AHSTW’s Bella Lamp and Clara Pace, along with IKM-Manning’s Anna Stangl, Keagan Eischeid, and Taylor Beckendorf took home basketball awards for their efforts this season.
Stangl won first team, Lamp and Eischeid made second team, and Beckendorf and Pace took home honorable mention.

HCHS Senior Grace Albertsen will continue her education and basketball career at Iowa Western.
“It’s pretty cool,” Albertsen said. “If you had asked freshman me if I was going to go play basketball in college, I probably would’ve laughed and said no. Looking back, I’m glad I decided to and I’m excited for the next three years.”
Albertsen said Iowa Western made her feel at home.

The AHSTW Lady Vikings track and field team are back in action , practicing for the upcoming season set to begin in a few weeks.
“As a group, I think we are all very ready for this season,” said Viking Head Coach Traye Pelzer. “We have a lot of goals for improvement and are excited to get started.”
Pelzer and his assistant coach, Kinsey Scheffler, have been highlighting what will be key to performing their best on race day.

The AHSTW Vikings boys track and field team is preparing for another season, and despite the small roster, Head Coach Jackson Renberg is excited to have the season start.
“The group we have is about 15 kids in total, but they have all been working hard and gradually progressing so far this season,” Renberg said.
Renberg is expecting leadership from returning team members, including Jett Peterson and Luke Sternberg.

A new season is right around the turn for the HCHS Cyclones girls track and field team and they’ve been practicing for a week at Merrill Field.
“I’m very excited for this track season,” said Senior Lindsey Sonderman. “There is something special about our team and some of my favorite high school memories have been on the track with them so I’m very grateful for another season of that.”

HCHS Senior Aubrey Schwieso will continue her education and basketball career at Northwestern College.
“I’m just really excited,” Schwieso said. “It’s pretty cool to see all my hard work is paying off. I’m excited to see it come to life. I can’t wait to get up to Northwestern.”
Schwieso believes the private Christian college in Orange City is the perfect place for her.

The IKM-Manning Wolves girls track and field team is back at practice preparing for a new track and field season.
“We are extremely excited,” said Wolves Head Coach Emma Konkler-Petersen. “The girls ended the last season on a high note, and have been talking about this season since track ended last spring. We lost only three seniors and gained 14 freshmen.”

Practicing at Merrill Field, the HCHS boys track and field team is gearing up for a new track and field season set to begin in a few weeks.

UNDERWOOD - With 1.2 seconds remaining in regulation trailing by one to the Treynor Cardinals, the Exira-EHK Spartans were hoping for a last second shot to punch their ticket to the state tournament. The Spartans came up empty when Sophomore Taryn Petersen missed a shot attempt, losing 45-44 ending their season.

The ACGC Chargers came out of the gate and immediately set the tone In Tuesday’s 1A – 8 game against the IKM-Manning Wolves, starting with a 22-1 run and ending with a 83-56 win to end the Wolves’ season. 

Monday marked the end of the season and the end of an era for the Harlan Community High School boys basketball team. The Cyclones took a first round exit in Regional play against the Glenwood Rams, losing a close battle 57-56. It was the final game in the long and storied career of Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn, who recently announced his retirement.

In his final appearance for the Harlan Community Cyclones, Senior Jesse Jens finished in eighth place at the state meet at Wells Fargo Arena, capping off an extraordinary wrestling career.

With less than three minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Class 2A - Region 7 Second Round Game against the MVAOCOU Rams, Exira-EHK Sophomore Taryn Petersen stepped up to the free line with her team trailing by one, making both free throws to give the Spartans their first lead of the game, en route to a 49-48 victory.

The HCHS Cyclones rolled into Carroll Thursday night closing out their regular season with a 62-56 win for their ninth win of the season.
“We have a little bit of momentum going right now,” said Cyclone Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “We’re peaking at the right time. Obviously we would’ve loved to start that a few weeks earlier. We’re playing good basketball right now.”

HCHS Senior Addison Obrecht has signed a Letter of Intent to wrestle at Morningside University.
“I’ve had a lot of emotions over these last few months, but it all is kind of coming to a head right now,” Obrecht said. “It’s kind of cool to see my progress throughout this year and for me only wrestling under a year, this is a big moment and it means more to me than anyone will ever know.”