AUDUBON -- The IKM-Manning boys outscored Audubon 24-8 in the third quarter to break open a close game and beat the Wheelers 64-41 on Thursday night. Sam Gross hit five 3-pointers in the game and led the Wolves with 15 points. Ben Wegner added 12 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks, Jared Johnson...
AVOCA -- Logan-Magnolia built a 36-21 halftime lead and finished off the AHSTW girls 68-47 last Tuesday night, improving to 15-1 behind 27 points from Kenzie Cunard. Freshman Kinsey Scheffler paced the Lady Vikes with 12 points, followed by Katie Anzalone with eight, Sarah Butcher seven, and Josie...
REGIONAL -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, AHSTW and IKM-Manning will all have the opportunity to play at least one home game when girls basketball regional play begins next month. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced its postseason pairings for Class 1-A, 2-A and 3-A on Monday, January...
DENISON -- The Harlan Community girls were unable to take advantage of 18 steals on defense Thursday night, shooting just 23 percent from the field in a 46-36 conference loss at Denison-Schleswig. HCHS (5-8 overall, 3-5 in the Hawkeye Ten) matched the Monarchs with 14 points in the third quarter...
AVOCA -- There’s many reasons behind AHSTW’s 14-1 start on the basketball floor this winter, and most of them were on display during Tuesday night’s 67-50 home win over Logan-Magnolia. Avenging their only loss of the season with a closing 16-4 exclamation point in the last seven minutes, the...
CARROLL -- Kuemper Catholic opened Monday night’s game vs. the Harlan Community girls by making six straight three-pointers and finished the first quarter with eight treys and a 32-11 lead. The Cyclones never fully recovered, pulling within 14 points in the third before a scoring drought dashed...
CRESTON -- On a night highlighted by senior Aaron Johannsen’s 100th career win, Harlan Community finished 0-2 as a team at Tuesday’s Creston/Orient-Macksburg wrestling double dual. HCHS nearly erased an 18-point deficit in its first dual against Lewis Central before falling just short, 33-31, then...
January 19 • at Ida GroveVARSITY GIRLS -- OA-BCIG 2080, HCHS 1942Indv. Total: OA-BCIG 1374, HCHS 1277; Baker Games: OA-BCIG 706, HCHS 665HCHS Game & Series ScoresKenzie Jones 142-155 -- 297Jessie Phipps 124-147 -- 271Molly Wingert 113-156 -- 269Samantha McCool 151-109 -- 260Jayden...
OMAHA, NEB. -- Harlan Community claimed four individual champions and placed second out of six teams at the Omaha Burke Wrestling Invitational last Saturday. Winning their six-man round-robin brackets for HCHS were Oscar Olmos at 138 pounds, Jacob Wingert (170), Aaron Johannsen (220) and Daniel...
CARROLL -- For the third Saturday in a row, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls demonstrated they know just how to respond when the chips are down. Exira-EHK’s most recent conquest may have been its most impressive to date as the third-ranked (1-A) Spartans swiftly erased an eight-point fourth-...