TREYNOR -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team erased a 16-point second-half deficit at Treynor last Friday but were unable to pull off the win, falling 57-46 in overtime. The Wolves led 44-41 late in the fourth quarter but made just 2-of-9 free throws in the fourth quarter and overtime combined...
HARLAN -- Jacob Wingert opened his senior season in strong fashion Saturday afternoon, winning three straight matches as Harlan Community’s lone champion in the Dan Hill Invitational. HCHS placed sixth out of 11 teams in its season-opening home tournament, scoring 118.5 points and claiming eight...
SHENANDOAH -- Shane Chamberlain tallied team-highs with 23 points and eight rebounds in his first career start and senior point guard Caleb Rasmussen added 17 points and seven boards as Harlan Community opened the boys basketball season with a 71-48 road win over Shenandoah Friday night. HCHS...
SHENANDOAH -- For the Harlan Community girls basketball team, things can only go up from here. Hitting the 30-turnover mark for the second time in as many games, the Cyclones were handed a 77-48 defeat at Shenandoah Friday night in the Hawkeye Ten Conference opener for both teams. The 11th-rated (...
TREYNOR -- With their top returning scorer held to just four shot attempts on the night, the IKM-Manning girls struggled for offense in Friday’s 49-34 Western Iowa Conference loss at Treynor. IKM-M junior guard Kia Rasmussen, who averaged 17.7 points per game a year ago, was limited to just five...
OAKLAND -- The AHSTW boys and girls basketball teams swept a varsity doubleheader at Riverside on Friday night in Western Iowa Conference action. The Viking boys (2-0) won 78-26, getting 14 points from Jake Martin and 13 from R.J. Harris, who also grabbed 10 rebounds. The Lady Vikes improved to 1-...
PELLA -- Former Atlantic standout Sam Markham was recently named first-team All-Iowa Conference following a record-breaking season for the Central College football team.
Markham, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound receiver for the Dutch, is the grandson of Betty Markham, Harlan, and the son of Dr. Mark and...
TREYNOR -- Opening the season with a young and inexperienced varsity roster, the Harlan Community girls basketball team didn’t just stick their toe in the shallow end of the pool Tuesday night. Instead, they dove head first into shark-infested waters. Facing a talented Treynor squad that lost just...
ELK HORN -- The three-point shooting numbers told the story in Tuesday night’s Rolling Valley Conference basketball opener between Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and Paton-Churdan. Exira-EHK sophomore Josh Pettepier knocked down eight straight treys in the first half alone and finished 10-of-11 from...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys basketball team finished just one point shy of the century mark in Tuesday night’s season opener vs. Woodbine, pounding the Tigers 99-20 in non-conference action. The Vikings, who shot 52.6 percent from the field while also grabbing 27 offensive rebounds, led 27-9 after one...