Sports
NEOLA (Feb. 11) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team clinched its first Western Iowa Conference championship in 20 years Tuesday night with a 49-27 victory at Tri-Center. The 12th-ranked (2A) Lady Vikes finished the regular season 18-3 overall and 14-2 in the WIC, winning a tough four-team battle...
ELK HORN (Feb. 10) -- The Boyer Valley boys basketball team (18-1) pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Exira-EHK 54-33 on Monday night. The Spartans (10-10, 9-7 Rolling Valley Conference) will host Woodward Academy on Friday to close out the regular season.
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ELK HORN (Feb. 10) -- Eight days is a long time between games, but Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball coach Tom Petersen isn’t worried about rust as his team prepares for the start of Class 1A regional play. The 8th-ranked Spartans simply need to get healthy and back in basketball shape...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 7) -- Starting the game with a near five-and-a-half minute scoring drought and trailing 15-5 after one quarter, the Harlan Community girls could have panicked Friday night with thoughts of last month’s 58-34 home loss to Lewis Central. Instead, the Cyclones fought hard to the...
GLENWOOD (Feb. 8) -- It was a good day to be a Cyclone at Saturday’s Class 2A, Sectional 4 Wrestling Tournament in Glenwood. Despite competing without three varsity regulars, Harlan Community filled out all 14 weights and won a tight three-team battle for first place while also qualifying nine...
OAKLAND (Feb. 8) -- AHSTW placed second as a team and advanced eight district qualifiers through competition in Saturday’s Class 1A, Sectional 14 Wrestling Tournament at Riverside High School. Viking 160-pounder Denver Pauley and 195-pounder Gavyn Fischer were both sectional champions on the day,...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 7) -- A big comeback wasn’t in the cards this time around for the Harlan Community boys basketball team, but not for a lack of effort. HCHS cut a 16-point fourth quarter deficit down to six at Lewis Central Friday night but couldn’t get over the hump in a 73-62 conference...
HARLAN (Feb. 5) -- Once Johnathan Monson decided that college football was part of his future, choosing Northwest Missouri State University was the easy part. The Harlan Community senior signed his national letter of intent with the NCAA Division II Bearcats on Wednesday, joining a program in...
MARYVILLE, MO. -- Former Harlan Community High School student-athlete Derec Weyer is one of four transfers added to Northwest Missouri State’s 2020 football recruiting class announced Wednesday, February 5. Weyer, a 2019 graduate of HCHS, is the son of Tim and Kelli Miller and Shane and Melissa...
REGIONAL (Feb. 6) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its 2020 football district assignments on Thursday and also announced that the number of playoff qualifiers will remain at 16 per class for at least one more year. Harlan Community will be part of Class 3A, District 9 next...
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