AUDUBON (May 4) -- Seniors Holly Hoepner of AHSTW and Quentin Dreyer of IKM-Manning both won two gold medals Tuesday night to highlight area performances at the Western Iowa Conference Co-Ed Track Meet in Audubon. Hoepner placed first in her two signature events, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 16.25 seconds and the 400 hurdles in 1:10.11.

 HARLAN (April 30) -- Ian Shelton and Ashton Lyon both scored hat tricks as the Harlan Community boys soccer team took control in the opening minute and never looked back Friday at Merrill Field, dominating Atlantic 8-0 on Senior Night. It was just what the doctor ordered for the Cyclones, who lost several close matches in April and will now take a 2-10 overall record and 1-4 Hawkeye Ten Conference mark into a new month.

 HARLAN (April 29) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team picked up its second dual win of the year on Thursday, carding a season-best nine-hole score of 186 to edge Clarinda by four strokes at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Earlier in the week, HCHS lost by 40 shots at Atlantic, 168-208. HCHS (2-4 overall) counted the scores of runner-up medalist Jace Gubbels (44), Drew Bladt (45), Austin Sonderman (46) and Sam Bladt (51) against Clarinda.

 HARLAN (April 30) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team improved its dual record to 2-8 here Friday with a 7-2 win over Red Oak. Brock Bruns (10-0), Mitchell Rueschenberg (10-1), Stephen Leinen (10-4) and Nolan Blum (10-0) all won convincingly in singles play and the Cyclones also swept all three doubles matches on the day. “What a great win for us!” stated HCHS coach Chad Bruns.

 GUTHRIE CENTER (April 29) -- IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton combined to win three events here Thursday in the Gonzales-Parrish Co-Ed Track Invitational. Host ACGC swept the team titles in its home meet. The Charger boys scored 190 points, followed by second-place IKM-Manning (160) and Audubon (110).

 MISSOURI VALLEY (April 27) -- Harlan Community won nine events and scored 144 points to easily claim the team title at last Tuesday’s Missouri Valley Lady Red Relays. Treynor won the battle for second with 96 points, followed by Carroll (91), Denison-Schleswig (75.5) and AHSTW in fifth place with 66.5.

 HARLAN (April 26) -- It was the typical Harlan Community vs.

 HARLAN (April 27) -- The end result wasn’t a victory, but the Harlan Community girls soccer team put forth a strong showing against a highly-skilled Underwood squad Tuesday at Merrill Field. The match was tied 1-1 until the 56th minute, when Eagles’ freshman Georgia Paulson converted a penalty kick with 24:13 remaining.

 HARLAN (April 26) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team suffered a 9-0 home loss to Atlantic on Monday, dropping the Cyclones to 1-6 on the year. The Trojans prevailed 10-1 in four of the matches, 10-4 in another and 6-2 at number one singles when Cyclone senior Brock Bruns retired early vs. Grant Sturm due to the effects of the heat. The closest match came at No.

 AVOCA (April 26) -- Junior Ally Meyers earned medalist honors for the girls as the AHSTW golf teams split a home dual with Underwood Monday afternoon at the Avoca CountryView Golf and Clubhouse. The Lady Vikes posted a team score of 227 and improved to 2-4 on the year as the Eagles competed with a partial squad of three girls. Meyers shot a medalist round of 48 in hot, windy conditions while AHSTW freshman Isabel Luna was the runner-up with a

 AUDUBON (April 27) -- The IKM-Manning boys placed fifth overall and the girls placed seventh in a talent-rich Bob Clark Co-Ed Relays Tuesday at Audubon. On a night that saw nine meet records go down, the Underwood track squads combined for 12 gold medals and swept the team titles. The IKM-M boys scored 15 times in 12 events and placed fifth with 64 points.

    On April 24 the Harlan Trap Team shot in Harlan at the Southwest Iowa Conference shoot. Other competing teams consisted of Underwood, CAM, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimbalton, Loess Hills, and Alta-Aurelia. There were a total of 191 shooters, 40 consisted of Harlan shooters.    The high school squad consisting of Nick Blum, Clayton Mages, Brett Wageman, Jaron Hendricks, and Katie Burchett placed first with a score of 213.

 DEFIANCE -- Two-time Harlan Community all-state selection Will McLaughlin has made a decision about his football future, choosing Iowa State University in Ames. McLaughlin, a junior at HCHS, gave his verbal commitment to Iowa State on Saturday, April 17, choosing ISU over additional NCAA FBS scholarship offers from Iowa, Kansas State, Air Force and Buffalo. He is the son of Scott and Shawn McLaughlin, rural Defiance. McLaughlin stated that th

 DES MOINES (April 22) -- The Harlan Community girls’ 4x400 relay squad had a run to remember Thursday afternoon at the 111th Drake Relays. Ranked 18th out of 24 event qualifiers, the Cyclone quartet of Kaia Bieker, Brecken Van Baale, Lilly Metzger and Liv Freund cut more than four seconds off their previous season-best time and placed eighth out of the slow heat with an impressive clocking of 4:06.29. Running in lane five, HCHS finished secon

 OMAHA, NEB. (April 23) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team lost a pair of 7-2 dual decisions late last week and is now 1-5 on the season. HCHS lost at Shenandoah 7-2 on Thursday and was beaten by the same score against St. Albert Friday at the Hanscom Indoor Tennis Center in Omaha.Shenandoah 7, HCHS 2 The Cyclones punched wins at No.