IDA GROVE -- Five Harlan Community bowlers rolled a season-high series, game or both last Thursday en route to a varsity girl-boy sweep at OA-BCIG (Ida Grove). The Cyclone girls posted a season-best team score in beating the Falcons, 2,463 to 2,093. Elizabeth Stroud led HCHS with a two-game series of 358, including her best single-game score of the season (221).

 REGIONAL -- A combined 17 wrestlers from Harlan Community, AHSTW and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will be vying for state tournament berths Saturday when they compete in separate district tournaments held at Atlantic and Underwood.

 HARLAN -- For the seventh year in a row, Harlan Community advanced exactly five wrestlers from sectionals to districts on Saturday, also qualifying for regional duals as a team after placing second in the Class 2-A, Sectional 3 Tournament at Glenwood. HCHS freshman Ronan Noeth earned a sectional championship at 106 pounds while teammates Brandon Trevino (120), Austin Knudson (126), Elias Shaeffer (132) and Jacob Wingert (160) each placed seco

 HARLAN -- In steady, business-like fashion, the Harlan Community girls just keep on winning basketball games. The top-ranked Cyclones wrapped up a third straight unblemished Hawkeye Ten Conference championship here Friday night, using a 21-5 second-quarter run to pull away from Glenwood for a 70-40 victory. Seniors Jordyn Moser (24) and Taylor Frederick (22) combined for 46 points as HCHS improved to 16-1 overall and once again finished confe

 HARLAN -- When two of the Hawkeye Ten’s top players combine for 56 points and 31 rebounds in a head-to-head showdown, it’s usually the story of the game. On Thursday night in Harlan, however, it was merely an intriguing sub-plot. Harlan Community point guard Caleb Rasmussen stole the show with a memorable 41-point, six-assist performance as the fourth-ranked (3-A) Cyclones led wire-to-wire in a 79-68 (non-conference) win over No.

 HARLAN -- The deck was certainly not stacked in favor of Harlan Community Friday night, but the Cyclones didn’t seem to mind. Playing 24 hours after a hard-fought win over Atlantic and facing a rested Glenwood team that handed HCHS its only conference loss 20 days earlier, all the Cyclones did was lead from start to finish, avenging the Rams 78-70 in a physical non-conference battle. Combined with recent wins over Kuemper Catholic (67-32) and

 OAKLAND -- Scoring 240 points and sending eight wrestlers to the next round, AHSTW earned its first sectional wrestling championship in school history Saturday with a dominant performance at the Class 1-A Sectional Tournament in Oakland. With the team victory, the Vikings advance to Tuesday’s 1-A Regional Dual meet in Sloan. They will face OA-BCIG in the semifinal round at 6:00 p.m., with the winner advancing to face Westwood or Hinton.

 HARLAN – Throughout the decorated history of Harlan Community football, four-year varsity lettermen have been almost non-existent in the program.

 HARLAN -- The winning streak reached a combined nine duals for the Harlan Community boys and girls bowling teams last Thursday as the Cyclones easily swept a home meet against Nodaway Valley. The HCHS boys won their fifth straight dual, 2,756 to 1,907, improving to 5-2 on the season.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team came out on the short end of two games last weekend, losing 55-40 at Tri-Center on Friday night and dropping a 52-31 home game vs. Logan-Magnolia on Saturday. The Lady Vikes dropped to 3-13 overall and 3-11 in the Western Iowa Conference.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys basketball team split a pair of WIC games last weekend, winning 62-58 at Tri-Center Friday night before losing a home game to Logan-Magnolia, 64-57, on Saturday. The Vikings, who were snowed out on Tuesday vs. Griswold, took a 7-8 overall record and 6-8 league mark into Thursday night’s game at IKM-Manning. On Saturday, AHSTW will play Central Decatur in a 5:00 p.m. game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. 

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community wrestling team trailed Glenwood by just five points late in the dual before the 10th-ranked (2-A) Rams used a major decision and two pins to pull away for a 46-25 victory in Harlan last Thursday, January 28. Featuring four state-ranked individuals, including No. 1 Matt Malcom (152) and No. 2 Anthony Sherry (170), Glenwood led from start to finish in clinching second place in the Hawkeye Ten dual standings.

 CARROLL -- Lopsided wins at Kuemper Catholic have been a rarity over the years, but Friday night was a fun exception to the rule for the Harlan Community boys basketball team. Drilling 7-of-8 three-pointers in a game-opening 23-4 outburst, the Cyclones led by as many as 25 points in the first half and 40 during the late stages of a 67-32 road win over the Knights. The matchup of Hawkeye Ten co-leaders did not count in the conference standings

 CARROLL -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team clinched at least a share of its third straight Hawkeye Ten Conference title on Friday, winning 56-35 at Kuemper Catholic to complete a season sweep. The top-ranked (Class 4-A) Cyclones built a 13-0 lead in the opening six minutes and extended their advantage as high as 23 points in the fourth quarter, vexing Kuemper with two types of zone press and extensive use of a new half-court 3-2 zo

 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning girls avenged a three-point loss to Underwood from earlier in the season Friday night, and they did so in a big way with an 82-34 rout of the Eagles. The Wolves stormed to a 30-8 first-quarter lead and never looked back.