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HCHS junior Haley Leinen (6) goes up high to spike one of her seven kills against Denison-Schleswig on Thursday night. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- The start was sluggish and the finish a bit shaky, but Harlan Community was plenty dominant between as part of a 25-14, 25-14, 25-18 Senior Night volleyball sweep of Denison here Thursday. The victory clinched at least a tie for fifth place in the final Hawkeye Ten standings as HCHS...
AHSTW quarterback R.J. Harris (23) is tackled by Logan-Magnolia’s Brayden Hudnut during Friday night’s Class 1-A, District 7 game. The Panthers beat the Vikings 28-6 to clinch the district title.
 LOGAN -- In a battle of district unbeatens, Logan-Magnolia showcased a powerful rushing attack to hand AHSTW its first loss of the year Friday night, prevailing 28-6 to clinch the Class 1-A, District 7 championship. The Panthers improved to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the district, while the Vikings...
HCHS junior Lexie Holloway (8) puts one over the net against Creston Tuesday night as teammates Olivia Petersen, Kara Weis, Sidney Craig and Lexi Larsen look on. (Photo courtesy of Creston News Advertiser)
 CRESTON -- The Harlan Community volleyball team is back to .500 and looking to go above and beyond that mark as the regular season winds to a close. HCHS handled a road test at Creston with relative ease Tuesday night, sweeping the Panthers 25-14, 25-16, 25-12 to improve to 15-15 overall and 5-4...
 DENISON -- Throw out the records and play for pride. That will be the scene at Denison’s renovated football field Friday night when two old rivals get together for a Week 8 clash at 7:30. Harlan Community and Denison-Schleswig enter the contest with identical records - 2-5 overall and 1-4 in Class...
IKM-Manning senior Kelli Grimm hits around the block of Treynor’s Abby Tiarks (14) and Randi Robinson for a kill during Tuesday night’s Western Iowa Conference Tournament semifinal.
 GRISWOLD -- Rallying back from the brink of a three-set sweep, IKM-Manning was just eight points away from a remarkable comeback win over Treynor in the semifinals of the Western Iowa Conference Tournament. But like so often happens in the sport of volleyball, when momentum shifts on a dime it can...
 HULL -- Losing only to a pair of highly-ranked foes, the Harlan Community volleyball team finished with a match record of 3-2 and placed in the top four of last Saturday’s Western Christian Wolfpack Kooima-Kaemingk Classic. HCHS took second place in the five-team Pool A, beating Bondurant-Farrar (...
 MISSOURI VALLEY -- Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning and AHSTW’s Dalton Fischer and Jaycie Schueman all earned individual medals by placing in the top 12 of Monday’s Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Meet at the Logan-Mo. Valley Country Club. Sporrer placed third for the IKM-M girls with a time of...
HCHS players celebrate the final point of Thursday’s 3-1 win over Clarinda. Cyclones on the court for match point included, clockwise: Lexi Larsen (4), Haley Leinen, Whitney Warner, Brenda Hopkins, Delaney Kelly and Sidney Craig. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 HARLAN -- It was arguably one of the top-quality wins of the year for the Harlan Community volleyball team. Starting strong and finishing in the same manner, the Cyclones needed just four sets to take down a Clarinda team above them in the Hawkeye Ten standings Thursday night, winning 25-16, 25-23...
HCHS defensive end Jake McLaughlin (83) tries to pull down Winterset quarterback Noah Larson from behind during Friday’s District 7 game at Merrill Field. McLaughlin led the Cyclones with 12 total tackles but Larson had a hand in four touchdowns as the Huskies defeated HCHS 47-21 for just their second win of the season.
 HARLAN -- In the span of a week, Harlan Community has gone from fighting for its playoff life to trying to avoid the basement of Class 3-A, District 7. A frustrating football season reached a new low point Friday night as HCHS was soundly defeated by Winterset, 47-21, at Merrill Field. The...
Fremont-Mills running back Logan Gaylord is driven backward by Exira-EHK’s Drew Buckholdt (33) and Seth Bradford (32) with help from Cole Bruns (12).
 TABOR -- Fremont-Mills proved every bit as good as advertised here Friday night, scoring six first-half touchdowns and taking advantage of crucial Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton mistakes to beat the Spartans 50-21 in a battle for the District 7 lead. The top-ranked (8-Player) Knights improved to 7-0...

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