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.

 EXIRA (Sept. 11) -- In a high-scoring 8-Player, District 8 matchup of 0-2 teams, Glidden-Ralston topped Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 57-34 here Friday night.
   Sophomore Trey Petersen had a good night throwing the football for the Spartans, completing 16-of-28 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns. He added 62 rushing yards and one score.

 MANNING (Sept. 10) -- First-year IKM-Manning volleyball coach McKaylie Croghan will exercise patience this fall as she guides a young Wolves’ squad looking to gain both confidence and skill level. Croghan’s team was poised for victory in two out of three sets here Thursday night, but ended up losing to Missouri Valley 10-25, 23-25, 24-26 in its Western Iowa Conference opener.

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(Story contributed by Bill Martin, IMCA Director of Public Relations) COLUMBUS, NEB. – Mike Nichols couldn’t recall many of the details of his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win. He’ll remember everything about his latest. Nichols won for the 558th time in his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car career at Abe’s U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus, Neb., becoming IMCA’s all-time wins leader with the Sept. 3 checkers.

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 PELLA (Sept. 4) -- For as well as the Harlan Community football team played a week ago in beating Grinnell 40-28, the goal this Friday night - maybe the requirement - is an even better performance at Pella. The Cyclones (1-0) trailed four separate times in last week’s season opener but rolled up 549 yards of offense against a highly-regarded opponent.