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 Exira-EHK senior Trey Nelson (10) draws a foul during Tuesday’s second half.
 ANITA (Dec. 11) -- After struggling to put much distance between itself and CAM during Tuesday’s first half, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys found the right combination of offense and defense in the third quarter to pull away and beat the Cougars 67-52 in Rolling Valley Conference basketball...
AHSTW sophomore Julia Kock fights for the ball with Underwood’s Madison Ehrens. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 AVOCA (Dec. 11) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team won its third game in a row Tuesday night, racing out to a 38-16 halftime lead and putting away Underwood 63-38 in Western Iowa Conference play. The Lady Vikes improved to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the WIC. Lady Vike junior Kinsey Scheffler led the...
 AHSTW’s Michael Mantell passes away from the defense of Underwood’s Landon Nelson (51) and Ryan Caughey during Tuesday’s game. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 AVOCA (Dec. 11) -- Clayton Akers knocked down 4-of-5 three-pointers and led AHSTW with 17 points Tuesday night as the Vikings boys picked up their first conference win of the season, 60-49, against Underwood. AHSTW outscored the Eagles 18-10 in the second quarter to take a 32-25 halftime lead and...
 HCHS senior Brett Sears drives to the hole on Denison’s Dylan Gehlsen during Friday’s game. Sears finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds, but the Cyclones were defeated 55-40.
 HARLAN (Dec. 7) -- More than midway through the third quarter Friday night, the Harlan Community boys basketball team held a 34-18 lead over Denison-Schleswig. What happened next was almost unfathomable. Sparked by an effective zone press, a banked-in three-pointer and a scoring eruption by point...
 HCHS senior Anna Ahrenholtz (53) attempts a shot over Denison’s Sarah Heilesen (right) and Paige Andersen during Friday’s contest.
 HARLAN (Dec. 7) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team played its top defensive game of the young season on Friday night, putting together 32 minutes of solid man-to-man against a quality Denison-Schleswig team. Unfortunately for the Cyclones, offense was still hard to come by as they shot...
 Exira-EHK’s Kamryn Waymire (44) and Jacey Anthofer guard West Harrison’s Cheyanne Rife in the lane during Friday’s game. Also pictured is Macy Emgarten of E-EHK.
 ELK HORN (Dec. 7) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls pulled away in the second and third quarters Friday night to force a running clock and beat West Harrison 65-24 in Rolling Valley Conference action. Jacey Anthofer paced the Spartan girls with 16 points while Tatum Grubbs, Mollie Rasmussen...
 IKM-Manning’s Alexa Ahrenholtz (right) fights for a loose ball along the baseline with Morghan Herman of Missouri Valley.
 MISSOURI VALLEY (Dec. 7) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team improved to 4-0 in resounding fashion Friday night, racing to a 51-8 halftime lead and cruising past Missouri Valley 72-13. The Wolves converted 20 steals and 35 Lady Red turnovers into plenty of offense, including 33 points during...
 Exira-EHK senior Trey Nelson (right) guards West Harrison’s Ty Houston during Friday’s 46-point Spartan victory. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 ELK HORN (Dec. 7) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys bounced back from their first loss of the year in a big way Friday night, shooting 54 percent in a 67-21 rout of West Harrison. The Spartans, who lost at Ar-We-Va 66-65 last Tuesday, scored 23 points in each of the first two quarters vs. the...
 IKM-Manning’s Nathan Blankman (left) drives the baseline during Friday’s win over Mo. Valley.
 MISSOURI VALLEY (Dec. 7) -- Overcoming a slow night on offense, the IKM-Manning boys put forth a solid defensive effort and pulled away in the fourth quarter to win at Missouri Valley, 45-29, on Friday. The 3-1 Wolves - both overall and in the Western Iowa Conference - outscored the Big Red 13-6...
 BOYS TOWN, NEB. (Dec. 7-8) -- Dalton McKinley and Carter Bendorf earned runner-up finishes to lead a group of seven Harlan Community place-winners as the Cyclone wrestlers placed fifth out of 15 teams at the Boys Town Invitational Friday and Saturday. HCHS scored 127 points to secure one of its...

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