ELK HORN (Feb. 16) -- It wasn’t easy, but the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team gradually pulled away and finished off CAM 63-49 Friday night in a Class 1A, Region 7 semifinal. With the victory, the 7th-ranked Spartans (22-1) moved within one game of a fourth consecutive state tournament appearance and were slated to face No.

 TREYNOR (Feb. 13) -- The AHSTW girls basketball season came to a close last Tuesday night as Madelyn Deitchler scored 31 points for Treynor in the 2nd-ranked Cardinals’ 63-39, Class 2A regional quarterfinal win over the Lady Vikes. Deitchler made 13-of-18 field goals in the game and teammates Kayla Chapman and Konnor Sudmann added 15 and 11 points, respectively.

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 MANNING (Feb. 13) -- With a rubber match against Logan-Magnolia looming on the horizon, IKM-Manning girls basketball coach Gene Rasmussen was hoping his team was squarely focused on the task at hand Tuesday night - a Class 2A regional quarterfinal game vs.

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 AVOCA (Feb. 12) -- R.J. Harris led the way with 21 points and Jack Paulson added nine points and 14 rebounds Monday night as the AHSTW boys basketball team opened district play with a 74-48 win over Red Oak. Clayton Akers, Blake Osbahr and Jake Martin all scored at least eight points as well as the Vikings advanced to face Underwood in a district semifinal game Thursday night at Treynor.

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 OAKLAND (Feb. 10) -- Saturday marked another historic milestone for the AHSTW wrestling program. Advancing six of their 10 district qualifiers to state, the Vikings claimed their first-ever district team title with 128.5 points at the Class 1A, District 5 Tournament in Oakland.

 GUTHRIE CENTER (Feb. 10) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s lone district qualifier, junior Dawson Carey, placed fourth with an 0-2 record at Saturday’s Class 1A, District 1 Wrestling Tournament in Guthrie Center. Competing at 160 pounds, Carey was pinned in 2:10 by sixth-ranked Chance Rice of Colfax-Mingo in his semifinal match. Carey then battled Audubon’s Trace McCuen for three periods before losing a 5-4 decision in the third-place match.

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 REGIONAL (Feb. 13) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning girls basketball teams will open regional play with home games Tuesday night as they begin their quests to secure a state tournament berth. Exira-EHK (20-1), ranked 2nd in Class 1A, will host Riverside (4-18) in a Region 7 quarterfinal at 7:00 p.m.

 HARLAN (Feb. 10) -- The Harlan Community girls finished the regular season with a lopsided defeat Saturday night as 2nd-ranked Lewis Central pulled away behind a 17-0 first-half run and beat the Cyclones 69-33. The score was 9-7 when LC rattled off 17 unanswered points en route to a 39-14 halftime lead.