ELK HORN (Feb.

 AUDUBON (Feb.

 ATLANTIC (Feb. 3) -- Claire Schmitz and Macie Leinen both posted a double-double Monday night to lead the Harlan Community girls to a 64-46 conference victory at Atlantic, strengthening the Cyclones’ hold on fourth place in the Hawkeye Ten. Leading 26-24 at halftime, HCHS opened the third quarter with an 11-0 run and maintained at least a seven-point lead the rest of the way, improving to 6-3 in league games and 10-8 overall.

 REGIONAL (Feb. 8) -- Area wrestlers will begin competing for state tournament berths on Saturday when Class 2A and 1A sectional tournaments are held across Iowa. Harlan Community will compete in the Class 2A, Sectional 4 meet at Glenwood.

 CRESTON (Jan. 31) -- Trailing Creston 30-12 with a minute left in the first half last Friday, the Harlan Community girls basketball team had nowhere to go but up. Foul trouble, poor shooting and all-around misfortune plagued the Cyclones for much of the half, but time was still on their side.

 CRESTON (Jan.

 RED OAK (Feb. 1) -- The career of Harlan Community wrestler Carter Bendorf provides a perfect example of just how difficult and satisfying it is to become a Hawkeye Ten Conference champion. As a 145-pound freshman in 2017, Bendorf did not place at the conference meet.

Released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.
CLASS 3A, SUBSTATE 8 Atlantic, Clarke (Osceola), Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County, Harlan Community, Winterset.
CLASS 2A, SUBSTATE 8
District 15 -- ACGC, AHSTW, Kuemper Catholic, Panorama, Underwood, WCV.
District 16 -- Clarinda, Missouri Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Tri-Center.
CLASS 1A, SUBSTATE 7

 AVOCA (Jan. 31) -- Raydden Grobe knocked down six three-pointers and scored 24 points last Friday night to lead the AHSTW boys basketball team past Logan-Magnolia 64-48. Joey Cunningham had three treys and 11 points for the Vikings, followed by Clayton Akers with nine points and eight rebounds. Sam Porter and Michael Mantell both added seven points and nine rebounds.

 MANNING (Jan. 31) -- The IKM-Manning boys were defeated by Treynor 75-49 last Friday night as the highly-ranked Cardinals pulled away in the fourth quarter by outscoring the Wolves 24-12.
   Top scorers for IKM-M included Colten Brandt with 13 points, Amos Rasmussen 10, Colby Keller nine and Parker Behrens eight.

 AVOCA (Jan. 31) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team suffered just its second loss of the season Friday night, falling at home to Logan-Magnolia 54-41.
   Lady Vike Scoring: Kailey Jones 19 (10 rebounds), Claire Denning 10, Kinsey Scheffler 10, Morgan Heiny 2.

 MANNING (Jan. 31) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team defeated Treynor 50-42 on Friday night to complete a season sweep of the Cardinals.
   IKM-M Scoring Leaders: Lexi Branning 15, Bianca Cadwell 13, Bre Muhlbauer 7, Nicole Hanson 6, Emily Kerkhoff 5, Alexa Ahrenholtz 4.

HCHS Bowling Results • January 23 • at Harlan

 CRESTON (Jan. 28) -- It wasn’t quite everything Harlan Community dreamed of Tuesday night, but it was an historic occasion nonetheless for the Cyclone wrestling program. Winning two out of three duals at Creston’s quad meet, HCHS wrapped up a share of this year’s Hawkeye Ten Conference dual title with a 45-24 win over Lewis Central.

 DENISON (Jan.