CLARINDA -- The Harlan Community softball team finished the week on a high note Thursday, crushing 29 total hits in a doubleheader sweep at Clarinda with wins of 19-1 in three innings and 14-1 in five. HCHS outhit the winless Cardinals 29-3 overall as four players - Kaylie Briggs, Molly Gubbels, Morgan Schaben and Madison Parman - notched at least two hits in each game.

 AVOCA -- IKM-Manning scored seven runs in its final two at-bats to pull away from AHSTW for a 13-5 softball win Friday night, improving to 9-1 in the Western Iowa Conference (11-3 overall). The Lady Vikes matched the Wolves early on, answering IKM-M’s three-run top of the first with three in the bottom half and tying the score a second time with two runs in the third.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW baseball team plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past IKM-Manning 4-3 in Western Iowa Conference action Friday night. Trailing by a run in the sixth, Gabe Pauley and Preslyn Grobe reached base for the Vikings and a throwing error allowed courtesy runner Brody Langer to score the tying run.

    HARLAN -- Marilyn Fox, 68, Harlan, died June 9 at her home.    Services were held Monday, June 12 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Cuppy’s Grove Cemetery.    Fox is survived by her husband, Bobby J.

    ELK HORN -- Agnes Ann Riesgaard, 83, Elk Horn, died June 9 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 13 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  A prayer service was held Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Visitation was Monday from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Irene A. Greer, 91, Harlan, died June 10 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan.    Services will be held Wednesday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service will be held Tuesday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- William “Bill” Frank True, 85, Avoca, died June 9 at his home.    Services will be held Wednesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. at United Church of Avoca with inurnment at a later date at the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  A prayer service will be held Tuesday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Visitation is Tuesday from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Leonard Petsche, 83, Harlan, died June 10 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services will be held Thursday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Wednesday, June 14 from 3-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Michael Ray Robinson, 69, Harlan, died June 7 at his home.    No services are planned.    Robinson is survived by his wife, Sheryl Robinson, of Boone; daughters Kaylee Robinson and Emily Robinson, both of Boone; and sister Lori Cronin of Lees Summit, MO.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.