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Hawks drop 2-of-3 at Sheldon softball tourney

Top 15-rated teams hand H-M-S pair of losses

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s losses during the Sheldon softball tourney on June 3 were to teams included in last week’s ratings by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

West Lyon (3A No. 12) and Sergeant Bluff-Luton (4A No. 15) handed the Hawks identical 10-0 losses, while H-M-S won its game with Sheldon, 6-1.

In the win, the Hawks scored all their runs in the fourth inning. Eliza Tewes contributed two RBI while Morgan Grooters, Gracie Knobloch and Abby Otto each had one.

Tewes finished with three hits, Abby Kunzman and Kinsey Schirmer had two each, and Frankie Mohni, Addy Sheeler and Otto ea...