AUDUBON -- Herbert and Marjorie Nelson of Atlantic will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary at an open house on Sunday, January 20 from 2-4 p.m. at the Audubon Rec Center. They will also celebrate Herb’s 90th birthday which is January 14. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    A card shower is also planned in their honor. Cards will reach them if sent to 1904 Redwood Drive, Atlantic, IA 50022.

 SHENANDOAH -- Short two varsity wrestlers due to the stomach flu, Harlan Community managed to split a pair of duals at the Shenandoah quad Tuesday night, handling Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 57-21 before losing to 12th-ranked (1A) Underwood 47-24. The Eagles also defeated AL (59-7) and Shenandoah (70-6) to win the meet while AL beat the host Mustangs 52-18.

 AUDUBON -- Jaedan Rasmussen’s three-pin night highlighted AHSTW’s sweep of the Audubon quad meet Tuesday as the Vikings extended their dual winning streak to nine with decisive victories over Audubon (66-15), West Central Valley (61-15) and Southwest Valley (72-12). AHSTW finished 15-5 in contested matches and also received 19 total forfeits, improving its dual record to 11-3. Rasmussen was one of eight Viking wrestlers to go 3-0, pinning all

 CARROLL -- No matter what happens in Harlan each year, the return trip to play at Kuemper Catholic is rarely an easy proposition for the Harlan Community boys basketball team. Such was the case again Tuesday night. Just two and a half weeks after beating the Knights 82-53, the Cyclones shot 32.6 percent from the field and missed 11 free throws but held on for a 50-48 Hawkeye Ten road victory when Kyle Berg’s 12-foot baseline shot was off the

 CARROLL -- The Harlan Community girls made it two in a row at Kuemper Catholic Tuesday night, burying 10-of-19 three-pointers and grabbing 16 offensive boards in a 50-40 non-conference win over the Knights. The Cyclones (2-8 overall) have now won consecutive games after starting the season with eight defeats and will play their next four contests at home. Leading 23-20 at the half, the Cyclones took control by outscoring Kuemper 19-9 in the t

 MANNING -- Gabby Cadwell led four IKM-Manning girls in double figures with 19 points Tuesday night as the Wolves reached the 10-win mark with a 64-46 home win over Audubon. IKM-Manning scored 17 points in each of the first three quarters, gradually pulling away to cap a season sweep of the Wheelers and improving to 10-2 overall and 8-1 in the Western Iowa Conference. Cadwell made 6-of-9 field goals and 7-of-10 free throws while adding five re

 MANNING -- Leading 24-21 at halftime, the IKM-Manning boys outscored Audubon 17-8 in the third quarter and continued to pull away in the fourth to beat the Wheelers 55-38 here Tuesday night and salvage a split of the season series. Both teams are now 8-4 overall, but the Wolves are one game ahead of Audubon in the Western Iowa Conference standings (7-2 to 6-3) going into Friday night’s game at AHSTW. Senior Alex Lingle and junior Colten Brand

 AVOCA (Jan. 4) -- The AHSTW boys outscored Audubon 22-14 in the fourth quarter last Friday to win 71-65. Freshman Raydden Grobe hit 4-of-5 threes and led the Vikings with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Sam Porter had 15 points and five assists, followed by Blake Osbahr with 11 points, Clayton Akers and Joey Cunningham eight each and Michael Mantell seven.

 AVOCA -- Claire Harris (16 points), Claire Denning (14) and Kinsey Scheffler (10) all scored in double digits to lead the AHSTW girls past Audubon 58-44 last Friday. Harris knocked down four 3-pointers in the game and Katie Anzalone, Kailey Jones and Kate Wise all had six points.