Sports
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...
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. Creston, Clarinda...
AVOCA (June 22) -- Peyton Gross pitched a one-hit shutout and Grace Youngren blasted a solo home run Friday night as the 2nd-ranked (2A) IKM-Manning softball team blanked AHSTW 4-0 to sweep the season series. Gross struck out seven Lady Vike batters, walked one and hit one while recording her 10th...
AVOCA (June 22) -- IKM-Manning plated a pair of unearned runs in the top of the seventh Friday night to rally past the AHSTW baseball team, 2-1, in Western Iowa Conference action. The Wolves snapped a five-game losing skid in the process, improving to 4-12 overall and 4-10 in the WIC as junior...
AREA (June 25) -- The annual Western Iowa Conference Baseball and Softball Tournaments will be held this week, with the championship games slated for Thursday night in softball and Friday night in baseball. The 2nd-ranked (2A) IKM-Manning softball team, last year’s WIC Tournament champion, is...
ELK HORN (June 21) -- Cole Madsen went 3-for-3 and Tyler Petersen pitched six innings for the win Thursday as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak by topping Boyer Valley 9-4 in the rain. The Spartans (4-8 overall, 3-7 in the Rolling Valley Conference)...
HARLAN (June 18) -- Ryan Doran’s two-run homer highlighted a three-run first inning and Harlan Community pulled away with four runs in the fifth to beat Denison-Schleswig 9-3 in a midday Monday baseball game at Jim Goeser Field. The third-ranked (3A) Cyclones’ 12th straight victory completed a...
HARLAN (June 18) -- Denison-Schleswig ace pitcher Sarah Heilesen shut out the Harlan Community softball team on just one hit Monday and helped her own cause with a homer and three RBI as the 7th-ranked (4A) Monarchs blanked the Cyclones 6-0 to sweep the season series. Heilesen walked two and...
AUDUBON (June 19) -- It’s been fun, but individual milestone season is officially over for the Gross family and IKM-Manning softball. The only business at hand now is to keep winning games. IKM-M senior Peyton Gross, just five days after earning career pitching win number 100, surpassed 1,000...
VAIL (June 19) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team started fast with a four-run first inning and was able to hold off Ar-We-Va 7-4 here Tuesday to complete a Rolling Valley Conference sweep of the Rockets. Eighth-grade pitcher Macy Emgarten (6-7) worked all seven innings for the win,...
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