HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team will take a 5-12 record into regional play following last Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss vs. Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV. HCHS led 2-0 by the 23rd minute as Haley Arkfeld scored on a deflection off a defender and Kylee Hinz also capitalized on a good look at...
AVOCA -- Sarah True scored a pair of goals and Olivia Kock and Hailey Haynes both scored once as the AHSTW girls soccer team blanked Riverside 4-0 in its regular-season finale on May 22. The game was halted by thunderstorms in the 45th minute. The Lady Vikes did all of their scoring in the first...
TREYNOR -- A perfectly-placed 40-yard bomb in the first minute of sudden-death overtime brought a heartbreaking end to AHSTW’s undefeated season last Wednesday night (May 24) as Treynor stunned the 10th-ranked Vikings 2-1 in a Class 1-A, Substate 8 boys soccer semifinal. Following a 1-1 tie at the...
EARLHAM -- A season full of highlights ended two wins shy of a state tournament berth last Wednesday (May 24) when Harlan Community lost to Winterset, 5-1, in a Class 2-A, Substate 8 boys soccer semifinal at Earlham. The 8th-ranked Huskies (15-1), who advanced to state with a 1-0 win over No. 2...
REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team wrapped up its 2017 season with a pair of strong showings earlier this month, placing third at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament in Atlantic (May 8) and placing fourth at the Class 1-A District Tournament in Carroll (May 11). The Cyclones’...
CARROLL -- So far, so good, for the 2017 Harlan Community baseball team. Sophomore Brett Sears and freshman Connor Bruck combined on a four-hit shutout Tuesday night (May 23) and HCHS pulled away in its final two at-bats to shut out Kuemper Catholic, 8-0, in a battle of preseason state-ranked...
CARROLL -- Harlan Community opened defense of its Class 3-A state baseball title with an 11-run first inning on Monday night (May 22), eventually finishing off a young Carroll team 14-0 in five innings. Connor Bruck went 3-for-3 at the plate for HCHS while Dillon Sears, Brett Sears and Kyle...
HARLAN -- On a wild opening night featuring five lead changes, 25 runs and 24 hits, the Harlan Community softball team struck last to outslug Underwood 13-12 Monday (May 22) at H. Jack Field. Trailing 12-8 after the visiting Eagles plated five runs in the top of the sixth, HCHS responded with a...
HARLAN -- Perhaps it was only fitting that the Harlan Community boys soccer team’s 15th and final win of the season came on home turf. Improving to 9-0 at Merrill Field, the Cyclones handled an outmatched West Central Valley squad 5-1 Monday night (May 22) in the opening round of the Class 2-A,...
ANITA -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys golf team finished one spot shy of a state tournament berth last Friday (May 19) after placing third in the Class 1-A District Tournament at Anita’s Crestwood Hills Golf Course. The Spartans tallied a team score of 343 in cool and wet conditions,...