HARLAN -- With regional play just around the corner, the Harlan Community girls basketball team was about to hit the reset button on its season anyway this past weekend. Lewis Central just made sure the slate got wiped a little bit cleaner than anyone planned. Rallying from 11 points down in the third quarter, the Titans connected for five three-pointers during a game-changing 18-5 run Friday night and held the Cyclones to just one made field

 MANNING -- IKM-Manning made quick work of its first-round girls’ regional foe on Saturday night, using a big third quarter to pull away from Woodward-Granger for a 59-30 win. The Wolves led just 25-18 at the half before outscoring the Hawks 21-7 in the third and 13-5 in the fourth. Kia Rasmussen led IKM-M (16-5 overall) with 20 points, six assists and four steals while Shauna Reitan had 11 points and seven rebounds.

 SIOUX CITY -- The Harlan Community girls overcame a sluggish offensive game Thursday night to win 46-30 at Sioux City East. The Cyclones shot just 35.6 percent from the field but held the Black Raiders to 23 percent shooting and only three fourth-quarter points. 

 LOGAN -- The IKM-Manning girls finished the regular season with a signature road win Thursday night, completing a sweep of Logan-Magnolia, 57-48. The Wolves also beat the Panthers by nine (53-44) on January 12 in Manning. With each team having one Western Iowa Conference game cancelled due to weather, IKM-Manning (15-5 overall) tied for third place in the WIC standings at 12-5 while Lo-Ma (16-4) placed second at 13-4.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team lost for just the third time all season Friday night, falling 64-51 at Lewis Central. The game did not count in the Hawkeye Ten standings. Kyle Juhl scored 31 points in defeat for the Cyclones (16-3), while Chad Moran scored 26 for the Titans (9-9). See Friday’s News-Advertiser for more details. 

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 TREYNOR -- IKM-Manning avenged an earlier home loss to Treynor and handed the Cardinals their first defeat of the season on Friday, February 5, holding off a big rally to win 68-67. The 8th-ranked (1-A) Wolves led 20-7 after one quarter and 37-17 late in the second, but the 3rd-ranked (2-A) Cardinals chipped away.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team will need to win just two home games to return to Wells Fargo Arena and defend its back-to-back Class 4-A state championships. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union last week released its regional pairings for Class 4-A.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team will host Denison-Schleswig in the first round of Class 3-A district play on Monday, February 22. The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced its postseason seedings and pairings for Class 3-A and 4-A on Monday. HCHS earned the top seed in District 1 based on its 13-2 record in the first 15 games. As the No.

 HARLAN -- Coming off three straight wins against the best competition the Hawkeye Ten Conference has to offer, Harlan Community showed few signs of a letdown facing middle-of-the-pack St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Owning the first and third quarters at St. Albert, the Harlan Community girls had little trouble running their winning streak to 17 games Tuesday night with a 66-35 victory over the Saintes. The top-ranked (Class 4-A) Cyclones led 20-5 following the opening period but saw their lead trimmed to 30-22 at the half.

 SLOAN -- Wrestling without two varsity regulars Tuesday night and facing two teams ranked above them, AHSTW was still just one match away from a first-ever trip to the State Dual Tournament. It’s been that kind of history-making season for Coach Evan McCarthy’s surging Viking program, which last Saturday earned the school’s first sectional tournament championship at Treynor and qualified eight individuals for this week’s district meet in Unde

 SERGEANT BLUFF -- Harlan Community’s first trip in six years to the regional wrestling duals didn’t result in a victory, but the experience was anything but a total loss. Facing the sixth-ranked dual team in Class 2-A, the unranked Cyclones grabbed early leads of 15-0 and 18-6 but were unable to score enough wins or bonus points to pull off the upset. Leading by just four points with two matches to go, Sergeant Bluff-Luton finished strong wit

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Harlan Community wrapped up its regular season dual wrestling schedule on Thursday, February 4, with a double dual split at Council Bluffs Lewis Central. The Cyclones easily defeated Abraham Lincoln 66-11 before losing their final Hawkeye Ten dual to Lewis Central, 44-21. HCHS (17-10 overall) finished 6-4 in the conference dual standings for fifth place - one spot higher than last season.

 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team overcame a late deficit to beat AHSTW 66-62 last Thursday night in Western Iowa Conference action. The game was tightly-contested throughout. Kyle Wagner led the Wolves with 23 points and seven rebounds while Ben Wegner added 19 points and eight boards. Jared Vollstedt had eight points and seven assists. For AHSTW, R.J.