ATLANTIC (June 4) -- Harlan Community suffered its first conference loss of the season at eighth-ranked (Class 3A) Atlantic last Tuesday, falling just short in a back-and-forth 6-5 grinder featuring four lead changes in a three-inning span. Trailing 2-0 after one, the Cyclones rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth and went ahead 5-4 in the fifth but were unable to hold on against the defending Hawkeye Ten champions, who took the

Kenneth Boell, 76, Manilla was born Feb. 3, 1943 the son of Paul and Helen (Baumhover) Boell. He grew up near Manilla.
Kenny died at Amelia Place in Council Bluffs on June 13, 2019 at the age of 76 years, four months and 10 days.
See a PDF below of their obituary, if one was provided by the family or funeral home.
 

 ATLANTIC (June 4) -- A 6-0 lead nearly slipped away in the late innings Tuesday night, but the Harlan Community baseball team was able to hold on and escape Atlantic with a 7-5 Hawkeye Ten win. Trailing 6-0, the Trojans mounted a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth off Cyclone reliever Joey Moser, then loaded the bases in the seventh against Riley Kohles before the game ended on a nice running catch by center fielder Jon Owens. The fift

 HARLAN (June 3) -- The high-scoring Harlan Community bats were finally silenced Monday at Jim Goeser Field as Lewis Central’s Drake Nettles and Easton Dermody combined on a four-hitter and the Titan baseball team held off the fifth-ranked (3A) Cyclones 3-1. After scoring at least eight runs in each of its first six games, HCHS (6-1, 4-1 H-10) managed just four singles and an unearned run off the Titans’ top two pitchers and wasted a golden op

 HARLAN (June 4) -- Madison Schumacher and Emily Brouse both belted a home run and Morgan Schaben pitched a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts Monday as the Harlan Community softball team blew out Lewis Central 10-0 in six innings. HCHS scored three runs in the first inning, tacked on single tallies in the next four frames and finished off LC with a three-run sixth to snap a six-game slide against the struggling Titans, who dropped to 2-8 overall a

 ATLANTIC (June 1) -- Harlan Community finished 3-0 and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton went 1-2 with a win over Lewis Central at last Saturday’s Atlantic Softball Tournament.HCHS 8, Panorama 2 - The Cyclones trailed 2-1 early but put up crooked numbers in the third inning (2 runs), fourth (3) and sixth (2) to take control. HCHS tallied 13 hits in the contest, including a pair of doubles by Madison Schumacher (3 RBI) and one double each for Kate Hei

 IRWIN (June 4) -- IKM-Manning split a pair of Western Iowa Conference softball games earlier this week, winning 5-0 at Audubon Monday and losing to Underwood 7-2 here Tuesday night.IKM-M 5, Audubon 0 Freshman Bianca Cadwell pitched a two-hit shutout for the Wolves with five strikeouts and two walks and also chipped in with a hit and RBI at the plate during Monday’s 5-0 win at Audubon. IKM-Manning took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and pulled

Exira-EHK 9, Tri-Center 5 ELK HORN (May 31) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton took a 4-1 lead after two innings and answered every Tri-Center challenge the rest of the way last Friday night, scoring three runs in the fourth and two in the sixth to beat the Trojans 9-5. Offensive leaders for the Spartans included Josh Pettepier with two singles, two walks and two RBI, Tyler Petersen a single and two RBI and Cole Burmeister a single, two stolen bases

 AVOCA (June 1) -- The AHSTW softball team placed first in its three-team, round-robin tournament last Saturday, beating Fremont-Mills 13-0 in four innings and also shutting out Sidney 5-0 in the afternoon. Sidney beat F-M 13-1. The Lady Vikes’ five and six hitters - Kailey Jones and Ally Meyers - both finished 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and one RBI vs.