Sports
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept. 7) -- In a matchup of two highly-rated girls cross country teams, Harlan Community finished 15 points out of first but gave defending Class 4A champion Southeast Polk all it wanted in Saturday morning’s 50th annual Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Invitational. Returning most...
SERGEANT BLUFF (Sept. 6) -- Each time Harlan Community gained a small measure of momentum Friday night, the tide quickly turned back in Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s favor. When the Cyclones recovered a fumble at the 10-yard line and scored two plays later to pull within 14-7, the 10th-ranked (3A)...
EXIRA (Sept. 6) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team evened its non-district record at 1-1 Friday night with an exciting 46-44 home win over Sidney. Spartan senior Creighton Nelson set the tone for a monster evening on the very first play as he took back the opening kickoff for a 70-yard...
DENISON (Sept. 3) -- While still a work in progress, Harlan Community took a definite step in the right direction Tuesday night with a 3-1 Hawkeye Ten volleyball win at Denison-Schleswig. Three days following a disappointing 1-5 finish in the Cyclone Tournament, HCHS played a little better with...
SERGEANT BLUFF (Sept. 6) -- The Harlan Community football team finished 8-3 last year with two decisive losses at Lewis Central. The one that got away, if you will, was a 34-32 home loss to Sergeant Bluff-Luton. HCHS led the Week 2 contest 20-0 early in the second quarter before the Warriors...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW volleyball team finished 2-2 in its home tournament on Saturday (Aug. 31), bowing out in the semifinals of the championship bracket to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. Seniors Kinsey Scheffler and Paige Osweiler were both named to the All-Tournament Team for the Lady Vikes, who...
EXIRA (Sept. 5) -- The 2019 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team features a roster of 26 total players, 10 seniors and only two full-time returning starters from last year’s successful 9-2 season that ended in the 8-Player quarterfinal round of the playoffs. The Spartans’ lack of varsity...
DENISON (Aug. 30) -- On a night when nothing came easy for Harlan Community, two game-changing plays on special teams helped pave the way for Friday’s season-opening 27-22 non-district football win at Denison-Schleswig. In both cases, a Cyclone player made the most out of a potentially bad...
HARLAN (Aug. 31) -- Losing to five state-ranked opponents in its first competition of the season, Harlan Community struggled for consistency and finished with a 1-5 record in Saturday’s Cyclone Volleyball Tournament. HCHS went 1-4 in Pool A and won a three-way tiebreaker for fourth place, then...
GLENWOOD (Aug. 31) -- The Harlan Community girls cross country team couldn’t have asked for a much better start to the season than what transpired at Saturday’s Glenwood Invite. Finishing ahead of two rivals ranked above them in the Class 3A preseason rankings, the Cyclones placed five runners in...
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