MONDAMIN (Dec.

 TREYNOR (Dec.

 TREYNOR (Dec. 15) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team survived one barrage of Treynor three-pointers and transition baskets during Tuesday’s matchup of state-ranked 2A rivals. A second round was too much to overcome. The 13th-rated Cardinals finished the first half on a 15-3 surge and held off the No.

 GRISWOLD (Dec. 14) -- Kailey Jones and Claire Denning combined to make 15-of-21 field goals and scored 18 points apiece Monday night as the AHSTW girls picked up their fourth straight win, 69-27, at Griswold. Jones also pulled down 12 rebounds as she continued to average a double-double on the season.

 MANNING (Dec.

 MANNING (Dec.

 RED OAK (Dec. 18) -- Friday’s Harlan Community at Red Oak girls and boys basketball games have been postponed and will now be played in Harlan on Thursday, January 7. Red Oak will visit HCHS January 7 for a girl-boy varsity doubleheader at 6:00 p.m. Junior varsity and freshmen games will also be played, starting at 4:30.

 HARLAN (Dec. 11) -- In a game matching two top-10 Class 4A girls basketball teams, Denison-Schleswig’s 12-0 fourth-quarter run proved to be the difference Friday night as the ninth-ranked Monarchs handed No.

 HARLAN (Dec.

 AVOCA (Dec. 11) -- The AHSTW boys won each quarter on Friday night and gradually pulled away from IKM-Manning for a 59-44 Western Iowa Conference victory. The Vikings improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the WIC while the Wolves dropped to 0-5 and 0-4, respectively. AHSTW shot 55 percent from the field, including 11-of-24 from three-point range.

 AVOCA (Dec.

 OAKLAND (Dec. 12) -- The Harlan Community wrestlers placed sixth out of 17 teams and AHSTW finished 12th at Saturday’s competitive Riverside Invitational. Logan-Magnolia, ranked third in Class 1A, won the tournament with 230 points, followed by Aurora (No. 3 in Nebraska Class B) with 170.5 and Creston/O-M with 164.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Dec. 8) -- The Harlan Community wrestling team opened the dual season with a 2-1 record last Tuesday night, scoring big wins over Southwest Iowa (75-6) and St. Albert (63-9) before losing a close 40-37 decision vs. Glenwood. The Rams also beat SWI 75-6 and St.

 HARLAN -- For as much as the Harlan Community girls basketball team put on a clinic in offense Tuesday night, the first thing head coach Zach Klaassen wanted to talk about after the game was his team’s solid man-to-man defense. “We were pretty good in the half court [offensively], but I think our half court defense really won that game for us,” he said.

 HARLAN (Dec. 8) -- It would certainly be understandable if the Harlan Community boys basketball players let their minds drift elsewhere at times during Tuesday night’s 59-45 home win over Kuemper Catholic. Barely 24 hours earlier, the Cyclones were dealt some major misfortune when starting senior point guard Michael Erlemeier suffered a broken fibula during Monday’s practice.