ELK HORN (Sept.

 TREYNOR (Sept. 5) -- AHSTW’s Dalton Fischer and Heidi Hall both placed in the top five and IKM-Manning boasted four total medalists as part of Tuesday’s Treynor Cross Country Invite. Fischer placed third in a boys field of 120 runners for the Vikings, clocking a five-kilometer time of 17:41 at the Treynor Recreation Area.

 JEFFERSON (Sept.

 MANNING (Sept.

 LAWTON (Sept. 1) -- Gage Clay caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from R.J. Harris and also scored on a 34-yard run Friday night, leading AHSTW to a 14-0 non-district win at Lawton-Bronson. The 9th-ranked (1-A) Vikings improved to 2-0 overall entering this week’s District 7 opener vs.

 EXIRA (Sept. 1) -- Josh Pettepier threw three touchdown passes and Cole Madsen scored four TDs overall Friday night as Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton evened its record at 1-1 with a dominating 57-14 non-district win over Bedford. Pettepier completed 7-of-10 passes for 190 yards on the night and Madsen had three catches for 105 yards and two scores. He also had two short TD runs.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept.

 OVERLAND PARK, KS. -- Eleven-year-old Parker Mores scored a hole-in-one during a par-3 tournament held here August 22. Mores used an 8-iron to score his ace on a par-3, 65-yard hole (for his age group, no holes are more than 150 yards).

 DENISON -- Overcoming a sluggish start in each set, Harlan Community played better volleyball as the night went along to sweep Denison-Schleswig 25-20, 25-15, 25-11 in Tuesday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference opener. Just three days after HCHS won its home tournament and Denison went 0-4 at the AHSTW Tourney, the Monarchs came ready to play on their home floor, leading most of the opening set and going ahead 16-13 to force a Cyclone timeout. HCHS sti

 JEFFERSON (Sept.

 LOGAN -- The IKM-Manning and AHSTW cross country teams combined to earn five individual medals, including three top-six finishes, at Tuesday’s Logan-Magnolia Invitational. The IKM-M boys placed seventh out of 12 full-squad teams with a score of 133 and the AHSTW boys took eighth with a 216. The Lady Vikes, meanwhile, placed sixth out of 12 girls teams with a 167. The IKM-Manning girls had just two runners competing but both fared quite well.

 WALNUT -- The AHSTW volleyball team placed second in Pool A and reached the championship bracket of its home tournament last Saturday (Aug.

 EXIRA -- The 2017 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team returns 13 letter winners on a current roster of 28 players, but is a young group overall with just four seniors compared to seven juniors, 10 sophomores and seven freshmen. The Spartans, who were defeated by third-ranked Audubon 55-14 in last week’s 8-Player, non-district opener, will look to continue a seven-year run of playoff appearances this fall as Tom Petersen’s squad also rebui

 SHENANDOAH -- Junior running backs Gabe Pauley and Korbin Martin both rushed for more than 100 yards and two touchdowns last Friday night (August 25) as AHSTW opened the football season with a commanding 55-18 non-district win at Shenandoah. Pauley carried the ball 10 times for 163 yards and Martin added 115 yards on 11 attempts, including a 56-yard scoring run to open the second half. The Vikings led 28-14 at halftime before pulling away wit

 HARLAN -- Willie Baughman couldn’t have asked for a much better start to his first year as the Harlan Community High School head volleyball coach. Baughman’s squad stayed undefeated until their sixth and final match of Saturday’s season-opening Cyclone Tournament, finishing 5-1 overall and winning the gold pool championship via tiebreaker criteria over Treynor and Indianola. All three gold pool teams entered the final round with 4-0 records b