HARLAN (Oct.

 REGIONAL (Oct. 8) -- AHSTW and IKM-Manning are the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively, for this week’s Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament. Both area teams went 4-4 during the WIC regular season, with AHSTW earning the seeding tiebreaker based on its head-to-head victory. First round and quarterfinal action took place Monday night and the WIC semifinals will be held Tuesday night in Logan.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct. 5) -- It’s been a few years since the Harlan Community football team has faced a Class 3A foe from western Iowa like the one it will square off against tonight. Ranked second in the state by the Associated Press, Lewis Central has  defeated all six of its opponents, including No. 6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, by at least 28 points and scored 52 or more the last four games, often approaching that number by halftime.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct. 2) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team responded to one of its most lopsided losses of the year with one of its best wins Tuesday night, finishing with a Hawkeye Ten triangular split at St. Albert. The Cyclones were swept by the 9th-ranked (2A) Saintes in the first match of the day, falling 10-25, 11-25, 17-25, before bouncing back to sweep Glenwood a half hour later 25-13, 25-23, 25-17. St.

 EXIRA (Sept. 28) -- The unbeaten Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team celebrated Homecoming last Friday night with a resounding 51-6 win over West Harrison, improving to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in 8-Player, District 8.

 ELK HORN (Oct.

 HARLAN (Sept. 28) -- No one knew it at the time, but Preston Mulligan’s late-game touchdown pass to Johnathan Monson Friday night was more significant than being the final dagger in Harlan Community’s 42-12 win over Glenwood at Merrill Field. As it turns out, Mulligan’s fourth-and-10, 15-yard completion with 2:09 to go also put him in the school record books as the top single-game passer in Cyclone history.

 MANNING (Sept. 28) -- Led by an outstanding all-around performance from Stephen Grimm, the IKM-Manning football team pulled away in the second half to defeat Manson-Northwest Webster 39-8 in Class A, District 2 action here Friday night. Grimm carried the ball 20 times for 295 yards (14.8 ypc) and four touchdowns while also adding a team-high 12 tackles (nine solos) and two sacks on defense.

 EARLHAM (Sept. 28) -- AHSTW overcame three turnovers with some big plays on both sides of the football during Friday’s second half at Earlham, beating the Cardinals 35-7 to keep their undefeated record intact. The second-ranked (Class A) Vikings improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in District 9, tied with St. Albert for first place.

 MANNING (Sept. 27) -- In a WIC showdown between two evenly-matched volleyball teams, IKM-Manning had its chances in the final two sets but couldn’t get over the hump in a 3-1 home loss to Underwood Thursday night, falling 12-25, 25-15, 20-25, 22-25. The Wolves are now 12-10 overall (3-4 in the Western Iowa Conference).

 AVOCA (Sept. 27) -- The AHSTW volleyball team improved to 21-7 overall Thursday night with a 25-17, 25-20, 25-18 win over Riverside. The Lady Vikes are 4-3 in Western Iowa Conference play. AHSTW finished with a team kill efficiency of .350 against the Bulldogs, getting 11 kills from Kinsey Scheffler (.320), six from Kate Wise (.150), five from Kailey Jones (.556) and four from Madison Simonsen (.571).

 DENISON (Sept. 25) -- The Harlan Community girls won their sixth consecutive team title and the Cyclone boys (second) earned their best finish of the year at last Tuesday’s Monarch Cross Country Invite in Denison. Five Cyclone girls placed between fifth and 10th with a spread time of just 38 seconds, resulting in a winning score of 37.

 HARLAN (Sept. 25) -- Five times on Tuesday night, the Harlan Community volleyball team had a set point to win either the first or third game vs.

 HARLAN (Sept.

 NEOLA (Sept. 25) -- Tri-Center served 15 aces and stayed unbeaten in Western Iowa Conference play Tuesday night with a 25-15, 25-11, 25-9 sweep of the IKM-Manning volleyball team. The seventh-ranked (2A) Trojans improved to 19-6 overall and 6-0 in the WIC.