Sports

 CARROLL -- The IKM-Manning boys golf team finished its season by placing eighth in last Friday’s (May 12) Class 2-A Sectional Tournament at the Carroll Country Club. Kuemper Catholic won the team title with a score of 318 and advanced to district play along with OA-BCIG (354) and East Sac County (...
 STATE MEET BOUND -- For the second straight season, HCHS senior Gillian Streit has qualified for the state track meet in both the discus (above) and the shot put. Streit’s winning discus throw of 124 feet, two inches at Thursday’s 3-A State Qualifying Meet ranked second in her class among all 24 state qualifiers. Her season-best throw of 131-11 also ranks second in Class 3-A.
 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, AHSTW, IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton have combined to qualify 26 entries for this week’s Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 18-20). The HCHS girls and boys teams will take the most events...
 Harlan Community junior Nick Foss (left) takes the baton from Deren Schmitz before anchoring the Cyclone 4x200 relay to fourth place at Thursday’s 3-A State Qualifying Meet. The Cyclones’ season-best time of 1:33.07 earned them an at-large state meet berth.
 DENISON -- The Harlan Community girls and boys track teams left Thursday’s Class 3-A State Qualifying Meet in Denison with a combined 14 events they will take to this week’s State Track and Field Championships. And while there’s always a few regrets regarding the events that didn’t quite make it,...
 AHSTW junior Gage Clay qualified for state in two individual events on Thursday, winning the 100-meter dash and 200 dash. (Photo courtesy of Matt Gengler, Missouri Valley Times)
 MISSOURI VALLEY -- AHSTW and IKM-Manning combined to qualify 10 events for state Thursday night (May 11) while competing in the Class 2-A Co-Ed State Qualifying Track Meet held at Missouri Valley. The Viking boys led the area contingent with five qualifiers, the AHSTW and IKM-M girls both...
 Exira-EHK’s Creighton Nelson runs a leg of the Spartans’ shuttle hurdle relay, which qualified for state. (Photo courtesy of Caleb Nelson, Atlantic News-Telegraph)
 AUDUBON -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton distance runner Evan Wilson and the Spartan boys shuttle hurdle relay team stepped up with their best times of the year on Thursday (May 11), earning at-large state meet bids after placing third in the Class 1-A State Qualifying Track Meet held at Audubon. The...
 HCHS senior Ashley Petsche concentrates on a forehand return shot during her match against Red Oak’s Sarah Behrens. Petsche’s shot clipped the net and went over for a winner.
 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team finished regular-season play with a 2-8 record following last Tuesday’s 8-1 dual loss vs. Red Oak. Nicole Lange picked up the Cyclones’ only victory in the No. 2 singles match, beating Macy Baker 8-5. Ashley Petsche (2-8), Haley Swisher (0-8),...
 HCHS junior Jaden Anastasi (6) looks to kick the ball downfield during Friday’s match against Underwood.
 HARLAN -- Losing two of their top players to injury during the course of the game, Harlan Community was defeated by 13th-ranked (1-A) Underwood 4-1 in girls soccer action at Merrill Field Friday night (May 12). With the scored tied 1-1 midway through the first half, HCHS senior Haley Arkfeld...
 HCHS sophomore Eli Boldan (18) tries to advance the ball around a Lewis Central defender during Monday’s match at Merrill Field. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- Eleven games into the soccer season, only two teams have managed to find the back of the net against Harlan Community. Defensive shutout number nine was posted Monday night (May 8) at Merrill Field when the Cyclone boys earned their most impressive win yet with a 1-0 decision over Lewis...
 HCHS junior Kylee Hinz tries to keep the ball away from AHSTW’s Courtney Franks during Tuesday’s Cyclone win at Merrill Field.
 HARLAN -- One night after suffering a 10-0 loss at the hands of Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, the Harlan Community girls soccer team picked up a much-needed 6-1 home win over AHSTW in non-conference action on Tuesday (May 9). Kylee Hinz and Haley Arkfeld scored two goals each for the Cyclones...
 SHENANDOAH -- The Harlan Community boys golf team evened up its final dual record at 4-4 and perhaps gained some momentum for postseason play Tuesday night (May 9) with a triangular sweep over Shenandoah and Red Oak at the American Legion Country Club (par 35) in Shenandoah. Led by Ross Petersen’s...

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