HARLAN -- The pairings are officially set for Harlan Community to make another run at the Girls State Basketball Tournament in Des Moines. Bishop Heelan’s 66-40 win over Denison-Schleswig Wednesday night moves the Crusaders (12-10) into Saturday night’s Class 4-A, Region 1 semifinal at 3rd-ranked HCHS (18-2) in Harlan.

 DES MOINES -- Six area wrestlers will begin competition Thursday at the 2016 State Wrestling Tournament inside Wells Fargo Arena. The state meet will continue Friday and Saturday and conclude with the championship finals on Saturday night. This year’s local qualifiers include three from AHSTW, two from Harlan Community and one from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton.

 ATLANTIC -- What a difference a year can make. To be sure, the final results could have been even better for the Harlan Community wrestling team Saturday, but compared to the same meet a year ago the Cyclones left Atlantic feeling pretty good about their Class 2-A District Tournament outcome. Led by state tournament qualifiers Elias Shaeffer and Jacob Wingert, who both won exciting wrestle-back matches for second place, five HCHS wrestlers co

 UNDERWOOD -- Tim Barr won a district championship and two more AHSTW seniors - Jay Heiny and Dustin Engel - placed second at Saturday’s Class 1-A District Tournament in Underwood, each earning their first trip to the State Wrestling Tournament later this week. Also qualifying for state (for the second straight year) was Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton senior Lane Ring, who placed second at 195 pounds. All four area wrestlers will compete in first-r

 HARLAN -- With regional play just around the corner, the Harlan Community girls basketball team was about to hit the reset button on its season anyway this past weekend. Lewis Central just made sure the slate got wiped a little bit cleaner than anyone planned. Rallying from 11 points down in the third quarter, the Titans connected for five three-pointers during a game-changing 18-5 run Friday night and held the Cyclones to just one made field

 MANNING -- IKM-Manning made quick work of its first-round girls’ regional foe on Saturday night, using a big third quarter to pull away from Woodward-Granger for a 59-30 win. The Wolves led just 25-18 at the half before outscoring the Hawks 21-7 in the third and 13-5 in the fourth. Kia Rasmussen led IKM-M (16-5 overall) with 20 points, six assists and four steals while Shauna Reitan had 11 points and seven rebounds.

 SIOUX CITY -- The Harlan Community girls overcame a sluggish offensive game Thursday night to win 46-30 at Sioux City East. The Cyclones shot just 35.6 percent from the field but held the Black Raiders to 23 percent shooting and only three fourth-quarter points. 

 LOGAN -- The IKM-Manning girls finished the regular season with a signature road win Thursday night, completing a sweep of Logan-Magnolia, 57-48. The Wolves also beat the Panthers by nine (53-44) on January 12 in Manning. With each team having one Western Iowa Conference game cancelled due to weather, IKM-Manning (15-5 overall) tied for third place in the WIC standings at 12-5 while Lo-Ma (16-4) placed second at 13-4.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team lost for just the third time all season Friday night, falling 64-51 at Lewis Central. The game did not count in the Hawkeye Ten standings. Kyle Juhl scored 31 points in defeat for the Cyclones (16-3), while Chad Moran scored 26 for the Titans (9-9). See Friday’s News-Advertiser for more details. 

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 TREYNOR -- IKM-Manning avenged an earlier home loss to Treynor and handed the Cardinals their first defeat of the season on Friday, February 5, holding off a big rally to win 68-67. The 8th-ranked (1-A) Wolves led 20-7 after one quarter and 37-17 late in the second, but the 3rd-ranked (2-A) Cardinals chipped away.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team will need to win just two home games to return to Wells Fargo Arena and defend its back-to-back Class 4-A state championships. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union last week released its regional pairings for Class 4-A.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community boys basketball team will host Denison-Schleswig in the first round of Class 3-A district play on Monday, February 22. The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced its postseason seedings and pairings for Class 3-A and 4-A on Monday. HCHS earned the top seed in District 1 based on its 13-2 record in the first 15 games. As the No.

 HARLAN -- Coming off three straight wins against the best competition the Hawkeye Ten Conference has to offer, Harlan Community showed few signs of a letdown facing middle-of-the-pack St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Owning the first and third quarters at St. Albert, the Harlan Community girls had little trouble running their winning streak to 17 games Tuesday night with a 66-35 victory over the Saintes. The top-ranked (Class 4-A) Cyclones led 20-5 following the opening period but saw their lead trimmed to 30-22 at the half.