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 AVOCA (Oct. 17) -- The AHSTW volleyball team finished the season at 14-14 overall Tuesday night following a five-set loss to Underwood in a Class 2-A regional contest. The Eagles alternated winning every other set, 25-11, 20-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12 to avenge a pair of regular-season losses to the Lady Vikes.

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 CLARINDA (Oct. 12) -- Led by Greichaly Kaster’s sixth-place finish for the Harlan Community girls, five Cyclone harriers earned top 20 medals at Thursday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet in Clarinda. The HCHS girls moved up one spot from last year’s H-10 meet, placing fourth with a team score of 94.

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community football coach Curt Bladt was honored prior to Friday night’s home game vs. Denison and presented a plaque in recognition of his 400th career win on September 15 at Glenwood. The Cyclones defeated the Monarchs 56-14 at Merrill Field, improving Bladt’s record to 404-59 during the last 40 seasons at HCHS.

 HARLAN (October 13) -- The Harlan Community quarterback trio of Preston Mulligan, Brett Sears and Johnathan Monson have held down the fort through seven weeks of the high school football season, passing for a combined 566 yards and seven touchdowns as the 6th-ranked (3A) Cyclones have gone 6-1 overall and 5-0 in District 7. With the team now just one win removed from clinching a district title, it appears that senior Deren Schmitz is ready to

 HARLAN (October 10) -- Sometime during the third set Tuesday night, Harlan Community’s student section erupted in cheers and held up a sign congratulating senior libero Sidney Craig on career dig number 1,000. While appreciative of the gesture, as well as her peers’ constant enthusiasm in the stands, Craig was fairly certain she had already passed the four-digit milestone in set two with her fifth dig of the match. “They don’t know what a dig

 MANNING (October 10) -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team won a hard-fought five-set match with Logan-Magnolia in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Tournament Monday night before falling to top-seeded Tri-Center in a three-set semifinal match here Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Wolves (22-11 overall) faced third-seeded Missouri Valley in Thursday’s consolation final (at Manning) and will close out the regular season at the Lewis

 MISSOURI VALLEY (October 9) -- AHSTW struggled at the net in Monday’s Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament quarterfinal game at Missouri Valley, compiling a negative kill efficiency (-.069) in a 14-25, 16-25, 14-25 loss to the Lady Reds. AHSTW, seeded sixth in the tourney, finished the match with 13 kills against 18 attack errors and dropped to 12-12 overall.

 WINTERSET -- It wasn’t all that pretty, but the Harlan Community football team will take it. Held scoreless for the final three quarters on a slick, rain-soaked field, the 8th-ranked (3A) Cyclones overcame a third-quarter downpour and tenacious opponent to escape Winterset with a 7-6 victory Friday night. A sixth straight win improved HCHS to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in District 7, good enough for sole possession of first place.

 IDA GROVE -- Different routine, same result for the AHSTW Vikings. Playing Saturday instead of Friday night due to a rare football rainout, the 7th-ranked (1A) Vikes scored on eight of their first 11 drives and finished the game with 29 unanswered points to dominate OA-BCIG 54-14 on a breezy but sunny afternoon. Senior quarterback R.J.