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HARLAN -- It didn’t take long for Harlan Community to show some resiliency under first-year head softball coach Brooke Schaben. Just 24 hours after losing their season opener, 8-1, vs. Kuemper Catholic, the Cyclones bounced back against arguably a better opponent in Bishop Heelan and blanked the...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community scored the first run in Tuesday’s softball season opener, but it was all downhill from there. Issuing eight walks and commiting seven errors, the Cyclones lost 8-1 to Kuemper Catholic at H. Jack Field and started 0-1 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference. Cora Hicks batted 3-for...
HARLAN -- Just five innings into the 2016 baseball season, Harlan Community has already accomplished two things it did not do all of last year - hit a home run and score 17 times in one game. Ranked second in the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association preseason top 10, the defending Class 3-A state...
HARLAN -- A week after posting a 5-0 win at Creston, the Harlan Community boys soccer team knew it would face a much tougher challenge when the Panthers came to Harlan for Monday night’s postseason rematch. The Cyclones got the battle they bargained for, but in the end shut out Creston once again...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys soccer team won its Class 1-A, Substate 7 opener Monday night, getting two late goals from Preslyn Grobe to pull away for a 4-1 victory over Ankeny Christian Academy. The Vikings improved to 8-6 overall and advanced to face No. 7 Pella Christian in a substate semifinal at...
DES MOINES -- What a difference a year makes for AHSTW sophomore sprinter Gage Clay. Last season, Clay did what he could for the Vikings but was hampered by a foot injury that required surgery during the summer. He watched his older brother, Briar, compete in the 100-meter dash at state. Twelve...
DES MOINES -- Senior Marcus Klein brought home two state medals on Saturday, but the Harlan Community boys left Des Moines with a somewhat sour taste in their mouths following three days of competition at the 2016 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships. Klein placed fourth in the 400-...
DES MOINES -- For the first time in many years the Harlan Community girls track team finished scoreless at a state meet this past weekend, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort. The Cyclones took eight events to the 2016 State Track and Field Championships and performed at, or close to, a season-best...
DES MOINES -- A trio of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton athletes competed in four events at the Iowa High School Track and Field Championships this past weekend, but the Spartans were unable to bring home any medals from Drake Stadium. Seniors Martin Olson (shot put) and Brady Hansen (110 high hurdles...
DES MOINES -- All in all, it was a great state meet for the IKM-Manning girls and boys track teams. The Wolves combined to qualify five events for the State Track and Field Championships last weekend and brought home Class 1-A state medals in three of the five. On Friday, the IKM-M girls placed...
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