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 OMAHA, NEB. (Jan. 20) -- The Harlan Community boys and girls basketball teams will participate in Saturday’s Nebraska Prep Classic at the Ralston Arena in Omaha. The Cyclone boys will face Kearney Catholic (2-13 overall) at 1:00 p.m., followed by the Cyclone girls vs. Gretna (9-3) at 2:30. Eight total games will be played on the day (six boys, two girls), starting with the St. Albert boys vs. Elkhorn at 10:00 a.m.

 AVOCA (Jan. 16) -- For nearly three full quarters Tuesday night, AHSTW played tough enough defense to maintain a small lead vs.

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 RED OAK (Jan. 9) -- The Harlan Community boys placed third out of five teams while the Cyclone girls took fifth at last Tuesday’s Red Oak Bowling Tournament at Red Oak Lanes. Competition was fierce on the boys side of the meet as Lewis Central edged Shenandoah by 69 pins for the title, 2,796 to 2,727.

 MOUNT AYR -- The Harlan Community wrestling team finished with a hard-luck 5-3 record and tied for third place out of nine teams at the Ron Scott Memorial Dual Tournament in Mount Ayr January 12-13. HCHS opened the tournament Friday with a 42-39 loss to eventual champion Lathrop (Missouri) and suffered its only other losses based on criteria after finishing in a dual tie against both Shenandoah (31-30 loss Friday night) and Martensdale-St.

 GLENWOOD (Jan. 13) -- In a high-scoring matchup of top-10, Class 3A boys basketball teams Saturday night, free throws proved to be the big difference maker as second-ranked Glenwood held off No.

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 GLENWOOD -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team moved above the .500 mark for the first time this season over the weekend (January 12-13), sweeping a pair of road games at Clarinda and Glenwood. HCHS pulled away in the second half Friday night to rout the Cardinals 77-37 in conference play, then used a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Rams 52-47 in a non-conference matchup Saturday. The Cyclone girls are now 6-5 overall and 5-2 in the

 MANNING (Jan. 12) -- The IKM-Manning girls basketball team held off AHSTW 46-36 Friday night in a Western Iowa Conference game featuring 44 total fouls and 59 free throw attempts. The Wolves’ sixth straight victory improved their record to 9-3 overall and 8-2 in the WIC.

 ELK HORN -- The eighth-ranked (1A) Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball team improved to 12-1 over the weekend with a pair of lopsided victories, beating Glidden-Ralston 67-39 on Friday night and winning 57-15 at Essex in non-conference action Saturday.

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