AVOCA (April 15) -- Madison Eckmann scored five goals and Julia Kock added two on Thursday as the AHSTW girls soccer team dominated Riverside 7-0 for its first win of the season. The Lady Vikes improved to 1-4 overall and now stand 1-0 in Western Iowa Conference play going into their next match at Tri-Center on Tuesday. AHSTW took a myriad of shots on goal early, but came up empty until Kock snapped the scoreless tie from the right side of th

 AVOCA (April 15) -- Rhett Bentley scored a three-goal hat trick to lead Riverside past the AHSTW boys soccer team 4-1 here Thursday night. The Bulldogs (2-0) used their overall team speed to take control early from a possession and shots standpoint and scored two goals in each half. AHSTW (1-3) got on the board with 14:59 remaining on a goal by Hayden Fischer. Ayden Salais scored the first Riverside goal on a breakaway in the 16th minute and

 OAKLAND (April 16) -- Raegen Wicks scored four goals and freshman Taylor Bieker added a pair Friday night as the Harlan Community girls soccer team rolled past Riverside 8-0 for its first win of the season. Wicks already had a hat trick by the 31st minute of play and the Cyclones led 6-0 at halftime, improving to 1-2 on the year. Samantha Ineson and Darbie Argotsinger also scored goals for HCHS, Kaia Bieker had two assists and Hailey Good had

 GLENWOOD (April 15) -- Harlan Community finished the Glenwood Girls Ram Relays on a high note Thursday, improving their Drake Relays’ qualifying spot in the 4x400 relay with a winning time of 4:10.42 and passing Lewis Central for second place in the team standings. The Cyclones also won the distance medley relay with a season-best of 4:27.2, scored 18 times in 15 events overall and finished with 101 points. Glenwood won its home meet with 137

 DES MOINES (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys and girls track teams have both qualified one event for the 2021 Drake Relays in Des Moines. All high school events this year will be held on Thursday, April 22, at Drake Stadium. HCHS sophomore Aidan Hall is one of 32 qualifiers in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Hall will compete at 11:27 a.m. Thursday, running in section one, lane six of timed finals.

 HARLAN -- A former all-state player and recent assistant coach has been hired as Harlan Community High School’s next head baseball coach. Heath Stein, a 2004 HCHS graduate, accepted the job on Friday, April 9, and officially became the head coach following school board approval on Monday, April 12.

 HARLAN (April 13) -- The meet didn’t end on the brightest of notes, but Harlan Community still put forth a strong showing on the home track Tuesday night as part of the annual Cyclone Ken Carstens Boys Invitational. Treynor and Lewis Central paced an 11-team field with five gold medals apiece and also scored the most points as the Cardinals would up winning the team title over the Titans by a slim 133-130 margin. HCHS won three events and fin

 HARLAN (April 12) -- A promising start and a halftime lead still didn’t result in Harlan Community’s first win of the boys soccer season Monday night as Kuemper Catholic rallied past the Cyclones for a 2-1 win at Merrill Field. The Knights scored two goals in the first nine minutes of the second half to erase Harlan’s 1-0 advantage, then held firm defensively the rest of the way to win their season opener. HCHS, meanwhile, slipped to 0-5 over

 HARLAN (April 12) -- As the Harlan Community girls soccer team frantically tried to tie the score vs.

 HARLAN (April 13) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team was defeated by Lewis Central 205-219 at the Harlan Golf and Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.

 HARLAN (April 13) -- Seniors Brock Bruns and Mitchell Rueschenberg combined for all three Cyclone wins as the Harlan Community boys tennis team was defeated by Lewis Central 6-3 Tuesday. HCHS dropped to 0-2 on the season going into its Thursday dual at Audubon and will host Kuemper on Monday afternoon. Bruns trailed early in his number one singles match vs. LC freshman Christian Jensen before taking control the rest of the way to win 10-4.

 ADEL (April 9) -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team was defeated twice at the ADM Tournament Friday night, losing to Des Moines East 5-1 and falling to the host Tigers 3-0. The Cyclones dropped to 0-4 on the season. “We are still trying to find our identity and learn to play together as a team,” stated HCHS head coach Dave Voge. “As the Des Moines East game went on we got better, but have a ways to go.

 MANNING (April 10) -- Led by Kyler Rasmussen’s runner-up medalist round of 78, IKM-Manning placed first in Saturday’s five-team home invitational at the M&M Golf Course. The Wolves won the meet with a team score of 345, followed by Underwood 353, Boyer Valley 371, ACGC 380 and Coon Rapids-Bayard 414. Underwood’s Coby Fink was the tournament medalist with an 18-hole score of 75, shooting rounds of 36 and 39.

 MANNING (April 9) -- Tyler Brandt and Bre Muhlbauer earned medalist honors on Friday as the IKM-Manning golf teams opened the season with home dual wins against Riverside. The IKM-M boys scored a 168 at the M&M Golf Course while the girls scored a 249. Riverside did not have enough players for a team score. Brandt shot a 40 over nine holes to earn boys medalist honors and Kyler Rasmussen was the runner-up medalist with a 42.

 DENISON (April 9) -- The Harlan Community girls and boys track teams combined to win 18 events and score 325 points here Friday night, sweeping the team titles of the Denison-Schleswig Co-Ed Invitational. IKM-Manning also made a strong showing in the seven-team meet, combining for six golds and 158 points as the boys placed third and the girls finished sixth. The HCHS girls were the top-scoring team of the night, earning 12 gold medals and ea