RED OAK (June 28) -- Setting the tone with a 14-run top of the first in game one, the Harlan Community baseball team clinched its second straight Hawkeye Ten Conference title Thursday night with a doubleheader sweep at Red Oak, winning 22-3 (in four innings) and 7-2. Originally scheduled to be played in Harlan, the games were moved to Red Oak due to a heavy morning rain at Jim Goeser Field. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones sent 20 batters to the plate

 OAKLAND (June 28) -- With the regular season and conference tournament officially in the books, the IKM-Manning softball team is ready to start a new winning streak just in time for postseason play. The previous streak - an impressive 16-gamer - ended late Thursday night as ninth-ranked (2A) Logan-Magnolia held off the second-ranked Wolves 7-5 in the championship game of the Western Iowa Conference Tournament. Moved from Logan to Oakland due

 OAKLAND (June 28) -- IKM-Manning outhit Riverside 18-1 in a Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament semifinal game Thursday, beating the Bulldogs 11-1 in six innings to advance to the championship later that night. The Wolves hit the ball all over the diamond for 16 singles and two doubles.

 AREA -- The AHSTW softball team will open regional play Tuesday (July 3) and Harlan Community will start its postseason trail Thursday night (July 5). The Lady Vikes (8-14) will play at Underwood in a Class 2A, Region 2 quarterfinal on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

 NEOLA (June 26) -- The IKM-Manning baseball team defeated Griswold 5-4 in the first round of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament last Tuesday before losing a tight 2-0 decision vs. top-seeded Tri-Center in the quarterfinals. Amos Rasmussen went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three stolen bases in the win over Griswold. Senior Jared Johnson pitched six innings of one-hit ball and had the Wolves’ only hit against Tri-Center.

 HARLAN (June 27) -- The Harlan Community baseball team picked up its first walk-off win of the season last Wednesday, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh off Sioux City West reliever Ray Ray Douglas to rally past the Wolverines 5-4 at Jim Goeser Field. HCHS trailed 4-0 after an inning and a half before chipping away and extending its winning streak to 17 games. Still down 4-3 with three outs to go, Jared Moser led off the Cyclone se

 REGIONAL (June 27) -- The Harlan Community baseball and softball teams both picked up exciting non-conference wins over Sioux City schools on Wednesday night. The Cyclone baseball team rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to get past Sioux City West 5-4 at Jim Goeser Field, running their win streak to 17 games and improving to 19-2.

 HARLAN (June 26) -- There were plenty of positives to go around Tuesday night as the Harlan Community baseball team swept a doubleheader from St.

 HARLAN (June 26) -- The Harlan Community softball team notched its fourth doubleheader sweep in Hawkeye Ten Conference play here Tuesday, beating St.

 NEOLA (June 27) -- A long line of AHSTW baseball teams with more experience and more wins have fallen short of where this year’s young Viking squad nearly landed on Wednesday evening. One night after outscoring second-seeded Underwood 19-13 in the first round of the Western Iowa Conference Tournament, the seventh-seeded Vikings were just a break or two shy of winning again vs.

 ATLANTIC (June 25) -- Reagan Pellett’s sixth-inning grand slam put the finishing touches on Atlantic’s 8-2 softball win over Harlan Community Monday afternoon as the 7th-ranked (3A) Trojans moved closer to wrapping up a Hawkeye Ten Conference title. HCHS managed just two singles against Atlantic ace Ally Anderson, who walked one and struck out six.

 ATLANTIC (June 25) -- Connor Bruck pitched a four-hitter to earn his fifth win of the year and the Harlan Community baseball team broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the sixth to win at Atlantic 4-1 on Monday afternoon. After scoring just one unearned run against Trojan starter Chase McLaren through five, HCHS got to reliever Chase Mullenix for three runs on Jared Moser’s two-run single and Ryan Doran’s sacrifice fly. Moser finished with three

 HARLAN -- Nine Harlan Community boys soccer players and two Cyclone girls have been recognized on the 2018 Hawkeye Ten All-Conference teams released in June. The list of HCHS boys includes four first-team selections. Senior midfielders Drew Voge and Tanner Fink were both unanimous first-teamers while senior forward Dylan Eshelman and senior goalie Keaton Jones were also named to the first team.

 SERGEANT BLUFF (June 22) -- It wouldn’t be an official trip to Sergeant Bluff for the Harlan Community baseball team without some seventh-inning peculiarity. Two years ago, HCHS finished a 4-3 loss to Sergeant Buff-Luton playing under protest when the tying run was sent back to third base despite an overturned ‘out’ call at first that kept the Cyclone seventh inning alive.

 SHENANDOAH (June 21) -- The Harlan Community softball team continued its run of success against the southern half of the Hawkeye Ten Conference on Thursday, sweeping a doubleheader at Shenandoah by scores of 7-2 and 13-0 in four innings. HCHS is now 7-1 in varsity twin bills vs.