HARLAN (Jan.

 HARLAN (Jan.

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 HARLAN (Jan. 10) -- Jayden Gessert rolled a two-game series of 338 (158-180) and Olivia Petersen scored a 327 (148-179) to lead the Harlan Community girls bowling team past Clarinda 2,181 to 2,111 at Cyclone Lanes last Thursday.

 RED OAK -- The Harlan Community girls and boys bowling teams posted their best scores of the season at the Red Oak Tournament January 8, placing second and third, respectively. The girls team standings were as follows: 1. Lewis Central 2,387, 2. HCHS 2,311, 3. Shenandoah 2,247, 4. Creston 2,061, 5. Red Oak 2,051, 6.

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 ELK HORN (Jan.

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 AVOCA (Jan.

 CLARINDA -- It wasn’t pretty from an offensive standpoint, according to head coach Mitch Osborn, but the Harlan Community boys were able to pull away late and win their fifth in a row Friday night with a 56-45 victory at Clarinda. HCHS led 25-22 at the half and just 36-35 after three quarters before outscoring the Cardinals 20-10 in the fourth.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team broke open a 22-19 game early in the third quarter by outscoring Clarinda 36-9 the rest of the way Friday night, beating the Cardinals 58-28 in Hawkeye Ten Conference action. Nine girls broke into the scoring column for the Cyclones, who have responded to an 0-8 start by winning their last three games.

 ELK HORN (Jan. 8) -- Dakota Rold made school history on Tuesday night, becoming just the second Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball player to surpass 1,000 career points in the Spartans’ 80-53 rout of Coon Rapids-Bayard. Rold, a 6-foot-7 senior post, reached his milestone in the fourth quarter and finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds.

 SHENANDOAH -- Short two varsity wrestlers due to the stomach flu, Harlan Community managed to split a pair of duals at the Shenandoah quad Tuesday night, handling Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 57-21 before losing to 12th-ranked (1A) Underwood 47-24. The Eagles also defeated AL (59-7) and Shenandoah (70-6) to win the meet while AL beat the host Mustangs 52-18.

 AUDUBON -- Jaedan Rasmussen’s three-pin night highlighted AHSTW’s sweep of the Audubon quad meet Tuesday as the Vikings extended their dual winning streak to nine with decisive victories over Audubon (66-15), West Central Valley (61-15) and Southwest Valley (72-12). AHSTW finished 15-5 in contested matches and also received 19 total forfeits, improving its dual record to 11-3. Rasmussen was one of eight Viking wrestlers to go 3-0, pinning all

 CARROLL -- No matter what happens in Harlan each year, the return trip to play at Kuemper Catholic is rarely an easy proposition for the Harlan Community boys basketball team. Such was the case again Tuesday night. Just two and a half weeks after beating the Knights 82-53, the Cyclones shot 32.6 percent from the field and missed 11 free throws but held on for a 50-48 Hawkeye Ten road victory when Kyle Berg’s 12-foot baseline shot was off the