ADEL (Aug. 27) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team opened the season Thursday with a perfect 3-0 showing at the ADM Quad Tournament in Adel. HCHS recorded 2-0 wins over Newton (21-15, 21-19) and Algona (21-11, 21-15) and won a 2-1 decision over the host Tigers, 19-21, 21-8, 15-7. Sophomore...
AVOCA -- AHSTW’s fourth-quarter comeback fell two points short Friday night as the Viking football team lost their season opener to Shenandoah by a final of 24-22. The Vikings, who turned the ball over five times, trailed 14-0 at the half and 24-7 after three quarters before scoring twice in the...
MANNING (Aug. 28) -- Mason Rohatsch scored four touchdowns (two rushing, two receiving) while quarterback Jaxon Johnson finished with three touchdown passes and one on the ground Friday night to lead the Tri-Center football team past IKM-Manning 42-7 in a non-district season opener. The visiting...
HARLAN (Aug. 28) -- Going into Friday’s season opener, the early returns on Harlan Community football implied that the Cyclone defense was clearly ahead of the offense. Forty points and 549 total yards later, it turns out the offense is pretty good too. Answering all four scores by Grinnell with...
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...
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,...
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...
MANNING (Aug. 27) -- August hasn’t been kind to the IKM-Manning football team, but expectations remain high for September and October. The Wolves enter the 2020 season with just five seniors and 32 players on the roster - a number cut by one when versatile junior speedster Amos Rasmussen suffered...
HARLAN (Aug. 24) -- The 2019 football season ended in frustrating fashion for Harlan Community when untimely mistakes marred a 9-7 first round playoff loss at Dallas Center-Grimes. That frustration continued in the off-season - at least after mid-March - as COVID-19 shut down weight training in...
GRINNELL (Aug. 17) -- On August 28, Harlan Community and Grinnell will clash at Merrill Field in the first game of the 2020 football season. This past Monday, Cyclone and Tiger players worked together for a much greater cause. A crew of 27 players and six HCHS coaches made the two-and-a-half hour...