HARLAN -- Showcasing the improvement you would expect between games one and two, Harlan Community put away a young Blair squad by halftime Tuesday night and cruised to 2-0 overall with a 65-35 win over the Bears. HCHS senior Kyle Juhl scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the first quarter, and...
AVOCA -- Defending state champion Treynor pulled away in the second half to win 66-47 at AHSTW last Friday in the Vikings’ season opener. AHSTW kept the Cardinals within striking distance for a half - trailing 29-21 - but couldn’t make up any ground in the final two quarters. Sophomore R.J. Harris...
AUDUBON -- Kyle Wagner continued a torrid early-season scoring pace as IKM-Manning improved to 3-0 Tuesday night with a 63-46 win at Audubon. Wagner, who passed 1,000 career points vs. Panorama last Saturday, led the Wolves with 27 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots against the Wheelers and...
AUDUBON -- The host Audubon Wheelers outscored IKM-Manning 19-15 in the fourth quarter to win Tuesday night’s tightly-contested girls basketball matchup, 56-52, in Western Iowa Conference play. The Wolves, who dropped to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the WIC, shot just 35 percent from the floor and were...
HARLAN -- With less than two minutes left in the third quarter Friday night, a contingent of Shenandoah fans rose raucously to their feet as the Mustangs trimmed a once 16-point deficit to 34-28 against the Harlan Community boys basketball team. The Cyclones responded with six straight points and...
HARLAN -- On a night when the offense was flat, Harlan Community still played solid defense to easily handle Shenandoah, 52-20, in Friday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference girls basketball opener. Three nights after having their run of 52 straight wins come to an end vs. Dowling Catholic, the 3rd-ranked (4-...
AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team lost its Western Iowa Conference opener vs. Treynor on Friday night by the score of 67-27. Madelyn Deitchler led the victorious Cardinals with 16 points and Abby Tiarks added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
HARLAN -- Had the final shot fallen, it would have been a pretty sweet way to extend a remarkable winning streak to 53 games. But alas, Taylor Frederick’s 26-foot jumper at the final horn was narrowly off the mark Tuesday night, allowing Dowling Catholic to edge Harlan Community 56-54 in a well-...
In many respects, Jess Schaben is the same girl now - playing big-time college volleyball at Iowa State - as she was during a four-year standout career at Harlan Community High School. Still leading her team in kills. Still the first to encourage a teammate. Still smiling. Still just ... Jess. But...
HARLAN -- Another outstanding Harlan Community volleyball season was rewarded by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association last week as three Cyclone seniors were named to the 2015 IGCA All-State teams. Middle hitter Taylor Frederick, in addition to being cited on the Class 4-A First Team, was one of...