AUDUBON -- Early errors proved costly for the IKM-Manning baseball team last Tuesday as CAM grabbed an early four-run lead and beat the Wolves, 4-1, in a Class 1-A district quarterfinal game held at Audubon. The Cougars (23-5) scored two runs in the first and two in the third (all unearned) and...
CHARTER OAK -- After scoring a combined 18 runs and splitting its two-game regular-season series with Charter Oak-Ute, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team liked its chances going into last Monday’s Class 1-A regional final. But the rubber match was simply not meant to be for the Spartans. ...
HARLAN -- For the Harlan Community baseball team, it’s time to wipe the slate clean. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones saw their 10-game winning streak come to a close during Wednesday’s regular season finale at Jim Goeser Field, losing 6-3 to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. But starting Friday, the Tee...
HARLAN -- Highlighted by Brett Croghan’s second home run of the year, Harlan Community answered Abraham Lincoln’s three-run top of the sixth with a four-spot in the bottom half Monday and held on for a 5-4 home win over the Lynx. The game was tied 1-1 after five before both teams got the bats...
CHARTER OAK -- For the fourth time in the last five years, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s softball season has ended in the Class 1-A regional finals. The Spartans lost to Charter Oak-Ute, 15-2, on Tuesday in a Region 7 final that started Monday night but was suspended by a heavy thunderstorm. CO-U...
COON RAPIDS -- As the lone senior on Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s baseball team, Brady Hansen wasn’t quite ready for his final season to end, especially without longtime head coach Tony Petersen in the dugout. Hansen certainly did his part to keep the season alive, pitching a complete game with...
AUDUBON -- IKM-Manning was defeated by CAM, 4-1, in a Class 1-A district quarterfinal baseball game on Tuesday. The Wolves finished the season 11-13 overall. See Tuesday’s Harlan Tribune for more details.
COLUMBUS, NEB. -- Another win, another milestone. Harlan driver Mike Nichols won his division-best 400th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature on June 23 at U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus, Neb. The victory was his 13th in a row and 26th in 29 starts this season. Better yet, it came with a $400 bonus and...
IRWIN -- When IKM-Manning scored four runs in the top of the second inning - aided by a crafy bunting game and three Panorama errors - the Wolves appeared well on their way to victory in last Friday’s Class 2-A, Region 2 softball semifinal. Undaunted by the situation, however, a youthful Panthers...
CORRECTIONVILLE -- A three-run third inning was all it took for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Friday night as the Spartan softball team knocked off 10th-ranked River Valley, 3-2, in a Class 1-A, Region 7 semifinal. Exira-EHK scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the third and staved off a...