FORT DODGE (June 20) -- Harlan Community won two out of three games at Saturday’s Fort Dodge Softball Tournament, defeating Sioux City East 3-0 and Bishop Heelan 7-6 before falling 12-0 in six innings to top-ranked (5A) Fort Dodge. HCHS, listed 13th in the latest Class 4A softball rankings, finished the week with a 5-1 overall record.HCHS 3, Sioux City East 0 Emily Brouse pitched a two-hit shutout with four walks and 11 strikeouts on Saturday

 GLENWOOD (June 18) -- Three Hawkeye Ten Conference games have resulted in three shutout wins for the Harlan Community softball team. Newly ranked at 13th in Class 4A, the Cyclones beat Glenwood 3-0 on Thursday afternoon in a game that was halted by rain in the bottom of the sixth.

 GLENWOOD (June 18) -- Harlan Community responded to a one-hour rain delay with seven runs in the fifth and got four solid innings of relief pitching from junior Trey Gross Thursday afternoon to top Glenwood 11-5 in Hawkeye Ten baseball action. The 10th-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones finished the opening week of the season with a 2-1 record - overall and in conference play - while the Rams dropped to 1-1. Glenwood led 4-2 in the home half of the t

 KIMBALLTON (June 19) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team improved  to 3-0 in the Rolling Valley Conference with home wins of 9-4 over Boyer Valley Thursday and 8-0 vs.

 ELK HORN (June 19) -- It was a tough opening week on the baseball diamond for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, ending with Friday’s 12-1 home loss to fifth-ranked (1A) Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Spartans took CR-B the full seven innings after falling behind 6-0 in the first, but managed just three hits off three Crusader pitchers, struck out 12 times and committed five errors. Earlier in the week, Exira-EHK lost 15-1 to CAM, 5-0 at West Harrison and 1

 AREA (June 22) -- All across the state last week, Iowa baseball and softball teams became the first preps in the nation to “play ball” since COVID-19 shut down the sports world in March. From social distancing to disinfecting game balls that are touched by spectators, this year’s early-season games have marked an adjustment period for players, coaches and umpires as everyone adapts to the new health guidelines and rules. “You do what you’ve g

SHELBY COUNTY CONFIRMED CASES:  107Recovered:  72  
Negative:  459 
Pending:  4
 
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    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools is close to finalizing its Return to Learn plan as required by the Iowa Department of Education, and will submit by the July 1 deadline and share details with the district patrons shortly thereafter.    The plan is critical to the success of districts as they look to get back to learning following spring shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and are designed to help the district meet any challenges t

    HARLAN -- Highlights from the HCHS Graduation Ceremony at Merrill Field Sunday, June 28.