HARLAN (June 15) -- Revenge is a dish best served in five. Twelve days after issuing 14 walks in an ugly 8-5 loss at Denison-Schleswig, the Harlan Community baseball team needed just five innings to avenge the Monarchs, 12-2, at Jim Goeser Field Tuesday night. Finishing things off with six runs in the bottom of the fifth, the Cyclones played one of their best all-around games of the year and snapped a three-game conference losing streak. Soph

 HARLAN (June 15) -- Jordan Heese had a four-hit game, Julia Schechinger popped a late home run and Tianna Kasperbauer pitched a two-hit gem here Tuesday night as the Harlan Community softball team beat Denison-Schleswig 11-1 in six innings to sweep the season series. Winning its fourth straight Hawkeye Ten Conference game, HCHS built momentum for the rest of an extremely busy week and improved to 13-5 overall and 8-2 in league play. The Cyclo

 KIMBALLTON (June 14) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team picked up a 5-1 non-conference home win over Nodaway Valley on Monday, improving to 15-3 overall. Junior Macy Emgarten pitched all seven innings on the mound, allowing four hits and striking out 11.

 ELK HORN (June 14) -- Boston DeVault’s first-inning three-run homer set the tone for Nodaway Valley Monday night as the Wolverines put up four crooked numbers in a 14-4 baseball win at Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton. It was a mistake-filled non-conference game for the Spartans, who committed five errors, walked seven batters and hit five more in dropping to 6-7 overall. Nodaway added three runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and four in the seve

 AVOCA (June 14) -- The AHSTW baseball team won 12-2 Monday night at Riverside in five innings and lost by the same score at home to Treynor Tuesday night in six. The Vikings seized command of the Riverside game by scoring four runs in the third, five in the fourth and three in the fifth, outhitting the Bulldogs 12-3. Nick Denning had three hits and scored three runs to lead the offense.

 GLENWOOD (June 14) -- Harlan Community softball pitchers Tianna Kasperbauer and Emily Brouse stole the show in Monday’s doubleheader sweep at Glenwood, striking out a combined 25 batters and allowing no earned runs as the Cyclones handled the Rams 10-0 and 7-1. Kasperbauer (5-1) pitched a three-hit shutout in game one, racking up 15 strikeouts and walking none.

 GLENWOOD (June 14) -- Harlan Community was swept by Glenwood in a Hawkeye Ten baseball doubleheader on Monday night, losing 3-1 in game one and 7-6 in game two on a walkoff two-run single by Ram freshman Kayden Anderson. Glenwood improved to 6-6 overall and 5-5 in conference play and went over .500 the next night vs. Creston.

 HARLAN (June 14) -- It’s a mouthful to say, and it was a handful for the Denison-Schleswig softball and baseball teams Tuesday at JJ Jensen Park. Harlan Community defeated the Monarch softball team 11-1 in six innings late Tuesday afternoon, followed by the HCHS baseball team scoring a 12-2 five-inning victory.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (June 10) -- Fifteen up, fifteen down. Harlan Community’s Emily Brouse pitched a five-inning perfect game with 12 strikeouts here Thursday night as the Cyclone softball team finished a tough week on a high note, defeating St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (June 10) -- A somewhat promising start was derailed by more free bases Thursday night as the Harlan Community baseball team lost a 10-4 decision at 2nd-ranked (1A) St.

 AVOCA (June 11) -- The AHSTW softball team capped a 4-0 week on the diamond with Friday night’s hard-fought 4-3 win over Tri-Center. The Lady Vikes improved to 10-6 overall and 8-2 in the Western Iowa Conference, putting them in third place behind Underwood (8-0) and Logan-Magnolia (7-1).

 GUTHRIE CENTER (June 12) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team improved to 14-3 on Saturday night, holding off a late comeback to beat ACGC 8-5. Leading 3-2 after three, the 12th-rated (1A) Spartans seemed to take control with a five-run outburst in the fifth but allowed three unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh before hanging on for the non-conference win. Macy Emgarten pitched a three-hitter for Exira-EHK, striking out eight

 UNDERWOOD (June 10) -- The fifth-ranked (2A) Underwood softball team scored five runs in the first and added eight in the second to finish off IKM-Manning 13-1 in three innings Thursday night. The Eagles improved to 11-0 on the season while the Wolves dropped to 0-9. Jessica Christensen went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead IKM-Manning and Brooke Booth hit a double.

 AVOCA (June 11) -- The Tri-Center baseball team completed a season sweep of AHSTW here Friday night as senior Leyton Nelson pitched a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts in the Trojans’ 5-0 win over the Vikings. Prior to the night cap, T-C put the finishes touches on a 23-1, four-inning victory over AHSTW - a game that was suspended by inclement weather on May 25. Friday’s full game saw Nelson (2-0) hold the Vikings to three hits: a double by Nic

 WOODBINE (June 11) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team snapped a three-game losing skid and got back to the .500 mark overall (6-6) Friday night with a 4-2 win at Woodbine. Senior Tyler Petersen pitched a one-hitter for the Spartans, striking out 11 Tiger batters while walking just one and hitting one. Exira-EHK trailed 2-1 before scoring two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth.