Sports
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...
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...
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...
ELK HORN (Jan. 12) -- The third quarter hasn’t always been kind to the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team this season, but you wouldn’t have known it on Saturday afternoon. Already leading 37-24 at halftime, the Spartans jumped all over Audubon with a 13-2 run out of the break, hit...
AVOCA (Jan. 11) -- In a game of runs, the IKM-Manning girls found stability in their defense Friday night and led by double digits most of the second half to outlast AHSTW 60-51 and complete a regular-season sweep. Sophomore guard Alexa Ahrenholtz scored 15 of her game-high 22 points in the second...
AVOCA (Jan. 11) -- The IKM-Manning boys capped a solid week on the basketball floor Friday night, following up Tuesday’s 55-38 win over Audubon with a 52-34 road victory at AHSTW. The Wolves, who led just 35-29 in the third quarter, finished the period on an 8-3 run and outscored the Vikings 9-2...
CLARINDA -- It wasn’t pretty from an offensive standpoint, according to head coach Mitch Osborn, but the Harlan Community boys were able to pull away late and win their fifth in a row Friday night with a 56-45 victory at Clarinda. HCHS led 25-22 at the half and just 36-35 after three quarters...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team broke open a 22-19 game early in the third quarter by outscoring Clarinda 36-9 the rest of the way Friday night, beating the Cardinals 58-28 in Hawkeye Ten Conference action. Nine girls broke into the scoring column for the Cyclones, who have...
ELK HORN (Jan. 8) -- Dakota Rold made school history on Tuesday night, becoming just the second Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball player to surpass 1,000 career points in the Spartans’ 80-53 rout of Coon Rapids-Bayard. Rold, a 6-foot-7 senior post, reached his milestone in the fourth...
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