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.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 TREYNOR (Oct. 21) -- AHSTW was competitive in the final two sets but couldn’t extend the match beyond three in Wednesday night’s Class 2A regional quarterfinal loss at Treynor. The Cardinals (16-9) prevailed in a sweep (25-16, 25-20, 25-23) and advanced to play at 9th-ranked Underwood (25-5) in a Region 3 semifinal.

 LAKE VIEW (Oct. 21) -- Two nights after opening Class 2A regional play with a win, the IKM-Manning volleyball team saw its season come to an end Wednesday against fifth-ranked and unbeaten East Sac County. The Raiders (22-0) swept the Wolves 25-9, 25-10, 25-11 in a Region 4 quarterfinal match. IKM-Manning finished 3-21 on the year. East Sac County had an outstanding kill efficiency of .439 and also served 11 aces.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 SPENCER (Oct.

 HARLAN (Oct. 23) -- The wait is over. After watching from the sidelines last week courtesy of its first round playoff bye, the Harlan Community football team will join the postseason party Friday night at Merrill Field. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones (7-0) will host Bondurant-Farrar (5-3) in a Class 3A second round playoff game out of Pod 15.

 OAKLAND (Oct.

 TABOR (Oct. 16) -- Tenth-ranked Fremont-Mills forced five turnovers in the game and raced out to a 45-0 halftime lead last Friday night en route to a 51-6 first-round playoff win over Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton in 8-Player football action. Fremont-Mills (4-1) was led offensively by Jake Malcom’s 86 rushing yards (on just six carries) and one touchdown. He also passed for 96 yards and one score.

 DENISON (Oct.

 CORNING (Oct.

 OAKLAND (Oct. 16) – The AHSTW Vikings ran into a Bulldog buzzsaw here Friday night, falling in the first round of the Class A playoffs to a talented Riverside team by a decisive 53-12 score. The Bulldogs utilized a balanced rushing and passing game, and some big plays, to strike early and often as they built a 46-6 halftime lead.

 REGIONAL -- Area cross country teams will compete in state qualifying meets this week looking to advance teams and/or individuals to the 2020 State Cross Country Meet set for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31, in Fort Dodge. On Wednesday (Oct. 21), the Harlan Community girls and boys squads will travel to Spencer to compete in a Class 3A State Qualifying Meet at the municipal golf course.