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 ELK HORN (Jan. 19) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team put up 57 points in the first half alone Friday night, crushing West Harrison 94-42 for its sixth straight win and improving to 9-5 overall and 7-5 in the Rolling Valley Conference. Josh Pettepier knocked down 6-of-9 three-pointers for the Spartans and led the way with 28 points. Cole Burmeister also had a big night, totaling 16 points and 14 assists.

 CARROLL (Jan. 18) -- Compared to its previous meet five days earlier, good fortune was on Harlan Community’s side here Thursday night as the Cyclone wrestlers went 3-0 in a quadrangular against Red Oak, Kuemper Catholic and AHSTW. HCHS started the night with a 34-33 win over Red Oak when Oscar Olmos came through with a 14-4 major decision in the final match at 145 pounds.

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 OMAHA, NEB. (Jan. 20) -- The Harlan Community boys and girls basketball teams will participate in Saturday’s Nebraska Prep Classic at the Ralston Arena in Omaha. The Cyclone boys will face Kearney Catholic (2-13 overall) at 1:00 p.m., followed by the Cyclone girls vs. Gretna (9-3) at 2:30. Eight total games will be played on the day (six boys, two girls), starting with the St. Albert boys vs. Elkhorn at 10:00 a.m.

 AVOCA (Jan. 16) -- For nearly three full quarters Tuesday night, AHSTW played tough enough defense to maintain a small lead vs.

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 RED OAK (Jan. 9) -- The Harlan Community boys placed third out of five teams while the Cyclone girls took fifth at last Tuesday’s Red Oak Bowling Tournament at Red Oak Lanes. Competition was fierce on the boys side of the meet as Lewis Central edged Shenandoah by 69 pins for the title, 2,796 to 2,727.

 MOUNT AYR -- The Harlan Community wrestling team finished with a hard-luck 5-3 record and tied for third place out of nine teams at the Ron Scott Memorial Dual Tournament in Mount Ayr January 12-13. HCHS opened the tournament Friday with a 42-39 loss to eventual champion Lathrop (Missouri) and suffered its only other losses based on criteria after finishing in a dual tie against both Shenandoah (31-30 loss Friday night) and Martensdale-St.

 GLENWOOD (Jan. 13) -- In a high-scoring matchup of top-10, Class 3A boys basketball teams Saturday night, free throws proved to be the big difference maker as second-ranked Glenwood held off No.

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