HARLAN — The Harlan Community Cyclones battled throughout the game, but came up short in a 67–55 loss to rival Lewis Central on Tuesday night.
Lewis Central opened the game with a three-point-er, but HCHS responded quickly as Colton Schneider and Dallas McDowell helped keep the Cyclones close early. 
After trailing 8–5, McDowell tied the game and later scored a tough basket to give HCHS its first lead at 9–8. 

HCHS Football- 4-5 (3-2) 
Harlan Community High School football finished the 2025 season on a high note, rolling to a 49-0 shut-out over district foe Greene County in a game that carried no playoff implications but plenty of pride. 
It was the perfect way for the Cyclone seniors to close out their high school careers, and HCHS delivered in dominant fashion. 

AVOCA - The AHSTW Lady VIkes had a busy end to their pre-Christmas schedule with four recent games.  
The result was a 2-2 record in four games with two losses to state ranked teams and two straight wins over conference foes to end December.  
The wins were over Missouri Valley 35-33 and Logan-Magnolia 72-39.  
The wins set the Lady Vikes record at 5-4 and evened their WIC record at 3-3.

RED OAK — The Harlan Community Cyclones boys basketball team dropped its second consecutive game heading into Christmas break, falling to the Red Oak Tigers 59-46 on Tuesday night.

GLENWOOD – The Harlan Community Cyclones boys basketball team struggled to overcome a slow offensive start and a strong defensive effort from Glen-wood on Tuesday night, falling to the Rams 69-52 in conference action.
The Cyclones opened the game with good looks offensively but had trouble converting early, beginning with an air ball on their first possession. 

DENISON — The Harlan Community Cyclones boys’ basketball team closed out a busy week in strong fashion, finishing 2–1 and picking up a big road win Friday night with a 67–57 victory over rival Denison-Schleswig.
The game opened slowly for both teams, with the Cyclones not scoring their first field goal until 3:37 remained in the first quarter when Dallas McDowell tied the game at 5–5. 

CARROLL – The Harlan Community High School boys basketball team hit the road Tuesday night for its second game of the season, falling 81–45 to the Kuemper Catholic Knights (1–0 overall, 1–0 conference).
Kuemper came out firing, jumping to a 23–7 lead after the opening quarter.
The Knights continued their offensive surge in the second quarter, adding 29 more points to take a commanding 52–20 lead into halftime.

HARLAN – The Harlan Community Cyclone boys basketball team opened their 2025–26 campaign in impressive fashion Thursday night, defeating the Shenandoah Mustangs 68–42 and giving Head Coach Dean Mosher a winning debut at the helm.
The Cyclones set the tone immediately, winning the opening tip and scoring just 15 seconds into the game when junior Kobe Klaassen stepped into a three and buried it for the first points of the season. 

HARLAN – The Harlan Community girls basketball team took the floor for their second game of the season Tuesday night in Harlan, facing a major early-season test against the No. 1 team in Class 1A, the St. Albert Saintes. 
The Saintes, the defending Class 1A state champions, return a wealth of experience from last year’s title squad.

HARLAN – The Harlan Community boys basketball team enters the 2024–25 season with a new face leading the program after longtime head coach Mitch Osborn retired following last year’s 9–13 campaign. 
Stepping in is Dean Mosher, who served on the staff last season and now takes over a roster blending returning firepower with limited varsity experience.

HARLAN – The Harlan Community girls basketball team kicked off their season against preseason No. 2–ranked Treynor, falling 52–38. 
Both teams started slowly, combining for just five points midway through the first quarter. 
Treynor’s full-court press caused issues for Harlan early, but the Cyclones began to settle in as the quarter progressed.

MANNING – The IKM-Manning boys basketball team is coming off a .500 season at 12-12 overall but finished with a 5-10 conference record. 
The Wolves return their main core from a season ago, graduating only two seniors. 
Among the returners, the Wolves bring back their top three leading scorers, their top three rebounders, and their top assist producers.

MANNING- The 2025 class A district 8 all-district teams were announced on Tuesday, with the IKM-Manning Wolves being well represented and senior Ben Ramsey earning offensive MVP of the district. 
Along with Ramsey on the first team offense, the Wolves also had Seniors Davis Rasmussen, Ashton Ahrenholtz, and Jace Starman. 

MANNING- The IKM-Manning Wolves volleyball team had a tremendous turn around this season after going 14-17 overall a season ago to an outstanding 29-9 record this season. 
The Wolves also made their first regional final since 2009 this season on top of numerous other record breaking moments as senior libero Anna Stangl now holds the all time digs record at IKM-Manning with 1,156 total career digs. 

AVOCA - The AHSTW Viking football team played nine football games in the 2025 season and went 4-5.  The Vikings season ended in the Class A playoffs.