COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Facing a team that thrives on walks and stolen bases, St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Sending 14 batters to the plate in a 10-run top of the fourth, Harlan Community hammered St.

 HARLAN -- Brett Sears pitched his second no-hitter of the year and the Harlan Community baseball team posted two crooked numbers to take care of Atlantic 10-0 in five innings Monday night (June 26) at Jim Goeser Field. Sears (5-0) struggled with his command at times as he walked six batters and also struck out six, but did not surrender a hit in five innings on the mound.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community softball team played Atlantic to a scoreless tie through four innings Monday night (June 26), but the fifth-ranked (3-A) Trojans put together back-to-back three spots in the fifth and sixth to beat the Cyclones 6-0 and complete a season sweep. After HCHS was unable to capitalize on a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the fourth, Atlantic loaded the bases via two walks and an infield hit in the next half innin

 IRWIN -- IKM-Manning held serve in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament here Tuesday (June 27), but not without a stern test from an improving AHSTW squad. Held to just three hits by Lady Vike senior pitcher Haley Constable, the third-seeded Wolves found other ways to outscore their sixth-seeded foe, 4-1, at the Irwin softball diamond. IKM-M, ranked 15th in Class 2-A as of June 22, drew six walks on the ni

 AUDUBON -- AHSTW senior Anthony Cordes outshined Audubon’s Tyler Riebhoff in a classic pitchers duel Monday night (June 26) as the fifth-seeded Vikings topped the fourth-seeded Wheelers 2-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament. Cordes (2-3) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning that was broken up by Micky Williamson’s leadoff single.

 NEOLA -- The IKM-Manning baseball team finished 1-1 in this year’s Western Iowa Conference Tournament, beating Griswold 8-7 in a first-round game before losing to second-seeded Tri-Center 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

 ELK HORN -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team moved within one win of a perfect Rolling Valley Conference season here Monday night (June 26), scoring all three of its runs in the fifth inning and holding off West Harrison 3-2. The 5th-ranked (Class 1-A) Spartans improved to 18-0 overall and 13-0 in the RVC. West Harrison (10-8, 6-7 RVC) gave the Spartans all they wanted, matching the hosts with five total hits.

 RIVERSIDE, IA -- Harlanite Gary Lemons scored a hole-in-one on June 10 while playing the Blue Top Ridge Golf Course in Riverside, south of Iowa City. Lemons used a 6-iron for the 158-yard, uphill 11th hole, a par three. It was his first “ace” and came while playing with Todd Langenfeld, Joe Zaccone and Larry Gessmann.

 HARLAN -- No longer undefeated, the Harlan Community baseball team hasn’t lost any steam as it barrels toward the final three weeks of the regular season. In a matchup of top-five teams Friday night (June 23), HCHS senior Kyle Schmitz pitched his first complete game and junior Ryan Doran homered and had the team’s only three RBI as the top-ranked (3-A) Cyclones held off No.

 HARLAN -- Morgan Schaben pitched her first career no-hitter in game one and Madison Schumacher clubbed her first career home run in game two here Thursday night (June 22) as Harlan Community swept a varsity softball doubleheader from Shenandoah, winning 5-0 and 6-2. Schaben (3-10) put it all together in the first game of the twin bill, blanking the Fillies on no hits and striking out 10 in seven innings.

 HARLAN -- The chance for a season-high four-game winning streak was there for the taking Friday afternoon (June 23), but the Harlan Community softball team was unable to seize it. Trailing Glenwood 2-1 as the two teams resumed their June 15 suspended game in the top of the fifth, HCHS missed an opportunity to tie the score and committed three costly errors that led to an 8-2 defeat. The Cyclones finished the week with a 3-3 split and took an

 IRWIN -- Just three outs removed from tying Logan-Magnolia for a possible Western Iowa Conference regular season softball title, IKM-Manning did everything but finish in Thursday’s latest clash between southwest Iowa powers. Building leads of 4-1 after four and 6-3 after five, the Wolves still led 6-5 in the seventh before Lo-Ma put together a three-run inning, capped by Kenzie Cunard’s two-run homer, and left Irwin with an 8-6 victory. The 1

 MANILLA -- The IKM-Manning baseball team was held to four hits by Audubon pitcher Josh Lange Friday night (June 23) in a 6-1 home loss to the Wheelers. Both teams wrapped up Western Iowa Conference regular season play on the night, with IKM-M finishing seventh in the standings with a WIC record of 9-9 (10-10 overall).

 MANILLA -- A five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth lifted IKM-Manning past Logan-Magnolia 7-3 Thursday night (June 22) as the Wolves earned a sweep of the season series. Jared Johnson had a huge game at the plate for IKM-M, going 4-for-4 with a grand slam home run, six runs-batted-in and three stolen bases. Nick Halbur went 3-for-3 and Chris Monson was 2-for-3, each scoring a run.