AVOCA (Feb. 9) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team seems to be peaking at just the right time. The Lady Vikes opened Class 2A regional play here Saturday night with an impressive 67-41 win over Tri-Center, scoring the first 11 points and never looking back. The two regular season games between...
HARLAN (Feb. 8) -- If the Harlan Community boys basketball team makes a memorable postseason run later this month, it might look back on Friday night as the turning point. Trailing 45-37 early in the fourth quarter, the Cyclones held Lewis Central to four points the rest of the way and hit two...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 5) -- The Harlan Community girls bowling team set three school records at Thunderbowl in Council Bluffs last Tuesday, defeating Lewis Central and St. Albert to improve to 9-2 on the season. The Cyclone girls posted a school record total score of 2,650 - 330 pins ahead of LC -...
ATLANTIC (Feb. 5) -- Despite a valiant effort Tuesday night, the Harlan Community wrestling team fell one win shy of knocking off Prairie City-Monroe and setting up a chance to reach next week’s state duals. PCM, listed 12th in the Class 2A dual rankings and No. 1 in the state tournament team...
MISSOURI VALLEY (Feb. 5) -- For the second straight year, Missouri Valley ended a successful dual season by the AHSTW wrestlers. The Vikings never got any momentum going against the 11th-ranked Big Reds on Tuesday night, falling behind 30-3 after six weights and losing 52-21 in a Class 1A regional...
ELK HORN (Feb. 4) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls wrapped up regular season play with a victory and a milestone for their coach Monday night, beating Woodbine 71-33. Sophomore guard Tatum Grubbs scored 17 of her game-high 26 points in the first half as the Spartans raced out to a 40-18 lead...
ELK HORN (Feb. 4) -- It was a good night for offense here Monday as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys nearly hit the century mark and point guard Cole Burmeister became the second Spartan senior this season to reach 1,000 career points. When it was all said and done, four Exira-EHK players scored...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team will host Tri-Center in a Class 2A, Region 8 first round game Saturday (Feb. 9) at 7:00 p.m. The Lady Vikes (14-6) beat the Trojans twice during the regular season in a pair of competitive games. Saturday’s winner will play at Sidney Tuesday at 7:00 p.m....
DUNLAP (Feb. 5) -- The IKM-Manning girls improved to 16-4 Tuesday night with a 64-36 non-conference win at Boyer Valley. The Wolves drained eight 3-pointers in the game, including six by Alexa Ahrenholtz in 12 attempts. Ahrenholtz led the team with 21 points, Gabby Cadwell had 13 points, eight...
HARLAN (Feb. 5) -- Continuing a busy final stretch to the regular season - six games in nine days - the Harlan Community girls basketball team lost three in a row vs. Glenwood, Sioux City East and St. Albert since last Friday, falling to 4-15 overall and 2-8 in the Hawkeye Ten. HCHS hosted...