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Mike Nichols (center) of Harlan won his sixth career IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national championship this past season. He is pictured at the National IMCA Banquet held November 26 in Lincoln, Nebraska, with Speedway Motors President Clay Smith (left) and IMCA President Brett Root. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography)
 HARLAN – Mike Nichols described his month of June as phenomenal. The same adjective can be applied to his entire season. Nichols won all 15 of his June starts and 54 times in all en route to his career sixth IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national championship. He joined 2016 Hobby Stock king Shannon...
 CHURDAN -- Sophomore Cole Burmeister finished with 22 points and seven assists on Friday night, leading Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton to a 63-49 boys basketball victory at Paton-Churdan. Drew Buckholdt added 17 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and three assists for the Spartans, who improved their...
HCHS junior Logan Klaassen (11) hangs in the air after drawing a foul on Atlantic’s Austin Alexander during Tuesday’s fourth quarter. Klaassen’s timely three-point play helped the Cyclones win 74-71. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- When it comes to defensive strategy, a long-held mantra by Harlan Community boys basketball coach Mitch Osborn is that three-pointers will not beat you. So even though Atlantic finished 15-of-33 from the three-point arch against a combination of zone and junk defenses Tuesday night, it...
HCHS senior Allison Bruck (right) battles for control of the basketball with an Atlantic’s Emily Hohenberger.
 ATLANTIC -- Nicole Lange led four Harlan Community players in double figures with 20 points while adding seven rebounds and four assists as the Cyclone girls topped Atlantic 67-49 in their first game of the new year Tuesday night. Allison Bruck also had a big game with 18 points and nine steals,...
AHSTW’s Tom Barr picks up Riverside 132-pounder Tatem Bluml
 AVOCA -- The AHSTW wrestling team finished 1-1 in a home double dual Tuesday night, losing to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 37-28 and beating Riverside 63-13. A.L. won the meet by defeating Riverside 42-33. Five Vikings wrestlers finished 2-0 on the night, led by 106-pounder Joel Sampson...
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Spartan Girls Basketball Team
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Spartan Girls Basketball Team Front row, L-R: Sadie Schultes, Rachel Walker, Mara Burmeister, Sophia Peppers, Maggie Rasmussen, Kealey Nelson, Alex Petersen. Back row, L-R: Head Coach Tom Petersen, Assistant Coach Hilary Runyan, Jacey Anthofer, Lauren Hansen, Damian...
 BEARCAT PRIDE -- Northwest Missouri State assistant football coach Joel Osborn, joined by his wife, Audrey, and their two sons, Jack (right) and Colin, has been a part of the Bearcat football program since 2004 as a player or coach. During that time, Northwest has a record of 163-22 and has made eight appearances in the NCAA Division II national championship game. (Photo contributed)
 MARYVILLE, MO. -- Joel Osborn’s career football path has centered around two locations: Harlan, Iowa, and Maryville, Missouri. No matter the area code, winning has simply been a way of life. From 2001 to 2003, Osborn was a record-setting, all-state quarterback for Harlan Community, which owns more...
AHSTW Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Teams
AHSTW Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Teams Front row, L-R: Josie Denning, Lexy Knop, Emma Jorgensen, Ashley Lees, Jaycie Schueman, Sidney Nelsen, Katie Anzalone, Paige Osweiler. Back row, L-R: Hayli Paulsen, Kaitlyn Zimmerman, Sarah Butcher, Kinsey Scheffler, Kate Wise, Morgan Eckmann, Saige...
IKM-Manning Girls Varsity Basketball Team
IKM-Manning Girls Varsity Basketball Team Front row, L-R: Rylie Muhlbauer, Payton Sporrer, Kia Rasmussen, Aly Stadtlander, Shauna Reitan, Katelyn Crawford, Paige Gaskill. Back row, L-R: Head Coach Gene Rasmussen, Sadie Thompson, Sydney Wegner, Caitlin Muhlbauer, Kira Barry, Erin Langel, Peyton...
 WESTSIDE -- The third-rated Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team reached the Christmas break with a 9-0 record following last Thursday’s 66-21 win at Ar-We-Va. The Spartans, who also sport a 9-0 Rolling Valley Conference record, were led by Sophia Peppers’ 17 points and 13 rebounds...

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