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Sports 30 January 2019

HCHS places fourth at Plattsmouth Invite

PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. (Jan. 19) -- The Harlan Community wrestlers finished fourth out of 14 teams in a tough Plattsmouth Invitational last Saturday as runners-up Oscar Olmos and Derec Weyer led a group of 11 Cyclone place-winners. Millard South, one of four state-ranked Nebraska teams in the field (No. 2 in Class A), claimed five individual champions and won the team title with 252.5 points. Blair (No.

Sports 30 January 2019

IKM-M boys move to 9-3 in WIC

MANNING (Jan.

Sports 30 January 2019

Area Girls Basketball - Spartans, Wolves post wins

Exira-EHK 81, West Harrison 45 MONDAMIN (Jan. 17) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls raced out to a 34-8 lead after one quarter and drained 10 three-pointers last Thursday night in an 81-45 road win over West Harrison. Freshman Macy Emgarten led four Spartans in double figures with 18 points and also blocked four shots.

Sports 30 January 2019

Earling wins Town Team Tourney

MANILLA (Jan.

Sports 27 January 2019

Osborn to retire as Cyclone AD, basketball coach

HARLAN (Jan. 17) -- On the day after Christmas, Mitch Osborn went to his office at Harlan Community High School and typed up a formal letter of resignation. It was a decision he had been mentally wrestling with for weeks, and he wanted to see what his thoughts looked like on paper. About two weeks later, Osborn submitted that letter to the Harlan Community Schools.

Sports 27 January 2019

Cyclone rally falls short against ninth-ranked Rams

HARLAN (Jan.

Sports 27 January 2019

HCHS girls nearly knock off No. 13 Red Oak

HARLAN (Jan. 17) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team finished just shy of notching a signature win on Thursday night, leading much of the way against 13th-ranked (3A) Red Oak before falling one point short, 49-48. HCHS built a seven-point first half lead, was tied 27-27 at the half and led 44-40 in the fourth quarter before the Tigers went on a 7-0 run.

Sports 27 January 2019

Cyclones put away Red Oak in 2nd half

HARLAN (Jan.

Sports 27 January 2019

Cyclones win three, Vikings go 2-1 at Red Oak quad

RED OAK (Jan.

Sports 27 January 2019

Scheffler scores 24 in Lady Vike victory

AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW junior Kinsey Scheffler scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds last Tuesday night as the Lady Vikes defeated Tri-Center 58-51 to complete a sweep of the season series. Claire Denning (11 points) and Kailey Jones (10) also scored in double figures for AHSTW while Katie Anzalone had eight points. Anzalone added six rebounds and seven steals while Jones had six boards and three blocked shots.

Sports 27 January 2019

Vikings top Trojans

AVOCA (Jan. 15) -- AHSTW held off a late rally by Tri-Center last Tuesday night to beat the Trojans 53-50 and earn a split in the regular season series. Clayton Akers paced the Vikings with 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and also grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Joey Cunningham knocked down three treys while totaling 13 points, followed by Blake Osbahr with nine points and Sam Porter with seven points and five assists.