MACOMB, ILL. -- For the second straight year, Westphalia native Dillon Sears was part of a record-breaking season for the Western Illinois University baseball team. Sears played in 34 games and started 29 times - mostly at second base and shortstop - for the Fighting Leathernecks, who finished 22-...
STATE -- Led by first team selection Morgan Schaben of Harlan Community, five area softball players have been recognized on the Iowa Girls Coaches Association 2019 All-State softball teams. A second-team selection last year, Schaben moved up to the Class 4A first team this summer following an...
WAUKEE -- Harlan Community senior pitcher Morgan Schaben competed in the 35th annual Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association All-Star Softball Series last Monday (July 29) at Waukee High School. Schaben was selected to play for the Red All-Star Team, which finished 1-1 against the Blue and the White. ...
CARROLL -- Harlan Community senior Brett Sears has been selected to play for the Small Schools West squad in the 2019 Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series, set for Thursday-Sunday, August 8-11. This year’s all-star games will be played at Merchants Park in Carroll. Sears...
PORTSMOUTH -- Justin Schaben and Heath Stein both hit a home run and Stein also earned the win on the mound as Portsmouth defeated Persia 6-4 in the championship game of the Iowa Western League Baseball Tournament on Sunday, July 28. Portsmouth outhit Persia 13-8 in the game and both sides...
Hawkeye Ten All-Conference Baseball
FIRST TEAM*Brett Sears, HCHS, sr., P/SS*Connor Bruck, HCHS, jr., Pitcher*Ethan Bernard, St. Albert, sr., P/CF*Chase McLaren, Atlantic, sr., P/IFGavin Gillam, Creston, jr., CatcherJack Mendlik, Denison, jr., P/OFCade Van Ness, Glenwood, sr., P/CColton Schutte,...
REGIONAL -- Kylie Powers of Irwin competed well in two rounds of qualifiers for the Drive, Chip & Putt Championships during the past month at Omaha and Fort Dodge. Powers, the daughter of Tom and Sherry Powers and an incoming freshman at IKM-Manning High School this fall, placed third overall...
BENNINGTON, NEB. -- Earling native Scott Heese has been named the 2018-2019 Nebraska Coaches Association Hudl Baseball Coach of the Year for all classes. Heese was presented his award on July 21 at the NCA Awards Banquet in Lincoln. Coaches of the year are selected by their peers for service to...
AREA -- Five players from AHSTW and three from Harlan Community were named to the 2019 Boys All-State Soccer teams released in June by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. The list of area honorees includes four first-teamers: Seth Kiesel, Brayton Tuma and Adrian Herrera from AHSTW and...
MISSOURI VALLEY -- Sixty-three members of the Harlan Community Summer Swim Team competed in the Western Iowa Swim League conference meet on Saturday, July 13, at Missouri Valley. Harlan scored 1,278.5 points and won its 13th straight conference crown by a dominating margin to continue its recent...