Sports
ELK HORN (Dec. 20) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team evened its record at 3-3 going into the holiday break with a 55-39 home win vs. West Harrison here Friday night. Senior Creighton Nelson had another big game for the Spartans, making 12-of-14 field goals and 9-of-11 free...
ELK HORN (Dec. 20) -- Hot three-point shooting and defense carried the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls past West Harrison 82-22 Friday night in the final game before Christmas break. The Spartans improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the Rolling Valley Conference, hitting 12-of-26 threes and totaling...
AVOCA (Dec. 17) -- Raydden Grobe’s outside shooting ignited a 40-18 start for the AHSTW boys basketball team Tuesday night as the sixth-ranked (1A) Vikings improved to 7-0 with a 78-48 win over Missouri Valley. Grobe knocked down four straight 3-pointers to start the game and scored 14 of AHSTW’s...
AVOCA (Dec. 17) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season in a big way earlier this week, routing its next two opponents by a combined 103 points. The 11th-ranked (2A) Lady Vikes suffered an overtime defeat vs. Audubon last Friday but recovered to overwhelm...
HARLAN (Dec. 13) -- Harlan Community’s last-second layup rolled off the rim and Denison-Schleswig grabbed the rebound as time expired last Friday, giving the Monarch girls a 48-47 Hawkeye Ten Conference win over the Cyclones. Harlan’s second frustrating loss in as many nights dropped its record to...
ELK HORN (Dec. 14) -- Freshman Quinn Grubbs scored 11 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter and senior Ellie Schultes also tallied 21 last Saturday as the 15th-ranked (1A) Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls erased a 10-point halftime deficit to beat IKM-Manning 54-50. The area non-conference matchup...
ELK HORN (Dec. 14) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team steadily built a 34-22 halftime lead and knocked down 20-of-27 free throws last Saturday in a 65-51 non-conference win over IKM-Manning. The Spartans (2-3 overall) were led by senior Creighton Nelson’s 28-point outing. Nelson...
MANNING (Dec. 13) -- The IKM-Manning boys scored only 12 first-half points and shot 25 percent for the game last Friday in a 50-35 home loss to Tri-Center. The Wolves dropped to 2-2 in Western Iowa Conference play. Despite its first-half scoring woes, IKM-M trailed just 16-12 at halftime, but was...
WOODBINE (Dec. 13) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys fell to 1-3 in the Rolling Valley Conference following last Friday’s 44-39 loss at Woodbine. The Spartans entered the fourth quarter with a 35-29 lead but were outscored 15-4 the rest of the way by the Tigers, who were led by 12 points...
BOYS TOWN, NEB. (Dec. 13-14) -- Harlan Community senior Carter Bendorf won his second 182-pound tournament title in as many weeks and junior Jesse Schwery placed second at 220 to lead the Cyclones to a fourth-place finish out of 12 teams at the 49th Boys Town Wrestling Invitational Friday and...
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