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,...
AUDUBON (June 19) -- The IKM-Manning baseball team took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning but was held scoreless the rest of the way in a 6-2 loss at Audubon on Tuesday. The Wolves’ home games vs. Treynor Monday and Tri-Center Wednesday were both rained out. No make-up dates have been...
LOGAN (June 19) -- AHSTW was held to just three singles by Logan-Magnolia’s Joel Richardson Tuesday night and finished on the short end of a 3-1 decision in Western Iowa Conference baseball action. The Panthers (9-11 overall, 7-8 WIC) scored two runs in the first and added one more in the third...
LOGAN (June 15) -- For six innings Friday night, IKM-Manning put runners all over the bases but couldn’t break through against Logan-Magnolia softball pitcher Reanna Rife. Down to their last three outs, the Wolves responded like a senior-laden, 2nd-ranked team is supposed to, scoring six runs in...
GRISWOLD (June 15) -- AHSTW capped a 2-2 week on the baseball diamond Friday night by outscoring Griswold 13-6 in Western Iowa Conference play. The Vikings improved to 6-7 overall and 4-7 in the WIC, taking the lead for good with five runs in the top of the fourth and pulling away with two in the...
AVOCA (June 14) -- Just three outs away from victory, AHSTW surrendered five runs in the top of the seventh and lost to Underwood 7-4 in Western Iowa Conference softball action Thursday night. The Lady Vikes led 3-2 after six innings before the Eagles plated five runs on four hits in their final...
LOGAN (June 15) -- Wyatt Wohlers laced a game-winning RBI single to the left field fence Friday night, lifting Logan-Magnolia past the IKM-Manning baseball team 5-4 in a back-and-forth Western Iowa Conference game. The Wolves, who led 1-0 early, tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth and 4-4 in the...
IRWIN (June 14) -- Exactly one week after IKM-Manning’s Joy Gross secured career coaching win number 700, daughter Peyton Gross notched a big milestone of her own Thursday night at the Irwin softball diamond. Pitching 11 quality innings and helping her own cause with five hits at the plate, Gross...
FORT DODGE (June 15-16) -- Close losses and low-scoring games were a common theme for the Harlan Community softball team this past weekend as the Cyclones finished 16th at the Fort Dodge Invitational with an 0-4 record. HCHS lost to 10th-ranked (5A) Fort Dodge 6-1 Friday in a first round game...