DES MOINES -- All in all, it was a great state meet for the IKM-Manning girls and boys track teams. The Wolves combined to qualify five events for the State Track and Field Championships last weekend and brought home Class 1-A state medals in three of the five. On Friday, the IKM-M girls placed seventh in the distance medley relay with a school-record time of 4:24.94.

 ATLANTIC -- Battling through two weather delays, a significant temperature drop and strong north winds during the last half of the meet, Harlan Community didn’t play its best golf last Friday but managed to keep its season alive at the Atlantic Country Club. Counting four scores in the low-to-mid 80s, HCHS finished with a third-place 334 in its Class 3-A Boys Sectional Golf Tournament, holding off Carroll by one stroke for the meet’s third an

 COON RAPIDS -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys golf team advanced to district play last Friday by placing third at the Class 1-A Sectional Tournament held in Coon Rapids. The Spartans tied Audubon for third place with a team score of 385, but qualified ahead of the Wheelers based on having the better fifth score. Chris Paulsen carded a 92 for seventh place and Gage Lauritsen shot a 93 to lead the team individually.

 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning, AHSTW and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton have combined to qualify 29 entries for this week’s Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 19-21). All eight area squads qualified at least one event for the state meet, led by the HCHS boys with nine entries and the Cyclone girls with eight.

 CRESTON -- Five Harlan Community players scored one goal each Monday as the Cyclone boys soccer team won their final Hawkeye Ten Conference match, 5-0, on a slick field at Creston. HCHS (8-7 overall) won its first conference game in over a month to finish 3-4 in the H-10 standings. Creston dropped to 3-13 overall and 0-7 in league play.

 HARLAN -- A slow start plagued Harlan Community on Senior Night last Friday as St. Albert scored all three of its goals in the opening 13 minutes to beat the Cyclones, 3-1, at Merrill Field. The Falcons improved to 9-8 overall (4-2 in the Hawkeye Ten) while HCHS dropped to 7-7 and 2-4. With HCHS fielding a starting lineup of nearly all seniors, St.

 HARLAN -- Hosting one of the top girls soccer teams in the state on Monday, Harlan Community fell behind 4-0 in the opening three minutes and never recovered, losing to Lewis Central 10-0 in a match that ended via the mercy rule with 18 minutes remaining. The 2nd-ranked (Class 2-A) Titans reached 10 goals for the fifth time on the year, improving to 9-3 overall and 6-0 in the Hawkeye Ten.

 CARROLL -- Junior Isaac Stitz earned two of Harlan Community’s three wins and placed third in the singles bracket last Thursday (May 12) as the Cyclones finished their season by placing sixth in the Class 1-A Boys District Tennis Tournament at Carroll. Just two days after finishing second in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Meet, HCHS was unable to repeat the same level of success at districts and scored only six points. “Today was not our day,” st

 COUNTY -- The Harlan Community Trap Team held their second home meet of the year at Shelby County Trap Range on April 16. The meet included 236 shooters from 12 different schools. Once again, the wind was a major factor with gusts of 25 mph making the targets very sporty.    Harlan Community High School’s Team Red placed 2nd in the team event. Team members were Jack Gubbels, Alex Assmann, Jamie Schechinger, Marshall Tucker and Lucas Schmitz.