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 NEOLA (Sept. 22) -- It was a Cyclone sweep across the board on Tuesday afternoon as Harlan Community won the team and individual titles at the Tri-Center Cross Country Invite. The fourth-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclone girls placed five runners in the top seven to post an impressive winning score of 20, besting two state-ranked 1A teams in No. 5 AHSTW (60) and No. 8 Logan-Magnolia (76).

 CARROLL (Sept. 25) -- The Carroll Tiger football team had nowhere to go but up following a 55-0 loss to Webster City in Week 2, and they seem to have done just that. The Tigers were missing a substantial group of starters against the Lynx, but three weeks later appear to be close to full strength health-wise.

 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.

 AVOCA (Sept.

 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.

 AVOCA (Sept.

 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.