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HCHS 162, Lewis Central 209Medalist: Kevin Campbell, HCHS, 39; Runner-Up: Matthew Bjoin, HCHS, 40HCHS Scorecard Kevin Campbell 39, Matthew Bjoin 40, Max Langenfeld 41, Shane Chamberlain 42, Jay Swanson 44, Logan Peters 45.Lewis Central Scorecard JJ Love 46, Kyle Arrington 53, Max Regester 54, Seth Wineland 56, Jaden Doebelin 63, Cameron Fitzgerald 64. 

 AUDUBON -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team picked up a 9-0 dual win at Audubon on Thursday, improving its season record to 3-3 overall. Earlier in the week, HCHS lost a home dual vs. Lewis Central, 6-3, putting the Cyclones’ at 1-2 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference. The HCHS-LC dual was tied 3-3 after singles play, but the Titans won all three doubles matches. Alec Plagman, Josh Cheek and Nolan Heese all earned Cyclone victories.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Lewis Central won all three doubles matches to hand the Harlan Community girls tennis team a 6-3 dual loss on Tuesday, April 12. The Cyclones dropped to 0-2 on the season. Ashley Petsche, Jilian Meyer and Nicole Lange all picked up wins in singles play for HCHS.

 HARLAN -- With spring temperatures on the rise and the wind finally starting to idle down, track athletes across the state are looking to use the upcoming week as a springboard toward qualifying for the Drake Relays later this month. If Tuesday’s Ken Carstens Cyclone Boys Invitational was any indication, the chase for Drake is well underway. Despite some lingering chill and breeze in the air, performances were on the upswing in Harlan as two

 EARLHAM -- With the team’s top hurdler sidelined, Harlan Community freshman Chloe Hansen stepped up in a big way at Tuesday’s Earlham Co-Ed Relays. Hansen posted impressive times in winning both the 100-meter hurdles (16.94 seconds) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:10.04) as HCHS scored 126 points to claim its first team title of the season. The Cyclone girls won six events in all, set a pair of meet records and scored 23 times in 18 events, impr

 ASHLAND, NEB. -- Harlan Community Activities Director Mitch Osborn has been named honorary chairman of Nebraska’s 7th Lymphoma Walk, scheduled for Saturday, April 23 at Mahoney State Park near Ashland. The fundraising event, which is a 5K walk, will start at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine, and will be followed by a free lunch that all participants are invited to attend. There is no cost to register, but donations are encouraged.

 NEOLA -- Sophomore sprinter Gage Clay added to his collection of gold medals in the 100 and 200-meter dash Monday night, winning both events to help AHSTW finish sixth out of 10 teams at the Tri-Center Boys Invitational track meet. Facing a brisk northwest wind, Clay posted first-place times of 12.11 seconds in the 100 and 24.30 in the 200, well off his season-best times of 11.19 and 22.98 which both rank in the state’s top 30 (all classes).

 HARLAN -- A balanced scorecard highlighted the meet for Harlan Community Tuesday as the Cyclone boys improved to 2-0 with a dominating 47-stroke win over Lewis Central, 162-209. Kevin Campbell paced HCHS with a medalist round of 39, followed by Matthew Bjoin (40), Max Langenfeld (41) and Shane Chamberlain (42).

 HARLAN -- Tri-Center’s overall speed and ball-handling skills proved too much for the Harlan Community girls soccer team Monday night as the 9th-ranked (1-A) Trojans scored in bunches and blanked the Cyclones, 7-0, at Merrill Field. Junior Samantha Brich finished with a three-goal hat trick and Emma Dahir added two goals for T-C, which led 3-0 at halftime and took full control by scoring three times during a three-minute stretch early in the

 CARROLL -- Winning its fourth straight low-scoring, one-goal decision, the Harlan Community boys soccer team improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play with a 1-0 win at Kuemper Catholic Monday night. Senior Ethan Knudson provided the only score of the game by converting a penalty kick with 28:48 left in the second half.

 HARLAN -- Conditions were certainly less than ideal, but it didn’t stop quality performances from going on the board in Thursday night’s 19th annual Koos Relays girls track meet at Merrill Field. With temperatures falling into the 40s, athletes battled northwest winds gusting up to 40 mph on the back stretch that also provided a nice push on the final straightaway. Harlan Community scored 96 points and placed third out of 10 teams on its home

 HARLAN -- Amber Gross and Maggie Langenfeld of Harlan Community both carded a 54 for the top scores Thursday, but Denison-Schleswig’s balance prevailed in the end as the Monarch girls topped HCHS by 18 strokes (246-264) in a windy season opener at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Gross notched the only par of the dual with a four on number two and took medalist honors over Langenfeld on a tiebreaker handicap hole.

 DENISON -- Max Langenfeld’s two-over-par round of 37 easily earned medalist honors Thursday and led the Harlan Community boys golf team to a triangular sweep over Denison-Schleswig and Charter Oak-Ute at Majestic Hills. HCHS finished with a 169, followed by Denison’s 195 and the Bobcats’ 224 as high winds made an already challenging course that much more difficult to navigate. Langenfeld’s round included two birdies, three pars and four bogey

 SIOUX CITY -- One poor stretch of defense made the difference Friday night as the Harlan Community soccer girls dropped a 6-3 decision at Sioux City West. HCHS, now 1-1 overall, led 1-0 until the Wolverines punched home three goals in the last 12 minutes of the first half and added another during the opening two minutes of the second. Cyclone junior Haley Arkfeld scored twice in the 44th minute to make it a 4-3 game, but West’s Fernanda Serna