ATLANTIC (March 24) -- Harlan Community alum Joe Brummer is the new head football coach for Atlantic High School following approval by the Atlantic Board of Education on Wednesday. Brummer, a 2012 HCHS graduate, told Atlantic radio station KSOM that he was ready to “hit the ground running” in his new post, putting an emphasis on the program’s off-season weight and agility program. As a two-way starting lineman for Harlan Community, Brummer wa

 DES MOINES -- The Iowa Girls Coaches Association has named four area student-athletes to its 2021 All-State Girls Basketball teams. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore guard Quinn Grubbs was selected as a Class 1A first-teamer and Spartan junior forward Macy Emgarten made the 1A third team.

 AVOCA -- AHSTW senior Morgan Holtz signed a letter of intent on March 10 to continue her education and soccer career at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. Holtz has played two seasons for the Lady Vikes prior to last year’s season being cancelled due to COVID-19.

HARLAN -- Following 27 outstanding seasons, Steve Daeges this week announced his retirement as the head baseball coach at Harlan Community High School.Daeges, who guided the Cyclones to three state titles and five runner-up finishes during a hall of fame coaching career, notified HCSD Activities Director Davis Pattee, his players and assistant coaches of his decision on Tuesday, March 23.A 1972 graduate of Harlan Community, Daeges returned to

 DES MOINES (March 16) -- AHSTW junior Raydden Grobe was named second team All-State in Class 2A on Tuesday morning as the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association released its All-State Boys Basketball selections for the 2020-2021 season. Members of the IPSWA, with assistance from more than two dozen coaches, chose three all-state teams per class during a virtual meeting on March 13, also naming Waukee senior Tucker DeVries this year’s Mr.

 DES MOINES -- Connie Kohles, representing Harlan Community, and Connie Bryan-Grubbs (Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton) both received the Iowa Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award prior to their school’s first round game at this year’s Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Each year, state-qualifying schools are asked to identify one spectator that epitomizes good sportsmanship and decorum.

Hawkeye Ten Girls All-Conference Teams

 STATE (March 12) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its district football assignments on Friday for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Harlan Community will be one of six teams in District 6 of Class 3A, which is now the third-largest class in the state. AHSTW (District 7) and IKM-Manning (District 8) will both remain in Class A while Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will compete in 8-Player, District 10. The biggest change made for the n

Class 1AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 8North Linn 77, South Winneshiek 52             Montezuma 64, Lake Mills 61 (ot)Martensdale-SM 51, Easton Valley 45 (ot)    Grand View Christian 54, Remsen St.

 DES MOINES (March 9) -- Led by first-teamer Macy Emgarten of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, four area student-athletes were recognized this week on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s 2021 Girls Basketball All-State teams. Emgarten, a 5-foot-11 junior, was named to the Class 1A First Team while teammate Quinn Grubbs, a 5’5” sophomore, was named to the Class 1A Second Team.

 HARLAN (March 5) -- The Harlan Community School District’s second annual Special Olympics Iowa Unified Champion Schools Inclusion Game was a huge success last Friday night at the HCHS gymnasium. The event featured two basketball games.

More area photos from the Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena (March 1-6)
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton SpartansClass 1A State Semi-finalist • 24-1 Final RecordState Results: def. MMCRU 60-55; lost to Bishop Garrigan 57-35
Harlan Community CyclonesClass 4A State Qualifier • 17-6 Final RecordState Results: lost to Ballard 38-27

 DES MOINES (March 5) -- A remarkable season came to a close Friday afternoon for a determined team that just kept on doing “more with less.” Facing top-ranked Algona Bishop Garrigan in the Class 1A state semifinals, the No.

 DES MOINES (March 5) -- With five seconds left in Friday’s state semifinal loss to Bishop Garrigan, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton head coach Tom Petersen called one final timeout. Guard Tatum Grubbs, the lone senior on the Spartans’ eight-girl roster, had just scored a breakaway layup after making a 3-pointer less than two minutes earlier. It was a 30-second timeout, and Petersen spent most of those seconds giving Grubbs a heartfelt embrace as E-

 DES MOINES (March 6) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Quinn Grubbs was one of six players named to the Class 1A All-Tournament Team following the championship game of the 2021 Girls State Basketball Tournament Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. In two state tourney games last week, Grubbs totaled 33 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals.