MARYVILLE, MO. -- Joel Osborn’s career football path has centered around two locations: Harlan, Iowa, and Maryville, Missouri. No matter the area code, winning has simply been a way of life. From 2001 to 2003, Osborn was a record-setting, all-state quarterback for Harlan Community, which owns more...
AHSTW Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Teams Front row, L-R: Josie Denning, Lexy Knop, Emma Jorgensen, Ashley Lees, Jaycie Schueman, Sidney Nelsen, Katie Anzalone, Paige Osweiler. Back row, L-R: Hayli Paulsen, Kaitlyn Zimmerman, Sarah Butcher, Kinsey Scheffler, Kate Wise, Morgan Eckmann, Saige...
IKM-Manning Girls Varsity Basketball Team Front row, L-R: Rylie Muhlbauer, Payton Sporrer, Kia Rasmussen, Aly Stadtlander, Shauna Reitan, Katelyn Crawford, Paige Gaskill. Back row, L-R: Head Coach Gene Rasmussen, Sadie Thompson, Sydney Wegner, Caitlin Muhlbauer, Kira Barry, Erin Langel, Peyton...
WESTSIDE -- The third-rated Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team reached the Christmas break with a 9-0 record following last Thursday’s 66-21 win at Ar-We-Va. The Spartans, who also sport a 9-0 Rolling Valley Conference record, were led by Sophia Peppers’ 17 points and 13 rebounds...
WESTSIDE -- Falling behind 39-24 at the half, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton was unable to mount a second-half comeback in last Thursday’s 70-53 loss at sixth-ranked (1-A) Ar-We-Va. The unbeaten Rockets improved to 8-0 overall and 7-0 inside the Rolling Valley Conference while the Spartans entered the...
AVOCA -- Underwood’s Karley Larson knocked down 6-of-14 three-pointers and scored 32 points to lead the Eagle girls past AHSTW, 59-40, in Western Iowa Conference action last Thursday. AHSTW’s sixth straight loss dropped the Lady Vikes to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in the WIC as they entered a two-week...
AVOCA -- Rhett Welsh and R.J. Harris combined for 43 points and 19 rebounds last Thursday night as the AHSTW boys entered the holidays with a commanding 84-60 win vs. Underwood. In a battle for first place in the Western Iowa Conference standings, AHSTW led 27-17 after one quarter, 46-29 at the...
DES MOINES -- One bad quarter led to a fourth straight loss for the Harlan Community boys basketball team last Friday in a neutral-site game at Wells Fargo Arena. Leading Mount Pleasant 30-27 at halftime, HCHS was outscored 24-13 in the third quarter and never recovered in a 70-63 loss to the...
MANNING – The growth of a basketball program was on full display Tuesday night as the AHSTW boys outlasted IKM-Manning on the road, 63-55, in Western Iowa Conference action. The Vikings scored the first 14 points of the game and stormed ahead 18-2 in the opening five minutes, then recovered and...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Falling behind 22-4 against the fourth-ranked team in Class 4-A, Harlan Community fought back to make it a game but couldn’t get over the hump in a 60-49 boys basketball loss at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Tuesday night. HCHS closed within 37-27 at halftime and made it 53-46...