HARLAN -- Harlan’s Aviation 8-ball Club is hosting its 72nd annual Father’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, June 18 at the airport.    The breakfast will be from 7:30-11 a.m. on Sunday. It will have pancakes, eggs, bacon and drinks such as coffee, juice and milk available.

PANAMA -- Scott and Dena Leinen of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey to Taylor Assmann both of Woodbine. Taylor is the son of Larry and Chris Assmann, Panama.    The couple plans to marry August 19 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama.

    HARLAN -- Rich and Bev Goshorn of Harlan will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house on Sunday, June 25 from 2-5 p.m. at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.

 ELK HORN -- Taking over for a local legend isn’t easy, but the process has certainly been a smooth one so far for new Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball coach Trevor Miller. Miller’s Spartans stayed undefeated Friday night with an 11-1, five-inning rout of Earlham, then improved to 10-0 Saturday by beating a pair of 3-A teams (Atlantic and Perry) in the Atlantic Tournament.

 CLARINDA -- The unbeaten streak reached 13 games for the Harlan Community baseball team Thursday night as the top-ranked Cyclones swept a doubleheader at Clarinda, 15-1 and 13-1, and have now outscored the opposition 150-27 on the season. HCHS, which has won nine straight games by the 10-run rule, utilized a seven-run third inning in game one and a six-run fourth in game two, finishing off the Cardinals in five and six innings, respectively. 

 KIMBALLTON -- For a softball program that’s been to the regional finals four out of the last five years, starting the season with a 2-8 record was unfamiliar territory for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton. But after a rough two-week stretch, the Spartans appear to be on the rebound following Friday’s 10-2 win over Charter Oak-Ute - the team that ended their 2016 season - and at least part of the solution may have something to do with the team’s coll

 CLARINDA -- The Harlan Community softball team finished the week on a high note Thursday, crushing 29 total hits in a doubleheader sweep at Clarinda with wins of 19-1 in three innings and 14-1 in five. HCHS outhit the winless Cardinals 29-3 overall as four players - Kaylie Briggs, Molly Gubbels, Morgan Schaben and Madison Parman - notched at least two hits in each game.

 AVOCA -- IKM-Manning scored seven runs in its final two at-bats to pull away from AHSTW for a 13-5 softball win Friday night, improving to 9-1 in the Western Iowa Conference (11-3 overall). The Lady Vikes matched the Wolves early on, answering IKM-M’s three-run top of the first with three in the bottom half and tying the score a second time with two runs in the third.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW baseball team plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past IKM-Manning 4-3 in Western Iowa Conference action Friday night. Trailing by a run in the sixth, Gabe Pauley and Preslyn Grobe reached base for the Vikings and a throwing error allowed courtesy runner Brody Langer to score the tying run.