DENISON -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team came up one victory short at Denison on Thursday, losing a 5-4 dual decision that puts the Cyclones at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the Hawkeye Ten. Isaac Stitz and Josh Cheek won singles matches for HCHS while the doubles teams of Stitz and Alec Plagman and Cheek and Kaleb Kaster also earned victories.

 CLARINDA -- Harlan Community scored 69 points and placed fifth out of eight teams in the Class 3-A division of Friday’s Clarinda Boys Cardinal Relays. The top four finishers were Lewis Central (153 points), Glenwood (124), Atlantic (86) and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (76). Shenandoah won the Class 2-A team title and Nishnabotna prevailed in Class 1-A.

 DUNLAP -- The IKM-Manning track teams combined to win five gold medals and both placed fifth overall at Friday’s Denison-Schleswig Co-Ed Meet held in Dunlap. The Monarchs handily won both team titles on the night with the Logan-Magnolia girls and Treynor boys each placing second. The IKM-Manning girls placed fifth with 73 points and the boys were fifth with 58 points.

HARLAN -- In a way, the 2016 girls soccer season began just like last year for Harlan Community - with a two-goal victory over Creston. The next step for Coach Jared Boysen’s squad will be building on Tuesday’s 5-3 win at Merrill Field and improving on last year’s disappointing 5-13 overall record. Boysen, for one, believes there is reason for optimism. The 2015 Cyclones were hampered by injuries and close losses all season long, including the

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team won its second meet in as many days here Tuesday, dominating Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 9-0, to improve to 2-1 on the year. Adjusting to a strong south wind, the Cyclones won five matches handily and also picked up hard-fought 9-7 wins by Alec Plagman at number-two singles and Isaac Stitz and Plagman at number-one doubles. Kaleb Kaster improved to 3-0 in No.

 GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community senior Marcus Klein earned gold medals in the long jump and 100-meter dash Monday night, setting a personal best in both events to highlight the Cyclones’ third-place finish at the Glenwood Ram Relays. Klein was the only athlete to win two individual events at the meet, leaping 20 feet, 4.25 inches in the long jump and clocking a time of 11.37 seconds in the 100.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team improved to 3-0 overall Monday night with its third one-goal victory of the young season, winning 2-1 at Lewis Central in both squads’ Hawkeye Ten opener. The Cyclones had previously won a pair of 1-0 decisions vs.

 AUDUBON -- AHSTW placed in 10 events, led by a pair of second-place hurdles finishes from Jaycie Schueman, at Monday’s 12-team Audubon Wheeler Girls Early Bird track meet.

 MAPLETON -- The IKM-Manning girls track team scored 91 points and placed third at Tuesday’s Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto Co-Ed Invite. Denison-Schleswig won the girls half of the meet with 205 points, followed by MV-AO (118), IKM-M (91) and Charter Oak-Ute (75).

2016 Golf • Co-Ed ScheduleMon., April 4    Girls/Boys at Missouri Valley (Logan-MV CC), 4:00Sat., April 9    IKM-M Boys Invite (Manning-Manilla GC), 9 a.m.Mon., April 11    Girls/Boys at Riverside (Oakland CC), 4:00Tues., April 12    Girls vs. Denison (Manning-Manilla GC), 4:00Fri., April 15    Girls/Boys vs. Lo-Ma (Manning-Manilla GC), 4:00Mon., April 18    Girls/Boys at Underwood (Quail Run GC, Neola), 4:00Fri., April 22    Girls/Boys vs.

2016 Track & Field • Co-Ed ScheduleSat., March 19    Buena Vista Indoor Meet (Girl/Boy), 10:00 a.m.Tues., March 29    Chelsey Henkenius Early Bird Meet (Girl/Boy), 4:30Tues., April 5    Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto Girls Invite - at Mapleton, 4:30Tues., April 5    SCC Ink Wunderly Boys Relays - at Lake City, 4:30Fri., April 8    Denison Co-Ed Invite - at Dunlap (Girl/Boy), 4:30Mon., April 11    Carroll Co-Ed Invite (Girl/Boy), 4:30Fri., April 1

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls and boys golf teams both finished 2-0 in a season-opening home triangular meet Tuesday, beating Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and Adair-Casey at the Avoca Golf Course. The Lady Vikes scored a 233, led by medalist Hannah Denning’s round of 52 and runner-up medalist Taylor Madden’s 56. Exira-EHK finished with a 266, paced by Katie Kunik’s 57, while Adair-Casey only had two golfers.

 GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community placed in 10 girls events and six boys events at the Glenwood 9-10 Co-Ed Ram Relays on Saturday. The Cyclone girls placed seventh in the JV meet with 49 points and the boys placed eighth with 33 points, although neither squad competed in all the events. 

 HARLAN -- For the second time in as many games, the Harlan Community boys soccer team scored an early goal and made it stand here Friday night, beating Underwood 1-0 at Merrill Field. The Cyclones opened the season with a 1-0 victory at Treynor in windy and damp conditions Thursday - scoring the only goal just 14 seconds into the match - then used a goal in the fourth minute to top the 13th-ranked (Class 1-A) Eagles on another cold, windy nig

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls and boys track teams combined for nine gold-medal events, but neither was able to secure a team title as the host of Tuesday’s Denison-Schleswig Monarch Co-Ed Relays at Merrill Field. The first outdoor meet of the season, featuring the six “north division” schools of the Hawkeye Ten Conference, was held in Harlan due to the football field renovations taking place in Denison. The Monarchs outscored HCHS 133