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 VICTORY IN HAND -- Gillian Streit looks toward her HCHS coaches and teammates after recording a school-record throw of 137 feet, three inches on her first attempt of the 3-A girls discus competition. Streit finished with the top three throws to earn the Cyclones’ first individual state meet championship in 11 years.
 DES MOINES -- In the days leading up to last weekend’s co-ed state track meet, the practice workload lessened for Harlan Community senior Gillian Streit. The hay is in the barn, HCHS girls assistant coach Todd Bladt told his standout thrower. The only thing left to do is go out there and perform...
 STATE CHAMP -- AHSTW senior Gage Clay (center) nears the finish line of the 200-meter dash final (Class 2-A) in a dead heat with Madrid’s Michael Santi (right) and Albia’s Jacob Clouse. Clay edged Santi for the gold medal, 21.98 to 22.02, after placing second to Santi in the 100.
 DES MOINES -- As Gage Clay prepared to win a Class 2-A state championship on Saturday afternoon, AHSTW’s junior sprinter couldn’t help but think about one of his favorite people. Clay’s grandmother, Linda Best, was one of his biggest fans before she passed away in July of 2015. Clay describes Best...
 AHSTW senior Jaycie Schueman recorded a pair of ‘PR’ times in her final state meet, placing sixth in the 400-meter hurdles (above) and finishing 11th in the 100-meter hurdles. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 DES MOINES -- Making her third career state track meet appearance on Friday (May 19), AHSTW senior Jaycie Schueman saved the best for last. Starting out of lane one in the third section of the Class 2-A 400-meter hurdles, Schueman gracefully handled the tight inside turns around Drake Stadium’s...
 Leaping 21 feet, 11.5 inches on his second attempt of the competition, HCHS junior Nick Foss secured a third-place medal in the 3-A boys long jump at state. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 DES MOINES -- Nick Foss and Caleb Bieker combined for three personal bests and one state medal at the State Track and Field Championships last weekend as the Harlan Community boys scored six points to tie for 26th place in Class 3-A. Foss, competing in his first track season since the seventh...
 Harlan Community senior Allison Bruck (right) leans through the finish line for a sixth-place finish in the Class 3-A girls 100-meter hurdles final. Bruck clocked a time of 15.69.
 DES MOINES -- Shut out of the state medals for the first time in many years last May, the Harlan Community girls track team responded last weekend with a state champion thrower, a sixth-place hurdler and a top-20 team finish at the 2017 state meet. HCHS senior Gillian Streit set the tone Thursday...
 The IKM-Manning girls’ 4x800 relay team of Payton Sporrer, Gabby Cadwell, Kia Rasmussen and Shyanne Sporrer finished 13th in Class 2-A, breaking their own school record with a time of 9:58.83. Above, Shyanne Sporrer (right) runs the anchor leg.
 DES MOINES -- The IKM-Manning track teams didn’t take home any medals from the 2017 state meet last weekend, but improvement was made in two out of three events, including one school record broken for the second time in a week. On Thursday afternoon (May 18), the IKM-M girls 4x800 relay team...
Exira-EHK junior Evan Wilson (second from left) ran a new 'PR' in the 3,200-meter run at state. (Photo courtesy of Caleb Nelson, Atlantic News-Telegraph)
 DES MOINES -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys placed in the middle of the pack in their two events last Thursday (May 18) at the state track meet in Des Moines. Spartan junior Evan Wilson clocked a personal-best time of 10:04.74 in the Class 1-A 3,200-meter run, finishing 15th out of 24...
Class 4-A Girls Team Scoring Top Five: 1. Waukee 116, 2. Iowa City West 89, 3. Southeast Polk 56, 4. Linn-Mar 44, 5. Cedar Falls 41. Also: 9. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 26, T-12. Sioux City West 18, T-18. Sioux City East 11, 26. Lewis Central 6.33, 33. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 3, T-37....
 HCHS junior Rolly Lokange (10) fights off Panther sophomore Dale Boyer for possession. Lokange scored his first varsity goal in the second half. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- It was a night of firsts for the Harlan Community boys soccer team Monday (May 15) as the Cyclones overcame a slow start to beat Creston 5-0 at Merrill Field. HCHS junior Tanner Fink scored the team’s first three goals to record his first-ever hat trick and the team’s first of the season...
 HCHS junior Kylee Hinz (4) attempts a late shot against Atlantic.
 HARLAN -- Playing without two of their standouts in injured seniors Haley Arkfeld and Michaela Bissen, the Harlan Community girls soccer team lost a pair of Hawkeye Ten Conference games earlier this week, falling at third-ranked (2-A) Lewis Central 10-0 on Monday (May 15) and losing at home to...

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