CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 12) -- Harlan Community and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley have met three previous times in the football playoffs, but never this far down the road. That will change Thursday when the second-ranked and top-seeded Cyclones (10-0) face the surging Nighthawks (8-2) in a Class 3A semifinal at the UNI-Dome.

 HARLAN (Nov. 6) -- For the first time in three years and just the second time since 2011, the Harlan Community football team is headed back to the friendly confines of the UNI-Dome. Much like they have done all season, the 2nd-ranked Cyclones earned every bit of Friday night’s 21-14, Class 3A quarterfinal playoff win over No.

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 FORT DODGE (Oct. 31) -- Near the end of a grueling five-kilometer race at Saturday’s State Cross Country Meet, IKM-Manning senior Quentin Dreyer charged into the final straightaway - about 500 meters to go - and knew what had to be done. “It was about halfway through that stretch that I realized this could quite possibly be my last cross country race ever,” Dreyer said.

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2020 State Cross Country ChampionshipsLakeside Municipal Golf Course • Fort Dodge • October 30-31

 HARLAN -- The comeback kids have done it again. Going into Friday’s Class 3A third round playoff game, the Harlan Community football team was 8-0 despite falling behind in five of those eight contests. Make it six out of nine. Down 28-14 early in the third quarter - its largest deficit so far - HCHS rose to the challenge once more by scoring 28 unanswered points and holding off a talented Carlisle team, 49-42, in a pre-Halloween thriller at M

 FORT DODGE (Oct. 30) -- The Harlan Community girls cross country team, along with senior Trey Gross, will make their way back to Fort Dodge on Friday for the Class 3A state meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course. The HCHS girls run at 3:30 p.m., followed by Gross in the boys race at 4:00. “Everyone is healthy and very excited to get there to have their best race of the season,” said HCHS coach Doug Renkly.

 HARLAN (Oct. 30) -- Say what you will about comparative scores and overall body of work. The Carlisle football team is definitely peaking at the right time. The surging Wildcats (6-3) will travel to Merrill Field Friday night for a Class 3A third round playoff game against 2nd-ranked Harlan Community (8-0).

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 GUTHRIE CENTER (Oct. 23) -- IKM-Manning senior Quentin Dreyer will be making a return trip to Fort Dodge following an impressive fourth-place showing at last Friday’s Class 1A State Qualifying Cross Country Meet at ACGC High School. The Wolves nearly punched a team ticket to the state meet as well, but finished seven points behind East Marshall for the second-place qualifying spot.

 LOGAN (Oct. 23) -- The Logan-Magnolia defense held IKM-Manning to 73 total yards and four first downs last Friday night, ending the Wolves’ season 27-6 in a Class A second round playoff football game. The sixth-ranked Panthers (7-1) advanced to the round of 16 and hosted Riverside (8-1) on October 30.

 REGIONAL (Oct. 23) -- The AHSTW girls cross country team is headed back to the state meet in Fort Dodge.