HARLAN (Aug. 25) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team started off strong but struggled to the finish line of Saturday’s eight-hour Cyclone Tournament, opening the season with a 3-3 record and a sixth-place finish. HCHS won its first three matches of the day, including a hard-fought 21-19, 21-19 decision over eventual champion Tri-Center, before losing 2-0 decisions vs.

 GLENWOOD (Aug.

 SHENANDOAH -- Chloe Falkena and Julia Kock both placed in the top six last Tuesday (Aug. 21) as the AHSTW cross country teams opened the season at the Shenandoah Early Bird Invite. No team scores were kept, but the AHSTW girls unofficially finished second to Shenandoah (39) with a point total of 61. Falkena placed fifth out of 62 girls with a five-kilometer time of 22:28 while Kock was close behind with a sixth-place time of 22:32.

 EXIRA (Aug.

 HARLAN (Aug. 24) -- Twenty-five days after starting football camp in late July, Harlan Community is set to open the 2018 season Friday night against the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs. The varsity game will kick off at 7:00 p.m. at Merrill Field (note the new start time), preceded by a freshmen game at 4:15.

 MANNING (Aug. 24) -- The IKM-Manning football team will become quite familiar with state highways 71 and 20 during the next two years as it joins the newly-aligned Class A, District 2 starting this fall. IKM-M is by far the southern-most school in the six-team league, which also includes Sioux Central (7-3 last year, Class A playoff qualifier), Ridge View (6-3), Manson-Northwest Webster (4-5), St.

 AVOCA (Aug.

    HARLAN -- Students headed back to school last week in the Harlan Community Schools and Shelby County Catholic School. 

Military duties take him away from Harlan; Google® calendar may show discrepancies; paid $3,488.46 for unused vacation time