DES MOINES -- Janell Vollstedt of Manilla was honored prior to IKM-Manning’s Class 1-A quarterfinal at the Boys State Basketball Tournament as the school’s Iowa High School Athletic Association “Fan of the Game.” Vollstedt, pictured with Brett Nanninga (Associate Director of the IHSAA), received a commemorative game ball and was recognized at center court prior to IKM-Manning’s game.

AREA -- St. Boniface of Westphalia won the 2016 CYO Girls Basketball Tournament championship by defeating Panama in the title game on Sunday, February 28. The St. Boniface girls closed the season with a record of 7-2 with both losses against Panama during the regular season.

 DES MOINES -- Five individuals from the Harlan Community Wrestling Club qualified and competed at the 2016 AAU State Tournament held February 27-28 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Sixth-grader Jeremiah Davis was the lone place-winner among the group, placing eighth with a 3-3 record in his division. 

 DES MOINES -- IKM-Manning faced a small margin for error in the opening game of the Boys State Basketball Tournament Monday morning. Allow West Hancock an open three-pointer and it was likely going to make it.

 DES MOINES -- Former Harlanite Greg Lansing will join his father, Dave, in the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Greg will be inducted into the players’ wing of the Hall while Dave was honored as a coach in 1999.

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Newspaper Association announced its 2016 All-State Girls Basketball teams on Tuesday, naming Harlan Community seniors Taylor Frederick and Jordyn Moser to the Class 4-A first team and citing Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Sophia Peppers on the Class 1-A second team. A panel of sports writers from across the state selected first, second and third teams for all five classes and also named Makenzie Meyer of Mason City

February 18-20  •  Wells Fargo Arena  •  Des Moines

 DES MOINES -- Former Exira and Iowa State University standout Hallie Christofferson was one of three women inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Due to the demands of playing professional basketball in Greece, Christofferson was unable to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony at halftime of the Class 4-A state title game.

 DES MOINES -- Ron Schaben of Defiance was Harlan Community’s recipient of the Iowa Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award at the 2016 Girls State Basketball Tournament held last week at Wells Fargo Arena. Schaben (right) is pictured along with the sportsmanship award recipient from Marion. Also recognized with this honor were Floyd and Gloria Hackwell from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton. 

 DES MOINES -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team played its first state tournament game since 2010 on Monday morning, facing West Hancock in a 10:30 a.m. Class 1-A quarterfinal at Wells Fargo Arena. A victory Monday would put the 7th-ranked, fifth-seeded Wolves (22-2) in Thursday’s 1-A semifinal round vs. top-seeded Danville (24-1) or St.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Athletic Booster Club Board of Directors inducted three new members into its Hall of Fame this year, honoring Todd Langenfeld and Mitch and Nancy Osborn during a pre-game ceremony on Friday, February 5, at the HCHS gymnasium.

 HARLAN -- Longtime Harlan Community assistant boys basketball coach Kelly Juhl was honored prior to the Cyclones’ Senior Night game vs. Carroll on February 18 and was presented a plaque recognizing his commitment to the program and this year’s senior class. Juhl recently completed his 19th season as an assistant coach to Mitch Osborn at HCHS.

 DES MOINES -- Only time will tell if Wednesday’s Girls State Basketball quarterfinal marked a symbolic passing of the 4-A torch from Harlan Community to Marion. HCHS has become a Class 4-A dynasty, of sorts, during Zach Klaassen’s four years as head coach, winning 95 games, playing in four state tournaments and claiming two championships and one runner-up trophy. But it certainly looks like Marion is poised to enjoy 4-A’s next sustained run o

 DES MOINES -- The Harlan Community and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball teams were both defeated in the first round of the Girls State Basketball Tournament this week, the Cyclones losing to Marion Wednesday and the Spartans falling to Newell-Fonda on Monday.

 DES MOINES -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls attempted 37 fewer shots than Newell-Fonda in Monday’s Class 1-A state tournament quarterfinal, turning the ball over 29 times and allowing 22 offensive rebounds. Yet there the Spartans were, leading the defending state champs by a point with three quarters in the books. And that’s when Newell-Fonda reaffirmed exactly why it has played in the last three state title games. Tweaking their press