HCHS grabs 36 offensive boards, beats Mustangs by 38
HARLAN (Dec. 6) -- An incredible 36 offensive rebounds erased the sting of cold shooting Friday night as Harlan Community utilized a big second-quarter run for the second straight game and improved to 2-0 with an 80-42 Hawkeye Ten Conference boys basketball win over Shenandoah. One night after...
Second-quarter burst carries HCHS past Blair in opener
HARLAN (Dec. 5) -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team may lack size this year, but if Thursday's season opener was any indication the run-and-gun Cyclones won't be short on offensive explosiveness. Trailing Blair 20-15 early in the second quarter, the Cyclones finished the half with an...
Cyclone girls make it 3-0 with rout of Shenandoah
HARLAN (Dec. 6) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team's early-season revenge tour continued in earnest here Friday night with a 58-28 win over Shenandoah. HCHS scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed, building a 27-10 lead at the half and going up by as many as 33...
Wildcats top Spartans 52-51
ELK HORN (Dec. 3) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team opened the season with a hard-fought 52-51 defeat against Glidden-Ralston last Tuesday night. The game was tightly-contested throughout. Senior Creighton Nelson led the Spartans with 21 points and 16 rebounds while Tyler...
Vikings rout Riverside
AVOCA (Dec. 3) -- Sophomore Raydden Grobe hit 13-of-17 shots and poured in 34 points last Tuesday to lead the AHSTW boys past Riverside 73-33. The Vikings raced out to leads of 25-5 after one quarter and 51-14 at halftime, shooting 60 percent as a team. Grobe made 4-of-6 three-pointers and the...
Cyclone girls basketball team starts 2-0
HARLAN (Dec. 3) -- During a frustrating 5-17 campaign last winter, the Harlan Community girls basketball team didn't win its first two games until the 5th and 8th of January. Flash forward 11 months and the Cyclones - armed with seven returning letter winners - reached the two-win mark in just...
Two big runs key Cyclone girls' opening win over Treynor
HARLAN (Dec. 2) -- Pivotal runs of 11-0 in the second quarter and 12-0 in the second half paved the way for Harlan Community here Monday night as the Cyclone girls beat Treynor 46-36 for their first season-opening victory in five years. The 9th-rated Cardinals, who graduated their top four scorers...
Wolves' rally nets Rasmussen 400th win
MANNING (Dec. 3) -- Trailing throughout much of the game, the IKM-Manning girls emerged on top following a series of late lead changes Tuesday night and opened the season with a 70-66 Western Iowa Conference win over Underwood. The final outcome marked career win number 400 for Wolves' head coach...
Lady Vikes improve to 3-0
AVOCA (Dec. 3) -- The AHSTW girls basketball team reached 80 points by the end of the third quarter and improved to 3-0 overall Tuesday night, hammering Riverside 87-20 in its Western Iowa Conference opener. AHSTW jumped out to a commanding 35-8 lead after one quarter and also outscored the...
Spartan girls notch first win
ELK HORN (Dec. 3) -- Macy Emgarten just missed a double-double with 24 points and nine rebounds and freshman Shay Burmeister tallied 12 points and five boards Tuesday night, leading Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton past Glidden-Ralston 61-25 in Rolling Valley Conference girls basketball action. The...