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Junior golfers hack it at Meadowbrook
The Junior Golf Academy at Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club near Hartley had 26 junior golfers this year. The academy was held each Wednesday in June with the fourth week being a three-hole...
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3 Hawks earn initial WEC softball recognition
The three Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn softball players named to the 2022 All-War Eagle Conference teams have something in common: they are all first-time selections. Freshman Gracie Knobloch was named...
Hardballers receive all-conference recognition
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball player Jacob Cates was named to the All-War Eagle Conference first team for the 2022 season. The sophomore, who was honorable mention all-conference in 2021, led H-M-S...
Building process takes positive steps forward
For some softball programs, a 10-15 season record would be a step backward. For Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn it could be a sign of better things to come. With a roster primarily comprised of freshmen and...
A season of ups and downs for H-M-S
The 2022 baseball season started on an up note for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and a 3-2 record in the final five regular season games was a plus. But the Hawks also suffered through a 10-game losing...
A break in the momentum
A seven-run second inning gave Sibley-Ocheyedan all the scoring it needed to hand Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn an 11-2 loss in a Class 2A regional softball quarterfinal game July 6 at Ocheyedan. S-O had...
Doomed again by a big inning
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team may have felt as though they were in a time warp during the opening round of the Class 1A district baseball tournament. In an eerily similar inning to one...
Bats come alive against Wolverines, Tigers
South O'Brien's first-inning lead was no stumbling block for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's baseball team, which came back to claim a 5-3 win on June 27 in Hartley. Two hits and an error allowed the...
And what a week it was
Wins on three consecutive nights helped Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's softball team improve its final regular season record to 10-14, doubling their win total from a year ago. The week could have started...
A win and the one that got away
As had often been the case during a 10-game losing streak, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team fell behind early against West Bend-Mallard. But there was one crucial difference in the June 21...
It all came together
It isn't often that a softball team can be out-hit and still win by seven runs. But that was the scenario in Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's 9-2 victory over George-Little Rock. G-LR had a 5-4 edge in hits d...
Quick endings to softball games
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn lost twice during the Okoboji softball tournament on June 25 at Milford. Okoboji overcame an early deficit to earn a 15-5 win. The Hawks led 3-1 after one inning but the...
Postseason play to begin for baseball, softball teams
H-M-S, S-O to play in regional softball tourney Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn will play Sibley-Ocheyedan in the quarterfinal round of the Class 2A Region 1 softball tournament. The game will be played at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, at the S-O softball...
Tough month continues for H-M-S hardballers
The month of June has been a winless one for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team, which extended its losing streak to 10 games last week. Remsen St. Mary's, the top-ranked team in Class 1A, took...
Working to pull through the slump
Runs remained at a premium for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn softball team, which scored just twice in four games last week, all of which were losses. H-M-S had only two baserunners in an 11-0 home loss...
Softball team splits 2 games at South O'Brien tourney
Improved play by Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn was evident in the results of two games at the South O'Brien softball tournament on June 11. The Hawks lost their first game with Ridge View, 9-5, but there...
Stuck in a funk
The issues that challenged Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's baseball team to begin the month continued against three War Eagle Conference opponents last week. In action against Akron-Westfield, the Hawks were...
Close isn't enough against Westerners
Akron-Westfield may have won the battle, but Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn put up quite a fight. Playing on June 6 at Akron, the Westerners (1A No. 13) needed three late runs to preserve a 5-1 victory in...
Late comeback salvages split
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn needed a late rally in the softball game to salvage a split with Cherokee on Saturday, June 4. On the softball diamond, H-M-S and Cherokee each scored a run in the first...
Promising start doesn't carry through in 2 losses
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's baseball team entered the Memorial Day weekend having lost back-to-back games, but the post-holiday schedule began with a convincing 11-4 win over South O'Brien at Paullina....
They came to play
After being shut out the first half of the game, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn scored 12 runs over the final three innings to roll past South O'Brien, 12-7, on May 31 at Paullina. Early scoring...
Progress turns into success on softball diamond for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
After showing progress in their first two games, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's softball team put all the pieces together to defeat Harris-Lake Park, 16-4, on May 27 in Hartley. Five Hawks had big nights...
Just 1 inning is the difference for Hawk hardballers
One baseball game was close and one game wasn't. In both cases, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn came out on the short end of the score. In action on May 26 in Hartley, H-M-S gave up the lead in the fifth...
Pitching is the centerpiece of young H-M-S softball team
Pitching is a key ingredient to the success of any softball team, and that will definitely be the case for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in 2022. In addition to the importance of pitching itself, H-M-S's...
Looking to continue the momentum in 2022
Coming off the first double-digit win season in seven years, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team is setting its sights on even better things in 2022. Graduation losses leave some important positi...
