DENISON -- The Harlan Community girls golf team finished just one spot below state meet contention on Monday, May 22, placing third in the Class 4-A, Region 1 Tournament at Denison’s Majestic Hills Golf Course. Led by Maggie Langenfeld’s 18-hole round of 96, which put her just two shots away from...
HARLAN -- Considering the quality of teams it faces annually during the first week of the prep baseball season, 4-0 starts for Harlan Community have been rare. Generally, the Cyclones suffer at least one loss - maybe a rainout or two - during their opening week stretch against opposition from...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community baseball team survived six errors and a three-run seventh-inning rally by Sioux City North here Thursday night (May 25) to beat the Stars 6-5 at Jim Goeser Field. Cyclone freshman Connor Bruck, who relieved Joshua Cheek with a four-run lead in the seventh,...
SIOUX CITY -- Bishop Heelan senior Lexi Ricke pitched a three-hit shutout and struck out 10 Wednesday night (May 24) as the sixth-rated (Class 4-A) Crusader softball team blanked Harlan Community 5-0. HCHS dropped to 1-1 on the season. Heelan (2-0) put together a two-run first inning and a two-run...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team will take a 5-12 record into regional play following last Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss vs. Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV. HCHS led 2-0 by the 23rd minute as Haley Arkfeld scored on a deflection off a defender and Kylee Hinz also capitalized on a good look at...
AVOCA -- Sarah True scored a pair of goals and Olivia Kock and Hailey Haynes both scored once as the AHSTW girls soccer team blanked Riverside 4-0 in its regular-season finale on May 22. The game was halted by thunderstorms in the 45th minute. The Lady Vikes did all of their scoring in the first...
TREYNOR -- A perfectly-placed 40-yard bomb in the first minute of sudden-death overtime brought a heartbreaking end to AHSTW’s undefeated season last Wednesday night (May 24) as Treynor stunned the 10th-ranked Vikings 2-1 in a Class 1-A, Substate 8 boys soccer semifinal. Following a 1-1 tie at the...
EARLHAM -- A season full of highlights ended two wins shy of a state tournament berth last Wednesday (May 24) when Harlan Community lost to Winterset, 5-1, in a Class 2-A, Substate 8 boys soccer semifinal at Earlham. The 8th-ranked Huskies (15-1), who advanced to state with a 1-0 win over No. 2...
REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team wrapped up its 2017 season with a pair of strong showings earlier this month, placing third at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament in Atlantic (May 8) and placing fourth at the Class 1-A District Tournament in Carroll (May 11). The Cyclones’...
CARROLL -- So far, so good, for the 2017 Harlan Community baseball team. Sophomore Brett Sears and freshman Connor Bruck combined on a four-hit shutout Tuesday night (May 23) and HCHS pulled away in its final two at-bats to shut out Kuemper Catholic, 8-0, in a battle of preseason state-ranked...