HARLAN -- Eleven games into the soccer season, only two teams have managed to find the back of the net against Harlan Community. Defensive shutout number nine was posted Monday night (May 8) at Merrill Field when the Cyclone boys earned their most impressive win yet with a 1-0 decision over Lewis Central. The game’s only score came in the 23rd minute when HCHS junior Tanner Fink’s corner kick curled back toward the net and was deflected in by

 HARLAN -- One night after suffering a 10-0 loss at the hands of Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, the Harlan Community girls soccer team picked up a much-needed 6-1 home win over AHSTW in non-conference action on Tuesday (May 9). Kylee Hinz and Haley Arkfeld scored two goals each for the Cyclones while freshman Lucy Borkowski and senior Michaela Bissen both scored their first goal of the season. Bissen also had two assists in the match as HCHS

 SHENANDOAH -- The Harlan Community boys golf team evened up its final dual record at 4-4 and perhaps gained some momentum for postseason play Tuesday night (May 9) with a triangular sweep over Shenandoah and Red Oak at the American Legion Country Club (par 35) in Shenandoah. Led by Ross Petersen’s runner-up medalist round of 37, which included a key eagle on the par-5 seventh hole, HCHS outshot the host Mustangs by a single stroke, 156-157, w

 HARLAN -- On a warm and windy day for golf, the Harlan Community boys struggled to post any standout scores on their home course and slipped to eighth place in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament held Monday (May 8) at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. HCHS finished 26 strokes behind the H-10 champion Atlantic Trojans, posting a team score of 351 as all six Cyclone golfers placed between 20th and 40th among the 65-player field. Ryan DeMott

 RED OAK -- Playing without their number one golfer in the lineup, the Harlan Community girls scored a 433 and placed eighth in Monday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament at the Red Oak Country Club. Senior Kristen Ferry led the Cyclones with a round of 98 (52-46) on Red Oak’s hilly 18-hole course, junior Ellen Keast shot a 110 and freshmen Kayla Powers and Haley Manz added rounds of 112 and 113, respectively. HCHS did not have the services of

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior Caleb Rasmussen signed a national letter of intent on April 14 to join the men’s basketball program at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City. Caleb is the son of Randy and Carmen Rasmussen, Jacksonville, and plans on majoring in business. Rasmussen is a 10-time letter winner for the Cyclones with three letters in basketball, three in football, three in track and one in tennis.

 HARLAN -- Allowing just one shot on goal while taking 14 of its own, the Harlan Community boys soccer team blanked Carroll 2-0 on Senior Night at Merrill Field last Thursday (May 4). Levi Culp scored the Cyclones’ first goal with 26:26 left in the first half - assisted by Tanner Fink - and Dylan Eshelman scored off a scramble in the box with 23:39 left in the second half.

HARLAN - Arrangements are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home for Annie E. Valline, 55,  who died  Friday, May 19.    She is survived by her husband Todd Valline of Harlan; daughter, Talia Valline, Chagrin Falls, OH and son, Jacob Valline, Las Vegas, NV; grandchildren Ayden and Kail; mother Barbara McCune, Sun City, AZ, sister Carrie (Steve) Nebel, Peoria, AZ.    A private family service will be held at a later date.

ELK HORN -- Carolyn Kintner, 88, Elk Horn, died May 19 at the Salem Lutheran Nursing Home.  She was a longtime Harlan resident.    Services will be held Tuesday, May 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service was held Monday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Monday from 5-8 p.m.