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AHSTW’s Morgan Eckmann battles for a loose ball.
 UNDERWOOD -- Karley Larson hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points Thursday night, leading the Underwood girls past AHSTW 61-27. The Lady Vikes trailed 39-14 at halftime. 
Gabby Cadwell (right) guards Audubon’s Sydney Obermeier. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning girls overcame a sluggish first half to beat Audubon 42-38 Thursday night behind 21 points and five 3-pointers from Kia Rasmussen. The Wolves trailed 20-14 at halftime before outscoring the Wheelers 28-18 the rest of the way. Shauna Reitan added 13 points and six...
 GUTHRIE CENTER -- AHSTW senior Erik Jorgensen pins West Central Valley’s Riley Algreen to the mat during their 182-pound championship match on Saturday. Jorgensen pinned Algreen in 5:02 to win a sectional championship.
 GUTHRIE CENTER -- Led by first-place finishes from Gabe Pauley and Erik Jorgensen, AHSTW qualified four wrestlers for districts and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton added one qualifier at Saturday’s Class 1-A, Sectional 13 Tournament held in Guthrie Center. Panorama won the meet with 235 points and AHSTW...
HCHS senior Nick Tarney signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to play football at Wayne State College. Tarney is seated next to his parents, Ted and Lori Tarney, and younger brother Evan Tarney. Back row, L-R: HCHS football coaches John Murtaugh, Todd Bladt, head coach Curt Bladt, Sam Brummer and Mark Kohorst. (Photo by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- Nick Tarney made it official on Wednesday morning, signing a national letter of intent to play football at Wayne State College. The Harlan Community High School senior and son of Ted and Lori Tarney, rural Avoca, chose the Wayne, Nebraska school after also looking closely at Minnesota...
Willie Baughman
 HARLAN -- Harlan Community Activities Director Mitch Osborn announced earlier this week the hiring of Willie Baughman as the Cyclones’ new head volleyball coach, pending school board approval. Baughman is in his fourth year as a math teacher at Harlan Community and was the 7th grade volleyball...
HCHS junior Nicole Lange (10) drives toward the basket on Atlantic’s McKenna DenBeste during Tuesday’s home win. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 HARLAN -- Brushing aside yet another inauspicious start, the Harlan Community girls basketball team put to rest its four-game losing skid Tuesday night with a 64-58 win over Atlantic. HCHS fell behind 10-0 in the opening minutes - continuing a recent trend of slow starts - but regrouped quickly to...
 REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team will be sent east for this year’s Class 4-A regional tournament, traveling from Adel to Huxley to possibly Pella if they can keep on winning. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced its regional pairings for Class 4-A and 5-A on...
AHSTW senior Rhett Welsh draws a crowd of IKM-Manning defenders in the lane, including Ben Wegner (left), Jon Brandt (3) and Sam Gross (41) during Tuesday’s Western Iowa Conference clash.
 AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys basketball team moved one step closer to a possible Western Iowa Conference title here Tuesday night, outscoring IKM-Manning 86-74 behind Rhett Welsh’s career-high 29 points and 17 boards. Jon Brandt countered with a career-best 30 points for the Wolves, who threatened to...
AHSTW’s Katie Anzalone looks to drive past IKM-Manning’s Kira Barry on Tuesday.
 AVOCA -- IKM-Manning’s three-point shooting proved to be the difference maker on Tuesday night in a 65-55 girls basketball win at AHSTW. The Wolves connected on 9-of-21 treys in the game, led by Kia Rasmussen’s 4-of-10, while the Lady Vikes misfired on all eight of their long-range attempts. IKM-M...
 ATLANTIC -- HCHS senior Alec Plagman (15) steals the ball from an Atlantic player as Jake McLaughlin looks on during Tuesday’s loss to the Trojans. (Photo by Mike Oeffner)
 ATLANTIC -- Every high school basketball season features peaks and valleys. The Harlan Community boys just experienced both extremes in a span of less than a week. Four nights removed from a thrilling win over second-ranked (Class 2-A) Kuemper Catholic, the Cyclones came out flat in Atlantic...

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