In the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game and the Cyclones trailing 44-43, Senior Cyclone Jason Erlemeier hit a key 3-pointer putting his team up 46-44 en route to a 54-47 victory.
“It feels really good going into the break, going forward to,” Erlemeier said. “They’re a good team, they fought hard and didn’t give up, but we didn’t either, and we got the W.”

In the first quarter approaching the 2-minute mark with the Cyclones trailing 4-3 to the Clarinda Cardinals, Junior Cyclone Aubrey Schwieso made a shot giving her team their first lead of the night that started a 10-0 run en route to a dominant 63-42 victory keeping them undefeated at 8-0 to start the season.

 While searching through the digital archives of the Harlan Newspapers, I stumbled across a story from December 27, 1911. “Santa Claus Girl makes good report”, the headline read, “Christmas cheer bestowed on one hundred and twenty-six Harlan children” underneath. The article began by saying the week before Christmas, “The Santa Claus Girl” told her friends she wanted their help so no child in Harlan would be missed by Santa Claus.

 SHELBY COUNTY — The Shelby County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Omaha Community Foundation, is pleased to announce that grant applications are now being accepted from organizations providing charitable services in Shelby County. As part of this spring grant cycle, approximately $135,000 is available to support Shelby County nonprofit organizations and community projects.

 HARLAN — The wall by the Christmas tree in the home of Patrick and Lorene (Lori) Pucelick is full of family photos. “We have one son, Lucas,” Patrick said. “And our daughters are Clara and 14 others.

 HARLAN — Benedetta (Benny) Migliori has seen more snow in the few months she has been in Iowa than she has ever seen in her lifetime. “I just love the snow,” the 17-year-old from Sicily said. While it is possible for Italy’s largest island to have snow, it usually occurs in the mountains, not in the area where Benny lives. “I can’t wait for it to snow again,” she said.

 DES MOINES — Four members of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department were amongst the six honored for acts of bravery at the 2023 Governor’s Lifesaving Awards and Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor ceremony held at the State Capitol Building Monday, December 18. “The greatness of our state  really does lie in our people. Iowans are brave, they’re big-hearted and generous,” Gov. Reynolds said during the ceremony.

In the fourth quarter with less than two minutes to go in regulation, Cyclone Junior Jozef Reisz made a free throw, giving the Cyclones a 3-point lead, which was enough to sneak by in a 62-59 battle against the Red Oak Tigers.
"It was definitely a hard fought game of runs," said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. "Our guys kept their poise and composure, and we fought back, and held on."

Senior Erica Rust led the way Friday night against the Red Oak Tigers scoring 26 points with seven rebounds en route to a 86-41 victory for their 7th consecutive win to open the season.