ANITA -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team lost to CAM 7-2 in a Class 1A district quarterfinal game July 13 and finished the season 10-12 overall. The Spartans scored two runs in the top of the first but the host Cougars answered with four in the bottom of the inning and scored three insurance runs in the fifth. Exira-EHK senior Josh Pettepier took the loss, allowing seven hits and four earned runs in a complete game effort.

 HARLAN (July 19) -- Three wins removed from a potential ninth straight trip to state, the Harlan Community baseball team opens district tournament play Friday night against an opponent that will have its full attention. Atlantic (7-17) takes on the fifth-ranked Cyclones (24-7) in the second of two Class 3A District 15 semifinals at Jim Goeser Field. Winterset (21-7) will face Carroll (13-15) at 5:00 p.m.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (July 15) -- The Harlan Community baseball team let leads of 5-0 and 8-6 slip away on Monday night at Abraham Lincoln, falling to the Lynx 9-8 in a back-and-forth non-conference affair. The game ended in ugly fashion in the bottom of the seventh after AL’s Hunter Nice hit a leadoff single.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (July 16) -- As soon as AHSTW’s Joel Sampson rifled a bases-clearing triple to the fence in the top of the first, the tone for the night - offense - was set. The Vikings continued to hit the ball well and fought admirably the rest of the way, but never slowed down St.

 ONAWA (July 12) -- When the bats came alive for the AHSTW softball team last Friday, the Lady Vikes scored four sixth-inning runs to pull within 8-5 of West Monona. The drama would be short-lived, however, as the 4th-ranked Spartans answered with six runs on seven hits in the bottom of the sixth to finish off the Lady Vikes 14-5 in a Class 2A regional semifinal. West Monona finished the game with 18 hits and was also aided by AHSTW’s six erro

 FONDA (July 12) -- Seven errors proved extremely costly for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton last Friday night as the Spartans lost an 8-1 decision in a Class 1A, Region 2 softball semifinal at 4th-ranked Newell-Fonda. Exira-EHK, which totaled just one less hit (7-6) than the Mustangs, finished 13-15 overall without a senior on the roster.

    ELK HORN -- Former Harlan resident Lucille Winther will mark her 98th birthday on July 31. A card shower is planned in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to Salem Lutheran Homes, P.O. Box 358, Elk Horn, IA 51531.

    BONDURANT -- Maci Sue Lane of Ankeny and Garrett Jay Andersen of Council Bluffs were married on April 28, 2019 at the Irishman Acres Clover Barn in Bondurant. Pastor John Wagner of the Ankeny First United Methodist Church performed the 1 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Scott and Pam Lane, Ankeny; and Darin and Lori Andersen, Council Bluffs

 BOONE (July 13) -- At the halfway point of Saturday’s Class 4A regional softball semifinal, Harlan Community and Boone appeared destined for a down-to-the-wire finish. Thirty minutes later, the Cyclones could only reflect on how quickly it all came unraveled. The host Toreadors led 1-0 as they came to bat in the bottom of the fourth - a nightmare of a half inning for HCHS that finally ended when Boone walked off the field with a 12-0, mercy-r