HARLAN (April 23) -- The Atlantic boys tennis team handed Harlan Community its third straight dual defeat Monday afternoon, sweeping all nine varsity matches at the HCHS courts. The Trojans (5-1) won each match by a decisive margin, with the closest set scores being 10-4 at number five singles and No.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 21) -- Harlan Community’s undefeated run in boys soccer came to an end last Saturday afternoon as the Cyclones lost a close 2-1 decision at Lewis Central. The Titans (4-0 overall, 2-0 Hawkeye Ten) scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick by Conner James with 33:38 left following a foul call in the box on the Cyclones.

 DES MOINES -- Local athletes from Harlan Community and AHSTW have qualified eight entries in five events for the 2018 Drake Relays in Des Moines later this week. High school competition at Drake Stadium will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday (April 26-28). This year’s area qualifiers include five individual entries and three relays. Leading the area charge will be senior sprinters Nick Foss of Harlan Community and Gage Clay of AHSTW.

 WAUKEE (April 19) -- The Harlan Community boys track team scored 18 times in 15 events at the Waukee Invitational on Thursday, placing sixth out of eight teams with 84 points in a well-balanced “Class A” field. All eight teams finished within a 41-point window, led by Carlisle with 113.5, Dallas Center-Grimes 110.5 and Boone 98. The Toreadors earned the most gold medals with five.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 19) -- Greichaly Kaster’s win in the 3,000-meter run and Chloe Hansen’s victory in the 400-meter hurdles highlighted Harlan Community’s night at the Council Bluffs AL/TJ Girls Track Invite on Thursday as the Cyclones finished eighth out of 11 teams with 45.5 points. Kaster won the 3,000 in 11:34-flat and Hansen continued her string of wins in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:08.09. HCHS also placed second in the distance

 MANNING (April 20) -- The IKM-Manning golf teams picked up their second dual wins in as many nights Friday, scoring uncontested victories over partial varsity squads from AHSTW at the M&M Golf Club. The Wolves also won at home vs. Audubon on Thursday. The IKM-M boys posted a team score of 179 Friday, led by medalist and runner-up medalist rounds from Kyler Rasmussen (42) and Jarod Henkelman (43), who both had one birdie on the day.

 REGIONAL (April 20) -- The Harlan Community girls golf team lost a pair of dual meets last week but showed great improvement on Friday in a six-stroke loss to Kuemper Catholic. HCHS shot a 192 at the Breda Golf Course, led by Lexie Holloway’s medalist round of 42, but Kuemper was just a few strokes better with a 186. The Cyclone girls also lost at home to Glenwood Tuesday, shooting a 224 to the Rams’ 218.

 HARLAN (April 19) -- As one missed opportunity stacked on top of another for Harlan Community Thursday night, it appeared the Cyclone boys might be headed for another heartbreaking soccer loss to their northern rival. But in the 93rd minute of play - 7:19 left in the second overtime period - senior Dylan Eshelman became a sudden-death hero for the second time in 11 days. Chasing down Tanner Fink’s well-placed pass over the defense toward the

 HARLAN (April 19) -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team lost to unbeaten Shenandoah 9-0 in dual play Thursday at the Harlan high school courts. HCHS dropped to 1-4 on the season. The Fillies (5-0) only dropped a game in the number-one singles and number-one doubles matches. The closest score of the meet came at No. 1 singles, where Cyclone senior Nicole Lange lost 3-8 to Shenandoah’s Nichole Gilbert.