EARLHAM -- The Earlham softball team hit three home runs and gradually pulled away from AHSTW over the last five innings Wednesday night, ending the Lady Vikes’ season, 17-4, in a Class 2-A, Region 8 quarterfinal. AHSTW scored all four of its runs in the bottom of the third, pulling within 6-4 as...
IRWIN -- Led by a big night from the “Smash Sisters” combo of Abbey Youngren and Vanessa Freese, the IKM-Manning softball team took care of business in Wednesday’s postseason opener, beating Sioux Central 12-4 in a Class 2-A, Region 2 quarterfinal at Irwin. Youngren and Freese combined for seven...
KIMBALLTON -- Maggie Rasmussen pitched a one-hit shutout and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s bats came alive in the late innings Wednesday night as the Spartans advanced in tournament softball action with a 10-0 Class 1-A regional quarterfinal win over CAM. One day after beating Adair-Casey 11-1 in...
KIMBALLTON -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team didn’t waste any time taking control of Tuesday’s Class 1-A regional opener vs. Adair-Casey, scoring six first-inning runs en route to an 11-1, six-inning victory. The Spartans sent 10 batters to the plate and notched six hits during their...
DALLAS CENTER -- All in all, it was a good 62nd birthday for Harlan Community baseball coach Steve Daeges. Daeges’s Cyclones improved to 21-4 on Wednesday night with a 4-2 road win over Dallas Center-Grimes, and it just happened to be the 600th career victory for the Cyclone head coach. Now in his...
CLARINDA -- The Harlan Community baseball team wrapped up a 17-3 season in Hawkeye Ten Conference action and also notched their 20th victory overall Tuesday night, posting a 10-3 win at Clarinda. Kyle Juhl (4) and Josh Cheek (3) combined for seven RBI in the game and four Cyclone pitchers combined...
SIOUX CITY -- Clinging to a late 2-1 lead, the Harlan Community softball team surrendered eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and lost Tuesday’s regular-season finale, 9-2, at Sioux City East. The Cyclones took a 13-22 overall record into Thursday night’s Class 4-A regional quarterfinal...
CARROLL -- Portsmouth native and current University of North Texas golfer Ross Martens won the championship flight of the Carroll Amateur Golf Championship last month, holding off Matthew Walker (Ottumwa, University of Iowa) by one stroke over 54 holes. Competing in the June 11-12 event for the...
TREYNOR -- The final score was a bit misleading, but there is no questioning the champion of the Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament. Top-ranked (2-A) Logan-Magnolia was its typical sound and steady self during Thursday night’s WIC Tourney title game at Treynor, producing key two-out hits...
TREYNOR -- Led by Abbey Youngren’s six-RBI game, the top third of IKM-Manning’s lineup put together a monster performance Thursday as the Wolves handled Treynor 12-2 in a Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament semifinal shortened to five innings. IKM-M scored five runs in the second inning...