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DES MOINES -- Making its third consecutive trip to the Girls State Basketball Tournament, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton played in one of four Class 1-A state quarterfinal games Monday at Wells Fargo Arena. The third-rated Spartans (23-1) took on No. 8 Sidney (23-1) on Monday afternoon at 3:15. The...
MANNING -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s effective inside game was no match for Ar-We-Va’s onslaught of three-pointers Thursday night as the sixth-ranked Rockets stayed unbeaten with a 61-41, Class 1-A district final win over the Spartans in Manning. Sophomore Drew Schurke knocked down six of Ar-We-...
MAPLETON -- To say that the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team regrouped at halftime Monday night would be an understatement. The third-rated Spartans trailed Akron-Westfield 33-20 during the intermission of their Class 1-A, Region 1 final in Mapleton, bearing little resemblance to...
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton is making its third straight trip to Des Moines after reaching the 1-A state semifinals in 2015 and bowing out to Newell-Fonda in last year’s first round. The school’s communities have a strong history at the Girls State Tournament as EH-K qualified eight times (its final...
HARLAN -- It’s tough to beat any good team three times in one season. Throw in the fact that the opponent is a tradition-rich rival like Treynor and the challenge becomes even greater. The AHSTW boys stared down that test in Tuesday night’s Class 2-A district final and rarely blinked,...
CARROLL -- Kuemper Catholic hit five 3-pointers during a pivotal 19-4 second-quarter run and got 22 points from senior standout Matt Dentlinger in beating IKM-Manning 76-53 in Tuesday night’s Class 2-A, District 15 final at Carroll High. The 2nd-ranked Knights (21-2) advanced to Saturday night’s...
ELK HORN -- Finishing the first half on a mini-run, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton picked up right where it left off in the third quarter Tuesday night and beat Coon Rapids-Bayard, 58-51, in a Class 1-A boys district semifinal. The game was a rubber match between the Rolling Valley Conference rivals,...
ATLANTIC -- A season of ups and downs ended abruptly for the Harlan Community boys basketball team Monday night as the Cyclones were bounced from tournament play by Adel-De Soto-Minburn. The Tigers went on a 12-2 run in the second quarter and pulled away with a 16-3 second-half spurt to beat...
DES MOINES – Harlan Community High School junior Keaton Jones placed in a tie for 27th out of 52 total bowlers at the Class 1-A Boys State Bowling Tournament held at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines on Monday. Jones rolled individual games of 190 and 184 for a total score of 374. Jones became...
DES MOINES -- The last time Harlan Community had a top-four medalist at the State Wrestling Tournament, current senior Jacob Wingert was in second grade. Wingert personally ended the drought Saturday with a fourth-place finish at 170 pounds in Class 2-A. Junior teammate Nick Foss was close behind...
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