COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct. 14) -- Harlan Community’s final tune-up for regional volleyball featured mixed results Saturday as the Cyclones placed third out of six teams at the Lewis Central Tournament with a 3-2 record. IKM-Manning also closed out the regular season at LC by going 0-5. HCHS started the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MANNING -- Stephen Grimm and Carter Irlmeier scored two rushing touchdowns apiece last Friday night and Jared Johnson threw a 41-yard TD pass to Marshall Hansen as the IKM-Manning football team raced to a 37-0 halftime lead and blew out ACGC 44-0. Grimm broke loose for a 50-yard touchdown on the...