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 Ben Wegner (4) drives to the hoop past two Audubon defenders. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 MANNING -- IKM-Manning senior Ben Wegner had a monster game with 25 points, 18 rebounds and three steals Thursday night as the Wolves started fast and beat Audubon 66-51 in Western Iowa Conference boys basketball action. IKM-M built a 21-8 lead after one quarter and was able to hold off every...
HCHS senior Maggie Langenfeld attempts a shot over Glenwood’s Savanna Mixan. (Photo by Mike Oeffner)
 GLENWOOD -- There have been some tough nights for the Harlan Community girls basketball team so far this season, so Friday’s 60-38 win at Glenwood provided a chance for the Cyclones to relax and have fun. Putting together its best start in weeks and blowing open a close game with a resounding 30-4...
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...

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