2021 Co-Ed State Track & Field Championships • Area Qualifiers & Schedule of Events DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning, AHSTW and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton have combined to qualify 37 entries for the 2021 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 20-22). The HCHS girls will lead the area charge with 12 state entries in 10 events, followed by the Cyclone boys with 10 ent

 HARLAN (May 13) -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team went up against sixth-ranked (1A) St. Albert on Thursday in an even match against the Falcons. The Cyclones would continue their rough season with a 2-1 loss at Merrill Field. The Falcons opened the scoring with 28:15 left in the first half with a shot outside the box from junior Nate Kay.

 AVOCA (May 11) -- After two goals in the first half  by AHSTW seniors Claire Denning and Abby Anzalone, a Cyclone surge of five unanswered goals in the second half led to a well-earned 6-2 victory for the Harlan Community girls soccer team on Tuesday night. AHSTW came out ready to play with a goal by Denning in the sixth minute to give the Lady Vikes an early lead.

 LOGAN (May 10) -- Four Harlan Community girls scored two goals apiece on Monday as the Cyclones built a 9-0 halftime lead and cruised past Logan-Magnolia 10-0 in non-conference soccer action.

 STUART (May 10) -- Harlan Community suffered its sixth one-goal loss of the season in boys soccer Monday night, falling 3-2 at West Central Valley as the host Wildcats scored twice in the final 16 minutes. HCHS led 2-1 until the end of the 64th minute, when it was called for a foul in the box that led to Kiefer Wallace’s game-tying penalty kick.

 AVOCA (May 11) -- An exceptional performance from St. Albert junior Gavin Tarbox helped hand the AHSTW boys soccer team a heavy defeat on Tuesday night as the sixth-ranked Falcons prevailed 8-2 in Avoca. The Vikings dropped to 4-6 on the season. It was a start that they would want to forget as the Falcons netted three goals in the opening 10 minutes.

 ATLANTIC (May 10) -- Jocelyn Cheek’s fourth-place medalist round of 86 helped Harlan Community notch its best 18-hole score of the year on Monday as the Cyclones posted a 412 to finish seventh at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Girls Golf Tournament. This year’s meet was held on Atlantic’s 18-hole Nishna Hills Golf Course. Creston, led by individual champion Rylie Driskell’s round of 80, won the team title by a 370-382 margin over Atlantic.

 SHENANDOAH (May 10) -- Harlan Community’s Jace Gubbels earned second team all-conference honors by placing 11th at Monday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Boys Golf Tournament at the 18-hole Shenandoah Golf Course. Gubbels led the Cyclones to an eighth-place team finish, carding 43 on the front nine and 39 on the back nine for an 82.

 SHENANDOAH (May 10) -- Josie Knudson placed eighth in the number one singles bracket and the doubles team of Grace Coenen and Erica Rust also picked up a victory in No. 2 doubles as the Harlan Community girls tennis team competed at Monday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament in Shenandoah. Knudson started the day with an 8-5 win over Libby Ehlers of Shenandoah before losing her next three matches by scores of 2-8, 5-8 and 1-8.

 HARLAN (May 10) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team finished the regular season with a 9-0 sweep of Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson here Monday, wrapping up dual play with an overall record of 3-9. Brock Bruns, Mitchell Rueschenberg and Keyton Francis all won 10-0 decisions in singles play, as did the doubles team of Bruns and Rueschenberg. HCHS also won a couple of close matches as Stephen Leinen won 10-8 at No.

 DENISON -- Harlan Community seniors Brock Bruns and Mitchell Rueschenberg combined to place second in the number one doubles bracket and earned all seven Cyclone team points at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Boys Tennis Tournament held May 4 in Denison. Denison-Schleswig, led by No. 2 doubles champs Isaac Leinen and Wyatt Johnson, won the team title with 27 points, followed by Kuemper Catholic (22) and St. Albert (18).

 CARROLL (May 6) -- Temperatures remained on the cool side, but the performances at Thursday night’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Co-Ed Track Meet sure made it look and feel a lot more like May. The Harlan Community girls placed second out of 11 teams at Carroll Athletic Stadium while the HCHS boys finished fourth.

 HARLAN (May 7) -- Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln broke a 1-1 tie with two goals in the first eight minutes of the second half here Friday and beat Harlan Community 3-1 in boys soccer action at Merrill Field. The Lynx’s fourth straight win improved their record to 6-6 overall while HCHS dropped to 2-11 on the year. The Cyclones finished with twice as many shots as AL (18-9) and three more shots on goal (9-6) but came up empty on several strong

 HARLAN (May 6) -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team won its second straight match here Thursday night, beating Creston 5-1 to improve to 5-5 overall and 2-3 in the Hawkeye Ten. Darbie Argotsinger scored the Cyclones’ first goal in the ninth minute. Makayla Burchett and Raegen Wicks added two goals apiece as HCHS built a 5-0 lead just seven minutes into the second half.

 HARLAN (May 4) -- Freshman Darbie Argotsinger’s third and fourth goals of the game gave the Harlan Community girls soccer team some welcome breathing room Tuesday night as the Cyclones finished off Denison-Schleswig 5-2 to snap a three-game losing skid. HCHS had struggled for offense in a 4-1 loss at St. Albert Monday as well as a 2-0 defeat at Atlantic last Friday, but scored in the first minute vs.