PORTSMOUTH -- Jennifer Arkfeld of Harlan and Noah Sellner of Sleepy Eye, MN exchanged marriage vows on June 24, 2017 at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. Father David Smith performed the 3 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Bill and Brenda Arkfeld, Portsmouth; and John and Vicki Sellner, Sleepy Eye. 

 GLENWOOD -- Perhaps it was only fitting that Curt Bladt’s 400th career coaching win came in a low-scoring, old-fashioned slobberknocker of a game with a share of the district lead up for grabs. Harlan Community and Glenwood butted heads for 48 physical minutes here Friday night, and when it was all said and done these new-school Cyclones made an old-school football coach proud, outlasting the 10th-ranked (Class 3A) Rams 17-14. HCHS improved t

 Nearly midway through his 40th season as Harlan Community’s head football coach, Curt Bladt joined exclusive company Friday night by picking up his 400th career win as the Cyclones defeated Glenwood 17-14. Only two other Iowa prep football coaches, according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association, have reached the 400-win mark. Dick Tighe, most recently the coach at Fort Dodge St.

 ATLANTIC -- The losing “streak” was only two games, but a 16-day gap between wins left the Harlan Community volleyball team feeling hungry Thursday night. The Cyclones responded with a road victory they needed to have, sweeping Atlantic 25-21, 25-15, 25-17 to even their Hawkeye Ten Conference record at 2-2. They improved to 7-3 overall. “A win is a win...

 CARROLL -- Due to heavy rain and lightning, Saturday morning’s Kuemper Catholic Cross Country Invite was cancelled and has not been rescheduled. Area teams planning to attend the meet were Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton.

 LOGAN -- One year after losing a heartbreaker vs.

 GUTHRIE CENTER -- Posting its third consecutive shutout on defense, AHSTW improved to 4-0 on the gridiron last Friday night with a 36-0 win at ACGC. Ranked seventh in Class 1A, the Vikings are tied for first place in District 7 with IKM-Manning - both teams standing 2-0 in district play. Senior quarterback R.J.

 ELK HORN -- Jayden Goodwin had a break out offensive performance with 126 rushing yards and two touchdowns last Friday night and also intercepted two passes on defense as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team evened its record at .500 with a 41-6 Homecoming win vs. Essex. The Spartans are now 2-2 overall and 1-1 in 8-Player, District 7.

 AVOCA (Sept. 14) -- Kate Wise put down 15 kills and Kinsey Scheffler added 10 here Thursday night as AHSTW handled Griswold in a four-set Western Iowa Conference volleyball match, 25-18, 25-23, 18-25, 25-19. The Lady Vikes improved to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the WIC and also went 3-1 at the West Harrison Tournament on Saturday. Collectively, AHSTW had a kill efficiency of .201 and served 87.5 percent with 10 aces against the Tigers.