It was a cold and rainy day at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, but that did not stop athletes from competing at the top of their game, including Harlan’s Kaia Bieker who took home sixth place in the women’s high school 800m event.
“I was just so excited to be here,” Bieker said. “I’ve really been working, my teammates have been encouraging me towards getting here in this open eight, so it’s been exciting.”

It was another rough night at the tennis courts for the HCHS girls varsity tennis team as they dropped their match to the Red Oak Tigers 9-0.
“In the past, the Red Oak girls team has always been a tough opponent, and it continued this year as well,” said HCHS Head Tennis Coach Katie Arentson. “They had strong serving speed, and they were consistent with good ball control/placement.”

On Thursday night, the HCHS girls varsity tennis team battled a tough, undefeated Clarinda Cardinals team, 6-0, and they lost 9-0.
“We knew tonight's match against Clarinda would be challenging as they are undefeated in the conference right now, and we were not disappointed,” said HCHS Head Tennis Coach Katie Arentson. “We had some great matches across the board.”

On Friday, the HCHS boys varsity golf team played against the Clarinda Cardinals and lost by 28 strokes.
“We struggled today to keep the ball in play on an unfamiliar course,” said HCHS Head Golf Coach Chad Swanson. “Some of the holes at Clarinda require playing to specific distances and specific targets and those are areas we just are not very good at yet.”

On Friday night, the HCHS girls varsity soccer team matched up well against the Atlantic Trojans, defeating them by a final of 1-0.
“We knew coming in this was going to be a tough battle and an evenly matched game and it ended up that way,” said HCHS Head Soccer Coach Jared Boysen. “Both defenses were strong and I felt our defense did a great job holding one of the top scorers in our conference, Jada Jensen from scoring.”

Friday night, the HCHS boys varsity soccer team battled the Atlantic Trojans on the road and were victorious 5-0. With this victory, it moves their overall record to 5-7.

Zophi Hendricks, a current senior at HCHS has just signed a Letter of Intent to go play volleyball for Des Moines Area Community College.
“Definitely a lot of emotions being sent around,” Hendricks said. “I’m definitely sad to be leaving Harlan, but it’s going to be a great experience going to DMACC and keep playing volleyball.”

On Tuesday, the HCHS boys varsity golf team took on the Atlantic Trojans and lost to them by nine strokes.
“Jace Gubbels made a big putt on hole three and had several good up and downs to save par or bogey on his way to a runner-up medal,” said HCHS Head Golf Coach Chad Swanson.
Swanson also highlighted other players on the roster who continue to stand out.

On Tuesday, the HCHS boys varsity tennis team battled the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs and lost 9-0. Despite not winning any overall matches, a few players on the roster got some individual game wins, including one player who got his first individual game win.