SERGEANT BLUFF (April 2) -- The Harlan Community track teams fell just one point short of a third straight sweep to start the season - the girls placing first and the boys coming in second at Tuesday’s Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warrior Relays. Bolstered by four gold medals and 22 top-four finishes, the Cyclone girls scored 159 points to win their third team championship in as many tries.

 AVOCA (April 2) -- Lane Nelson and Emma Jorgensen both earned medalist honors once as the AHSTW golf teams opened the season with a pair of home meets earlier this week. On Monday, the AHSTW boys posted a team score of 202 and defeated a short-handed Griswold squad playing with just two golfers.

 TREYNOR (April 1) -- Capped by a gold medal in the 4x400 relay, IKM-Manning scored 19 times in 16 events Monday night and placed second to Treynor in the Jerome Howe Relays boys track meet. The host Cardinals won four events and easily earned the team title with 145 points, followed by the Wolves with 95, St. Albert 93 (four golds), Underwood 84 (three golds) and Shenandoah 66.

 OAKLAND (April 1) -- IKM-Manning sophomore Alexa Ahrenholtz tied her personal best with a first-place leap of five feet in the high jump here Monday, helping the Wolves finish second out of 11 teams at the Riverside Lady Dawgs Invitational. Ahrenholtz, who also soared over the five-foot bar indoors at Storm Lake last month, contributed to three place-winning relays as well, including a gold medal in the distance medley relay along with Mya Ir

 HARLAN (March 28) -- Six different Harlan Community players scored a goal and/or had an assist late Thursday afternoon as the Cyclone boys soccer team opened the 2019 season with a 4-1 win over Treynor at Merrill Field. Despite playing into a strong northeast wind in the first half, HCHS built a 3-0 halftime lead and shut out the Cardinals until the 64th minute of action. Coach Dave Voge’s squad graduated nine seniors from last year’s 16-3 su

 AUDUBON (March 28) -- For the AHSTW girls track team, an impressive outdoor opener was marred by an injury to its top sprinter at Thursday’s Audubon Early Bird Meet. Official team scores were not posted, but the Lady Vikes placed 15 times in 14 events to tally 90 points, trailing only Denison’s 121 and Treynor’s 101.

 LAKE CITY (March 28) -- The IKM-Manning track teams won a combined nine gold medals and set two school records at the Chelsey Henkenius Co-Ed Early Bird Meet held Thursday at Lake City. The IKM-M boys won four events on the night, including a new school record of 11.19 seconds (11.43 FAT) run by freshman Amos Rasmussen in the 100-meter dash.

 DENISON (March 26) -- The Harlan Community track teams combined to win exactly zero meet titles during the course of a weather-marred 2018 season, so it’s understandable why Coach Doug Renkly had his girls squad soak up the joy of a cool-down victory lap following Tuesday’s Denison Monarch Co-Ed Relays. Renkly’s Cyclones held off a strong challenge from Denison-Schleswig and Atlantic to win their half of the meet while Sam Brummer’s boys squa

 HARLAN (March 26) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team was unable to win a match in Tuesday’s season opener vs. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, losing 9-0 on the Harlan courts. The closest varsity battle of the day came at number four singles, where HCHS senior Jack Buman lost an 8-10 decision to AL’s Carter James.

 STARKVILLE, MISS.

 CARROLL (March 21) -- The Harlan Community track teams won a combined 23 events on Thursday, both placing first at the Carroll Co-Ed Early Bird Invite in the first outdoor meet of the season. The HCHS girls won 10 of 18 events - the discus was not held - and scored 110 points to finish well ahead of Boone (47), Carroll (46) and Kuemper Catholic (44).

 PELLA (March 22) -- The Harlan Community and AHSTW girls track teams combined for 18 top-10 finishes at Friday’s Central College Girls High School Indoor Meet at the Kuyper Fieldhouse in Pella. The Cyclones and Lady Vikes competed against a large field of teams - many from Class 4A - with some events including more than 100 or 200 entries. HCHS senior Chloe Hansen recorded the highest area finish, placing third out of 105 competitors in the 6

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior Olivia Petersen signed a national letter of intent on February 22 to play volleyball at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City.

 MARYVILLE, MO. (March 16) -- Winning two individual events and one relay, the Harlan Community boys track team posted some impressive early-season performances at last Saturday’s Northwest Missouri High School Open. The indoor meet was held at Hughes Fieldhouse on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University.

 TABOR (March 17) -- Brett Sears of Harlan Community and Cole Burmeister of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton both played for Glenwood coach Curt Schulte’s winning team as part of the 2nd Annual KMAland All-Star Basketball Classic held Sunday at Fremont-Mills High School. Also selected to play in the senior showcase was IKM-Manning’s Gabby Cadwell. In the boys game, Sears had 10 points and four rebounds while Burmeister added five points and three boa