MANNING (Jan. 30) -- The IKM-Manning girls generated 34 Tri-Center turnovers with their full court pressure and shot 65 percent from the field in Tuesday night’s 73-22 home win over the Trojans. The 14th-ranked (2A) Wolves, who have now won 11 of their last 12 games, raced out to a 22-6 lead after one quarter and extended the margin to 52-17 at halftime and 68-18 after three.

 AVOCA (Jan. 30) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team extended its winning streak to three games Tuesday night and evened its Western Iowa Conference record at .500 with a commanding 65-35 home win over Griswold. The Lady Vikes, now 8-11 overall and 8-8 in the WIC, scored at least 14 points in every quarter and built on a 10-point halftime lead by outscoring the Tigers 18-5 in the third.

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 AREA (Jan. 25) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association last Thursday released the new district football assignments for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

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 CARROLL (Jan. 26) -- It wasn’t that Harlan Community played poorly Friday night; the Kuemper Catholic girls simply played very well. Knocking down 12-of-19 three-pointers, the Knights had six different players hit a trey and pulled away in the fourth quarter to hand the Cyclones a 67-47 conference defeat.

 MANNING (Jan. 25) -- The IKM-Manning girls scored the first 13 points of the game and pulled away in the second and third quarters to beat Underwood 75-47 on Thursday night, posting their 10th consecutive victory. IKM-Manning knocked down 10-of-22 three-pointers on the night, including five by Kia Rasmussen (5-of-8) and three by Shauna Reitan (3-of-8).

 MANNING (Jan. 25) -- Underwood took control with a 10-0 run in the third quarter and made 15-of-18 free throws Thursday night to beat the IKM-Manning boys 60-45 in Western Iowa Conference action. IKM-M had cut a 13-point deficit to 38-32 in the third when the Eagles made their run.

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 HARLAN (Jan. 25) -- The Harlan Community boys bowling team extended its dual winning streak to six on Thursday with a 104-pin victory vs. Nodaway Valley, 2392-2288, at Cyclone Lanes. HCHS (6-1) also picked up recent wins over Tri-Center, 2796 to 2094, on January 20 at Minden and 2796 to 2732 over OA-BCIG on January 18 at Ida Grove. The Cyclone girls, meanwhile, are 1-6 on the year following a recent stretch of one win and two defeats.

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 AVOCA (Jan. 23) -- Thomas Conn led Underwood with 23 points and nine rebounds Tuesday night as the Eagle boys handed AHSTW a 58-50 home loss in Western Iowa Conference action. The Vikings have now lost four of their last five games and fallen to 8-6 overall and 7-6 in the WIC. Underwood is 10-6 overall and 8-5 in league play. Three players scored in double figures for AHSTW, led by Jake Martin’s 16 points. R.J.