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HARLAN -- With the end of the regular season looming closer, the Harlan Community softball team is still searching for a level of defensive consistency that will keep them competitive on a nightly basis. One of the Cyclones’ biggest downfalls all summer - defensive miscues - reared its ugly head...
HARLAN -- When it comes to facing Sioux City baseball teams, the 2016 Harlan Community Cyclones have arguably fared as well as any squad in program history. HCHS improved to 3-0 against the Sioux City schools late Wednesday afternoon, beating West 10-0 in a rainy five-inning affair behind Nick...
ATLANTIC -- Josh Cheek doubled twice and drove in four runs and Brett Sears pitched a complete game Monday night as the Harlan Community baseball team completed a regular-season sweep of Atlantic with a 10-2 road victory. The third-ranked (3-A) Cyclones put up two crooked numbers to take control...
ATLANTIC -- Alexis Handel homered and drove in five runs Monday night as the Atlantic softball team crushed Harlan Community 10-1 to avenge an early-season loss to the Cyclones. Highlighted by a five-run second, the Trojans (18-10 overall, 10-4 Hawkeye Ten) scored in all but one inning and outhit...
AREA -- The AHSTW baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament with a pair of wins on Monday, beating Riverside 13-4 in first-round action before topping host Tri-Center 9-4 in a quarterfinal. The 7th-seeded Vikings (11-10 overall) were unable to...
SERGEANT BLUFF -- For six innings, it was simply a competitive high school baseball game between two top-10 teams with state tournament aspirations next month. The top of the seventh, however, was about as far from ordinary as it gets. When it was all said and done - following an overturned call...
AREA -- The Western Iowa Conference baseball and softball tournament pairings were released on Saturday, with the Treynor baseball and Logan-Magnolia softball teams earning this year’s top seeds based on regular-season conference records. Tournament play began Monday for baseball and will continue...
SHENANDOAH -- The Harlan Community softball team welcomed back last year’s ace pitcher and recorded its first doubleheader sweep of the season Thursday night, beating Shenandoah 11-4 and 16-2 (six innings) to improve to 7-8 inside the Hawkeye Ten Conference. Lexi Larsen and Logan Schaben both...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Julia Sorfonden’s first home run of the season highlighted a three-hit, three-RBI night for the Cyclone catcher as Harlan Community won at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 11-4 in non-conference softball action on Wednesday. HCHS put up six runs in the fourth to take an 8-1 lead...
IRWIN -- During a week in which they outscored five other opponents 89-10 over the course of seven wins, the IKM-Manning softball team may have gained the most confidence from an 8-4 loss to Logan-Magnolia Thursday night. Sixteen days after losing to the Panthers 10-2 in Logan, the 12th-ranked...
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