LE MARS (July 6) -- Winning 4-0 and 14-9, Harlan Community swept a non-conference baseball doubleheader at Le Mars on Friday, improving to 25-3 with three games left in the regular season. The top-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones got a combined four-hit shutout from Brett Sears and Riley Kohles in game one, then stormed out to a 13-3 lead and hit seven doubles in the night cap. Le Mars, which has now lost six straight games and 11 out of 15, droppe

 HARLAN (July 5) -- Senior Jacob Bartley used just 71 pitches to hurl a two-hit shutout here Thursday as the Harlan Community baseball team put the finishing touches on its second straight Hawkeye Ten Conference title with an 8-0 win over Shenandoah. HCHS, which won the H-10 crown by two games each over St.

   HARLAN -- The Class 3A, District 15 baseball games for tonight (Friday, July 13) at Jim Goeser Field in Harlan have been postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Saturday, July 14.
   Denison-Schleswig vs. Atlantic will now start at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, followed by Harlan Community vs. Carroll at approximately 6:00 p.m.

 DES MOINES -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton fell one run short against Grand View Christian last Tuesday night (July 3), losing 3-2 in a Class 1A regional softball quarterfinal. The Spartans finished the season at 13-9 overall while the Thunder (17-10) advanced to the Region 7 semifinals and lost to Glidden-Ralston in 10 innings Friday, 9-8. Trailing 3-1 after three, the Spartans scored a run in the fifth but were unable to get the game tied vs.

 UNDERWOOD (July 3) -- AHSTW got the start it wanted last Tuesday, but was unable to finish in a Class 2A regional softball quarterfinal game at Underwood. Trailing 3-0 at the halfway point, the host Eagles tied the score with three runs in the bottom of the fourth and added three unearned runs in the fifth to end the Lady Vikes’ season 6-3. Underwood improved to 16-8 and advanced to Friday night’s Region 2 semifinal at No.

 KIMBALLTON (July 2) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton didn’t waste any time taking care of business vs.

 IRWIN (July 3) -- Peyton Gross pitched a four-hit shutout and IKM-Manning blew the game open with seven runs in the third inning Tuesday night to oust Manson-Northwest Webster 10-0 in a five-inning Class 2A regional softball quarterfinal. The 2nd-ranked Wolves (23-2) will now host Panorama (11-11) in a Region 3 semifinal game Friday night (7 p.m.) in Irwin. The winner will face either Ogden (22-7) or No.

 DALLAS CENTER (July 3) -- Less than 24 hours after its 19-game winning streak came to a close at Lewis Central, the Harlan Community baseball team bounced back in a big way Tuesday afternoon with a 13-1 victory at Dallas Center-Grimes. The top-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones didn’t pull away until late, using a four-run fifth inning and a six-run seventh to turn a close game into a blowout.

 HARLAN (July 2) -- It wasn’t the ideal way to finish regular-season play, but Harlan Community softball coach Brooke Schaben feels okay about her team’s momentum going into Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. postseason opener at Glenwood. On Monday night, 10th-ranked (4A) Lewis Central blanked HCHS 6-0 at H. Jack Field to cap a regular-season sweep.