AREA -- AHSTW and IKM-Manning both pulled off wins in Class 1-A, District 7 football action Friday night. The Vikings got past OA-BCIG 17-12 to improve to 7-0 on the year. The Wolves won 47-6 at ACGC (Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center) for their third win of the year.

 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team wrapped up a third-place finish in the Western Iowa Conference Thursday night by sweeping Logan-Magnolia, 25-14, 25-23, 25-22. The Wolves improved to 16-7 overall and finished with a WIC mark of 7-2, making them the third seed for this week’s conference volleyball tournament. Tri-Center won the regular-season title with a 9-0 mark while Treynor went 8-1.

 GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community finished with a 1-1 split at Tuesday night’s Hawkeye Ten volleyball triangular in Glenwood, defeating the host Rams in four sets before being swept by 7th-rated (2-A) St. Albert. HCHS nearly extended the St. Albert match but came up on the short end of a 30-28 decision in the third set. The Saintes, who also beat Glenwood in three, improved to 21-3 overall and 5-2 in the conference.

 HARLAN -- Say what you will about the first six games of the Harlan Community football season - just never call it boring. The Cyclones have scored 235 points (39.2 average) and allowed 252 at the two-thirds mark of the regular season, going 2-4 overall and 1-3 inside one of the toughest Class 3-A districts in the state. They’ve surrendered 154 points in losses against top-10 foes Creston/O-M, Glenwood and Carroll, but have been right there i

 WOODBINE -- Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning placed third overall in the girls race and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s Emily Copic was the Rolling Valley Conference girls runner-up as part of Monday’s combined Woodbine Cross Country Invite and RVC Meet held at the Woodbine school. Sporrer’s time of 21:28 trailed only the Underwood duo of Karley Larson and Ryann Portch in the girls race.

 ELK HORN -- And then there were two. The tie atop the Rolling Valley Conference volleyball standings was whittled down to just a pair here Tuesday night after Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton handled Coon Rapids-Bayard in four sets (25-16, 25-10, 22-25, 25-18). The Spartans (11-12 overall) won their fifth straight conference match since falling to Glidden-Ralston in early September and improved their league mark to 5-1 with four RVC matches to go. E

 HARLAN -- As regular season losses go, this one was a gut wrencher for the Harlan Community football team. Leading sixth-ranked (3-A) Carroll 19-0 at halftime, the Cyclones allowed 35 second-half points, turned the ball over three times in their last four possessions and had their playoff hopes dashed with Friday night’s 35-32 Homecoming loss to the Tigers. Carroll was often its own worst enemy during a first half that included three fumbles

 NEWTON -- The Harlan Community volleyball team took some steps in the right direction at Saturday’s Newton Tournament, stealing a set from top-ranked Pella and placing third out of eight teams with a 3-2 record. HCHS finished second to Pella in Pool B, lost another three-setter to Newton in the semifinals and finished with a 25-23, 25-15 sweep of Boone in the third-place final. The Cyclones, 9-12 overall, will now face one of their busiest we

 MANNING -- AHSTW kept its unbeaten season alive and IKM-Manning’s frustrations continued Friday night as the Vikings scored 27 unanswered points in a 27-16 road win over the Wolves. IKM-M led 8-0 after one quarter and 8-7 at halftime but didn’t score again until it trailed by three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

 ELK HORN -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton volleyball team improved to 4-1 in Rolling Valley Conference play here Thursday night, outlasting CAM in four sets, 25-22, 25-17, 17-25, 25-22. The Spartans are now 8-10 overall. CAM dropped to 8-12 overall and 3-4 in the RVC. The Spartans were led at the net by Sophia Peppers’ nine kills and Maggie Rasmussen’s eight kills with a solid .368 efficiency.

WOODBINE -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton extended its winning streak to four games on Friday night, pounding Woodbine 68-0 in 8-Player football action. Since starting the season 0-2, the Spartans have outscored their first four district opponents by a combined 250 to 30. 

 HARLAN -- It was only fitting that Harlan Community head volleyball coach Angie Spangenberg received her latest honor on the same night that HCHS hosted Red Oak. Prior to the Cyclones vs. Tigers match on September 27, Coach Spangenberg was officially inducted into the KMA Sports Hall of Fame, becoming the third member to join the Shenandoah radio station’s newly-formed club.

 HARLAN -- On a proud night for Harlan Community Schools and HCHS volleyball coach Angie Spangenberg, the only thing missing was a victory on the court. Shaking off a slow start on Tuesday, the Cyclones built a two-sets-to-one lead against Red Oak but couldn’t quite seal the deal, losing a frustrating five-setter to the Tigers, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20, 20-25, 13-15. HCHS held its annual Teal Out Night for ovarian cancer awareness in conjuction wit

 HARLAN -- It’s only Week 6 and it’s also Homecoming, but Friday night’s clash with Carroll is basically a playoff game for the Harlan Community football team. A victory over the sixth-ranked Tigers (5-0 overall, 3-0 in Class 3-A, District 7) wouldn’t guarantee the Cyclones much of anything in terms of their postseason prospects, but it would at least keep them in the hunt as the calander turns to October.

 DENISON -- Greichaly Kaster of Harlan Community and Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning both placed in the top four at Tuesday’s Monarch Cross Country Invitational, headlining an impressive group of nine area girls to earn medals on the Northside Recreation Facility course near Denison High School. Three local boys runners also took home medals, led by HCHS senior Reagan Hansen in 11th place. Denison-Schleswig swept the team titles on home soil - t