DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- From a powerful start in the discus Thursday morning to a fast finish in Saturday’s 4x400 relay, the Harlan Community boys track team left Des Moines with a lot to feel good about from the 2019 Co-Ed State Track Meet. The Cyclones qualified 14 entries in 13 events for state and took home six medals, placing 11th in Class 3A with 22 points - five more than their total from the previous three years combined. As the wea

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- Not many teams walk away from Iowa’s state track meet with a medal percentage of 85.7, but that’s exactly what the AHSTW girls accomplished last weekend inside Drake Stadium. Bringing home top-eight medals in six of the seven events they qualified, the Lady Vikes scored 22 points and finished in a three-way tie for 11th place in the Class 1A girls team standings. Led by junior Ryann Portch’s second-place effort in th

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- The IKM-Manning boys’ 4x800 relay squad was all about breaking the school record last Thursday at the Co-Ed State Track Meet in Des Moines.

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- It’s been two years since Gillian Streit won a state discus title for the Harlan Community girls track team and set the school record at 137 feet, 3 inches. If either of those feats are to be duplicated in the next couple of years, Cyclone sophomore Lauren Andersen will likely be the one to do it. Andersen provided the highlight of the 2019 state track meet for the HCHS girls last weekend, placing fourth in the Class

2019 Co-Ed State Track & Field Championships • May 16-18 • Des MoinesClass 3A Girls Team Scoring Top Five: 1. Glenwood 65, 2. Dubuque Wahlert 64.5, 3. Assumption 59, 4. Bishop Heelan 41, 5. (tie) Pella 40, Solon 40. Also in Top 20: T-9. Dallas Center-Grimes 27, 15. ADM 19.

 HARLAN (May 13) -- As the halftime buzzer sounded Monday night, Harlan Community boys soccer coach Dave Voge muttered aloud that the Cyclones’ 2-0 lead over Creston could have been 8-0 if not for missed opportunities. HCHS never quite got to eight goals, but Voge was much more pleased with the second-half execution as the Cyclones extended their winning streak to seven games with a 6-0 victory over the Panthers at Merrill Field. Jordan Fink l

 LOGAN (May 14) -- Sixth-ranked (1A) AHSTW improved to 15-1 overall Tuesday night with an 8-0 win at Logan-Magnolia. Gabe Madsen scored a hat trick by the midway point of the second half while Brayton Tuma, Blake Osbahr, Kris Ferry, Jaedan Rasmussen and Ben Ehlers added one goal each for the Vikings.

 AREA (May 13) -- IKM-Manning advanced as a team while Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and AHSTW both qualified one individual for the next round at three separate girls regional golf tournaments on Monday. Placing three girls in the top six, IKM-M easily won the Class 1A, Region 2B meet at the Coon Rapids Country Club with an impressive score of 392.

 HARLAN (May 14) -- The Harlan Community girls golf team finished regular season play Tuesday with a 21-stroke loss to Atlantic (204-225) at the Harlan Golf and Country Club, putting their final dual record at 2-6. HCHS scores included a 52 by Kayla Powers, a 55 for Haley Manz and a 57 shot by Jocelyn Cheek.

 DENISON (May 10) -- For the second straight year, the Harlan Community boys golf season ended with a sixth-place sectional finish at Denison’s Majestic Hills Golf Course. HCHS shot a team score of 352 at last Friday’s Class 3A Sectional Tournament - just 10 strokes out of second place but four spots behind where it needed to be to advance. Carroll easily placed first with a 320 while Atlantic narrowly secured second place with a 342 and also

 HARLAN -- On Wednesday, May 8, the Harlan Community School District Special Olympics held their first-ever Unified Champion School (UCS) event - a round robin style Bocce Ball Tournament - in the Harlan Primary School gym. The event was originally scheduled to be held outside on the school’s brand new bocce court, but rain forced the tournament indoors. Despite being a no-school day for the district, a total of 74 students participated and 20

   DES MOINES -- The Harlan Community track teams combined to qualify 22 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and AHSTW have combined to qualify 49 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 16-18).

 CARROLL (May 10) -- On the state’s biggest night of the year for high school track and field, Harlan Community showed up ready to roll at Friday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Carroll. The Cyclone boys tied for third place out of eight teams with 115 points and, more importantly, qualified 14 entries in 13 events for the state meet in Des Moines (Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18). The Cyclone girls placed fifth with 92 points and qualified e

 GRISWOLD (May 10) -- The IKM-Manning boys earned a championship banner and the AHSTW girls placed second at Friday’s Class 1A State Qualifying Track Meet in Griswold. Together, the two area schools combined to qualify 27 entries for the State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines later this week (May 16-18). IKM-M ran away with the boys team title, scoring 145 points and qualifying for state in 10 events.