EXIRA (Sept. 4) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton took an early 7-0 lead on Trey Petersen’s 65-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kingery, but Coon Rapids-Bayard gradually took control behind a powerful rushing attack and beat the Spartans 66-19 here Friday night. Exira-EHK dropped to 0-2 overall (0-2 in 8-...
MISSOURI VALLEY (Sept. 4) -- AHSTW quarterback Blake Holst fired three touchdown passes and ran in two more scores Friday night as the Viking football team topped Missouri Valley 39-6 to even their non-district record at 1-1. Leading 12-6 after one quarter, AHSTW’s defense pitched a shutout the...
GOWRIE (Sept. 4) -- Southeast Valley answered both of IKM-Manning’s second-half touchdowns Friday night to hold off the Wolves 32-22 in non-district football action. Kyler Rasmussen rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns and Drew Doyel had 42 yards and one score for the Wolves (0-2), who were held...
HARLAN (Sept. 1) -- After letting one slip away in the opening set, the Harlan Community volleyball team used fast starts and quality serving to finish off Denison-Schleswig in four here Tuesday night, winning 23-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-21 in the Hawkeye Ten opener for both teams. HCHS improved to 6-...
PELLA (Sept. 4) -- For as well as the Harlan Community football team played a week ago in beating Grinnell 40-28, the goal this Friday night - maybe the requirement - is an even better performance at Pella. The Cyclones (1-0) trailed four separate times in last week’s season opener but rolled up...
SHENANDOAH (Sept. 1) -- The Harlan Community cross country teams both placed first and also claimed the two individual champions at Tuesday’s Shenandoah Early Bird Invite. The Cyclone girls dominated a five-team field, placing seven runners in the top nine and posting a winning score of 18. Kaia...
EXIRA (Sept. 8) -- The first two games of the 2020 football season have literally been a tale of two halves for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton. In a Week 1 contest at 2nd-ranked Audubon, Exira-EHK fell behind 49-0 at halftime in a 55-0 defeat. In Friday’s home game vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, the Spartans...
AVOCA (Sept. 3) -- For a young football team like AHSTW, the strangeness of 2020 could actually be a blessing this fall. The Vikings have just three seniors on the roster (two of them starters) and may not be playing their best football until mid-October... which is exactly when the playoffs begin...
HARLAN (Aug. 29) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team saved its best for last in Saturday’s four-team Cyclone Tournament, sweeping 3rd-ranked (1A) St. Albert 25-19, 25-19 to finish 2-1 on the day and improve to 5-1 overall. Following a disappointing 25-27, 17-25 loss to Treynor in its second...
GLENWOOD (Aug. 29) -- Urbandale placed two girls in the top five, but Harlan Community had just enough depth to outlast the J-Hawks and defend its team title at Saturday’s 46th annual Glenwood Cross Country Meet. Scoring five runners between sixth and 17th, the Cyclone girls posted a winning score...