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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...