Marissa VanWingen

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Marissa VanWingen

With two events left to go, officials called the Baxter Bolt Invite due to weather. With the completed events, South Hardin finished behind the hosts with 104 points. The Tigers and the Bolts were the only teams out of the 10 in attendance to score over 100 points. SH had two champions and eight double scoring events. “Rough conditions tonight. I would have liked to finish the meet, but understand why they called it,” said SH coach Jared Kadolph. “Long, cold night that ended in the rain.

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Marissa VanWingen

With the wind, teams were just racing for placings at Baxter on Monday night. Despite having to call the meet following the 1500, South Hardin bested the 10 team field by 19.5 points over second place Ankeny Christian. The Tigers left with eight top three finishes out of the 17 events that were completed. “The wind wasn’t really going to allow for anything too great, we were just going for places,” said SH coach Zach Allison. Six earned gold, including two relays.

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Marissa VanWingen

Nothing was easy Monday on the golf course with winds averaging around 23 miles per hour with gusts as high as 35 miles per hour. Golfers had to endure multiple elements including wind, rain and cold in the quad at Pine Lake. Grundy Center swept the boys results with the two lowest scores as well as the team title with a 156. BCLUW was 18 strokes behind the Spartans, followed by the hosts – South Hardin – who shot a 185. Gladbrook-Reinbeck was fourth.

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Marissa VanWingen

Wind gusts as high as 35 miles per hour are not ideal for golf. The conditions tested the athletes both physically and mentally as South Hardin hosted a quad at Pine Lake Monday night. The Tiger girls finished third overall with a 240. Grundy Center had the top four low scores and swept the medal honors, bringing back a team 198, BCLUW (219) was second. The Rebels did not have enough to score a team with just two.

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Marissa VanWingen

Heading into the bottom of the sixth frame, Ellsworth Community College found itself knotted with Iowa Lakes Community College at 4-all. The Panthers erupted offensively and scored eight runs to run away with the 12-4 contest and secure a split with the visiting Lakers. Iowa Lakes took the opener by an 11-7 final. Avery Somers had a big offensive contest, going 2-3 with four RBI. She was one of four ECC players to have multiple knocks in the contest.