AVOCA (Dec. 19) -- The AHSTW wrestling team entered the holiday break on a good note and gave head coach Evan McCarthy his 100th career win Tuesday night with a double dual sweep against Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln and Tri-Center. The Vikings beat AL 45-36 and topped Tri-Center 42-25.

 NEOLA (Dec. 19) -- The IKM-Manning girls used a 23-3 second quarter run to pull away early and beat Tri-Center 66-18 on Tuesday night, improving to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the Western Iowa Conference. The Wolves hit 11-of-21 three-pointers in the game, including 5-of-9 by Kia Rasmussen and 4-of-6 by Shauna Reitan.

 NEOLA (Dec. 19) -- Tri-Center outscored IKM-Manning 13-2 in the fourth quarter to finish off the Wolves 55-39 in a Western Iowa Conference boys basketball game here Tuesday night. IKM-M led 18-10 after one quarter but was outscored 45-21 the rest of the night.

 DENISON (Dec. 14) -- Bailey Schmitz paced a balanced Cyclone score sheet last Thursday as the Harlan Community boys bowling team won a competitive dual meet at Denison-Schleswig by the final of 2,564 pins to 2,488. Denison won the girls meet, 2,286 to 1,884. Rolling the Cyclones’ only 200 of the day, Bailey Schmitz finished with a two-game series of 372 (201, 171), followed by Lucas Schmitz (368), Devin Wilson (337) and Darren Stein (336).

 WAUKEE (Dec. 16) -- The Harlan Community wrestling team finished with a 1-4 record and placed 12th out of 16 teams at the Al Garrison Dual Tournament in Waukee last Saturday (Dec. 16). The Cyclones lost to Urbandale 43-33 in the 11th place final but did split 10 contested matches against the J-Hawks. Earlier in the day, HCHS lost to Millard West 44-28 and Ballard 61-15 before defeating Sioux City North 42-33 in pool competition.

HCHS Girls & Boys Bowling ScheduleDecember 4    at Shenandoah -- Girls lost 1806-1740; Boys lost 2590-2352December 12    vs. CB AL -- Girls lost 2159-1792; Boys won 2655-2417December 14    at Denison -- Girls lost 2286-1884; Boys won 2564-2488January 6    vs. Creston -- Girls & Boys (JV/V), 1:00January 9    at Red Oak Tournament -- Girls & Boys (V), 3:30January 18    vs.

 HARLAN (Dec. 14) -- Six Harlan Community wrestlers picked up two wins each Thursday night as the Cyclones swept Clarinda and Shenandoah in a Hawkeye Ten Conference double dual. HCHS beat the Cardinals 48-20 before taking care of the Mustangs 49-18 and improving its H-10 dual record to 3-1.

 HARLAN (Dec. 15) -- Knocking down six straight free throws in the final minute, the Harlan Community boys basketball team held off Lewis Central’s fourth-quarter rally and stayed unbeaten Friday night with a 52-49 win over the Titans. Playing most of the game without second-leading scorer Brett Sears, who sprained an ankle in the first quarter, the 7th-ranked (3A) Cyclones still managed to build a 37-24 lead going to the fourth.

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 ELK HORN -- The CAM boys basketball team built a 17-9 lead after one quarter and outlasted Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 57-53 in Rolling Valley Conference action Friday night. Thomas  and Nate Hensley led the Cougars with 18 and 11 points, respectively, while Nick Holste added nine points, 11 rebounds, four blocks, four assists and three steals.

 MANNING (Dec. 15) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team did not play a bad game on Friday. At times, in fact, the Wolves were very good. But on this night, Treynor was simply exceptional. Led by the dynamic trio of Konnor Sudmann, Madelyn Deitchler and Kayla Chapman, who scored every point for Treynor, the second-ranked (2A) Cardinals never trailed in beating the 13th-ranked Wolves 62-46. “They were ready to play.

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 HARLAN (Dec. 12) -- Games of 200-plus from Devin Wilson and Keaton Jones led the Harlan Community boys bowling team to its first dual win of the season Tuesday at Cyclone Lanes. The Cyclones defeated the Lynx by 238 total pins - 2,655 to 2,417 - and improved to 1-1 on the year. The HCHS girls, meanwhile, dropped to 0-2 following a loss of 2,159 to 1,792. The top individual scores of the day were turned in by Wilson and Jones.