HARLAN (Oct. 16) -- The Harlan Community football team learned the identity of its second round playoff opponent on Friday night when Bondurant-Farrar defended its home field with a 14-7 first round win over ADM in Class 3A, Pod 15. HCHS, which earned a first-round bye, will host the Bluejays on Friday (Oct. 23) at Merrill Field. The second-ranked Cyclones will take a 7-0 record into their 39th all-time playoff appearance.

 MISSOURI VALLEY (Oct. 12) -- The AHSTW girls and IKM-Manning boys both placed second by narrow margins and combined for five all-conference runners at Monday’s Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Meet. This year’s WIC championships were held at the Logan-Mo.

 LOGAN (Oct. 12) -- Playing for just the second time in nearly three weeks, seventh-seeded AHSTW was swept by No. 2 seed Logan-Magnolia in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament here Monday night. The Lady Vikes, who recently lost out on three WIC matches and one tournament due to health concerns at the school, were very competitive in set one vs.

 UNDERWOOD (Oct. 12) -- IKM-Manning was swept by Audubon in the 8 vs. 9 seed first round game of the Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament Monday in Underwood. The Wheelers essentially led from start to finish in all three sets, prevailing 25-17, 25-19, 25-15. Audubon was then swept by top-seeded Underwood in the quarterfinals, 5-25, 12-25, 10-25. Jaci Christensen led the Wheelers with six kills vs.

 CRESTON (Oct.

 HARLAN (Oct. 9) -- The Harlan Community Schools Athletic Booster Club celebrated its 30th anniversary last Friday night at Merrill Field by recognizing its founding board members at halftime of the HCHS vs.

 HULL (Oct. 10) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team finished 0-5 at last Saturday’s Western Christian Wolfpack Kooima-Kooima-Varilek Classic.

 MANNING (Oct. 9) -- Logan-Magnolia scored twice in the final 2:40 of the first half to take a 21-0 lead and went on to hand IKM-Manning a 35-6 loss in last Friday’s Week 7 regular-season finale. The seventh-ranked (Class A) Panthers outgained the Wolves by 162 yards (334-172) and wrapped up the District 10 title with a 4-0 record (6-1 overall).

 HARLAN (Oct. 9) -- Game, win, bye. This year’s Class 3A, District 9 football championship belongs solely to the Harlan Community Cyclones. Playing better with each quarter at Merrill Field Friday night, fourth-ranked HCHS trailed 10-7 early in the second half but finished with 21 unanswered points to beat No.

 AREA (Oct. 10) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released first and second-round pods for the 2020 Iowa prep football playoffs. Pods involving area teams are listed below. First round games will be played Friday, Oct. 16. Second round games are Friday, Oct. 23. Kickoffs at 7:00 p.m.

 HARLAN (Oct. 8) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team scored the first eight points of the match and opened set five with a 6-1 run. Other than that, the Cyclones struggled to beat a determined Clarinda squad here Thursday night before overcoming a 2-1 deficit to prevail 25-15, 22-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12 in Hawkeye Ten Conference action. HCHS improved to 15-8 overall and 6-3 in the H-10, remaining tied for third place in the standings.

 ATLANTIC (Oct. 8) -- Trey Gross of Harlan Community placed second to Atlantic’s Craig Alan Becker in a tremendous boys race and the HCHS girls earned three medals at Thursday’s Atlantic Cross Country Invite. Held on the rolling Nishna Hills Golf Course, the meet featured 19 varsity boys teams, 18 girls teams and 263 varsity runners. The Cyclone girls scored a 101 and placed second to Glenwood (64) while AHSTW finished ninth with a 271.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct.

 HARLAN (Oct. 9) -- Two highly-ranked, unbeaten rivals will battle for a district title and potential first-round playoff bye Friday night when third-ranked Lewis Central visits Merrill Field to take on fourth-ranked Harlan Community. The Titans, whose game last week vs. Denison-Schleswig was cancelled, enter tonight’s regular-season finale at 5-0 overall and 3-0 in Class 3A, District 9.

 HARLAN (Oct. 9) -- The Harlan Community Schools Athletic Booster Club will be celebrating its 30th anniversary Friday night at halftime of the Cyclones’ football game against Lewis Central. The booster club’s original Articles of Incorporation were signed on October 16, 1990. The 18 founding board members will be recognized Friday.