DENISON (May 11) -- Playing without two of their top golfers, Harlan Community finished its season by placing sixth out of eight teams in last Friday’s Class 3A Boys Sectional Tournament at Denison’s Majestic Hills Golf Course. HCHS sophomore Jake Dotzler stepped up his game with a team-best round of 80 on the hilly par-71 course, placing eighth overall and finishing just three strokes away from advancing to this week’s district meet.

 AREA (May 11) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning both advanced from Class 1A sectionals to district play last Friday (May 11) and will now compete in the same 1A Boys District Golf Tournament May 18 at Anita. The Spartans placed second in the 1A sectional meet at Neola’s Quail Run with a 328 team score, trailing host Tri-Center by four strokes. St. Albert also advanced with a 350.

 MENLO (May 11) -- Three AHSTW golfers played their final round of the year last Friday in the Class 2A Sectional Boys Golf Tournament held at the 5x80 Golf and Country Club. Senior Kevin Jorgensen paced the Vikings’ partial squad with an 18-hole round of 90 (45-45) on the par-72 course.

 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, AHSTW, IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton have combined to qualify 38 entries for this week’s Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 17-19). The 38 state entries (20 automatic qualifiers, 18 at-large) is an increase of 12 from last year.

 ATLANTIC (May 10) -- The Harlan Community boys track team will take nine events to state - three more than last year - following a productive night at Thursday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Atlantic. The Cyclones qualified seven events automatically by placing first or second and secured two at-large bids based on time.

    EARLING -- Leonard Joseph Tremel, 94, Earling, died May 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, May 22 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling.  A prayer service was held Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends Monday from 4-8 p.m.

    HARLAN and PUEBLO, CO -- A joint memorial service will be held for Howard C. Henriksen, 93, Harlan, who died Wednesday, April 11 in Harlan, and Peggy Jo Gragert, 65, Pueblo, CO, who died February 8 in Pueblo.    The service will be held Saturday, May 26 at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville with burial of ashes at a later date in the Jacksonville Cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday from 1-2 p.m.

HARLAN -- Seniors at Harlan Community High School celebrate with confetti and other celebratory items upon graduation during commencement exercises at HCHS Sunday afternoon, May 20.

    HARLAN – Eight Harlan Community High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students earned high honors at nationals this month, named national finalists among a variety of contests they competed in while at the national event held in Dallas, TX.    Adam Kohl, Ellen Keast, Eli Boldan, Mason Peters, Jay Swanson, Alana Monson, Tyler Buman and Tyler Schaben all have been recognized nationally.  The students qualified for the national