HARLAN -- It’s championship week in the Iowa high school football playoffs, which always stirs up memories of past state titles won by Harlan Community. Very few of the Cyclones’ 12 state championships were as memorable as the 1984 final against Waterloo Columbus. HCHS trailed 13-7 with time winding down and Columbus had the ball deep in Cyclone territory.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 13) -- In the end, Harlan Community’s big-game, big-play ability compensated for a shaky night of self-inflicted errors. For the second straight year and the 22nd time in school history, the top-ranked (3A) Cyclones will be playing for a state football championship. HCHS trailed 6-0 just two plays into Saturday’s Class 3A semifinal vs.

Semifinal ScoresWednesday, November 10Eight-PlayerCAM, Anita 66, Audubon 29Easton Valley 42, Remsen St. Mary’s 36
Thursday, November 11Class AWest Hancock 37, East Buchanan 0Grundy Center 28, Woodbury Central 7Class 4ALewis Central 35, Waverly-Shell Rock 10Cedar Rapids Xavier 40, Winterset 14

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov.

 MARSHALLTOWN (Nov. 12-13) -- Harlan Community juniors Elaina Vrchoticky and Aurora Miller have both qualified for this weekend’s Girls State Swimming Meet in one individual event and one relay.

 HARLAN -- Unfinished business. The Harlan Community football team is headed back to the UNI-Dome needing two more wins to garner elusive state title number 13. The top-ranked (AP) Cyclones punched their ticket back to Cedar Falls with a 38-0 Class 3A playoff quarterfinal win over No.

Quarterfinal ScoresClass 5A: Friday, Nov. 5Southeast Polk 38, Dowling Catholic 28Iowa City High 32, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 13Valley, WDM 40, Pleasant Valley 14Ankeny 37, Cedar Rapids Prairie 7Class 4A: Friday, Nov. 5Winterset 28, Decorah 19Cedar Rapids Xavier 24, Webster City 13Waverly-Shell Rock 36, Bondurant-Farrar 25Lewis Central 35, Indianola 21Class 3A: Friday, Nov.

 FORT DODGE (Oct.

Single Game RecordsTeagon Kasperbauer: 432 passing yards (at ADM) - previous record 416 by Preston Mulligan vs. Glenwood (2018).Teagon Kasperbauer: 7 touchdown passes (at ADM) - previous record 6 by Joel Osborn vs. Red Oak & Creston (2003).Team: 432 passing yards, 7 TD passes (at ADM) - previous records were 420 yards vs. Le Mars (2003) and 6 TD passes vs.

 FORT DODGE (Oct.

 HARLAN (Nov. 5) -- It’s speed vs. size for a ticket to the UNI-Dome. Top-ranked Harlan Community will put its unblemished 10-0 record on the line Friday night, hosting No. 8 Nevada (9-1) in a Class 3A quarterfinal playoff game at 7:00 p.m. The winner advances to the state semifinals on Saturday, Nov.

 FORT DODGE (Oct. 29) -- The voice wasn’t a familiar one, but the words struck a chord with Harlan Community senior Kaia Bieker. During the final mile of her high school cross country career Friday afternoon, Bieker was searching for the endurance to hold her top-10 position in the Class 3A girls state meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course. “I heard someone say, ‘Hey, you’ve got to keep working for the girls in front of you.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 FORT DODGE (Oct. 29) -- The emotions will be strong Friday afternoon when the Harlan Community girls toe the start line for the 2021 State Cross Country Championships. In 25 years as the head coach at HCHS, Doug Renkly has guided 18 teams to Lakeside Municipal Golf Course for this event, including 15 girls squads in the last 18 years. The 2005 Cyclone girls, led by Regina Reinig’s individual title, claimed the 3A team championship.

 HARLAN (Oct. 29) -- Trip number 40 to the Iowa high school football playoffs begins in earnest Friday night when Harlan Community hosts Ballard in a Class 3A first round playoff game. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. as the top-ranked Cyclones (9-0) face the Bombers (5-4) for the first time ever on the gridiron. The winner will play No. 8 Nevada (8-1) or No.