CARROLL (May 14) -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team picked up its third win of the season last Friday at Carroll, scoring three first-half goals and beating the Tigers 3-0. Barely two minutes into the match, freshman Ian Shelton got the Cyclones on the board with an 11-yard shot from the right side - assisted by Elmer Argueta. With 27:23 left in the half, junior Ashton Lyon scored off his own interception from the right touch line, dril

 FORT DODGE (May 17) -- Kylie Powers is moving on to the next round of the Class 1A girls regional golf series. Powers, an IKM-Manning sophomore, shot a second-place score of 85 at Monday’s Region 1C first round tournament held at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge. She will now compete on Monday, May 24, in the Region 1 Final at the Holstein Country Club. Tee time will be 9:30 a.m. Torri Galles of Remsen St.

 DUNLAP -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Trey Petersen advanced to district competition on Friday, May 14, after shooting a round of 84 in the Class 1A Boys Sectional Tournament at the Dunlap Golf Course. Petersen was the fourth-place medalist on the day, carding nine-hole scores of 43 and 41 in rainy conditions.

 PANORA -- Tyler Brandt of IKM-Manning qualified for district golf competition on Friday, May 14, after carding a round of 86 in the Class 2A Boys Sectional Tournament at Lake Panorama National. Wolves’ senior Kyler Rasmussen also shot well enough to advance to district play with his round of 85, but was disqualified - along with the rest of his foursome - for the use of an improper scorecard. IKM-Manning placed fourth out of eight teams on th

 SHENANDOAH (May 14) -- Nate Jorgensen paced a trio of AHSTW golfers that ended their season in last Friday’s Class 2A Boys Sectional Tournament at Shenandoah. Jorgensen finished with an 18-hole round of 92 at the American Legion Country Club, shooting 48 on the front nine and 44 on the back.

 ATLANTIC -- The Harlan Community boys golf team finished the season by placing fifth out of eight teams in the Class 3A Sectional Tournament held Friday, May 14, at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. ADM was the sectional champion with a team score of 316 and Carroll placed second with a 322, both advancing to the May 20 district meet in Orange City.

 CARROLL -- Harlan Community senior Brock Bruns will finish his tennis career at the state tournament following his second-place effort at the Class 1A District Tournament May 12 in Carroll. Bruns, who entered the district meet seeded second in the singles bracket, finished 2-1 on the day and will now compete at the 1A State Tournament May 28-29 at Byrnes Park in Waterloo. Competition will begin at 9:30 a.m.

 GLENWOOD (May 13) -- The Harlan Community track teams rose to the occasion at Thursday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Glenwood, posting a plethora of season and personal-bests while advancing a combined 22 entries to this week’s state track meet. The HCHS girls will take 12 entries in 10 events to Des Moines following their second-place, 132-point district performance.

2021 Co-Ed State Track & Field Championships • Area Qualifiers & Schedule of Events DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning, AHSTW and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton have combined to qualify 37 entries for the 2021 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 20-22). The HCHS girls will lead the area charge with 12 state entries in 10 events, followed by the Cyclone boys with 10 ent

 HARLAN (May 13) -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team went up against sixth-ranked (1A) St. Albert on Thursday in an even match against the Falcons. The Cyclones would continue their rough season with a 2-1 loss at Merrill Field. The Falcons opened the scoring with 28:15 left in the first half with a shot outside the box from junior Nate Kay.

 AVOCA (May 11) -- After two goals in the first half  by AHSTW seniors Claire Denning and Abby Anzalone, a Cyclone surge of five unanswered goals in the second half led to a well-earned 6-2 victory for the Harlan Community girls soccer team on Tuesday night. AHSTW came out ready to play with a goal by Denning in the sixth minute to give the Lady Vikes an early lead.

 LOGAN (May 10) -- Four Harlan Community girls scored two goals apiece on Monday as the Cyclones built a 9-0 halftime lead and cruised past Logan-Magnolia 10-0 in non-conference soccer action.

 STUART (May 10) -- Harlan Community suffered its sixth one-goal loss of the season in boys soccer Monday night, falling 3-2 at West Central Valley as the host Wildcats scored twice in the final 16 minutes. HCHS led 2-1 until the end of the 64th minute, when it was called for a foul in the box that led to Kiefer Wallace’s game-tying penalty kick.

 AVOCA (May 11) -- An exceptional performance from St. Albert junior Gavin Tarbox helped hand the AHSTW boys soccer team a heavy defeat on Tuesday night as the sixth-ranked Falcons prevailed 8-2 in Avoca. The Vikings dropped to 4-6 on the season. It was a start that they would want to forget as the Falcons netted three goals in the opening 10 minutes.

 ATLANTIC (May 10) -- Jocelyn Cheek’s fourth-place medalist round of 86 helped Harlan Community notch its best 18-hole score of the year on Monday as the Cyclones posted a 412 to finish seventh at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Girls Golf Tournament. This year’s meet was held on Atlantic’s 18-hole Nishna Hills Golf Course. Creston, led by individual champion Rylie Driskell’s round of 80, won the team title by a 370-382 margin over Atlantic.