The Iowa High School Athletic Association recently released its district and substate assignments for boys basketball.

 REGIONAL (Feb. 3) -- Area wrestlers from Harlan Community, AHSTW and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will open their bids for a state tournament berth on Saturday afternoon when sectional tournaments are held across Iowa. All meets will begin at 12:00 p.m. HCHS will compete in the six-team Class 2A, Sectional 8 meet at Atlantic.

 MANNING (Jan.

 AVOCA (Jan. 30) -- The AHSTW boys knocked down 9-of-16 threes and shot 61 percent overall here Tuesday night, beating Griswold 79-24 for its fourth consecutive win. The Vikings exploded out of the gate with a 27-4 lead after one quarter and pulled ahead 48-13 by halftime. Eleven Viking players scored on the night, led by Jake Martin with 15 points, R.J. Harris 12 and Joey Cunningham and Kevin Jorgensen with 11 apiece.

 MANNING (Jan. 30) -- The IKM-Manning girls generated 34 Tri-Center turnovers with their full court pressure and shot 65 percent from the field in Tuesday night’s 73-22 home win over the Trojans. The 14th-ranked (2A) Wolves, who have now won 11 of their last 12 games, raced out to a 22-6 lead after one quarter and extended the margin to 52-17 at halftime and 68-18 after three.

 AVOCA (Jan. 30) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team extended its winning streak to three games Tuesday night and evened its Western Iowa Conference record at .500 with a commanding 65-35 home win over Griswold. The Lady Vikes, now 8-11 overall and 8-8 in the WIC, scored at least 14 points in every quarter and built on a 10-point halftime lead by outscoring the Tigers 18-5 in the third.

 LE MARS (Jan.

 AREA (Jan. 25) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association last Thursday released the new district football assignments for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

   HARLAN -- Anna Ahrenholotz  passes the bucket at last Friday’s ball games in Harlan to raise funds for Cancer research.    The annual Pink/Blue Out event was a huge success.