ATLANTIC (Sept. 19) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team won its third consecutive Hawkeye Ten road match Thursday night with a four-set victory in Atlantic, prevailing 25-13, 25-11, 19-25, 25-11 to improve to 3-1 in conference play (8-8 overall). HCHS served at a 93.5 percent clip with 15 aces and produced a kill efficiency of .217, totaling 39 kills to just 14 attack errors.

 OAKLAND (Sept. 19) -- The AHSTW volleyball team rallied back from an 0-2 deficit to force a fifth set at 14th-ranked (Class 1A) Riverside Thursday night before losing a heartbreaker, 19-25, 15-25, 25-20, 25-10, 9-15.

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 STORM LAKE (Sept. 17) -- Four meets into the 2019 cross country season, the only team to outrace the Harlan Community girls is still Class 4A’s defending state champion, Southeast Polk. The fourth-ranked (3A) Cyclones earned their third team title of the year at Sunrise Pointe Golf Course on Tuesday, winning the Storm Lake Invite by a margin of 35-46 over fifth-ranked (3A) Spencer.

 ATLANTIC (Sept. 20) -- As Harlan Community football coach Todd Bladt scanned Quik Stats earlier this week, he struggled to find Atlantic statistical categories that didn’t include Tyler Moen’s name at the top. “I think the only thing that he doesn’t lead in would be passer rating...

 AVOCA (Sept. 17) -- The AHSTW girls placed second as a team and Quentin Dreyer’s third-place finish led the IKM-Manning boys to third on a hot Tuesday afternoon for the AHSTW Cross Country Meet.

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 ROCKWELL CITY (Sept. 14) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team worked its way back to the .500 mark Saturday with a strong showing at the South Central Calhoun “Master Blaster” Tournament in Rockwell City. Capped by an impressive 21-16, 23-21 sweep of seventh-ranked (3A) Kuemper Catholic, HCHS finished with a 4-2 match record (8-4 in sets) and placed second to the Knights (5-1) in the final round-robin team standings.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept. 14) -- The Harlan Community girls placed six runners in the top 12 and picked up their second team title of the season Saturday morning with a score of 33 at the Lewis Central Cross Country Invite. Also competing at Iowa Western Community College were the AHSTW girls (fifth place, 126) and the HCHS boys (ninth place, 180).

 AVOCA (Sept. 13) -- The AHSTW football team was defeated by Westwood 21-7 in non-district action Friday night, falling to 1-2 on the season. The Vikings scored their only touchdown on a six-yard pass from Blake Holst to Michael Shiffer. Denver Pauley led the Viking offense with 111 rushing yards on 18 carries and Shiffer had 14 tackles on defense.

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 HARLAN (Sept. 13) -- After opening the season with two straight games on the road, the Harlan Community football team will finally play under the lights of historic Merrill Field Friday night in a 7 p.m. non-district contest against Carroll Public. Both teams are 1-1 overall. HCHS will be looking to play with “intensity and consistency,” according to interim head coach Todd Bladt, following two games that have sometimes lacked those traits.

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