COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 9) -- Jay Swanson earned top medalist honors with a 39 but the Harlan Community boys golf team fell to 1-1 on the year following last Tuesday’s 163-179 loss at Lewis Central. Owen O’Brien of LC matched Swanson’s three-over-par 39 on the front nine of Fox Run Golf Course and...
CARROLL (April 8) -- Cole Kramer’s successful penalty kick in the second round of a PK shootout proved to be the game winner last Monday night as the Harlan Community boys soccer team outlasted Kuemper Catholic 3-2 and improved to 2-0 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference. HCHS rallied back twice in...
REGIONAL (April 14) -- Area track and field athletes have through Thursday night’s meets to improve their season-best performances in an effort to qualify for the 110th Drake Relays in Des Moines, April 25-27. As of Sunday night, local track teams were in position to qualify seven entries in six...
HARLAN (April 9) -- The Harlan Community boys track team picked a perfect time to win its only gold medal during Tuesday’s Ken Carstens Cyclone Invitational. Leading Atlantic by one point with one event to go, HCHS held off the Trojans by less than half a second to win the 4x400 relay and claim...
EARLHAM (April 9) -- The depth of the Harlan Community girls track team was on full display in Earlham Tuesday night as the Cyclones scored twice in nine of 12 individual events and placed in the top four of all seven relays to win the girls’ portion of the Cardinal Co-Ed Relays. HCHS won four...
AREA (April 9) -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team lost by a pair of 8-1 dual scores in its first two meets of the season last Friday (April 5) at Denison and Tuesday at home against Lewis Central. The Cyclones return four players with varsity experience from last year’s 2-9 campaign, led by...
ADEL (April 6) -- Despite taking more shots on goal than two of its opponents, Harlan Community finished 0-3 last weekend following three close losses vs. quality competition at the ADM Boys Soccer Tournament. HCHS dropped to 2-3 on the season. The Cyclones were defeated by Southeast Polk 2-0 on...
HARLAN (April 4) -- The Harlan Community girls’ string of meet titles ended at three Thursday night, but with an asterisk attached. Competing without several key individuals partaking in State Mock Trials, HCHS still managed to score 23 times in all 19 events and finish with 122 points, but...
DENISON (April 5) -- The boys teams from Harlan Community and IKM-Manning combined to win all seven relays and 15 of 19 events overall at Friday’s Denison-Schleswig Co-Ed Relays, placing first and second, respectively, while the IKM-M girls also made a strong second-place showing. Of the 57 boys...
AVOCA (April 4) -- The AHSTW track teams combined to win 11 events during Thursday’s AHSTW Co-Ed Invitational as the girls placed second and the boys took third in the final team standings. The Lady Vikes won seven events and placed second in four others, scoring 152 points and placing second...