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 Spartan center fielder Rachel Walker connects for a double on Monday night.
 CHARTER OAK -- For the fourth time in the last five years, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s softball season has ended in the Class 1-A regional finals. The Spartans lost to Charter Oak-Ute, 15-2, on Tuesday in a Region 7 final that started Monday night but was suspended by a heavy thunderstorm. CO-U...
 Exira-EHK courtesy runner Trey Nelson rounds third base to score a run on Tuesday.
 COON RAPIDS -- As the lone senior on Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s baseball team, Brady Hansen wasn’t quite ready for his final season to end, especially without longtime head coach Tony Petersen in the dugout. Hansen certainly did his part to keep the season alive, pitching a complete game with...
 IKM-M catcher Jacob Thraen looks to throw out a runner at first.
AUDUBON -- IKM-Manning was defeated by CAM, 4-1, in a Class 1-A district quarterfinal baseball game on Tuesday. The Wolves finished the season 11-13 overall.  See Tuesday’s Harlan Tribune for more details.
 Standing next to his wife Anita and her daughter, Maggie Dargy, Harlan driver Mike Nichols (second from left) holds the congratulatory banner he received from the U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus, Neb., after earning his 400th career race win in the IMCA Stock Car Division June 23. Members of Nichols’ pit crew include Josh Nielsen (far left), Stan Nichols (Mike’s father), Justin Gessert and Mike Dierks. (Photo courtesy of Dave Schraeder, Schraeder Photography)
 COLUMBUS, NEB. -- Another win, another milestone. Harlan driver Mike Nichols won his division-best 400th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature on June 23 at U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus, Neb. The victory was his 13th in a row and 26th in 29 starts this season. Better yet, it came with a $400 bonus and...
IKM-Manning’s Katelyn Crawford slides home safely with a second-inning run as Panorama catcher Lydia Knapp is unable to grab an errant throw to the plate.
 IRWIN -- When IKM-Manning scored four runs in the top of the second inning - aided by a crafy bunting game and three Panorama errors - the Wolves appeared well on their way to victory in last Friday’s Class 2-A, Region 2 softball semifinal. Undaunted by the situation, however, a youthful Panthers...
Exira-EHK shortstop Sophia Peppers looks to throw out a River Valley base runner during Friday’s regional win. (Photo courtesy of Caleb Nelson, Audubon County Advocate Journal)
 CORRECTIONVILLE -- A three-run third inning was all it took for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Friday night as the Spartan softball team knocked off 10th-ranked River Valley, 3-2, in a Class 1-A, Region 7 semifinal. Exira-EHK scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the third and staved off a...
 HCHS senior Logan Schaben connects for a base hit during Thursday’s Class 4-A regional game at Glenwood. Schaben later added a two-run homer and scored three times in the Cyclones’ 7-5 loss. (Photo by Mike Oeffner)
 GLENWOOD -- Following a regular season marred by injuries and inconsistency, the Harlan Community softball team refused to go down without a fight in its final game. Putting together perhaps their best all-around performance of the summer, the Cyclones scored first and battled back twice in...
AHSTW senior Wyatt Anzalone dives toward home plate ahead of a throw from the outfield to score the Vikings’ only run in Saturday night’s 4-1 district loss to OA-BCIG. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 IDA GROVE -- Facing one of the top pitchers in western Iowa, Anthony Cordes and the AHSTW baseball team never backed down. Cordes craftily matched OA-BCIG ace Ben Dotzler through five scoreless innings and the Vikings scratched out a run in the top of the sixth to take a 1-0 lead in Saturday night...
 LE MARS -- The Harlan Community baseball team won a pair of high-scoring games at Le Mars Friday night, sweeping the Bulldogs 13-9 (in eight innings) and 11-7 in a varsity doubleheader. Ranked third in Class 3-A, the Cyclones improved to 23-4 overall with two regular-season games remaining. They...
Lady Vike first baseman Taylor Madden records a putout on Southwest Valley’s Kendra Top. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
 AVOCA -- The AHSTW softball team earned its first regional win since 2012 last Tuesday night, scoring six unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings to beat Southwest Valley, 9-5, in Class 2-A first-round action. The Lady Vikes were ousted by Earlham the following night, 17-4 (see separate...

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