ATLANTIC -- Josh Cheek doubled twice and drove in four runs and Brett Sears pitched a complete game Monday night as the Harlan Community baseball team completed a regular-season sweep of Atlantic with a 10-2 road victory. The third-ranked (3-A) Cyclones put up two crooked numbers to take control - scoring four runs in the second inning and five in the fourth - and totaled 16 hits off Trojan pitchers Kolton Mudd  five innings, 15 hits) and Mas

 ATLANTIC -- Alexis Handel homered and drove in five runs Monday night as the Atlantic softball team crushed Harlan Community 10-1 to avenge an early-season loss to the Cyclones. Highlighted by a five-run second, the Trojans (18-10 overall, 10-4 Hawkeye Ten) scored in all but one inning and outhit HCHS 12-8, also taking advantage of five errors.

 AREA -- The AHSTW baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament with a pair of wins on Monday, beating Riverside 13-4 in first-round action before topping host Tri-Center 9-4 in a quarterfinal.

 SERGEANT BLUFF -- For six innings, it was simply a competitive high school baseball game between two top-10 teams with state tournament aspirations next month. The top of the seventh, however, was about as far from ordinary as it gets. When it was all said and done - following an overturned call at first base, the tying run being sent back to third, a long discussion, a protested finish and a section of lights going out - Sergeant Bluff-Luton

 AREA -- The Western Iowa Conference baseball and softball tournament pairings were released on Saturday, with the Treynor baseball and Logan-Magnolia softball teams earning this year’s top seeds based on regular-season conference records. Tournament play began Monday for baseball and will continue with the semifinals Wednesday and the finals on Friday at Manilla. The WIC Softball Tournament will begin Tuesday with first round games and quarte

 SHENANDOAH -- The Harlan Community softball team welcomed back last year’s ace pitcher and recorded its first doubleheader sweep of the season Thursday night, beating Shenandoah 11-4 and 16-2 (six innings) to improve to 7-8 inside the Hawkeye Ten Conference. Lexi Larsen and Logan Schaben both homered on the night and combined for 10 hits and 11 RBI as HCHS (11-14 overall) exploded for 40 hits and 27 runs overall.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Julia Sorfonden’s first home run of the season highlighted a three-hit, three-RBI night for the Cyclone catcher as Harlan Community won at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 11-4 in non-conference softball action on Wednesday. HCHS put up six runs in the fourth to take an 8-1 lead and added three for insurance in the seventh, outhitting the Lynx 12-6 and committing just one error on defense.

 IRWIN -- During a week in which they outscored five other opponents 89-10 over the course of seven wins, the IKM-Manning softball team may have gained the most confidence from an 8-4 loss to Logan-Magnolia Thursday night. Sixteen days after losing to the Panthers 10-2 in Logan, the 12th-ranked Wolves stayed within striking distance of Class 2-A’s No.

 KIMBALLTON -- A three-run third inning keyed Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s 4-1 softball win over Adair-Casey on Thursday as part of the Spartans’ three-game win streak to end the week. They also beat Woodbine on Wednesday and C-A-M on Thursday. Maggie Rasmussen pitched a five-hitter against the Bombers, walking one and striking out eight.

 SHENANDOAH -- An eight-run fifth inning carried the Harlan Community baseball team to victory Thursday as the third-ranked Cyclones improved to 12-3 inside the Hawkeye Ten Conference with a 12-7 win at Shenandoah. Josh Cheek, Nick Tarney and Ryan Doran drove in three runs each for HCHS and Tarney belted his first home run of the year to go with a double and three runs scored. HCHS led 11-1 after five and a half innings before the Mustangs (6-

 HARLAN -- With all six of its hits confined to the fourth and fifth innings, Harlan Community found other ways to score during Monday night’s 12-3 baseball win over Denison-Schleswig. The Cyclones drew nine walks, were hit-by-pitch four times and stole 12 bases in a game that featured a 30-minute lightning delay prior to the fifth. Brett Sears (4-0) battled through four innings on the mound to earn the win, allowing five hits and three runs.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Lewis Central senior Caleb Shudak picked up his second win of the year over Harlan Community Tuesday night as the Titans beat the Cyclones 5-2 to sweep the season series. Shudak (4-1) pitched hitless ball through four innings and took a shutout into the sixth before HCHS was able to plate a pair of runs.

 HARLAN -- Sioux City East was in a giving mood at Jim Goeser Field Wednesday night, and Harlan Community took full advantage. Aided by six Black Raider errors in the first two innings, HCHS grabbed an early 7-0 lead and added six runs on six hits in the fourth to post a 13-2 five-inning baseball win in non-conference action. It was just the second game outside the Hawkeye Ten all year for the 3rd-ranked (3-A) Cyclones, who also routed Sioux C

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community softball team saw its Hawkeye Ten record fall to 5-8 earlier this week following a pair of five-inning conference losses to Denison-Schleswig and Lewis Central. HCHS (8-14 overall) lost a home game vs. the Monarchs, 15-4, on Monday before dropping a 12-2 decision at LC Tuesday night.

 NEOLA -- The hits and runs just kept on piling up Tuesday night for the AHSTW softball team. Tied 1-1 after an inning, the Lady Vikes would score three or four runs in each frame the rest of the way, totaling 24 hits in a 21-8 road win over Tri-Center. The Trojans scored seven runs during the third and fourth innings to cut the margin to 8-5 and 11-8, but the Lady Vikes scored 10 unanswered the rest of the way.