HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team has added a 21st game to the schedule and will now host Nodaway Valley on Thursday, January 31, in Harlan. The junior varsity will play first at 5:00 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 6:30. Both teams were short one game on their schedule.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- Kailey Jones made 10-of-12 field goals, scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds Monday night to lead the AHSTW girls past Underwood 56-38. Jones, a 5’11” sophomore, became the fourth Lady Vike player this season to eclipse the 20-point mark in a game.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- AHSTW saw its 24-20 halftime lead quickly turn into a 20-point loss Monday night as Underwood outscored the Vikings 38-14 in the second half to win 58-38 in Western Iowa Conference boys basketball action.

 PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. (Jan. 19) -- The Harlan Community wrestlers finished fourth out of 14 teams in a tough Plattsmouth Invitational last Saturday as runners-up Oscar Olmos and Derec Weyer led a group of 11 Cyclone place-winners. Millard South, one of four state-ranked Nebraska teams in the field (No. 2 in Class A), claimed five individual champions and won the team title with 252.5 points. Blair (No.

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Exira-EHK 81, West Harrison 45 MONDAMIN (Jan. 17) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls raced out to a 34-8 lead after one quarter and drained 10 three-pointers last Thursday night in an 81-45 road win over West Harrison. Freshman Macy Emgarten led four Spartans in double figures with 18 points and also blocked four shots.

 MANILLA (Jan.

 HARLAN (Jan. 17) -- On the day after Christmas, Mitch Osborn went to his office at Harlan Community High School and typed up a formal letter of resignation. It was a decision he had been mentally wrestling with for weeks, and he wanted to see what his thoughts looked like on paper. About two weeks later, Osborn submitted that letter to the Harlan Community Schools.

 HARLAN (Jan.

 HARLAN (Jan. 17) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team finished just shy of notching a signature win on Thursday night, leading much of the way against 13th-ranked (3A) Red Oak before falling one point short, 49-48. HCHS built a seven-point first half lead, was tied 27-27 at the half and led 44-40 in the fourth quarter before the Tigers went on a 7-0 run.

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 AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW junior Kinsey Scheffler scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds last Tuesday night as the Lady Vikes defeated Tri-Center 58-51 to complete a sweep of the season series. Claire Denning (11 points) and Kailey Jones (10) also scored in double figures for AHSTW while Katie Anzalone had eight points. Anzalone added six rebounds and seven steals while Jones had six boards and three blocked shots.

 AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW held off a late rally by Tri-Center last Tuesday night to beat the Trojans 53-50 and earn a split in the regular season series. Clayton Akers paced the Vikings with 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and also grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Joey Cunningham knocked down three treys while totaling 13 points, followed by Blake Osbahr with nine points and Sam Porter with seven points and five assists.

 ELK HORN (Jan. 15) -- Some folks thought she traveled. Others claimed she released the ball after the buzzer.