AVOCA (Jan. 16) -- Another fast start carried the AHSTW girls basketball team to a seventh straight victory here Thursday night as the 11th-ranked (2A) Lady Vikes topped Underwood 67-53 in a Western Iowa Conference game moved up 24 hours due to an impending snow storm. AHSTW (12-1 overall)...
AVOCA (Jan. 16) -- The AHSTW boys rallied back from a 27-18 halftime deficit Thursday night to beat Underwood 54-48 and remain just one game behind Treynor in the Western Iowa Conference standings. The Vikings outscored the Eagles 17-12 in the third quarter and 19-9 in the fourth to net the...
MANNING (Jan. 16) -- Senior Lexi Branning scored a career-high 31 points in less than 17 minutes of action and junior Alexa Ahrenholtz tallied 21 points and 10 assists here Thursday night as the IKM-Manning girls raced past Riverside 96-29 to sweep the season series. The Wolves led 35-8 after one...
MANNING (Jan. 16) -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team won its fourth straight game since the holiday break on Thursday night, easily defeating Riverside 62-32. The Wolves improved to 6-5 overall and 6-3 inside the Western Iowa Conference, good for fourth place in the standings. A dozen IKM-M...
GLIDDEN (Jan. 14) -- Freshman Quinn Grubbs scored 16 points and sophomore Macy Emgarten had 11 to lead the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls past Glidden-Ralston 60-31 last Tuesday night. The Spartans improved to 11-1 on the season, outscoring the host Wildcats 19-9 in the first quarter and 13-3 in...
GLIDDEN (Jan. 14) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton outscored Glidden-Ralston 16-6 in the fourth quarter to rally past the Wildcats 49-43 last Tuesday and improve to 6-4. Creighton Nelson led the Spartans with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Tyler Petersen had 12 points and five assists. Trey Petersen...
UNDERWOOD (Jan. 14) -- Amos Rasmussen led the way with 23 points last Tuesday night as the IKM-Manning boys rallied for a hard-fought 63-58 win at Underwood. The Wolves trailed 50-38 after three quarters before outscoring the Eagles 25-8 the rest of the way. Colby Keller added nine points for IKM-...
CLARINDA (Jan. 16) -- Andrew Andersen bowled a 264 high game and William Funke had a 257 on Thursday, but it wasn’t enough as the Harlan Community boys bowling team lost a dual at Clarinda by the final of 2,788 to 2,663. The Cyclone girls also came up short, falling 2,257 to 2,133. Both HCHS...
RED OAK -- The Harlan Community girls placed first and the boys took second at the Red Oak Bowling Tournament held last Tuesday (January 14). The Cyclone girls finished with a total team score of 2,394, closely followed by Red Oak (2,362), Lewis Central (2,325) and Shenandoah (2,306). Creston came...
ATLANTIC (Jan. 16) -- Harlan Community swimmers Malachi Purcell, Reilly McMurphy and Kaiden Milliken contributed in multiple events to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln’s 77-69 dual win over Atlantic here Thursday at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA. The three HCHS swimmers are competing this winter for...