DUNLAP (June 17) -- The Spartan bats came alive for 16 hits here Monday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team beat Boyer Valley 12-2 to complete a season sweep. Three big innings keyed the win for Exira-EHK (4-7, 3-6 Rolling Valley Conference), which put together a three-run first, a three-run fourth and a four-run seventh, outhitting the Bulldogs 16-4 with six extra-base hits. Spartan seniors Cole Burmeister, Trey Nelson and J

 TREYNOR (June 17) -- Ethan Carter’s fifth-inning, two-run single gave IKM-Manning a brief 2-1 lead at Treynor Monday night, but the fourth-ranked (2A) Cardinals responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and went on to beat the Wolves 7-2 and complete a sweep of the season series. IKM-Manning was much more competitive than the first time around - a 17-1 loss in Manilla - but still fell to 3-10 in Western Iowa Conference play and 4-1

 REGIONAL (June 14) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its district baseball assignments for Class 2A and 1A schools last Friday, placing area teams AHSTW, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning in separate Class 1A districts.
Class 1A, Substate 7 Baseball
DISTRICT 13: Bedford, East Union, Griswold, Lamoni, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys, Murray, Southwest Valley.

 FORT DODGE (June 15) -- Harlan Community finished with a 1-2 record at the Fort Dodge Softball Tournament last weekend, advancing to the 11th/12th place final before thunderstorms wiped out several of the consolation games at the Rogers Sports Complex. The 14th-ranked (Class 4A) Cyclones lost to No.

 HARLAN (June 13) -- Harlan Community’s first night as a state-ranked softball team was a good one. Led by Morgan Schaben’s 27 strikeouts in a pair of complete game pitching efforts, the No.

 HARLAN (June 13) -- For the Harlan Community baseball team, Thursday night at Jim Goeser Field was a five-and-a-half hour process of one step forward and two steps back. Hosting Glenwood for a varsity doubleheader, the fourth-ranked (3A) Cyclones held the lead for all of about 10 minutes, losing to the Rams 7-4 and 12-11 in eight innings on a night in which all phases of their game - hitting, pitching, defense and base running - were suspect

 ELK HORN (June 14) -- Ninety-nine times out of 100, Josh Pettepier’s 110th and final pitch Friday night would have resulted in the 21st out and an Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton win over Coon Rapids-Bayard. Instead, the Spartans’ sixth error of the ball game allowed the tying and go-ahead runs to score and led to a frustrating 5-4 loss to the rival Crusaders. Exira-EHK, which scored all four of its runs and had three of its four hits in the third

 IRWIN (June 14) -- The IKM-Manning softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth but fell one short Friday night in an 8-7 home loss to Logan-Magnolia. The Wolves also lost by one run at Riverside, 7-6, on Thursday and are now 5-10 overall.

 HARLAN (June 11) -- During eight straight trips to the state baseball tournament and four consecutive 3A title game appearances, Harlan Community’s mantra has often centered around pitching and defense. Don’t look now, but those same two elements have played a big role in a 12-1 start for the fourth-ranked (3A) Cyclones. One day after winning a 2-1 pitchers’ duel against St. Albert, HCHS swept a home doubleheader vs.

 HARLAN (June 11) -- Fresh off a 10-run seventh inning rally and remarkable 12-7 win at sixth-ranked Denison Monday night, the Kuemper Catholic softball team arrived at H. Jack Field with a whole lot of momentum for Tuesday’s doubleheader vs.

 HARLAN (June 10) -- Back-to-back home runs by Morgan Schaben and Madison Schumacher provided the offensive highlight Monday as the Harlan Community softball team made quick work of St. Albert with a 12-0, three-inning win at H. Jack Field. HCHS scored seven first-inning runs (all unearned with two outs) and added three in the second and two in the third to win by the rule.

 HARLAN (June 10) -- St.

 KIMBALLTON (June 10) -- With three home games on the schedule this week, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball coach Ashton Koehlmoos is hopeful that her team is poised for a consistent stretch of play. So far, so good. Getting a two-hit shutout from freshman pitcher Macy Emgarten, error-free defense behind her and a fast start with the bats, the Spartans blanked Glidden-Ralston 3-0 on Monday for their third victory in four games. They made it f

 IRWIN (June 12) -- The IKM-Manning softball team scored 37 runs over three nights and went 2-1 in Western Iowa Conference games against Tri-Center and Missouri Valley. The Wolves won at T-C 15-4 on Monday, lost to Missouri Valley 12-9 in Irwin Tuesday night and crushed the Trojans 13-1 in three innings here Wednesday. Bianca Cadwell pitched all three games for the Wolves.

 ELK HORN (June 10) -- Sophomore Hunter Andersen pitched a complete game five-hitter for his first varsity win and seniors Cole Burmeister and Dawson Carey both went 3-for-4 as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team beat Glidden-Ralston 5-2 here Monday. Andersen (1-1) took a shutout into the sixth and allowed just two unearned runs, finishing his work in 95 pitches.