GLENWOOD (April 12) -- Chloe Hansen’s gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles marked Harlan Community’s only top-three finish Thursday night as the Cyclones placed 10th at the Glenwood Girls Ram Relays with just 41 points. Glenwood, despite winning only two events, easily paced the 11-team field with 135 points, followed by Sioux City Bishop Heelan (87.5), Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (79.5), Lewis Central (77) and Sioux City East (75). Hansen

 AVOCA (April 12) -- In a matchup of undefeated, state-ranked boys soccer teams, AHSTW scored late in the first half and early in the second to shut out Tri-Center 2-0 here Thursday. The game remained scoreless until 1:49 left in the first half when Kyle Branan’s indirect free kick led to a goal by Viking junior Matthew Herrera.

 HARLAN (April 9) -- It was one of the easier goals, but perhaps the most exciting, that Dylan Eshelman will ever score. Less than two minutes into the first of two possible overtime periods Monday night, Eshelman made Kuemper Catholic pay for a mistake in front of the net, scoring the game-winning goal in sudden death to lift the Harlan Community boys soccer team past the Knights, 3-2, in a chilly 82-minute thriller at Merrill Field. The game

 HARLAN (April 10) -- If the Drake Relays started tomorrow, the Harlan Community boys track team would have four events qualified for the 109th running of America’s Athletic Classic April 26-28. Nine days prior to this year’s qualifying deadline for Drake, the Cyclones improved their standing in two of those events Tuesday night and placed second as a team in the Ken Carstens Cyclone Invitational held at Merrill Field. Atlantic led the 15-team

 HARLAN (April 10) -- Six Harlan Community tennis players claimed at least one victory on Tuesday as the Cyclone boys defeated Lewis Central 6-3 to improve their record to 2-1. The dual outcome was already decided after singles play as HCHS won five out of six matches in convincing fashion.

 HARLAN (April 10) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team improved to 2-0 on the season here Tuesday with a five-stroke dual win over Lewis Central, 182 to 187, at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Individual results were not available.

 HARLAN (April 9) -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team dropped to 0-2 here Monday night following a 6-0 non-conference loss to Tri-Center at Merrill Field. Tri-Center (3-0) showcased good passing and ball-control skills on their attacks and built a 4-0 halftime lead. Paige Skow scored two first-half goals and Tillie Heim also finished with a pair of goals for the Trojans, who outshot the Cyclones 33-2 overall and 21-0 on goal.

 EARLHAM (April 10) -- The Harlan Community girls track team placed 22 times in 17 events and scored 124 points on Tuesday, capturing second place out of 14 schools at the Earlham Co-Ed Relays. The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls finished 12th with four points and the Spartan boys came in 10th with 24 points. The Cyclone girls won three events, starting with a season-best time of 1:57.8 by the sprint medley quartet of Cassidy Riley, Alyssa Sot

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 10) -- In four-plus years as Harlan Community’s girls golf coach, Willie Baughman cannot recall the Cyclones carding a nine-hole dual score below the 200 mark. Until Tuesday, that is. Led by sub-50 rounds by seniors Lexie Holloway and Whitney Warner, HCHS shot a 199 at Fox Run Golf Club in Council Bluffs and beat Lewis Central by 31 strokes (199-230) to improve to 2-0 on the season. Holloway claimed top medalist honors f

AHSTW Co-Ed Track Invite • at Avoca • April 5

 HARLAN (April 5) -- Considering the days of cold weather that came before and after the Koos Invitational Girls Track Meet, the 13 teams competing at Merrill Field Thursday night found conditions to be downright favorable. When it was over, two long-standing meet records fell by the wayside, Harlan Community junior Chloe Hansen earned two gold medals and the Cyclone girls placed fifth among a field of teams that traveled from as far away as E

 GLENWOOD (April 5) -- Nick Foss and Michael Erlemeier combined to score 38 of Harlan Community’s 65 points in four events Thursday night as the Cyclone boys finished sixth out of 15 teams at the Glenwood Ram Relays. Foss bagged the team’s only two gold medals of the meet, winning the long jump with a mark of 21 feet, eight inches and winning the 200-meter dash in 23.19 seconds.

 HARLAN (April 5) -- Playing her first round of competitive golf in three years, Harlan Community senior Lexie Holloway shot a medalist round of 49 on Thursday, leading the Cyclone girls to a 20-stroke win over Denison-Schleswig (222-242) in the season opener at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. East Mills also attended the meet but did not have enough golfers to post a team score. Holloway, who was last out for golf as a freshman, shot par on

 HARLAN (April 5) -- Senior Nicole Lange notched wins at number one singles and doubles Thursday but the Harlan Community girls tennis team came up short in the other seven varsity matches vs. Denison-Schleswig, losing 7-2 in the season opener for both squads. Lange defeated Denison’s Jazlyn Beeck 8-4 in the number-one singles match, then teamed with Taylor Andersen for an 8-4 win in number-two doubles.

 DENISON (April 5) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team suffered a 9-0 dual setback at Denison-Schleswig Thursday, dropping to 1-1 on the season. The Monarchs (1-0) controlled most of the varsity matches from start to finish, with the closest outcome taking place at number three doubles as the Cyclone team of Lucas Schmitz and Jack Buman lost 7-10 vs. Caleb Seuntjens and Austin Freese.