HARLAN -- The first 12 games of the season have certainly been a “Jekyll and Hyde” roller coaster ride for the Harlan Community softball team, perhaps summed up best by Thursday’s doubleheader split with Clarinda. After easily defeating the Cardinals in three innings, 12-0, in game one, HCHS took...
EARLHAM -- Junior Alex Amaral pitched a three-hit gem on the mound and got plenty of run support Friday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team improved to 5-1 overall with a 9-1 non-conference win at Earlham. Amaral (3-0) allowed one run in seven innings, walked none and racked up 12...
AVOCA -- Jared Johnson pitched a complete game two-hitter and the IKM-Manning baseball team rallied for three runs in the final two innings Friday night to post a 5-3 road win over AHSTW. The Wolves capped a 2-2 week on the diamond and improved their record to 5-5 overall and 5-3 in the Western...
AVOCA -- IKM-Manning sophomore Peyton Gross and AHSTW junior Haley Constable both pitched a three-hitter Friday night, but it was Gross and the Wolves who came out on top, 3-1, in Western Iowa Conference softball action. IKM-M, which blew out the Lady Vikes 11-0 in both teams’ league opener May 24...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community 2016 graduate Jordyn Moser signed a letter of intent earlier this spring to join the women’s basketball program at Morningside College in Sioux City. Moser will be joining one of the top NAIA Division II programs in the nation as the Mustang women have made 14 straight...
HARLAN -- Head coach Brooke Schaben didn’t even hesitate when asked if the Harlan Community softball team had just played its best game of the season. “Easily ... by far,” Schaben said after the up-and-down Cyclones handled unbeaten and 15th-rated (3-A) Atlantic, 8-2, at H. Jack Field Tuesday...
HARLAN -- Through the first two weeks of the baseball season, Harlan Community trailed exactly one time - by one run, for one half-inning - in rolling to a 6-0 start. So after losing to Lewis Central Monday night and trailing Atlantic 7-4 in the sixth inning on Tuesday, it was finally time to see...
ELK HORN -- Senior Brady Hansen pitched a three-hit shutout with four walks and 13 strikeouts Wednesday night and also drove in two runs, leading the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team to a 5-0 home win over West Harrison. The victory improved the Spartans to 4-1 in the Rolling Valley...
HARLAN -- Lewis Central pounded out 19 hits and drew nine walks at H. Jack Field Monday night, using a seven-run fourth inning and a six-run seventh to rout the Harlan Community softball team, 18-6. The Titans, ranked 15th in Class 4-A, improved to 13-1 overall and a perfect 7-0 in the Hawkeye Ten...
LOGAN -- The IKM-Manning baseball team improved to 4-4 overall on Tuesday night with an 11-5 win at Logan-Magnolia. A six-run top of the third keyed the victory for the Wolves, who totaled 13 hits and walked seven times.