ANITA (Sept.

 AVOCA (Sept. 21) -- Blake Osbahr threw four touchdown passes and Gabe Pauley ran for three scores last Friday night to lead the second-ranked AHSTW football team past Riverside 48-3 in the Class A, District 9 opener for both squads. The Vikings (5-0) scored all of their points in the first half on Homecoming night before playing their reserves with a running clock the rest of the way.

 FORT DODGE (Sept. 21) -- Kyler and Amos Rasmussen both ran for a pair of touchdowns and IKM-Manning’s defense took a shutout into the final two minutes last Friday as the Wolves opened district play with a 41-8 win at Fort Dodge St.

 HARLAN (Sept.

 ADEL (Sept. 21) -- The defense of Adel-DeSoto-Minburn was as good as advertised Friday night.

 ELK HORN (Sept. 20) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton volleyball team lost a pair of Rolling Valley Conference matches last week vs. CAM and at Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Cougars swept the Spartans 25-11, 25-9, 25-12 on Tuesday night (Sept. 18) in Elk Horn. Two nights later, Exira-EHK won a set but was defeated 3-1 at Coon Rapids-Bayard (25-20, 12-25, 18-25, 16-25), dropping to 1-4 in the RVC and 1-17 overall.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept.

 CRESTON (Sept.

 ADEL (Sept. 21) -- What a difference a year makes; or a month, for that matter. When glancing through Harlan Community’s 2018 football schedule in August, the Week 5 district opener at Adel-DeSoto-Minburn was not necessarily the attention grabber that it is today. The Tigers finished 1-8 last season, including a 55-7 loss in Harlan.