HARLAN (June 17) -- Cal Wanninger’s three-run homer in the top of the seventh gave Kuemper Catholic the insurance it would need to hold off Harlan Community 9-6 Thursday night in Hawkeye Ten baseball action at Jim Goeser Field. The Cyclones trailed 5-0 before scoring three runs in the third and were down 9-3 when they put up another three-spot in the bottom of the seventh. It wasn’t enough, though, to prevent the Knights from sweeping the sea

 MANILLA (June 18) -- The Logan-Magnolia baseball team blasted four home runs early, scored in every inning and pulled away late to beat IKM-Manning 18-5 in a Western Iowa Conference game Friday night. The Wolves trailed just 9-5 after five before Lo-Ma scored the final nine runs, including six in the top of the seventh. The Panthers utilized the long ball to score their first five runs as Joe Hedger and Tre Melby hit back-to-back jacks in the

 OAKLAND (June 17) -- IKM-Manning completed a season sweep of Riverside in WIC baseball action Thursday, building an early 5-0 lead and holding off the Bulldogs 8-5 to notch its third conference victory. The Wolves’ 13-hit attack included two hits each by Brody Blom, Max Nielsen, Conner Richards, Cooper Perdew and Kaiden Barry.

 UNDERWOOD (June 17) -- Freshman Jack Vanfossan went 3-for-4 with six RBI and three runs scored Thursday night to lead the Underwood baseball team past AHSTW 15-3 in five. The Eagles improved to 14-1 overall, hitting 10 singles and a double and taking advantage of seven Viking errors.

 HARLAN (June 17) -- Harlan Community won its fifth consecutive Hawkeye Ten softball game on Thursday night, holding off a determined Kuemper Catholic squad 5-3 at H.

 IRWIN (June 18) -- The Logan-Magnolia softball team scored two runs in the top of the first inning and continued to chip away here Friday, beating IKM-Manning 13-1 in five. The Wolves, who dropped to 0-13 on the year, finished with just two hits as Alexis Gruhn and Zoey Melton both ripped hard-hit doubles in the third inning. Freshman Ella Richards took the loss, allowing 11 hits but just two earned runs in five innings.

 AVOCA (June 15) -- Kailey Jones pitched a complete game six-hitter and Natalie Hagadon led the offense with five RBI as the AHSTW softball team handled Treynor 10-1 last Tuesday night in Avoca. Jones allowed just one Cardinal run on the night, issued no walks and struck out six. Hagadon finished 2-for-4 with a triple at the plate, scoring twice and driving in five.

 LOGAN (June 16) -- Harlan Community senior Emily Brouse outdueled Logan-Magnolia freshman Abby Hiatt Wednesday night as the Cyclones scored the game’s only run in the sixth inning to edge the Panthers 1-0. Brouse pitched a one-hit shutout, walked two and struck out 12 while Hiatt pitched a three-hitter for Lo-Ma, walked one and struck out four.

 HARLAN (June 15) -- Revenge is a dish best served in five. Twelve days after issuing 14 walks in an ugly 8-5 loss at Denison-Schleswig, the Harlan Community baseball team needed just five innings to avenge the Monarchs, 12-2, at Jim Goeser Field Tuesday night. Finishing things off with six runs in the bottom of the fifth, the Cyclones played one of their best all-around games of the year and snapped a three-game conference losing streak. Soph

 HARLAN (June 15) -- Jordan Heese had a four-hit game, Julia Schechinger popped a late home run and Tianna Kasperbauer pitched a two-hit gem here Tuesday night as the Harlan Community softball team beat Denison-Schleswig 11-1 in six innings to sweep the season series. Winning its fourth straight Hawkeye Ten Conference game, HCHS built momentum for the rest of an extremely busy week and improved to 13-5 overall and 8-2 in league play. The Cyclo

 KIMBALLTON (June 14) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team picked up a 5-1 non-conference home win over Nodaway Valley on Monday, improving to 15-3 overall. Junior Macy Emgarten pitched all seven innings on the mound, allowing four hits and striking out 11.

 ELK HORN (June 14) -- Boston DeVault’s first-inning three-run homer set the tone for Nodaway Valley Monday night as the Wolverines put up four crooked numbers in a 14-4 baseball win at Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton. It was a mistake-filled non-conference game for the Spartans, who committed five errors, walked seven batters and hit five more in dropping to 6-7 overall. Nodaway added three runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and four in the seve

 AVOCA (June 14) -- The AHSTW baseball team won 12-2 Monday night at Riverside in five innings and lost by the same score at home to Treynor Tuesday night in six. The Vikings seized command of the Riverside game by scoring four runs in the third, five in the fourth and three in the fifth, outhitting the Bulldogs 12-3. Nick Denning had three hits and scored three runs to lead the offense.

 GLENWOOD (June 14) -- Harlan Community softball pitchers Tianna Kasperbauer and Emily Brouse stole the show in Monday’s doubleheader sweep at Glenwood, striking out a combined 25 batters and allowing no earned runs as the Cyclones handled the Rams 10-0 and 7-1. Kasperbauer (5-1) pitched a three-hit shutout in game one, racking up 15 strikeouts and walking none.

 GLENWOOD (June 14) -- Harlan Community was swept by Glenwood in a Hawkeye Ten baseball doubleheader on Monday night, losing 3-1 in game one and 7-6 in game two on a walkoff two-run single by Ram freshman Kayden Anderson. Glenwood improved to 6-6 overall and 5-5 in conference play and went over .500 the next night vs. Creston.