AVOCA (Oct. 18) -- The AHSTW volleyball team opened Class 2A regional tournament play on Monday night with a four-set victory over Logan-Magnolia. The Lady Vikes dropped the first set 21-25 before winning the next three, 25-17, 25-8, 26-24. Halle Hall led AHSTW with 13 kills on the night and had an efficiency of .216. Natalie Hagadon totaled 11 kills (.128), Ally Meyers had seven (.583) and Megan Wise added six (.158).

Regional volleyball tournaments across Iowa opened competition on Monday, October 18. Below are early-round results and pairings for those regions involving area teams.

 REGIONAL (Oct. 20-21) -- Cross country runners from across Iowa will compete in state qualifying meets later this week to determine this year’s qualifiers for the state meet in Fort Dodge (Oct. 29-30). The Harlan Community girls and boys harriers will compete against a 13-team Class 3A field Wednesday (Oct. 20) at Lakeview Country Club north of Winterset. The meet will start at 4:00 p.m.

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    AVOCA (Oct. 15) – Raydden Grobe’s circus catch at the three-yard line, then bulldozing his way into the end zone following a successful onside kick recovery by Hayden Fischer, gave AHSTW a thrilling 20-17 come from behind victory over an improved Council Bluffs St.

 OGDEN (Oct. 15) -- Cooper Irlmeier’s two fourth-quarter touchdown runs - both one-yarders - put the finishing touches on IKM-Manning’s 35-21 non-district win at Ogden last Friday. The Wolves finished the regular season with a 5-3 overall record and had previously clinched third place in Class A, District 8 with a mark of 4-2. They will open the Class A playoffs this Friday with a 7:00 p.m.

 COON RAPIDS (Oct. 15) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton took care of business on its end and received the help it needed last Friday night, qualifying for the Eight-Player football playoffs with a 52-15 win at Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Spartans finished the regular season at 5-3 overall and 3-3 in District 10, clinching a third-place playoff spot based on its head-to-head win over Boyer Valley the previous week.

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 HULL (Oct. 9) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team lost to four state-ranked opponents and finished with an 0-5 record in last Saturday’s Kooima-Kooima-Varilek Classic at Hull. The host Western Christian Wolfpack, ranked fifth in Class 2A, won the tournament with a 6-0 record, defeating No. 8 (3A) Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the championship match, 21-11, 21-18. HCHS lost all of its pool-play matches and recorded just one set win on the day.

 LAWTON (Oct. 8) -- Amos Rasmussen rushed for 306 yards and three touchdowns last Friday night, leading IKM-Manning past Lawton-Bronson 48-27 in a Class A, District 8 football game featuring 870 yards of total offense. The victory allowed IKM-M to clinch third place in the district - and a playoff spot - going into this Friday’s regular season finale at Ogden (a non-district game).

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