DENISON (April 22) -- Jace Gubbels earned medalist honors with a round of 44 Thursday afternoon as the Harlan Community boys golf team won its first dual meet of the year with a 193-200 victory over Denison-Schleswig at Majestic Hills. HCHS improved to 1-3 on the season and has now cut at least six strokes off its nine-hole team score each time out since the April 13 opener in Harlan. Gubbels tied Denison’s Parker Bekkerus for the top round o

 MANNING (April 23) -- The IKM-Manning girls and boys golf teams both defeated AHSTW on Friday in a co-ed meet at the M&M Golf Course. The IKM-M boys won by a score of 166-200 and the Wolves’ girls beat the Lady Vikes 214-231. Tyler Brandt of IKM-Manning was the boys medalist with a 1-over-par round of 37 while teammate Kyler Rasmussen was the runner-up with a 41. The Wolves also counted 44s by Conner Richards and Max Nielsen.

 NEOLA (April 23) -- Ashton Lyon’s first career hat trick paved the way Friday as Harlan Community used a fast start to earn its first boys soccer win of the season, beating Tri-Center 5-3 at Neola’s new City Park field. Lyon scored three goals and also had an assist while Ian Shelton and Connor Frame scored one goal each for the Cyclones, who improved to 1-9 overall. HCHS stormed out to a 4-0 lead in the first 13 minutes and was able to hold

 HARLAN (April 19) -- It was another busy night for Raegen Wicks and another dominant win for the Harlan Community girls soccer team. Three days after shutting out Riverside 8-0, the HCHS girls blanked Greene County by the same score on a cold Monday evening at Merrill Field, improving to 2-2 on the season. Wicks scored four goals for the second straight game and assisted three others, taking 12 total shots and nine shots on goal.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 20) -- The Harlan Community girls track team got back in the win column Tuesday night with a gutty all-around performance at Lewis Central’s Co-Ed Titan Relays. The Cyclone girls took home just two gold medals, but placed 20 times in 16 events to outscore Glenwood 114-108 and claim their third meet title of the season in a competitive 13-team field. Sioux City North won a tight battle for third place with 70 points while

 HARLAN (April 20) -- Following a 3-3 split in singles play, Harlan Community was defeated in all three doubles matches by Glenwood and lost a 6-3 girls tennis dual here Tuesday. HCHS got singles wins from Alli Owens in the number two spot (8-5), Grace Coenen at No. 5 (8-3) and Erica Rust at No. 6 (8-2). Josie Knudson and Casey Kohl lost tight matches by scores of 6-8 and 7-9, respectively, and No.

 HARLAN (April 20) -- Jocelyn Cheek earned top medalist honors for the second time this season here Tuesday as the Harlan Community girls golfers placed third in a Hawkeye Ten triangular at Harlan Golf and Country Club. Denison-Schleswig, led by runner-up medalist Kelsey Jorgensen’s round of 52, won the meet with a team score of 218, followed by Glenwood (233) and HCHS (249). Cheek, the Cyclones’ only senior on the 2021 roster, carded bogey or

 HARLAN (April 15) -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team picked up its first dual win of the season Thursday with an exciting 5-4 decision over Audubon. HCHS, now 1-2 overall, split the six singles matches against the Wheelers (0-3) before winning two out of three in doubles play. The team of Alli Owens and Grace Coenen won 8-4 in No. 2 doubles while Casey Kohl and Erica Rust combined for an 8-5 win in No.

 AVOCA (April 15) -- Madison Eckmann scored five goals and Julia Kock added two on Thursday as the AHSTW girls soccer team dominated Riverside 7-0 for its first win of the season. The Lady Vikes improved to 1-4 overall and now stand 1-0 in Western Iowa Conference play going into their next match at Tri-Center on Tuesday. AHSTW took a myriad of shots on goal early, but came up empty until Kock snapped the scoreless tie from the right side of th

 AVOCA (April 15) -- Rhett Bentley scored a three-goal hat trick to lead Riverside past the AHSTW boys soccer team 4-1 here Thursday night. The Bulldogs (2-0) used their overall team speed to take control early from a possession and shots standpoint and scored two goals in each half. AHSTW (1-3) got on the board with 14:59 remaining on a goal by Hayden Fischer. Ayden Salais scored the first Riverside goal on a breakaway in the 16th minute and

 OAKLAND (April 16) -- Raegen Wicks scored four goals and freshman Taylor Bieker added a pair Friday night as the Harlan Community girls soccer team rolled past Riverside 8-0 for its first win of the season. Wicks already had a hat trick by the 31st minute of play and the Cyclones led 6-0 at halftime, improving to 1-2 on the year. Samantha Ineson and Darbie Argotsinger also scored goals for HCHS, Kaia Bieker had two assists and Hailey Good had

 GLENWOOD (April 15) -- Harlan Community finished the Glenwood Girls Ram Relays on a high note Thursday, improving their Drake Relays’ qualifying spot in the 4x400 relay with a winning time of 4:10.42 and passing Lewis Central for second place in the team standings. The Cyclones also won the distance medley relay with a season-best of 4:27.2, scored 18 times in 15 events overall and finished with 101 points. Glenwood won its home meet with 137

 DES MOINES (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys and girls track teams have both qualified one event for the 2021 Drake Relays in Des Moines. All high school events this year will be held on Thursday, April 22, at Drake Stadium. HCHS sophomore Aidan Hall is one of 32 qualifiers in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Hall will compete at 11:27 a.m. Thursday, running in section one, lane six of timed finals.

 HARLAN -- A former all-state player and recent assistant coach has been hired as Harlan Community High School’s next head baseball coach. Heath Stein, a 2004 HCHS graduate, accepted the job on Friday, April 9, and officially became the head coach following school board approval on Monday, April 12.

 HARLAN (April 13) -- The meet didn’t end on the brightest of notes, but Harlan Community still put forth a strong showing on the home track Tuesday night as part of the annual Cyclone Ken Carstens Boys Invitational. Treynor and Lewis Central paced an 11-team field with five gold medals apiece and also scored the most points as the Cardinals would up winning the team title over the Titans by a slim 133-130 margin. HCHS won three events and fin