HARLAN -- Approximately 130 Harlan Community football players in grades 7-12 attended this year’s Cyclone Camp of Champions at Merrill Field August 2-6. The high school camp, which included about 70 players, was held Monday-Friday during the morning while the middle school camp was held Monday-Thursday in the afternoon. High school practices will begin on Monday, August 9, the Lions Club intrasquad scrimmage will be Thursday, Aug.

 AREA -- AHSTW senior Blake Holst and three Harlan Community players - juniors Alex Monson and Joey Moser and senior Isaiah Ahrenholtz - have been named to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s 2021 All-District baseball teams. Holst (Class 2A) and Monson (Class 3A) are both first-team Southwest District selections while Moser and Ahrenholtz are second-team selections. Blake Holst, AHSTW, sr.

 DES MOINES (Aug. 3) -- The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association announced its 2021 all-state baseball teams on Tuesday, naming three teams per class and four captains. The teams were selected during a virtual meeting with sports writers and coaches from around the state. This year’s senior captains include Blaine Harpenau of Remsen St.

 AREA -- Four local softball players have been recognized as 2021 All-District selections by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association. Harlan Community senior Emily Brouse was named to the Class 4A West District team, AHSTW junior Ally Meyers made the Class 2A Southwest District team and two Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton players - junior Macy Emgarten and sophomore Shay Burmeister - made the Class 1A Southwest District team.

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 PORTSMOUTH -- The Iowa Western Baseball League’s annual All-Star Game will be played Wednesday, August 4, at the Portsmouth ball park.

 CARROLL (July 26) -- Tri-Center fought back gamely on multiple occasions Monday night but ultimately fell two runs short, losing to Alburnett 8-6 in a Class 1A State Baseball Tournament quarterfinal held at Merchants Park. The third-seeded Trojans closed an outstanding season with an overall record of 28-3 while the sixth-seeded Pirates (29-9) moved on to the semifinal round and lost to St.

 HARLAN -- Mike Hansen, Mark Zaccone and Joe Zaccone are this year’s club champions at the Harlan Golf and Country Club following championship tournament play on Sunday, July 25. All three divisions played 18 holes. Joe Zaccone, a multi-time champion in Harlan, won the Men’s Open Division, Mark Zaccone won the Men’s Senior Division (ages 50-64) and Hansen won the Men’s Super Senior Division (65 and over).

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Golf and Country Club held its annual Couples Weekend Tournaments on July 10-11. This year’s championship flight winners were Steve and Stacy Davis on Saturday, July 10, and Dan and Jan Kramer on Sunday, July 11. Both tournaments employed an alternate shot format and all ties were broken by handicap holes. The top five place-winners from each flight were as follows.

 COUNTY -- Broghan Kelly, Sharon Gubbels and Ken Leinen were this year’s winners at the Rosman Glendale Shelby County Golf Course championship tournament, held Sunday, July 18. On a perfect day for golf, all three divisions saw excellent participation numbers. Kelly won the Men’s Championship Division for the first time and will represent the golf course at the 63rd annual Tournament of Champions in Atlantic August 13-15.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Swim Team, under the direction of first-year coach Levi Culp, finished an undefeated 2021 summer campaign, capped by impressive first-place finishes in both the girls and boys divisions of the Western Iowa Swim League conference meet July 10 in Avoca. Harlan also won nine regular season meets during June and July and its teams combined to win 31 events at the conference meet.

 PORTSMOUTH (July 25) -- The Portsmouth town team built a 5-0 lead after three and won 8-7 on Eric Croghan’s walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, beating Council Bluffs in the Iowa Western Baseball League Tournament championship game here Sunday. Brett Sears earned the win in relief for Portsmouth while Alex Johnson took the loss. Down 5-0 after five, Council Bluffs rallied back and used a four-run top of the eighth to surge ahead 7

 GILBERT (July 19) -- They didn’t decide the final outcome, but the result of each team’s leadoff at-bat set a subtle tone for Monday night’s Class 3A, Substate 8 baseball semifinal between Harlan Community and third-ranked Gilbert. In the top of the first inning, HCHS junior Joey Moser put a charge in the ball, sending Tiger center fielder Owen Blumhagen on a dead sprint to his right.

 GILBERT (July 19) -- The Harlan Community baseball program said goodbye to seven seniors following Monday’s 7-1 substate semifinal loss at third-ranked Gilbert. The large senior group includes three full-time starters in outfielders Isaiah Ahrenholtz and Ben Muenchrath and first baseman Kelby Lasher; a first-year starting pitcher in Thomas Ernst; and reserves Chase Wilwerding and Tyler Mumm.

 PORTSMOUTH -- Top-seeded Portsmouth will take on Council Bluffs in the championship game of the 2021 Iowa Western League Baseball Tournament on Sunday, July 25, at the Portsmouth ball diamond. Game time is 2:00 p.m. Both teams advanced to the title game with semifinal wins last week.July 13: Council Bluffs 11, Walnut 0 (7) Winning pitcher Logan Dirgo struck out 15 Walnut batters in his team’s seven-inning semifinal victory.