KIMBALLTON -- Phyllis (Petersen) Miller of Audubon will be honored at an open house in honor of her 90th birthday on Sunday, May, 7, from 1-4 p.m. at the Kimballton Town Hall. The celebration will be hosted by her family. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    Cards will also reach her if sent to 1002 North Division St., Audubon, IA 50025. Phyllis is a 1945 graduate of Harlan High School.

    DES MOINES -- Sarah Conry and Joseph Hahn both of Des Moines exchanged marriage vows at Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines on November 12, 2016. Pastor Weiss performed the 3 p.m.

 DENISON -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team’s impressive shutout streak came to an end Thursday night when the Cyclones were blanked by Denison-Schleswig, 4-0. Sophomore Cesar Rodriguez scored a three-goal hat trick for the Monarchs and assisted their other goal as Denison became the first team all year to score on the 14th-ranked (2-A) Cyclones, who had outscored their first four opponents by a combined 11-0. The Monarchs’ combination o

 DENISON -- The Denison-Schleswig girls scored five goals in the final 26 minutes Thursday night to pull away from Harlan Community, 8-4, in a high-scoring Hawkeye Ten Conference soccer match. HCHS, which trailed 3-0 late in the first half, rallied to tie the score (3-3) with 28:34 remaining but couldn’t put the brakes on Denison’s capable offense the rest of the way. Monarch sophomore Alex Mohr scored five goals for the second straight game a

 WAUKEE -- Nick Foss earned a spot in the Drake Relays’ long jump Thursday night (April 20), placing second at the Waukee Boys Invitational for Harlan Community’s top performance of the meet. On the final night to improve times and distances for Drake, Foss went two and a half inches farther than his previous best in the long jump, topping out at 21-9 to secure his ticket to “America’s Athletic Classic” later this week.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Harlan Community won four events and scored 69 points to place fifth at Thursday’s Council Bluffs Girls Track Invitational at the Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex. HCHS coach Doug Renkly scaled back the workload for many of his top runners and left some events unentered as the Cyclones looked to rest up for Monday’s Swede Johnson Cyclone Relays in Harlan. Led by a four-gold night from sophomore standout Darby Thomas, Council

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior Jessica Phipps has signed a letter of intent to join the Morningside College women’s bowling team in the fall of 2017. Jessica is the daughter of Donald and Nancy Phipps, Harlan. Phipps becomes the fourth Cyclone bowler in the last two years to sign with Morningside, joining Bailey Portwood, Elizabeth Stroud and Joshua Grote from the class of 2016.

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community won two out of three doubles matches to outlast Shenandoah, 5-4, in boys tennis action here Thursday, improving its dual record to 5-4 with three regular-season meets remaining. Two days after losing a 5-4 heartbreaker to Glenwood, the Cyclones split their six varsity singles matches with the Mustangs before taking care of business in doubles play. The combo of Isaac Stitz and Alec Plagman dominated their No.

2017 HCHS Girls Tennis ScheduleThurs., April 6    at Denison-Schleswig (Lost 9-0)Tues., April 11    vs. Lewis Central (Lost 8-1)Thurs., April 13    at Audubon (Won 9-0)Mon., April 17    vs. Kuemper Catholic (Lost 9-0)Tues., April 18    at Glenwood (Lost 9-0)Thurs., April 20    at Shenandoah (Lost 9-0)Sat., April 22    Atlantic Trojan Tournament (4th Place)Mon., April 24    vs. Atlantic (V/JV), 4:30Tues., April 25    vs. St.