Softball: Fillies blast HCHS in five

 DALLAS CENTER (July 7) -- Fifth-ranked (4A) Dallas Center-Grimes erupted for 10 runs on 10 hits in the third inning last Tuesday night to hand the Harlan Community softball team an 11-0, five-inning loss.
 The Fillies (14-7 overall) capped their 10-run outburst with two-run homers by Elle Nelsen and eighth-grader Aubrey Johansen and also had four doubles among their 12 hits off Cyclone starter Emily Brouse (7-3). Brouse exited after two and two-thirds innings and Tianna Kasperbauer pitched a scoreless fourth inning of relief.
 Nelsen, Kamryn O’Brien, Johansen and Riley Hall each had a two-hit game for DC-G. Hall also pitched a shortened three-hit shutout with four Ks.
 Jordan Heese, Kasperbauer and Kate Heithoff all singled for the Cyclones.