HARLAN (Dec. 3) -- Exactly two weeks after playing in a state championship football game, Harlan Community opened the boys basketball season here Thursday night with a 64-60 overtime loss to Blair. HCHS had the look of a team short on practice time, missing at least 10 close-range “bunnies,”...
SHENANDOAH (Dec. 4) -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team took control of Friday’s game with a 32-6 second-quarter run and improved to 1-1 overall with a 77-36 Hawkeye Ten victory at Shenandoah. Connor Frame made 5-of-9 three-pointers and paced the Cyclones with 20 points as they made big...
SHENANDOAH (Dec. 4) -- The Harlan Community girls scored 46 points during the second and third quarters and forced 27 Shenandoah turnovers Friday night to open conference play with a 71-40 win over the Fillies. The 11th-rated (Class 4A) Cyclones capped a season-opening 3-0 week with their best...
AVOCA – The AHSTW basketball teams swept visiting Riverside in a girl-boy doubleheader Friday evening, Dec. 4. The Lady Vikes (3-1) broke open a closer game in the third quarter en route to a 69-35 victory, while the Viking boys took care of the Bulldogs 66-27 in the night cap. Leading the way for...
MANNING (Dec. 4) -- Slow starts and effective zone defense by Logan-Magnolia thwarted the IKM-Manning basketball teams Friday night as the Wolves were swept in a Western Iowa Conference doubleheader. Both IKM-M squads dropped to 0-2 in the WIC. Logan-Magnolia won the girls game 57-43 behind 21...
TREYNOR (Nov. 30) -- In a game dictated by the defenses, the Harlan Community girls basketball team found some offense at just the right time Monday night to open the season with a 34-25 victory at Treynor. Ashley Hall book-ended a crucial 10-1 run with a three-pointer and a baseline drive as the...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Dec. 1) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team improved to 2-0 here Tuesday night with another hard-fought road win, outlasting 12th-ranked (1A) St. Albert 44-42 in a non-conference matchup. HCHS senior Jocelyn Cheek drained a go-ahead three-pointer in the last 30 seconds...
TREYNOR (Dec. 1) -- A cold shooting night hampered the IKM-Manning girls basketball team Tuesday night in a 52-39 loss at Treynor. The 10th-ranked (2A) Wolves were playing their first game of the season while the Cardinals (2-1, 1-0 Western Iowa Conference) were playing for the second straight...
TREYNOR (Dec. 1) -- Trailing by nine points at the end of the third quarter, the IKM-Manning boys basketball team was outscored 13-0 the rest of the way in a season-opening 62-40 loss at Treynor Tuesday night. The Wolves shot 28.6 percent from the field and were outrebounded 40-21 by the Cardinals...
AUDUBON (Dec. 1) -- The AHSTW boys basketball team improved to 2-0 on Tuesday night, winning its Western Iowa Conference opener 68-47 at Audubon. Viking scoring leaders were sophomores Brayden Lund and Kyle Sternberg with 27 and 22 points, respectively, as they combined to make 5-of-8 three-...