gut-wrenching losses.

HARLAN – The Harlan Community High School football team lost 17-12 to Glenwood on Friday night at Merrill Field in Harlan on Senior Night. The Cyclones had won five straight matchups against the Rams, but that streak came to an end.Glenwood deferred to the second half, giving Harlan’s offense the ball first.

GLENWOOD – The Harlan Community High School girls’ and boys’ cross country teams were in action on Saturday at the Glenwood XC Invite, with the girls taking home the overall team title and the boys finishing a respectable sixth place.Sophomore Ashlyn Rau once again paced the Cyclones, finishing fourth with a time of 18:58.97. Freshman Julia Heslink was close behind, placing sixth in 19:29.47.

by Blake West, Sports Writer UNDERWOOD – It was a beautiful night at Eagle Stadium in Underwood for a rare Thursday night contest to kick off the 2025 football season for the Harlan Community Cyclones. Underwood won the opening toss and elected to receive, which put the Cyclones on defense first.

The Harlan Community High School boys soccer team was not able to recover from a strong first half by the St. Albert Falcons offense Monday night at Merrill Field. After the Falcons scored five goals in the first half, the Cyclones fell short and lost their second game of the season 5-2.

Despite strong defensive efforts by the Cyclone’s goalkeeper Grace Albertsen and defender Lily Schechinger, the St. Albert Saintes defeated the HCHS girls soccer team Monday evening at Merrill Field.

The Harlan Trap Shooting Team competed over the weekend putting up a strong performance.
“I think we did really good this meet,” said Head Trap Shooting Coach Jason Paulsen. “I think our top five kids are our top squad, and I think in every division, we were number one. Our varsity kids did good.”

HCHS Girls
The HCHS girls track and field team is coming off a strong performance at Thursday’s Monarch Relays in which they earned a third place finish with 122 points, 18 behind the winner, Atlantic with 140.

HCHS Senior Hayden Soma will continue his education and baseball career at Iowa Central in Fort Dodge.
“It’s crazy,” Soma said. “If you told me that when I was probably 10-years-old, I would’ve told you you’re crazy because I’ve always wanted to play football, but now I’m just pumped that I get to play baseball at the collegiate level.”

The HCHS Cyclones boys soccer team earned a 6-1 win in their season opener Monday against the Panorama Panthers.
“It is always nice to start out the season with a win,” said Cyclone Head Coach Dave Voge. “We started out slow, but really picked up momentum as the first half went on, and that carried over into the second half.”
Both teams got off to a slow start, as the game was tied at one heading into halftime.

The HCHS girls soccer team opened their season Monday night at home with a 4-3 win over the Panorama Panthers.
“Panorama is always a tough team to face, especially early in the season,” said Cyclone Head Coach Jared Boysen. “They usually possess the ball really well and have been tough to score on in the past. They had one of the top goal scorers in the state returning in Morgan Crees that we knew we were going to have to stop.”

Monday at Audubon High School, the AHSTW Vikings and IKM-Manning Wolves girls track teams participated with the Vikings earning a fourth place finish with 71 points and the Wolves coming in seventh place with 52 points.
“Overall it was a great first outdoor meet for the girls,” said Wolves Head Coach Emma Konkler-Petersen. “They showed strong performances in both relays and some individual events.”

HCHS Girls
The HCHS Cyclones girls soccer team was back in action Friday night for a scrimmage against the AHSTW Vikings. Junior Cyclone Carly Torneten said it felt good to start the season.
“Obviously the wind isn’t what we wanted, but it feels good to get everybody out there and get moving again,” Torneten said. “We have a lot to look forward to this season.”

HCHS Girls
The HCHS girls track and field team put on a strong showing during the Carroll Early Bird event, finishing second place with 105 points, 32 behind first place finishing Glenwood.
“We had such a beautiful night for our first outdoor track meet,” said Cyclone Head Coach Jenny Hamilton. “It was good for us to see local competition and how we match up.”