DUNLAP (Oct. 18) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton was outscored 30-15 in an 8-Player, District 8 football game at Boyer Valley Friday night, dropping the Spartans to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in district play. Boyer Valley (3-5, 2-4) was led by Blake Katzenberger’s 160 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Creighton Nelson led Exira-EHK with 89 rushing yards and one touchdown and Trey Petersen caught five passes for 44 yards and one TD.

 AREA (Oct. 22) -- Regional volleyball tournament play will begin across the state this week with local squads Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, AHSTW and Harlan Community set for first round matches and IKM-Manning receiving a bye. On Tuesday night (Oct. 22), Exira-EHK (6-22) will travel to Riverside (23-12) for a Class 1A, Region 2 contest. The winner will play either CAM or Orient-Macksburg next Monday back in Oakland.

 REGIONAL -- State qualifying cross country meets will be held statewide on Thursday, October 24, at 4:00 p.m. The Harlan Community girls and boys squads will compete in a 13-team, Class 3A state qualifier at Atlantic’s Nishna Hills Golf Course while AHSTW, IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will travel to Mount Ayr for a 1A state qualifier at the Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 CRESTON (Oct. 18) -- The football RPI system adopted by the Iowa High School Athletic Association last year to help determine at-large playoff qualifiers is nothing if not objective. The Ratings Percentage Index is not impressed with margin of victory or upsets or how many yards Johnny threw for against the so-called top defense in the land.

 AVOCA (Oct. 14) -- The AHSTW girls placed second and the IKM-Manning boys took third in Monday’s Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships, combining for six top-12 medalists at the Avoca Golf and Country Club. Top-ranked (1A) Logan-Magnolia won the girls team title with a score of 31, followed by the eighth-ranked Lady Vikes with 51, No.

 MANNING (Oct.

 EXIRA (Oct.

    CARTHAGE, NY -- Wayne C. Renfeld, 68, Carthage, NY, died October 19 at Carthage Area Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family will greet friends from noon-2 p.m.