Sports
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 23) -- The rubber match was all Cardinals. Following two highly competitive Western Iowa Conference games during the regular season - each team winning on the other’s home floor - Treynor took control early vs. AHSTW Tuesday night and never looked back. Bolstered by a combined...
ADEL (Feb. 22) -- Trailing by eight with less than two minutes to play Monday night, the Harlan Community boys basketball team seemingly caught a break when ADM missed three straight front ends of one-and-one at the free throw line. Unfortunately for HCHS, the Tigers pulled down an offensive...
AVOCA (Feb. 19) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team had a lot to feel good about following Friday’s 59-29, Class 2A regional semifinal win over Mount Ayr. First and foremost, the Lady Vikes took care of business in a big way on their home floor, using a hot-shooting start and smothering team...
DENISON (Feb. 23) -- The third time was most definitely a charm for this year’s Harlan Community girls basketball team. For the first time since 2016, the Cyclones are heading back to the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena following Tuesday night’s hard-fought 52-43 Class 4A regional final...
ELK HORN (Feb. 19) -- In a back and forth affair, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team kept their undefeated season alive Friday night with a hard-fought 53-43 Class 1A regional semifinal win over Stanton. The 4th-ranked Spartans trailed by four points in the third quarter before...
AVOCA (Feb. 18) -- Brayden Lund led the way with 22 points and 10 rebounds Thursday night as the AHSTW boys basketball team opened Class 2A district play with an impressive 65-44 semifinal win over Clarinda. Playing for the first time in over a week, the fourth-ranked Vikings established a 15-10...
CARROLL (Feb. 18) -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team nearly pulled off an upset at Carroll Thursday night, tying the game twice in the final minute before falling to the fourth-ranked (3A) Tigers 72-68 in the regular season finale for both teams. HCHS, which made 10-of-23 three-pointers...
HARLAN (Feb. 20) -- For the first time since 2016, the Harlan Community girls basketball team is back in a regional final and ready for another shot at Denison-Schleswig. The 9th-ranked Cyclones withstood a tough test from Spencer in Saturday’s Class 4A regional semifinal round, overcoming 20...
DES MOINES (Feb. 20) -- Harlan Community junior Luke Musich made a name for himself at the 2021 State Wrestling Tournament this past weekend, going from the 14th seed in his bracket to the Class 2A fifth-place medalist at 126 pounds. HCHS teammates Luke Freund and Jesse Schwery were just an...
DES MOINES (Feb. 19) -- Garrison Gettler’s first trip to the State Wrestling Tournament ended one win shy of a medal as the AHSTW junior finished with a 1-2 record during competition Thursday and Friday inside Wells Fargo Arena. Gettler, a 160-pounder, was seeded 12th in his bracket and earned a...
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