COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan.

 HARLAN -- Dr. Lonnie Pitts, Council Bluffs, and Richard Daberkow, Harlan, both received state awards recently from the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association for their service to the Harlan Community School District. Pitts and Daberkow were recognized on January 26 prior to the HCHS girls’ varsity basketball game against Glenwood.

 HARLAN -- Bob and Julie Klein, rural Harlan, are the 2018-2019 inductees into the Harlan Community Schools Athletic Booster Club Hall of Fame. The Kleins were recognized as this year’s hall of fame honorees at halftime of the HCHS girls’ January 26 home game against Glenwood. Bob and Julie have been very active booster club members over the years, serving on the booster club board of directors from 2005-2010.

 ELK HORN (Jan.

 ELK HORN (Jan. 28) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton entered the Class 1A boys basketball rankings at No. 10 Monday and promptly defeated CAM 74-50 that night to sweep the season series. The Spartans knocked down 12-of-25 three-pointers in the game, including 6-of-12 by Josh Pettepier and 4-of-5 by Trey Nelson, who led the team with 18 points each.

 MANNING (Jan.

 MANNING (Jan.

 REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team will be grouped with several familiar opponents when the Class 3A, Substate 8 brackets are released in the coming weeks. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its postseason assignments for Class 3A and 4A teams on January 25, placing the Cyclones in Substate 8 along with Atlantic, Carroll, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Perry and Winterset.

 HARLAN (Jan. 28) -- The Harlan Community girls and boys bowling teams both won handily against visiting Nodaway Valley on Monday at Cyclone Lanes, marking the program’s first dual sweep since January 5. The HCHS girls improved to 6-2 on the season, outrolling the Wolverines 2,375 to 1,857.

 LE MARS (Jan. 26) -- The Harlan Community girls placed second and the boys took fourth in last Saturday’s Le Mars Bowling Tournament, both posting their season-best team scores at Sweet 16 Lanes. Le Mars swept the team titles on the day, including a 2,878 score by the girls, who were led by Kaitelin Konz’s first-place individual series of 407 (215-192).

HCHS Bowling Results • Jan. 17 • at Ida Grove

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