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  AHSTW junior Kinsey Scheffler is guarded by T-C’s Madison Ausdemore near the basket.
 AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW junior Kinsey Scheffler scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds last Tuesday night as the Lady Vikes defeated Tri-Center 58-51 to complete a sweep of the season series. Claire Denning (11 points) and Kailey Jones (10) also scored in double figures for AHSTW while Katie...
 Viking players Raydden Grobe (left) and Clayton Akers scramble for a loose ball with T-C’s Leyton Nelson.
 AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW held off a late rally by Tri-Center last Tuesday night to beat the Trojans 53-50 and earn a split in the regular season series. Clayton Akers paced the Vikings with 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and also grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Joey Cunningham knocked...
 Exira-EHK freshman Mollie Rasmussen is hugged by senior Damian Peterson (12) and surrounded by teammates following her game-winning shot from the right corner that gave the Spartan girls a 59-57 victory over Ar-We-Va. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 ELK HORN (Jan. 15) -- Some folks thought she traveled. Others claimed she released the ball after the buzzer. Maybe both. None of it matters, though, because freshman Mollie Rasmussen’s last-second 3-pointer will forever go in the books as a walk-off game-winner for the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton...
 Exira-EHK senior Dakota Rold (44) blocks a shot by Ar-We-Va freshman Will Ragaller during Tuesday’s game.
 ELK HORN (Jan. 15) -- Trailing by five at the start of the fourth quarter Tuesday night, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys nipped at the heels of Ar-We-Va for the final eight minutes but couldn’t get over the hump in a frustrating 58-53 loss to the seventh-ranked (1A) Rockets. Ar-We-Va (13-0...
 HCHS senior Taymon Klinkefus (43) takes a shot against Ballard Tuesday night. (Photos by Kim Wegener)
 HARLAN (Jan. 15) -- As the free throws keep piling up, so too does the win total for the Harlan Community boys basketball team. The Cyclones extended their winning streak to six games on Tuesday night, overcoming a slow start in both halves to defeat Ballard 59-54 and improve to 8-4 on the season...
 HCHS sophomore Macie Leinen looks to score inside against Ballard’s Cassidy Thompson (21) and Maggie Larson (15) during Tuesday’s game. (Photo by Kim Wegener)
 HARLAN (Jan. 15) -- Sophomore Josie Fleischmann almost single-handedly shot the Ballard girls past Harlan Community Tuesday night, hitting six three-pointers in the third period alone as the 13th-ranked (4A) Bombers outscored the Cyclones 23-5 in the quarter and won the ball game 53-31. HCHS held...
 MOUNT AYR (Jan. 12) -- The Harlan Community wrestling team finished a perfect 8-0 at Mount Ayr’s Ron Scott Memorial Dual Tournament last weekend, claiming its third team title of the season and improving its record to 20-2 overall. Cyclone seniors Oscar Olmos (145 pounds), Joey Arkfeld (220) and...
 HCHS junior Samuel Andersen led the team with a 419 two-game series vs. Clarinda last week and sports the Cyclones’ second-best average (173.8) through seven events. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN (Jan. 10) -- Jayden Gessert rolled a two-game series of 338 (158-180) and Olivia Petersen scored a 327 (148-179) to lead the Harlan Community girls bowling team past Clarinda 2,181 to 2,111 at Cyclone Lanes last Thursday. HCHS improved its dual record to 4-2 on the season. Petersen, a first...
 RED OAK -- The Harlan Community girls and boys bowling teams posted their best scores of the season at the Red Oak Tournament January 8, placing second and third, respectively. The girls team standings were as follows: 1. Lewis Central 2,387, 2. HCHS 2,311, 3. Shenandoah 2,247, 4. Creston 2,061, 5...
 Spartan senior Josh Pettepier (21) drives around Audubon’s Gavin Smith to score a first-half bucket during the team’s 75-55 non-conference win. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 ELK HORN (Jan. 12) -- As of last week, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team had yet to crack the Associated Press top 10 rankings in Class 1A. What the senior-laden Spartans have done thus far is handle nearly every obstacle in their path. On Saturday afternoon, Exira-EHK extended...

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