HARLAN (Jan. 28) -- The Harlan Community boys and girls bowling teams each rolled their top grand totals of the season last Thursday to sweep a Senior Night dual vs. Clarinda at Cyclone Lanes. The HCHS boys surpassed their previous season-best score by 164 pins, improving to 4-7 overall with a 2,530-2,371 victory. All six Cyclone bowlers rolled a two-game series of 300 or better, led by senior Brennon Munch’s 379 (200-179).

 AVOCA (Jan. 29) -- The AHSTW basketball teams won by lopsided scores in Friday night’s girl-boy doubleheader vs. Missouri Valley. The girls prevailed 54-9 in the first game of the night before the boys won 75-43. The Lady Vikes (12-5) were led by Kailey Jones’ 14 points and 14 rebounds while Claire Denning had 13 points and seven steals.

 HARLAN (Jan. 29) -- The Harlan Community and Creston girls basketball teams finished the week with identical records of 11-5 overall and 7-2 in the Hawkeye Ten. But there was nothing close about Friday night’s matchup of state-ranked 4A teams in Harlan. Perhaps still fuming over a four-point loss at Denison Thursday, the 11th-rated Cyclones took out their frustrations on the No.

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 HARLAN (Jan. 28) -- The Harlan Community wrestlers completed their regular dual season Thursday with a Senior Night split against Creston/Orient-Macksburg and Lewis Central. Creston/O-M won the meet by defeating LC 81-0 and beating HCHS 55-19. The Cyclones finished the night with a 66-3 victory over the short-handed Titans. HCHS (15-7 overall) tied Atlantic for fourth place in the Hawkeye Ten dual standings at 7-3.

 IDA GROVE (Jan. 21) -- The Harlan Community girls bowling team used a Baker games rally to defeat OABCIG by 18 pins last Thursday while the Cyclone boys lost their dual to the Falcons by a margin of 345. HCHS won the girls meet 2,341 to 2,323 despite OABCIG boasting the top two individual scores of the day as Amber Hoefling rolled a 435 (244-191) and Kylee Dausel had a 342 (181-161).

 SIOUX CITY (Jan. 23) -- Led by second-place finishes from Zane Bendorf, Jesse Schwery and Jeremiah Davis, Harlan Community came in ninth out of 12 teams at the Bishop Heelan Wrestling Invite last Saturday. Grand Island (Nebraska) led the field with 197 points and five individual champs, followed by Norfolk in second place with 177.5 points and Logan-Magnolia in third with 164.

 TRURO (Jan. 23) -- Denver Pauley won a championship at 170 pounds last Saturday to highlight AHSTW’s ninth-place showing at the Rich Gray Wrestling Invitational hosted by Interstate 35. Four Viking place-winners combined to score 80 points in the meet, placing them ninth out of 17 schools. Pauley (25-6) led the way with an impressive 4-0 day at 170.

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 AREA -- Boys basketball district assignments for Class 2A and 1A were released last Friday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. AHSTW, ranked second in the latest 2A rankings by the Associated Press, will be part of a 12-team Substate 8. IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will be bracketed in separate districts of Class 1A, Substate 8. Postseason competition will begin with Class 1A preliminary round games on Friday, Feb.

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 CARROLL (Jan. 21) -- Eight Harlan Community wrestlers went 3-0 on the night as the Cyclones swept Thursday’s quad at Kuemper Catholic. HCHS picked up Hawkeye Ten wins over Kuemper (60-10) and Red Oak (60-18) while also beating AHSTW (63-12), improving to 14-6 overall and 6-2 in the conference. AHSTW, which had just six wrestlers competing, finished 0-3 in the meet and is now 11-4 in duals.

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