HARLAN -- Though it is still a work in progress to be sure, the Harlan Community boys basketball team is showcasing an early-season ability to come through in the clutch. Three days after winning an overtime game at Blair, the Cyclones erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit in Friday’s home opener and improved to 3-0 with a dramatic 76-72 victory over Denison-Schleswig. Junior Logan Klaassen, who made just two of his first 12 shots from the

 BOYS TOWN, NEB. -- Nick Foss won an individual championship at 182 pounds and three Cyclone teammates were runners-up as Harlan Community placed fifth out of 15 teams at the two-day Boys Town Wrestling Invitational Friday and Saturday. Foss pinned his first two opponents before winning a close 6-5 decision over Sam Kolterman of Wahoo in the semifinals.

 TRI-CENTER -- Taking control of the game with a 24-9 second-quarter surge, the IKM-Manning girls basketball team evened its record at 2-2 Friday night with a 70-34 win at Tri-Center. The Wolves led just 13-10 after one quarter before outscoring the Trojans 57-24 the rest of the way and improving to 2-1 in Western Iowa Conference play.

 TRI-CENTER -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team fell to 0-3 in Western Iowa Conference play (1-3 overall) following Friday’s 48-43 loss at unbeaten Tri-Center. The Wolves led 35-34 after three quarters but were outscored 14-8 in the fourth. Free throw shooting continues to be a problem for IKM-Manning, which made only 3-of-9 attempts.

 BLAIR, NEB. -- Given a second chance in overtime, Caleb Rasmussen and the Harlan Community Cyclone basketball team responded. Rasmussen, who missed two potential game-winning free throws with :01.7 left in regulation, scored the first points of O.T.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community wrestlers made some noise against Glenwood in Tuesday’s first double dual of the season, but ultimately fell 18 points short, 46-28, as part of a Hawkeye Ten split vs. the Rams and St. Albert. Glenwood, ranked sixth in Class 3-A by The Predicament, started the night with a 78-6 win over St. Albert, then overcame an early 28-0 deficit against the Cyclones by scoring the last 46 points.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community bowling teams opened the season with a split decision against Shenandoah Monday at Cyclone Lanes, the boys winning by 138 pins and the girls falling just eight pins short. The HCHS boys built a 151-pin lead after the individual round and came out about even in the Baker Games to win 2,443 to 2,305. Four Cyclones finished with a two-game series of at least 325, led by Lucas Schmitz’s 365 and Mitchell Leinen’s 349

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in Western Iowa Conference play Tuesday night following a 71-28 loss to third-ranked Treynor.

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 AVOCA -- The AHSTW wrestling team opened the season by winning two out of three duals in a home quad vs. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, Woodbine and Logan-Magnolia. Lo-Ma won the meet with lopsided decisions over Woodbine (66-18), Exira-EHK (77-6) and AHSTW (65-18). The Vikings defeated Exira-EHK 69-12 and topped Woodbine 66-18.

 TREYNOR -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team erased a 16-point second-half deficit at Treynor last Friday but were unable to pull off the win, falling 57-46 in overtime. The Wolves led 44-41 late in the fourth quarter but made just 2-of-9 free throws in the fourth quarter and overtime combined. Treynor tied the game on Dillon Faubel’s three-pointer with :25 left in regulation - snapping a long scoring drought - and outscored the Wolves 13-

 HARLAN -- Jacob Wingert opened his senior season in strong fashion Saturday afternoon, winning three straight matches as Harlan Community’s lone champion in the Dan Hill Invitational. HCHS placed sixth out of 11 teams in its season-opening home tournament, scoring 118.5 points and claiming eight total place-winners. Wingert, who placed fourth at last year’s Dan Hill Invite and later became a first-time state qualifier at 160, pinned his first

 SHENANDOAH -- Shane Chamberlain tallied team-highs with 23 points and eight rebounds in his first career start and senior point guard Caleb Rasmussen added 17 points and seven boards as Harlan Community opened the boys basketball season with a 71-48 road win over Shenandoah Friday night. HCHS built a 38-21 lead by halftime and extended the margin to 57-32 after three quarters, grabbing 14 offensive boards and outrebounding the Mustangs 37-24

 SHENANDOAH -- For the Harlan Community girls basketball team, things can only go up from here. Hitting the 30-turnover mark for the second time in as many games, the Cyclones were handed a 77-48 defeat at Shenandoah Friday night in the Hawkeye Ten Conference opener for both teams. The 11th-rated (3-A) Fillies (4-0), who did not graduate a senior off last year’s 15-9 squad, beat the Cyclone girls for the first time since the 2002-03 season. HC

 TREYNOR -- With their top returning scorer held to just four shot attempts on the night, the IKM-Manning girls struggled for offense in Friday’s 49-34 Western Iowa Conference loss at Treynor. IKM-M junior guard Kia Rasmussen, who averaged 17.7 points per game a year ago, was limited to just five on Friday, hitting a second-quarter three-pointer and scoring off her own steal in the fourth.