Sports
AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team dropped to 0-2 in non-conference play Monday night, losing a 52-38 home game against CAM, Anita. The Lady Vikes fell behind 30-22 at halftime and were unable to mount a second-half rally. They will open Western Iowa Conference play Friday night at Riverside.
ELK HORN -- Thirteen Spartan players cracked the scoring column Tuesday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team opened the season with an 81-18 rout of Paton-Churdan. Ranked third in Class 1-A by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, Exira-EHK was led by Sophia Peppers’...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community girls basketball head coach Zach Klaassen could not have imagined a much better scenario for his first four years on the job. Since taking over for Tony Vis following a 10-11 season in 2011-2012, Klaassen has directed the Cyclones to a sparkling 95-6 record over the last...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community wrestling team will hold an open house on Thursday (December 1) at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. The open house will consist of introductions of the wrestlers, cheerleaders and statisticians; an explanation of the rules and scoring in wrestling; and...
COLUMBIA, MO. -- Defiance native Jess Schaben and the Iowa State volleyball team will travel to Columbia, Missouri, for the first round of the 2016 NCAA Volleyball Championships starting Thursday afternoon. Iowa State (18-10 overall) received an at-large selection on Sunday night and will be...
DES MOINES -- Three area football players have been honored as part of the Iowa Newspaper Association 2016 All-State Football teams released on Tuesday. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton senior Drew Buckholdt was selected as a first-team linebacker in the 8-Player class for the second straight year after...
ELK HORN -- AHSTW outscored Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 33-29 Tuesday night in a boys basketball jamboree at Elk Horn. The Vikings led 15-12 after one quarter and also won the second quarter 18-17. Each team in the scrimmage played for just one half. Scoring leaders for the Vikings included R.J....
CRESTON -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team topped Chariton 36-22 on Tuesday night as part of a jamboree held at Southwestern Community College in Creston. HCHS led 13-8 after one quarter before pulling away in the second and final period. Cyclone scoring leaders included Josh Cheek with...
AVOCA -- It wasn’t the outcome that AHSTW wanted, but the Lady Vike girls basketball team certainly has some positive signs to build on following Tuesday night’s season opener vs. Red Oak. From senior Jaycie Schueman’s strong overall floor game to freshman Kinsey Scheffler’s solid varsity debut,...
FORT MYERS, FL. -- Outside of a few aches and pains, Steve Daeges enjoyed every moment of his recent return to the baseball diamond as a uniformed player. Daeges, Harlan Community’s highly-successful baseball coach of the last 22 years, took part in the 2016 Roy Hobbs World Series earlier this...
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