ELK HORN (Jan. 28) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton entered the Class 1A boys basketball rankings at No. 10 Monday and promptly defeated CAM 74-50 that night to sweep the season series. The Spartans knocked down 12-of-25 three-pointers in the game, including 6-of-12 by Josh Pettepier and 4-of-5 by Trey Nelson, who led the team with 18 points each.

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 REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team will be grouped with several familiar opponents when the Class 3A, Substate 8 brackets are released in the coming weeks. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its postseason assignments for Class 3A and 4A teams on January 25, placing the Cyclones in Substate 8 along with Atlantic, Carroll, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Perry and Winterset.

 HARLAN (Jan. 28) -- The Harlan Community girls and boys bowling teams both won handily against visiting Nodaway Valley on Monday at Cyclone Lanes, marking the program’s first dual sweep since January 5. The HCHS girls improved to 6-2 on the season, outrolling the Wolverines 2,375 to 1,857.

 LE MARS (Jan. 26) -- The Harlan Community girls placed second and the boys took fourth in last Saturday’s Le Mars Bowling Tournament, both posting their season-best team scores at Sweet 16 Lanes. Le Mars swept the team titles on the day, including a 2,878 score by the girls, who were led by Kaitelin Konz’s first-place individual series of 407 (215-192).

HCHS Bowling Results • Jan. 17 • at Ida Grove

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 AREA -- The AHSTW, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning boys basketball teams will each be bracketed in Class 1A, Substate 8 when postseason play begins next month. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its boys basketball district pods January 18 for Class 1A and 2A teams. AHSTW (8-8) and Exira-EHK (13-2) will compete in District 15 while IKM-Manning (10-5) is part of District 16.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team has added a 21st game to the schedule and will now host Nodaway Valley on Thursday, January 31, in Harlan. The junior varsity will play first at 5:00 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 6:30. Both teams were short one game on their schedule.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- Kailey Jones made 10-of-12 field goals, scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds Monday night to lead the AHSTW girls past Underwood 56-38. Jones, a 5’11” sophomore, became the fourth Lady Vike player this season to eclipse the 20-point mark in a game.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan. 21) -- AHSTW saw its 24-20 halftime lead quickly turn into a 20-point loss Monday night as Underwood outscored the Vikings 38-14 in the second half to win 58-38 in Western Iowa Conference boys basketball action.