HARLAN -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team finished the regular season Thursday night with a 65-49 win over Carroll Public, improving to 18-3 overall going into the start of postseason play Monday night. Kyle Juhl led the Cyclones with 18 points and 13 rebounds while Will Lansman had 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and four blocks. See Friday’s News-Advertiser for more details.

 AREA -- The IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball teams both won Class 1-A district quarterfinal games Thursday night while AHSTW was defeated in 2-A district semifinal by Ridge View, 53-50.

     ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. – Harlan bowler David Tyrrel took second place in the PBA-50 Midwest Regional Pro Tournament here Saturday, January 31. The tourney was a part of the National Senior Tour.     Tyrrel, who has held a pro bowling “card” for some time, said it was the first time he could bowl in the 50-and-up category, having turned 50 on January 6, and it was his first professional competitive effort in some time.

 DES MOINES -- Jacob Wingert’s first-round victory proved to be the highlight for Harlan Community as the Cyclones scored just two points at the 2016 State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines. Wingert, a junior at 160 pounds, and senior 132-pounder Elias Shaeffer were both making their first state meet appearance for HCHS. Wingert defeated Tyler Zeimen of Cherokee, 7-2, in Thursday night’s first round before being pinned twice in the first peri

 DES MOINES -- Of the 84 Iowa wrestlers competing in Saturday night’s state championship finals, the vast majority got their start in the sport long before seventh grade. AHSTW senior Tim Barr, however, is one of those rare exceptions. And while Barr’s amazing season and three-day state meet run didn’t end with him standing on the top step of the medalist podium at Wells Fargo Arena, countless kids who have wrestled since kindergarten would ha

 DES MOINES -- It wasn’t the exact ending he wanted, but Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton senior Lane Ring was happy to at least wrestle his final high school match inside Wells Fargo Arena. Making his second state meet appearance, Ring finished in the top 12 of the Class 1-A, 195-pound bracket Thursday and Friday, winning one out of three matches.

    DUNLAP -- Joseph “Jack” Aloys Stessman, 84, Dunlap, died Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Dunlap Specialty Care Center.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 1 at 10 a.m. at St.

    HARLAN -- Nora Irene Carmichael, 72, Harlan, died February 17 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  There will be no burial.    Carmichael is survived by guardian Janice Gaul; nieces and nephews and Concerned family. 

    SHELBY -- Dave and Judy Robinson of Shelby will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today, February 26.    Their family is planning a card shower in their honor. Cards will reach them if sent to PO Box 244, Shelby, IA 51570.