SIOUX CITY (June 19) -- Connor Bruck and Brett Sears both pitched complete games and Harlan Community plated clutch late-inning runs to sweep a baseball doubleheader at Sioux City East, 6-3 and 5-2, on Wednesday. The fourth-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones, who were rained out at Lewis Central Tuesday, improved to 14-3 overall while the Raiders fell to 13-7. Game one was tied 3-3 late before HCHS scored one run in the sixth and two more in the seve

 IRWIN (June 19) -- Katie Anzalone’s two-run homer in the seventh inning put the finishing touches on AHSTW’s 12-1 Western Iowa Conference softball win at IKM-Manning Wednesday night. Kailey Jones pitched a four-hitter for the Lady Vikes, who improved to 9-8 overall and 7-5 in the WIC with their second win of the year over the Wolves (5-12, 4-10 WIC). Bianca Cadwell took the loss, allowing nine hits but just two earned runs as IKM-Manning comm

 DOW CITY (June 17) -- Freshman Macy Emgarten pitched a one-hit shutout and junior Kami Waymire belted a solo home run as part of a 3-for-3 night, leading the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team past Boyer Valley 9-0 on Monday. Emgarten (7-8) struck out 10 and walked four, beating the Bulldogs for the second time this season. The Spartans improved to 7-2 in Rolling Valley Conference play and 8-9 overall, blowing the game open with a five-r

 MISSOURI VALLEY (June 17) -- The AHSTW softball team built a 5-0 lead after two innings and held off Missouri Valley 6-4 Monday, snapping a six-game losing skid and going back over .500 in the Western Iowa Conference. Katie Anzalone led the Lady Vikes’ six-hit attack, going 3-for-4 with three stolen bases and two runs scored.

 MISSOURI VALLEY (June 17) -- AHSTW rallied past the Missouri Valley baseball team for the second time this season Monday night, scoring three runs in the top of the seventh to beat the Big Reds 3-2. The Vikings also beat Mo.

 DUNLAP (June 17) -- The Spartan bats came alive for 16 hits here Monday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team beat Boyer Valley 12-2 to complete a season sweep. Three big innings keyed the win for Exira-EHK (4-7, 3-6 Rolling Valley Conference), which put together a three-run first, a three-run fourth and a four-run seventh, outhitting the Bulldogs 16-4 with six extra-base hits. Spartan seniors Cole Burmeister, Trey Nelson and J

 TREYNOR (June 17) -- Ethan Carter’s fifth-inning, two-run single gave IKM-Manning a brief 2-1 lead at Treynor Monday night, but the fourth-ranked (2A) Cardinals responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and went on to beat the Wolves 7-2 and complete a sweep of the season series. IKM-Manning was much more competitive than the first time around - a 17-1 loss in Manilla - but still fell to 3-10 in Western Iowa Conference play and 4-1

    KIMBALLTON -- Julie A. Mortensen, Kimballton, died Thursday, June 27 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Wednesday, July 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.         Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 2 from 3-8 p.m.

 REGIONAL (June 14) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its district baseball assignments for Class 2A and 1A schools last Friday, placing area teams AHSTW, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning in separate Class 1A districts.
Class 1A, Substate 7 Baseball
DISTRICT 13: Bedford, East Union, Griswold, Lamoni, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys, Murray, Southwest Valley.