HARLAN -- Battling through some typical ups and downs with an inexperienced varsity lineup, the Harlan Community boys basketball team will take a 3-3 record into Friday’s final December game vs. Mount Pleasant at Wells Fargo Arena. Armed with just one returning starter and three letter winners...
HARLAN -- With back-to-back wins against a state-ranked Denison team and Creston under its belt, the Harlan Community girls took momentum and positive vibes into Friday’s home showdown vs. eighth-ranked (4-A) Lewis Central. Or so it seemed. Leading 7-6 about midway through the first quarter, the...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team suffered its second straight road defeat on Friday night, falling behind 34-17 at halftime and losing to ninth-ranked (4-A) Lewis Central, 62-42. HCHS shot just 32.6 percent from the field, including 8-of-29 from three-point range, and...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the year in a big way Friday night, blowing out Missouri Valley 79-29 in a Western Iowa Conference game. Three nights after losing 61-59 at Logan-Magnolia, the Vikings stormed out to a 29-5 lead after one quarter and went...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community bowling teams were both defeated by Denison-Schleswig on Thursday at Cyclone Lanes. Denison won the girls dual by 388 pins (2,324 to 1,936) and edged the Cyclone boys by just 27 pins (2,666 to 2,639). In the boys half of the meet, HCHS led by 26 pins following the...
CLARINDA -- Harlan Community picked up two Hawkeye Ten Conference wrestling wins Thursday night, defeating Shenandoah 37-27 before rallying past Clarinda 46-31. Shenandoah also beat the host Cardinals, 39-35. HCHS improved its dual record to 3-1 - both overall and in the conference - as six...
CRESTON -- All three starting guards executed their roles to perfection Tuesday night as Harlan Community rolled to 58-43 girls basketball win at Creston. Senior Bailey Hansen, with an assist from younger sister Chloe at times, took on the responsibility of playing lock-down defense on Creston’s...
CRESTON – For a minute, the Harlan Community boys basketball team was again on the verge of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat on Tuesday night at Creston. Panther sophomore Kylan Smallwood had other ideas. Smallwood’s step-back three-pointer from the top of the key – his first long-range...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Lucas Schmitz provided the highlight with a school record game score of 276 on Tuesday as the Harlan Community boys bowling team improved to 2-0 with a 213-pin victory over Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 2,745 to 2,532, at Thunderbowl. The HCHS girls (1-1) also secured a win,...
ELK HORN -- Dominating both early and late, the 3rd-ranked (1-A) Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team cruised to 7-0 here Tuesday night with a 73-31 win over Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Spartans raced out to a 21-3 lead after one quarter and outscored the Crusaders 19-0 in the fourth. The...