DES MOINES -- Three Harlan Community qualifiers and one from AHSTW have all been seeded between 10th and 14th and will face tough first-round draws at the 2021 State Wrestling Tournament this week at Wells Fargo Arena. First round and first round consolation matches will kick off the state meet on Thursday. AHSTW’s Garrison Gettler will compete between 9:00 a.m.

 HARLAN (Feb.

 HARLAN (Feb. 9) -- Slowly but surely, Harlan Community is trending back in the right direction following a five-game January slide on the hardwood. Last Friday, HCHS turned the ball over five times in a rocky fourth quarter but was able to secure a three-point win over Lewis Central. Tuesday’s final stanza against Atlantic was a much smoother ride.

 UNDERWOOD (Feb.

 UNDERWOOD (Feb. 9) -- The IKM-Manning boys nearly pulled off a season sweep of Underwood Tuesday night, falling three points short, 53-50, in its final Western Iowa Conference game of the season. The Eagles (9-9 overall, 7-8 WIC) led 28-22 at the half and took their largest lead of eight points in the third quarter, but IKM-M would not go away.

    DUNLAP (Feb. 8) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys finished conference play with a bang Monday night, roaring back from a 21-6 first-quarter deficit at Boyer Valley and winning 55-54 on Trey Petersen’s three-point shot with six seconds left. Petersen, in fact, drilled three trifectas in the final minute as the Spartans completed their big comeback.

 HARLAN (Feb.

 HARLAN (Feb. 5) -- It was a game the Harlan Community boys basketball team badly needed to win...

 HARLAN (Feb.

 OAKLAND (Feb. 6) -- AHSTW juniors Garrison Gettler and Hayden Fischer kept their seasons alive on Saturday by placing first or second in the Class 1A, Sectional 13 Wrestling Tournament held at Riverside High School. Gettler (30-5) was the sectional champion at 160 pounds after outlasting Cole Lange of Missouri Valley 6-4 in the finals. Fischer (20-7) was the 132-pound runner-up to Underwood’s Gable Porter.

 ELK HORN (Feb. 5) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls put an exclamation point on another Rolling Valley Conference championship here Friday night, beating CAM 74-53 to improve to 19-0 overall and 15-0 in the RVC. The fifth-ranked Spartans closed out the regular season at Boyer Valley Monday and will then turn their attention toward Class 1A regional play. They will host Murray or Mormon Trail on Tuesday, Feb.

 OAKLAND -- AHSTW senior Claire Denning surpassed 1,000 career points during the Lady Vikes’ 65-19 win at Riverside on January 30. Denning hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points in the victory. Claire Harris also made four treys and scored 17 points while Kailey Jones tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds. Denning, Jones and Harris each had six of the team’s 30 total steals. Denning entered Friday’s home game vs.

 AVOCA (Feb.

 CARROLL (Feb. 2) -- Jocelyn Cheek keeps on knocking down threes and the Harlan Community girls basketball team continues to steamroll the opposition. The 11th-ranked (Class 4A) Cyclones notched two more lopsided wins earlier this week, smacking Greene County 58-16 Monday night in Harlan before winning at Kuemper Catholic 88-45 on Tuesday. Cheek, who tied a school record with nine treys last Friday vs. Creston, hit 3-of-5 vs.

 CARROLL (Feb. 2) -- Hot and cold.