HARLAN (Aug. 28) -- No matter which set of preseason football rankings you follow, Friday’s Week 1 non-district clash between the Harlan Community Cyclones and Grinnell Tigers is expected to be a good one in Class 3A. HCHS is listed third in the first Radio Iowa Poll of the year and sixth by the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Grinnell is ranked third by the Gazette and fifth by Radio Iowa. The two teams will kick things off tonight at 7:00 p.m.

 AREA (Aug. 29) -- The Harlan Community and AHSTW volleyball teams will both play three matches Saturday as they host four and eight-team tournaments. The Cyclone Tournament will be a four-team quad this year starting at 9:00 a.m. HCHS will play in the high school gym, facing Logan-Magnolia first, followed by matches vs. Treynor and St. Albert. The AHSTW Tournament will feature two separate sessions. In the 8:00 a.m.

 SHENANDOAH (Aug. 25) -- The Harlan Community cross country team’s first meet of the season was called off Tuesday when the Shenandoah Early Bird Invite was postponed due to high heat and humidity. The meet was rescheduled for Tuesday, September 1. HCHS will now open the season on Saturday morning at the Glenwood Invite at Glenwood Lake Park.

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 AREA -- A combined 16 baseball and softball players from AHSTW and IKM-Manning were named to the 2020 Western Iowa Conference Summer All-Academic Team. Requirements include being a senior with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher.

 Editor’s Note: The following story on Morningside College football player Hunter Behrens was submitted to the Harlan Newspapers by the Morningside Sports Information department. Behrens is a 2017 graduate of IKM-Manning High School and is the son of Chris and Jenni Behrens, Manning. The 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior offensive lineman has played on the Mustangs’ back-to-back NAIA national championship teams in 2018 and 2019.

 HARLAN -- Just days before the start of the 2020 fall sports season, the Harlan Community School District released its fall sports guidelines Tuesday in relation to COVID-19 and spectator limits and expectations at cross country, football and volleyball home events. These guidelines were approved at Monday night’s HCSD board meeting and are subject to change going forward. A press release issued on Tuesday stated that the “Harlan Community Sc

 STATE (Aug. 13) -- The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released its 2020 All-State Softball teams on Thursday, recognizing two players from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and one from Harlan Community. Exira-EHK sophomore pitcher Macy Emgarten was named second team All-State in Class 1A while senior first baseman Kami Waymire was a third-team selection.

 MANNING -- Will Jorgensen, a 2020 graduate of IKM-Manning, was recently selected to the second team of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s 34th Academic All-State Baseball teams. Jorgensen was a senior for the 2020 IKM-Manning Wolves. The IHSBCA named 20 players to the first team and 22 players to the second team.

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 STATE (Aug. 13) -- Seniors Connor Bruck of Harlan Community and Sam Porter of AHSTW were recognized earlier this week as third team All-State selections by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. Bruck was named a third team pitcher in Class 3A while Porter was cited as the third team first baseman in Class 2A. In addition, Bruck was one of 64 seniors from across the state selected for the 2020 IHSBCA All-Star Series.

 ATLANTIC -- Several golfers from regional courses competed in last weekend’s Championship Division of the 62nd annual Tournament of Champions, held Friday-Sunday, Aug.

 HARLAN -- It was a short season, but overall another good one for the Harlan Community baseball team. Opening the 2020 schedule three weeks late due to COVID-19 delays, the Cyclones went 14-4 during the next five and a half weeks, tied for third place in the Hawkeye Ten Conference at 8-2 and reached the Class 3A substate final round for the 10th consecutive year. The season ended with a bad sixth inning and a 12-2 loss at Dallas Center-Grimes