COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept. 22) -- A pivotal third-set rally put Harlan Community in the lead and paved the way for a 3-1 Hawkeye Ten volleyball win over Lewis Central Tuesday night. The Cyclones prevailed 25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 25-16, beating LC for the first time since 2015 and snapping a string of nine straight losses in the head-to-head series. They improved to 11-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

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 MANNING (Sept. 18) -- JJ Lander and Brady Wiggs scored short touchdown runs in the final 6:28 Friday night to lead West Monona past IKM-Manning 20-7 in a Class A, District 10 football game at Forman Field. The Wolves’ fourth consecutive loss to start the year puts them at 0-4 overall and 0-2 in district play. IKM-Manning trailed 6-0 for much of the way before putting together its only scoring drive (15 plays, 71 yards) in the third quarter.

 HARLAN (Sept. 17) -- After finding a way to win two highly-competitive sets vs. Atlantic Thursday night, the Harlan Community volleyball team took command in set three to finish off a 25-19, 25-21, 25-10 Senior Night sweep. The scrappy Trojans battled gamely in sets one and two but seemed to run out of gas in the third just as the Cyclones could do little wrong. HCHS raced out to an 18-4 lead, spiking 12 kills with no attack errors.

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 STORM LAKE (Sept. 15) -- The Harlan Community girls claimed their fourth team title in five tries and Trey Gross earned his second individual win of the season at last Tuesday’s Storm Lake Cross Country Meet, held at Sunrise Pointe Golf Course. The Cyclone girls, who moved up one spot to fifth in last week’s Class 3A team ratings, placed five runners in the top 15 to post a first-place score of 38.

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 HARLAN (Sept. 18) -- Friday night’s Homecoming game at Merrill Field matches two teams trending in opposite directions. Harlan Community is ranked third in Class 3A and sports a 3-0 record (1-0 in District 9) following hard-fought wins over state-ranked opponents Grinnell, Pella and Glenwood. Denison-Schleswig, meanwhile, is 0-3 overall and 0-1 in District 9.

 CARROLL (Sept.

 HARLAN (Sept. 11) -- Neither heat nor rain... turnovers, early deficits or quality opponents have prevented the Harlan Community football team from achieving an impressive 3-0 start to the season. On Friday night at Merrill Field, the third-ranked (3A) Cyclones overcame plenty of adversity once again, withstanding five turnovers and Glenwood’s 13-0 halftime lead to rally past the No.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Sept. 12) -- The Harlan Community cross country girls placed five runners in the top nine to score a 31 and win the team crown at Saturday’s Lewis Central Invitational. Due to wet grounds at Iowa Western Community College, the meet was pushed back to 11 a.m.

 ROCKWELL CITY (Sept. 12) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team finished 2-2 and placed third out of five teams at the South Central Calhoun Master Blaster Tournament held Saturday. HCHS defeated both South Central Calhoun and Ridge View in straight sets (2-0) but lost three-setters to seventh-ranked (2A) East Sac County and Kuemper Catholic.

 MANNING (Sept. 11) -- The IKM-Manning football team put forth a strong defensive effort Friday night but was unable to put any points on the board in a 14-0 home loss to Woodbury Central. The Class A, District 10 opener saw the Wolves fall to 0-3 overall while the Wildcats improved to 2-1. Woodbury Central capped an 11-play, 72-yard drive midway through the first quarter to take a 7-0 lead on Jase Manker’s 16-yard pass to Beau Klingensmith.