ELK HORN -- AHSTW outscored Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 33-29 Tuesday night in a boys basketball jamboree at Elk Horn. The Vikings led 15-12 after one quarter and also won the second quarter 18-17. Each team in the scrimmage played for just one half. Scoring leaders for the Vikings included R.J....
CRESTON -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team topped Chariton 36-22 on Tuesday night as part of a jamboree held at Southwestern Community College in Creston. HCHS led 13-8 after one quarter before pulling away in the second and final period. Cyclone scoring leaders included Josh Cheek with...
AVOCA -- It wasn’t the outcome that AHSTW wanted, but the Lady Vike girls basketball team certainly has some positive signs to build on following Tuesday night’s season opener vs. Red Oak. From senior Jaycie Schueman’s strong overall floor game to freshman Kinsey Scheffler’s solid varsity debut,...
FORT MYERS, FL. -- Outside of a few aches and pains, Steve Daeges enjoyed every moment of his recent return to the baseball diamond as a uniformed player. Daeges, Harlan Community’s highly-successful baseball coach of the last 22 years, took part in the 2016 Roy Hobbs World Series earlier this...
HARLAN -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team used a big run in each quarter to pull away from Harlan Community 37-24 in the final matchup of Thursday’s eight-team jamboree in Harlan. In other action, Red Oak defeated Griswold, AHSTW beat the HCHS JV 25-10 and Panorama beat Atlantic 34-16. Each...
CARROLL -- Longtime Harlan Community teacher and coach Chad Swanson has been recognized as the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association Volleyball Assistant Coach of the Year for 2016. Swanson received a plaque commemorating the award at Saturday’s IGCA Volleyball All-Star Game in Carroll. Swanson has been...
HARLAN – It was another proud day for a program that has had a lot to feel good about lately. Harlan Community senior Dillon Sears, already a four-year starter for the state champion Cyclone baseball team, signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to play collegiately at Western...
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community football team set two school records and tied another during a 4-5 campaign in 2016, breaking two marks that had stood since 1970. In a 70-49 loss at Creston/O-M in Week 3, HCHS accumulated 657 yards of total offense, breaking the record of 629 set in 1970 against...
DES MOINES -- Harlan Community’s winning tradition on the baseball diamond has been well-documented, highlighted by 16 state tournament appearances, three state titles - most recently this past August - and three state runner-up finishes since 2008. But across the street from Principal Park, where...
WAYNE, NEB. -- Wayne State College has become the new it place for former area athletes to continue their football and academic endeavors. The NCAA Division II program featured five area high school graduates on the football roster this fall, including fifth-year junior quarterback Zach Osborn...