HARLAN -- Harlan Community swept Le Mars in a baseball doubleheader last Friday (July 7), winning game one 9-0 and holding off the Bulldogs 4-3 in the night cap. HCHS committed just one error in the two games, outhit Le Mars 19-9 overall and got solid starting pitching from Brett Sears (6-0) and Nick Foss (3-1). Game one was all Cyclones as they scored two runs each in the first four innings and totaled 12 hits.

 HARLAN (July 6) -- The Harlan Community baseball team put the finishing touches on its first Hawkeye Ten title since 2014 last Thursday, beating Glenwood 13-0 in five innings to finish with a sparkling 19-1 conference record. The Cyclones and Rams were finishing game two of a June 15 doubleheader that was suspended by rain in the bottom of the first inning.

 AVOCA (July 8) -- It was a frustrating end to a frustrating game for the AHSTW baseball team. Held scoreless for 11 innings in Saturday night’s Class 2-A district quarterfinal vs.

 MANILLA (July 8) -- IKM-Manning senior Sam Gross escaped bases-loaded jams in both the sixth and seventh innings Saturday night, helping the Wolves preserve an 8-6 win over Panorama in the opening round of the Class 2-A, District 15 baseball tournament. IKM-Manning led 7-0 after two innings but struggled to put the finishing touches on a Panther team that closed out the season 4-18 overall. Gross, the Wolves’ third pitcher of the night, enter

 FONDA (July 7) -- Talk about peaking at the right time. The St. Edmond softball team entered postseason play last week with a record of 9-17 and defeats in six of its last seven games. Five nights and three wins later, the Gaels are one step away from the state tournament. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton became St.

 HARLAN (July 6) -- In a season marked by inexperience and growing pains, the 2017 Harlan Community softball team mixed flashes of potential with youthful mistakes in a constant battle to get over the hump. The same could be said about Thursday’s Class 4-A regional quarterfinal game vs.

 TREYNOR (July 5) -- AHSTW fought gamely but ultimately came up short in last Wednesday’s Class 2-A regional quarterfinal softball game at Treynor, losing 6-4 in nine innings when Sydni Huisman delivered a two-out, two-run single for the Cardinals. The Lady Vikes trailed by two in the seventh and were down to their final out when Katie Anzalone (error) and Paige Osweiler (single) both reached safely and scored on another Treynor error to tie t

 IRWIN (July 5) -- Two different times the IKM-Manning softball team rallied back to tie Missouri Valley here Wednesday night, but the Wolves were unable to get the big hit they needed to take a lead. In the end, 12 stranded IKM-M base runners proved to be the biggest difference as the Lady Reds scored three late runs to knock off the 15th-rated Wolves, 6-3, in a Class 2-A regional quarterfinal between Western Iowa Conference foes. The final o

 GLIDDEN (July 5) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team is back in familiar territory, posting tournament wins and poised to reach its fifth regional final in six years with just one more victory. The Spartans (16-10 overall) handled their business again Wednesday with an 8-4 win over Audubon in the Class 1-A, Region 3 quarterfinal held at Glidden. They will now face an upstart Fort Dodge St.

 KIMBALLTON (July 3) -- When last week’s Senior Night game was rained out, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team rescheduled the recognition ceremony to follow Monday’s Class 1-A regional opener vs.

 AVOCA -- For the second straight season, the AHSTW softball team opened Class 2-A regional play in Avoca with a mid-game rally and ultimately a comfortable win over Southwest Valley. Last year, the Lady Vikes trailed 5-3 after three innings before rallying to beat the Timberwolves 9-5. On Monday night (July 3), AHSTW was down 4-3 in the fourth when Katie Anzalone’s two-run home run - the team’s first of the year - changed the momentum of the

 HARLAN -- Playing its first full game in nearly a week, Harlan Community scored four first-inning runs and held off Dallas Center-Grimes 5-3 here Wednesday night (July 5) in non-conference baseball action. The No. 2-ranked (3-A) Cyclones improved to 25-2 overall going into Thursday’s makeup game vs.

 HARLAN -- Eleven Harlan Community boys and girls soccer players were recognized on the 2017 Hawkeye Ten All-Conference Soccer teams released in June. The list includes eight players from the Cyclone boys team which set a school record for wins this past season, going 15-3 overall, and tied Lewis Central and Denison-Schleswig for the conference title with a 6-1 record, its first share of a Hawkeye Ten crown since 2010. The Cyclone girls, meanw

 NEOLA -- The most important meeting is still to come between the IKM-Manning and Missouri Valley softball teams, but Friday’s regular-season rubber match should certainly give the Wolves a confidence boost going into Class 2-A regional play. Showcasing an impressive mix of small ball and timely extra-base hits, IKM-M took an early 4-0 lead and added on four insurance runs in the fifth inning to beat the Lady Reds 8-2 in Friday’s Western Iowa

 NEOLA -- The Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament semifinal between IKM-Manning and Treynor ended via forfeit Thursday night (June 29) when strong thunderstorms suspended play after three innings. IKM-M led 2-1 when the game was stopped and Treynor opted to forfeit rather than returning to Tri-Center Friday night.