High School Golf
The girls’ Class 1A state meet teed off yesterday and Highland’s team score of 356 put them squarely in 2nd place, trailing by 12 strokes to Easton Valley. The Huskies are led by Adisyn Prottsman, whose first round score of 81 has her tied for 4th place.
Individually, Wapello’s Emmalin Marshall shot 16-over par for 21st place and Claire Withrow of Hillcrest Academy carded a 90 along with Emersyn Schultz of Highland to be placed in 30th and 31st place, respectively.
Burlington Notre Dame’s Alexandria Booten put together a strong first round at the girls’ Class 2A state tournament, as the freshman shot a 75 (+4) for a 3rd place slot. Roland Story holds the team lead by 12 strokes over Mid-Prairie.
The girls’ Class 3A state meet had Fort Madison’s Kylie Lumino snatch a tie for 42nd place after shooting a round of 92. After day one, Gilbert leads the other teams after collecting a team score of 308.
High School Postseason Soccer
In Class 1A Region 2, the Fairfield girls’ team dropped their contest to Regina Catholic, 11-1, last night. The Trojans finished the season with a 6-10-1 record.
The Wapello girls’ team fell to Assumption last night, 10-0. The Arrows collected a 3-10 record for the year.
In a Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division clash, the Mediapolis girls’ team took down Burlington Notre Dame last night, 2-1. The Nikes turned in a record of 8-7-2 for the season.
Mediapolis will attempt to upset Assumption in the Regional semifinals on Tuesday, June 2nd, at 7 pm on the road.
The Washington girls’ team pushed Mid-Prairie to overtime but could not clip the Golden Hawks, losing 1-0. The Demons finished the season with a 10-7 record.
For Class 2A Region 4, the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team fell to Davenport North last night, 8-0.
The Fort Madison girls’ team trounced Keokuk last night, 8-1. The Bloodhounds will travel to Burlington on Tuesday at 7 pm.
In Class 1A Substate 5, the Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will compete against Pella Christian tonight at 7 pm on the road with the winner advancing to the state tournament.
In Class 3A Substate 4, the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will play Xavier on the road at 7 pm tonight for the substate championship. Panther head coach Rocco Russo believes their victory over Pella will give his team the necessary push to pull off the upset,
“Yeah, well, it gives us a huge confidence boost, but I think our guys have been believing in themselves all year anyways. You know, we got moved up to 3A this season instead of 2A. And that was kind of a punch in the stomach to the guys. But once the season started rolling, they realized, hey, we can play. And we just got to do our job and depend on the guy next to us to do his job and just play ball. And that’s what they’ve been doing all year. You know, these guys, these guys are playing well, and it’s the right time to be clicking right now.”
High School Baseball
Burlington Notre Dame fell to Central Lee last night, 7-5. Kellen Weber went 3 for 4 with four RBIs in the win. The Nikes will tangle with Mediapolis tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Central Lee will play Danville at home tonight at 7 pm.
West Burlington defeated New London last night, 8-2. Kye Reighard collected the lone RBI for the Tigers. The Falcons will host Van Buren County tonight at 7 pm.
New London will contend with Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm at home.
Van Buren County was shutout by Mediapolis last night, 12-0.
Danville lost a barn-burner last night, 22-16, at the hands of Highland. Zander Stotlar led the Bears with a double and four RBIs.
Winfield-Mt. Union put up four runs in the final two innings to sneak out with a 5-4 victory over Louisa-Muscatine last night. Kason Dopler got the complete game win, striking out eight. The Wolves will head back home to take on Pekin tonight at 5:30 pm.
Wapello lost 2-0 to Hillcrest Academy last night. Wapello will face off against Lone Tree tonight at 5 pm on the road.
Washington will travel to Solon tonight at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to play Muscatine tonight at 5 pm.
Fairfield will compete in a tournament held by Davis County tomorrow, May 30th.
High School Softball
Fairfield was swept by Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont last night, 10-4 in game one and 11-9 in game two. Leah Helmick clobbered a home run for five RBIs in game two. The Trojans will start conference play on Monday, June 1st, with a home doubleheader against Mt. Pleasant with game one at 5:30 pm.
New London held off West Burlington/Notre Dame’s 7th inning rally to win 6-5 last night. Tannisyn Christofferson collected three RBIs in the losing effort. The Falcons will look to bounce back against Van Buren County at 7 pm at home tonight.
New London will stay at home to tangle with Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm.
Mediapolis clobbered Van Buren County last night, 12-3. Payton Harris clouted a home run and Avery Crear tabbed a triple, as both Bullettes finished with four RBIs. Lizzie Camp had two RBIs for the Warriors.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off on the road against Mediapolis tonight with first pitch at 7 pm.
WACO collected their first victory on the diamond since 2016, beating Columbus last night, 17-7. The Warriors will take on Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Columbus will host Highland tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello outlasted Hillcrest Academy last night, 6-4. The Arrows will travel to Lone Tree tonight at 7 pm.
Danville was shutout by Highland last night, 5-0. The Bears will hit the road to play Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
Washington will play a doubleheader against Ottumwa tonight with game one at 5 pm on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Mid-Prairie tonight at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Local Summer Athletic Camps
Mt. Pleasant girls’ basketball is offering up a camp for any girls’ basketball players entering 3rd through 12th grades from June 23rd through the 25th located at the Mt. Pleasant High School Gym. The camp will focus on the fundamentals and introduce team concepts employed by the high school’s system.
If you would like to sign-up, then follow this link and fill out the form: https://kilj.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mp-girls-bball-camp.pdf
New London is holding a girls’ basketball camp for girls entering grades 4th through 8th grade starting on June 1st and running through the 3rd from 1 to 3 pm with lunch provided at noon. If you have any questions, then contact Austin Burns at austin.burns@nlcsd.org.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees fell to the Johnstown Mill Rats last night, 6-4. The Bees will look to return the favor tonight at 6 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings lost to the Normal CornBelters last night, 8-1. The LumberKings will look to pick up their first win of the season tonight at 6:35 pm against the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp on the road.
This Day in Sports History
1911 – The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place. Ray Harroun won the race.
1922 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws.
1977 – Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500. She finished in 29th.