WOODBINE (Dec.

 BOYS TOWN, NEB. (Dec.

 AVOCA (Dec.

 AVOCA (Dec.

  SHENANDOAH -- The Harlan Community girls and boys bowling teams were both defeated by Shenandoah on December 9 and dropped to 1-1 on the season. Results are as follows.
HCHS Bowling Results • Dec. 9 • at Shenandoah

 PANORA (Dec.

 HARLAN (Dec. 13) -- In terms of athletic prowess, Harlan Community senior Connor Bruck may be best known for his skills on the baseball diamond. His basketball heroics, however, are rapidly becoming the stuff of legend. Last February, Bruck’s last-second driving layup gave HCHS a 64-62 home win over Creston.

 HARLAN (Dec. 10) -- The Harlan Community wrestling team fell just one shy of the school record for dual wins last season by going 25-3. Hoping to take another shot at that mark in 2019-20, the Cyclones are off to a good start following Tuesday’s home quad sweep of Southwest Iowa (Sidney), St. Albert and Glenwood. HCHS opened the meet with a 74-6 win vs.

 CARROLL (Dec. 10) -- Harlan Community took control with an early 16-0 run to lead 23-4 and cruised to its third straight win Tuesday night, beating the Kuemper Catholic boys 62-46 to set up a big matchup with Denison-Schleswig on Friday. The Cyclones’ three starting seniors led the way with big all-around games against the Knights.

 CARROLL (Dec. 10) -- Sophomore Claire Schmitz had a career night on Tuesday with 20 points, 15 rebounds and four steals to lead the resurgent Harlan Community girls basketball team to a 69-27 rout at Kuemper Catholic. HCHS never trailed in the Hawkeye Ten contest, taking control with a 25-5 second-quarter surge and improving to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference.

 AVOCA (Dec.

 CHURDAN (Dec.

 AVOCA (Dec. 10) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team kept its undefeated start alive here Tuesday night with a hard-fought 53-43 victory over previously unbeaten IKM-Manning. The game was tight throughout, with AHSTW building a 30-22 halftime lead and holding the Wolves at bay in the second half.

 MANNING (Dec. 7) -- IKM-Manning junior Alexa Ahrenholtz surpassed 30 points by halftime and finished with 36 points, nine rebounds and eight steals to lead the Wolves past Panorama 78-57 last Saturday. Ahrenholtz shot 11-of-15 from the field overall, made 5-of-7 three-pointers and went 9-of-10 from the free throw line in a career-best performance. Lexi Branning also had a big game for the Wolves with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

 GREENFIELD (Dec. 7) -- Led by four individual champions, the AHSTW wrestling team won last Saturday’s Coach Riley Invitational at Nodaway Valley with 193.5 total points. See the photo caption for more info.