KIMBALLTON -- A three-run third inning keyed Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s 4-1 softball win over Adair-Casey on Thursday as part of the Spartans’ three-game win streak to end the week. They also beat Woodbine on Wednesday and C-A-M on Thursday. Maggie Rasmussen pitched a five-hitter against the...
SHENANDOAH -- An eight-run fifth inning carried the Harlan Community baseball team to victory Thursday as the third-ranked Cyclones improved to 12-3 inside the Hawkeye Ten Conference with a 12-7 win at Shenandoah. Josh Cheek, Nick Tarney and Ryan Doran drove in three runs each for HCHS and Tarney...
HARLAN -- With all six of its hits confined to the fourth and fifth innings, Harlan Community found other ways to score during Monday night’s 12-3 baseball win over Denison-Schleswig. The Cyclones drew nine walks, were hit-by-pitch four times and stole 12 bases in a game that featured a 30-minute...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Lewis Central senior Caleb Shudak picked up his second win of the year over Harlan Community Tuesday night as the Titans beat the Cyclones 5-2 to sweep the season series. Shudak (4-1) pitched hitless ball through four innings and took a shutout into the sixth before HCHS was able...
HARLAN -- Sioux City East was in a giving mood at Jim Goeser Field Wednesday night, and Harlan Community took full advantage. Aided by six Black Raider errors in the first two innings, HCHS grabbed an early 7-0 lead and added six runs on six hits in the fourth to post a 13-2 five-inning baseball...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community softball team saw its Hawkeye Ten record fall to 5-8 earlier this week following a pair of five-inning conference losses to Denison-Schleswig and Lewis Central. HCHS (8-14 overall) lost a home game vs. the Monarchs, 15-4, on Monday before dropping a 12-2...
NEOLA -- The hits and runs just kept on piling up Tuesday night for the AHSTW softball team. Tied 1-1 after an inning, the Lady Vikes would score three or four runs in each frame the rest of the way, totaling 24 hits in a 21-8 road win over Tri-Center. The Trojans scored seven runs during the...
NEOLA -- In a back-and-forth Western Iowa Conference baseball game Tuesday night, Tri-Center answered every AHSTW challenge to post a 10-7 home win over the Vikings. After AHSTW took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second, T-C scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning. When the Vikings...
OMAHA, NEB. -- Ruby Martin, the great-granddaughter of former Shelby County residents, will swim in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials held June 26-July 3 at Omaha’s CenturyLink Center. Ruby, a 16-year-old from Coralville, is the daughter of Jeff and Lisa Martin. She is the granddaughter of...
GLENWOOD -- After letting a two-run seventh-inning lead slip away in game one of Thursday’s doubleheader at Glenwood, Harlan Community played much better baseball in the night cap to earn a Hawkeye Ten split with the Rams. Glenwood won the first game, 7-6, on Drake Harrington’s two-out, walk-off...