NEOLA (Dec. 4) -- Tri-Center won a defensive battle with the AHSTW boys basketball team Tuesday night, prevailing 41-37 in a Western Iowa Conference game that saw no player score in double figures. After two Joey Cunningham treys tied the score at 20 early in the third quarter, T-C responded with...
HARLAN (Dec. 1) -- A year ago, Harlan Community’s Joey Arkfeld and Derec Weyer placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the season-opening Dan Hill Wrestling Invitational. On Saturday - as seniors - they both walked away as tournament champions, leading HCHS to a second-place team finish behind...
SHENANDOAH (Nov. 30) -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team pounded the ball inside early and was also effective in transition Friday night, building a 25-point first-half lead and opening the season with a 71-40 win at Shenandoah. Senior Brett Sears shot 9-of-12 from the field and led the...
SHENANDOAH (Nov. 30) -- For the second straight game, a poor start by the Harlan Community girls basketball team led to a lopsided loss against a ranked opponent. Unable to slow down Shenandoah’s impressive trio of Logan Hughes, Roxy Denton and Claire Campbell, the Cyclones also started off slow...
ELK HORN (Nov. 30) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton stormed out to a 28-5 lead after one quarter and defeated Glidden-Ralston 81-31 Friday night in Rolling Valley Conference boys basketball action. Dakota Rold had a big game inside for the Spartans, shooting 11-of-15 from the field and finishing with...
TREYNOR (Nov. 26) -- For the third year in a row, the Harlan Community girls basketball season has begun with a double-digit loss to one of Class 2A’s state powers. Monday’s opener at Treynor was doomed early on as the second-ranked Cardinals answered Brecken Van Baale’s opening-minute three-...
AUDUBON (Nov. 27) -- The IKM-Manning girls took control with an early 14-0 run and got 24 points from sophomore guard Alexa Ahrenholtz to open the season with a 68-44 conference win at Audubon Tuesday night. The Wolves’ 14 unanswered points put them up 18-3 late in the first quarter and they were...
AVOCA (Nov. 27) -- With four and a half minutes left in the third quarter Tuesday night, the AHSTW girls basketball team trailed second-ranked (2A) Treynor by just six points. The Lady Vikes were outscored by 19 the rest of the way - struggling to get defensive stops and seeing their turnover...
COON RAPIDS (Nov. 27) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team opened the season with a 61-43 victory at Coon Rapids-Bayard Tuesday night, getting 18 points from Dakota Rold and 15 from Josh Pettepier, who knocked down three 3-pointers. The Spartan scoring column was rounded out by...
AUDUBON (Nov. 27) -- Already up 32-25 at the half, Audubon opened the third quarter with a 14-2 run and led by at least seven points the rest of the way to beat the IKM-Manning boys 76-62 here Tuesday night. The Wheelers improved to 1-1 overall (1-0 in Western Iowa Conference play) while the...