MANNING (April 6) -- Sophomore Kyler Rasmussen shot nine-hole rounds of 44 and 37 at the Manning & Manilla Golf Club Saturday, scoring a medalist round of 81 to lead the IKM-Manning boys to first place in the IKM-M Invitational. The Wolves finished with a 365 team score, followed by Coon Rapids-Bayard (371), Boyer Valley (387), Underwood (388) and ACGC (462). Rasmussen’s 81 earned first-place medalist honors by two strokes over Grant Kenk

 ANITA (April 1) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys golf team opened the season with a first-place showing at Crestwood Hills Golf Course last Monday in the first Rolling Valley Conference Meet of the season. The Spartans, who return four members of last year’s third-place Class 1A state tournament team, scored a 180 in Anita to top CAM, the host school, by seven shots.

 COON RAPIDS (April 1) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton junior Jacey Anthofer shot a medalist round of 41 last Monday as the Spartan girls golf team opened the season with a Rolling Valley Conference Meet at the Coon Rapids Country Club. Anthofer, who placed 12th at the 1A state tournament last year, parred four out of nine holes on the par-35 course, finishing five shots ahead of runner-up medalist Sammi Jahde of CAM. The Spartan scorecard also i

 HARLAN (April 1) -- The surprise of Monday’s soccer match between Harlan Community and Lewis Central wasn’t the fact that the Cyclone boys won, but the manner in which they did so. Dodging several early bullets during a scoreless first half initially controlled by the Titans, HCHS gradually took over the match from a possession and opportunity standpoint and scored four goals in a 25-minute span of the second half to win 4-0 at Merrill Field.

 SERGEANT BLUFF (April 2) -- The Harlan Community track teams fell just one point short of a third straight sweep to start the season - the girls placing first and the boys coming in second at Tuesday’s Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warrior Relays. Bolstered by four gold medals and 22 top-four finishes, the Cyclone girls scored 159 points to win their third team championship in as many tries.

 AVOCA (April 2) -- Lane Nelson and Emma Jorgensen both earned medalist honors once as the AHSTW golf teams opened the season with a pair of home meets earlier this week. On Monday, the AHSTW boys posted a team score of 202 and defeated a short-handed Griswold squad playing with just two golfers.

 TREYNOR (April 1) -- Capped by a gold medal in the 4x400 relay, IKM-Manning scored 19 times in 16 events Monday night and placed second to Treynor in the Jerome Howe Relays boys track meet. The host Cardinals won four events and easily earned the team title with 145 points, followed by the Wolves with 95, St. Albert 93 (four golds), Underwood 84 (three golds) and Shenandoah 66.

 OAKLAND (April 1) -- IKM-Manning sophomore Alexa Ahrenholtz tied her personal best with a first-place leap of five feet in the high jump here Monday, helping the Wolves finish second out of 11 teams at the Riverside Lady Dawgs Invitational. Ahrenholtz, who also soared over the five-foot bar indoors at Storm Lake last month, contributed to three place-winning relays as well, including a gold medal in the distance medley relay along with Mya Ir

 HARLAN (March 28) -- Six different Harlan Community players scored a goal and/or had an assist late Thursday afternoon as the Cyclone boys soccer team opened the 2019 season with a 4-1 win over Treynor at Merrill Field. Despite playing into a strong northeast wind in the first half, HCHS built a 3-0 halftime lead and shut out the Cardinals until the 64th minute of action. Coach Dave Voge’s squad graduated nine seniors from last year’s 16-3 su

 AUDUBON (March 28) -- For the AHSTW girls track team, an impressive outdoor opener was marred by an injury to its top sprinter at Thursday’s Audubon Early Bird Meet. Official team scores were not posted, but the Lady Vikes placed 15 times in 14 events to tally 90 points, trailing only Denison’s 121 and Treynor’s 101.

 LAKE CITY (March 28) -- The IKM-Manning track teams won a combined nine gold medals and set two school records at the Chelsey Henkenius Co-Ed Early Bird Meet held Thursday at Lake City. The IKM-M boys won four events on the night, including a new school record of 11.19 seconds (11.43 FAT) run by freshman Amos Rasmussen in the 100-meter dash.

 DENISON (March 26) -- The Harlan Community track teams combined to win exactly zero meet titles during the course of a weather-marred 2018 season, so it’s understandable why Coach Doug Renkly had his girls squad soak up the joy of a cool-down victory lap following Tuesday’s Denison Monarch Co-Ed Relays. Renkly’s Cyclones held off a strong challenge from Denison-Schleswig and Atlantic to win their half of the meet while Sam Brummer’s boys squa

 HARLAN (March 26) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team was unable to win a match in Tuesday’s season opener vs. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, losing 9-0 on the Harlan courts. The closest varsity battle of the day came at number four singles, where HCHS senior Jack Buman lost an 8-10 decision to AL’s Carter James.

 STARKVILLE, MISS.

 CARROLL (March 21) -- The Harlan Community track teams won a combined 23 events on Thursday, both placing first at the Carroll Co-Ed Early Bird Invite in the first outdoor meet of the season. The HCHS girls won 10 of 18 events - the discus was not held - and scored 110 points to finish well ahead of Boone (47), Carroll (46) and Kuemper Catholic (44).