COON RAPIDS (Oct. 16) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton volleyball team was swept by Coon Rapids-Bayard 20-25, 12-25, 15-25 in a Class 1A regional opener Tuesday night, finishing the season with a 3-25 match record. Statistical highlights for the Spartans included Leslie Caniglia with eight kills and six digs, Makaela Riley with six kills and six digs and Macy Emgarten’s three kills.

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 CORNING (Oct. 12) -- With just one week left in the regular season, only three unbeaten teams remain in Iowa Class A football. Second-ranked AHSTW maintained that status last Friday night with a 32-13 win at Southwest Valley, improving to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in District 9.

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Western Iowa Conf. Cross Country Meet • Thursday, Oct. 11 • at Audubon

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- Harlan Community coach Doug Renkly already had space reserved on his art room wall for a photo of this year’s Cyclone girls cross country team. Now he gets to fill it. In a satisfying switch from this year’s season opener, the HCHS girls earned a Hawkeye Ten team championship by one point over Glenwood Thursday afternoon, winning the conference meet by a margin of 51-52 at Glenwood Lake Park.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- A year ago at Clarinda, Harlan Community’s Trey Gross placed 26th as a freshman in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet. Sometime after that day, a rededication to running was born and the results have been swift. On Thursday, Gross made history at Glenwood Lake Park, becoming just the second Cyclone boy to win an individual conference meet title.

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 CRESTON (Oct 9) -- An eventful night in Creston ended with a varsity volleyball sweep for Harlan Community on Tuesday as the Cyclones wrapped up conference play with a 25-19, 25-20, 26-24 win over the Panthers. Play was delayed nearly 30 minutes during the freshmen game as a tornado warning in Union County forced both teams to take cover in the school’s safe room. A tornado reportedly touched down about one mile west of town.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 AURELIA (Oct. 5) -- The IKM-Manning football team kept its district title hopes alive last Friday night with a thrilling 20-19 overtime win at Alta-Aurelia. Tied 13-13 at the end of regulation, the Wolves scored first in overtime on Stephen Grimm’s three-yard run and Grant Stracke’s extra point. Logan McCoy then scored on an 11-yard TD run for the Warriors, who opted to go for two.

 AVOCA (Oct. 5) -- Gabe Pauley rushed for five touchdowns and 171 yards on just 11 carries and Blake Osbahr threw TD passes of 61 yards to Drake Partridge and 45 yards to Pauley as the 2nd-ranked AHSTW football team hammered winless Nodaway Valley in the rain last Friday night by a 50-0 score. The Vikings improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in Class A, District 9, tied with St.

 HULL (Oct. 6) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team finished with a match record of 3-3 and essentially placed sixth out of 11 teams at last Saturday’s Kooima/Kaemingk Tournament at Western Christian. HCHS placed third in Pool A with a 3-2 record before facing top-ranked (Class 4A) Sergeant Bluff-Luton, which placed third in Pool B.

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