CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 15) -- Of the six state championship football games set for later this week at the UNI-Dome, only one involves a pair of unbeaten teams. Second-ranked AHSTW (12-0) and No. 1 Hudson (12-0) will play for the Class A state title on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Both teams advanced with semifinal wins last Friday. Hudson, a state runner-up last year, nearly let a three-score halftime lead evaporate before holding off No.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 9) -- A 27-year state title game drought has come to a resounding halt for the AHSTW football team. The 2nd-ranked Vikings looked right at home inside the warm confines of the UNI-Dome Friday afternoon, overcoming a slow start with 36 unanswered points and defeating No.

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 HARLAN (Nov. 15) -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team will play IKM-Manning in the fourth matchup of an eight-team jamboree set for Thursday in Harlan. The Cyclones and Wolves will play a two-quarter game starting at approximately 7:15 p.m. Additional matchups include Griswold vs. Atlantic at 5:00 p.m., Riverside vs. Carroll at 5:45 and Treynor vs.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 9) -- For the AHSTW football team, the fourth time could be the charm Friday afternoon as the Vikings seek the program’s first-ever win inside the UNI-Dome against Edgewood-Colesburg. The Class A semifinal playoff matchup will kick off at 1:00 p.m. and figures to be a good one.

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 EXIRA (Nov. 2) -- Avenging a season-opening loss on the same field in August, fifth-ranked Fremont-Mills jumped on top early and defeated No. 7 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 61-20 in an Eight-Player football quarterfinal playoff game here last Friday night. The Knights (10-1) will face New London (10-1) in a state semifinal game at the UNI-Dome Thursday at noon.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Nov. 2) -- It’s a tall task that awaits the Harlan Community football team Friday night, but also an enviable one. Forty-six Class 3A squads watching from the outside of the playoffs this week would love to still be playing. “Absolutely,” said HCHS head coach Curt Bladt, who is currently guiding his 36th Cyclone playoff team in 41 years at the helm.

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 AVOCA (Oct.

 EXIRA (Oct. 26) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team started and finished the first half in strong fashion last Friday night, taking a commanding 44-8 lead to the locker room en route to a 51-14 win over Stanton in an Eight-Player first round playoff game. The 7th-ranked Spartans improved to 9-1 and will now host No. 5 Fremont-Mills (9-1) in a quarterfinal game Friday at 7:00 p.m.

 FORT DODGE (Oct.

 FORT DODGE (Oct. 27) -- AHSTW sophomores Julia Kock and Chloe Falkena both finished in the top one-third of the Class 1A girls field on Saturday afternoon, placing 32nd and 39th, respectively, in the State Cross Country Championships at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course.

 HARLAN -- Prior to Harlan Community’s final home football game October 12, the entire Cyclone varsity squad walked through the Elm Crest Senior Living building to greet residents of nursing and assisted living. The Cyclones went on to defeat Creston 48-0 later that evening.