Sports
AVOCA (Feb. 1) -- Making his first career start on Senior Night, AHSTW’s Matt Sauvain hit 3-of-4 three-pointers and scored a team-high 13 points last Friday as the Vikings defeated Riverside 61-46. Sauvain and fellow senior Matthew Herrera (7 points) were both inserted into the starting lineup and...
AVOCA (Feb. 1) -- Feeding off 25 steals on defense, AHSTW put up 51 first-half points and hammered the Riverside girls 76-36 last Friday night. The Lady Vikes raced out to a 25-4 lead after a quarter and extended the margin to 51-19 at halftime and 70-28 after three with a running clock in play...
IDA GROVE (Feb. 2) -- Joey Arkfeld knew what had to be done... or at least he thought he did. As the action drew to a close in Saturday’s Class 2A Sectional Wrestling Tournament, Harlan Community’s senior 220-pounder was told he needed at least a major decision in his second-place wrestle-back...
GUTHRIE CENTER (Feb. 2) -- The AHSTW wrestling team put together another outstanding sectional meet performance on Saturday afternoon, claiming seven district qualifiers and placing first with 217.5 points at the Class 1A, Sectional 3 tournament in Guthrie Center. Seth Kiesel (160 pounds), top-...
GLENWOOD (Feb. 1) -- Spotting Glenwood an 11-0 lead in the opening two minutes forced an uphill battle for the Harlan Community boys basketball team Friday night. Allowing a late 17-1 run proved to be the final dagger as the Cyclones lost to the Rams 62-46 in a Hawkeye 10 matchup that did not...
HARLAN (Jan. 31) -- The Harlan Community girls established an 11-2 lead early in the second quarter Thursday night and were able to hold off Nodaway Valley for a 47-36 non-conference win, improving to 4-12 overall. The scrappy Wolverines (10-8) closed the gap to 22-21 early in the second half but...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan. 31) -- Oscar Olmos and Ethan Lemon both notched career win number 100 Thursday night as the Harlan Community wrestlers capped an outstanding regular season with a double dual sweep at Lewis Central. HCHS beat Creston/O-M 45-30 and defeated the host Titans 40-29, improving to...
HARLAN -- Dr. Lonnie Pitts, Council Bluffs, and Richard Daberkow, Harlan, both received state awards recently from the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association for their service to the Harlan Community School District. Pitts and Daberkow were recognized on January 26 prior to the HCHS girls...
HARLAN -- Bob and Julie Klein, rural Harlan, are the 2018-2019 inductees into the Harlan Community Schools Athletic Booster Club Hall of Fame. The Kleins were recognized as this year’s hall of fame honorees at halftime of the HCHS girls’ January 26 home game against Glenwood. Bob and Julie have...
ELK HORN (Jan. 28) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls followed up their most disappointing loss of the season last Friday with arguably their most impressive win on Monday night, rallying past CAM 58-55 to hand the sixth-ranked (1A) Cougars just their second loss of the season. The Spartans...
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