TREYNOR (Oct. 8) -- If IKM-Manning and AHSTW had played all night on Monday, every set of their Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament quarterfinal might have gone down to the wire. The two area squads were that evenly matched in the Treynor gym, where the fifth-seeded Wolves (14-10) were...
CRESTON (Oct 9) -- An eventful night in Creston ended with a varsity volleyball sweep for Harlan Community on Tuesday as the Cyclones wrapped up conference play with a 25-19, 25-20, 26-24 win over the Panthers. Play was delayed nearly 30 minutes during the freshmen game as a tornado warning in...
HARLAN (Oct. 12) -- When the Harlan Community football team suffered its first loss of the year against Sergeant Bluff-Luton in Week 2, the Cyclones bounced back the following Friday night to beat Carroll 35-6. Another fast recovery will be needed tonight when HCHS hosts Creston/Orient-Macksburg...
AURELIA (Oct. 5) -- The IKM-Manning football team kept its district title hopes alive last Friday night with a thrilling 20-19 overtime win at Alta-Aurelia. Tied 13-13 at the end of regulation, the Wolves scored first in overtime on Stephen Grimm’s three-yard run and Grant Stracke’s extra point....
AVOCA (Oct. 5) -- Gabe Pauley rushed for five touchdowns and 171 yards on just 11 carries and Blake Osbahr threw TD passes of 61 yards to Drake Partridge and 45 yards to Pauley as the 2nd-ranked AHSTW football team hammered winless Nodaway Valley in the rain last Friday night by a 50-0 score. The...
HULL (Oct. 6) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team finished with a match record of 3-3 and essentially placed sixth out of 11 teams at last Saturday’s Kooima/Kaemingk Tournament at Western Christian. HCHS placed third in Pool A with a 3-2 record before facing top-ranked (Class 4A) Sergeant...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct. 5) -- Big plays and short fields. Two things the Harlan Community football team absolutely could not afford to give Lewis Central Friday night turned into two of the biggest difference makers as the 2nd-ranked Titans lived up to every bit of the hype in a 49-14 win over the...
ATLANTIC (Oct. 4) -- The Harlan Community girls’ streak of six straight cross country team titles came to an end on Thursday afternoon as part of a deep and talent-rich field at the Atlantic Invite. The meet was held on the Atlantic High School campus and saw 667 total runners compete at the...
HARLAN (Oct. 4) -- The error count was a bit high at times, but the Harlan Community volleyball team found a way to win three out of four close sets here Thursday and beat Clarinda on Senior Night, 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20. HCHS took advantage of 15 Cardinal missed serves and 38 attack errors...
REGIONAL (Oct. 8) -- AHSTW and IKM-Manning are the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively, for this week’s Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament. Both area teams went 4-4 during the WIC regular season, with AHSTW earning the seeding tiebreaker based on its head-to-head victory. First round...