HARLAN (June 22) -- Sophomore pitchers Alex Monson and Joey Moser combined on a no-hitter Monday night as the Harlan Community baseball team outlasted Denison-Schleswig 2-0 at Jim Goeser Field. The 10th-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones scored the game’s only two runs in the third inning and managed just five hits off Monarch pitcher Evan Turin, who walked two and struck out nine in six innings. Monson (1-0), making his second start of the season, t

 HARLAN (June 23) -- Tuesday’s Hawkeye Ten baseball game at Jim Goeser Field shaped up to be an outstanding pitchers’ duel between senior aces Connor Bruck of Harlan Community and Easton Dermody of Lewis Central. Dermody held up his end of the bargain with a five-inning, three-hit shutout and 11 strikeouts.

 HARLAN (June 23) -- The Harlan Community softball team maintained its share of first place in the Hawkeye Ten Conference earlier this week with home wins of 4-2 over Denison-Schleswig Monday night and 8-3 against Lewis Central on Tuesday. The 13th-ranked (Class 4A) Cyclones improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play, tied for first place with Atlantic.

 AVOCA (June 23) -- AHSTW’s first seven games of the softball season have featured a mixed bag of results, in both execution and the win-loss column. But the final inning of Tuesday’s 3-2 win against Missouri Valley may have offered a sneak peak at how this year’s Lady Vikes are truly capable of playing. As junior pitcher Kailey Jones put the finishing touches on a four-hitter, AHSTW’s defense saved its best for last against the Lady Reds. The

 AVOCA (June 23) -- AHSTW set the tone with a three-run first inning Tuesday night and went on to beat Missouri Valley 5-2 in Western Iowa Conference baseball action. The Vikings’ third win in a row improved their record to 3-1 (all WIC games) while the Big Reds fell to 0-4 in the WIC and 0-5 overall. AHSTW senior pitcher Joey Cunningham allowed two unearned runs in the top of the second but was otherwise in control in his five innings on the

 VAIL (June 24) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team’s red-hot start continued earlier this week with a pair of Rolling Valley Conference road wins. The Spartans routed Glidden-Ralston 11-1 in five innings Tuesday in a game that was postponed 24 hours due to rain, then shut out Ar-We-Va in Vail 8-0 on Wednesday behind Macy Emgarten’s 15-strikeout performance. Exira-EHK is now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the RVC. A six-run fourth inning ou

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    REGIONAL - A socially distanced two-mile hike will take place on Saturday, July 4 at 9 a.m. at Prairie Rose State Park according to Christina Roelofs, Shelby County and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Naturalist.      “We will meet at the park office and take the trail around the east side of the lake.  This hike is approximately two miles,” she said.    All are invited.

    HARLAN -- Ruth Ann Barry, 87, Harlan, formerly of Irwin, died June 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Monday, July 6 at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Irwin with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Sunday, July 5 from 4-7 p.m.