REGIONAL (Oct. 23) -- The AHSTW girls cross country team is headed back to the state meet in Fort Dodge. IKM-Manning senior Quentin Dreyer will also be making a repeat appearance. The Lady Vikes, along with Dreyer, both punched their state meet tickets with impressive showings at separate Class 1A...
HARLAN (Oct. 22) -- It was a great high school match that had a little bit of everything. Harlan Community played some of its best volleyball of the year in stretches; at other moments, some of its worst. The Cyclones completed a rousing comeback in set four - after trailing 13-5 - and took a 6-3...
TREYNOR (Oct. 21) -- AHSTW was competitive in the final two sets but couldn’t extend the match beyond three in Wednesday night’s Class 2A regional quarterfinal loss at Treynor. The Cardinals (16-9) prevailed in a sweep (25-16, 25-20, 25-23) and advanced to play at 9th-ranked Underwood (25-5) in a...
LAKE VIEW (Oct. 21) -- Two nights after opening Class 2A regional play with a win, the IKM-Manning volleyball team saw its season come to an end Wednesday against fifth-ranked and unbeaten East Sac County. The Raiders (22-0) swept the Wolves 25-9, 25-10, 25-11 in a Region 4 quarterfinal match. IKM...
HARLAN (Oct. 23) -- The Harlan Community football team battled some bye-week rust on offense Friday night, but the special teams and defense picked up the scoring slack as the 2nd-ranked Cyclones handled Bondurant-Farrar 36-7 in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs at chilly Merrill Field. ...
SPENCER (Oct. 21) -- A senior-dominant team of Harlan Community cross country girls, along with one of the top boys in program history, took care of business Wednesday at the Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Spencer. The HCHS girls placed four runners in the top 15 and punched a third straight...
HARLAN (Oct. 23) -- The wait is over. After watching from the sidelines last week courtesy of its first round playoff bye, the Harlan Community football team will join the postseason party Friday night at Merrill Field. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones (7-0) will host Bondurant-Farrar (5-3) in a Class 3A...
OAKLAND (Oct. 19) -- The effort and energy were there, but Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton lacked the execution to hang with Riverside in Monday’s Class 1A, Region 2 volleyball opener at Oakland. Led by a balanced attack at the net, the host Bulldogs swept the Spartans 25-13, 25-14, 25-18 to advance to...
TABOR (Oct. 16) -- Tenth-ranked Fremont-Mills forced five turnovers in the game and raced out to a 45-0 halftime lead last Friday night en route to a 51-6 first-round playoff win over Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton in 8-Player football action. Fremont-Mills (4-1) was led offensively by Jake Malcom’s 86...
DENISON (Oct. 15) -- Atlantic’s Craig Alan Becker and Harlan Community’s Trey Gross put on another great show at Thursday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet in Denison. And even though Gross was still unable to beat his top southwest Iowa rival, the Cyclone senior posted his best time of...