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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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