Postseason High School Baseball
Classes 3A and 4A held their Substate Championship games last night with #10 Assumption handling #7 Solon, 12-4, for the Class 3A Substate 5 championship and Knoxville shutting out Bondurant-Farrar, 6-0, for the Class 3A Substate 6 championship.
The Class 1A and Class 2A brackets are set with the teams heading to Carroll to play at Merchants Park with Class 1A playing on Monday, July 20th, and Class 2A starting play on Tuesday, July 21st. Here’s the matchups.
In Class 1A, #1 Coon Rapids-Bayard will take on #8 Moravia with the winner playing either #4 Remsen St. Mary’s or #5 North Linn. On the bottom half of the bracket, #7 Burlington Notre Dame, led by SEISC-South Player of the Year in Eli Oleson, will attempt to upset #2 South Winneshiek at 1:30 pm on Monday. The winner will play either #3 Newman Catholic or #6 Ankeny Christian.
For Class 2A, #1 Pleasantville will square off against #8 Ridge View at 7 pm on Tuesday. #4 Cascade will take on #5 Beckman Catholic at 4:30 pm. #2 Roland-Story will face off against #7 Durant at 1:30 pm and #3 West Lyon will tangle with #6 Unity Christian at 11 am.
Postseason High School Softball
All five classes will be getting ready to head to Fort Dodge to compete in a double-elimination bracket. Here’s a look at the matchups.
In Class 1A, #1 Exira-EHK-Audubon will face off against #8 Edgewood-Colesburg at noon on Monday, July 20th. #4 West Monona will square off against #5 Southeast Warren. In the bottom half of the bracket, #2 Clarksville will take on #7 North Butler and #6 Remsen St. Mary’s will tangle with #3 St. Edmond.
Class 2A will start the action on Monday with #1 Grand View Christian squaring off against #8 Cardinal at 10 am. #4 Regina Catholic will face off against #5 Hinton. #7 Ridge View will attempt to upset #2 Durant at 2:30 pm and #3 Wapsie Valley will take on #6 Logan-Magnolia.
For Class 3A, #8 West Liberty will attempt to spoil #1 Williamsburg’s season at 11:15 am on Monday. #5 PCM and #4 Mt. Vernon will duke it out at 1:30 pm. #2 Wahlert Catholic will attempt to soar past #7 West Delaware and #3 Albia will take on #6 Van Meter at 6 pm.
For Class 4A, Kylee Hill will look to lead #8 Burlington past #1 ADM on Monday at 10:30 am. The winner will take on either #4 Western Dubuque or #5 Winterset. #2 Carlisle will face off against #7 North Polk and #3 Fort Dodge will square off against #6 Clear Creek Amana at 5:15 Monday night.
#1 Waukee Northwest and #8 Pleasant Valley will lead off the Class 5A bracket at 11:45 am on Monday. #4 Dallas Center-Grimes will face off against #5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy at 2 pm. On the bottom half of the bracket, #2 Ankeny Centennial will take on #7 Dowling Catholic, while #3 Valley will dance with #6 Southeast Polk at 6:30 pm on Monday night.
Mt. Pleasant Cross Country
Summer runs are underway for the Mt. Pleasant Cross Country team. These runs are optional but a great way to run with others and get in shape for the fall season. The runs are available to anyone entering 7th through 12th grades. Coaches may not be present at every run, as they are often led by upperclassmen.
On Mondays, the runs will take place at 6:30 am at the Old Threshers Museum Theatre. Wednesdays will be high school speed day at 7 am at Mapleleaf and Tuesdays and Thursdays will take place at Saunders Park by the swimming pool at 7 pm.
The runs will continue through the middle of August until the Mt. Pleasant Cross County camp. If you have any questions, you can contact Coach Lyle Murray at 319-850-0867.
Local Athletic Camps
Mt. Pleasant will be hosting their volleyball camps starting in late July at the high school gym.
The middle school camp for grades 7th and 8th and the high school camp for 9th through 12th graders will run August 3rd through the 5th with the middle school going from 4 to 5:30 pm and the high school to follow from 6 to 8 pm. The cutoff date is July 23rd.
Here is the link to sign up for the camp: Middle and High School Camp Registration
All camps will cost $30, cash, per person with the camper getting a t-shirt.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees demolished the Quincy Doggy Paddlers last night, 13-3. Lane Spieker led the effort with a triple and four RBIs. The Bees will look to sting the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes tonight at 6:30 pm on the road.
The Clinton LumberKings smothered the Chillicothe Paints last night, 17-7. Kale Jensen clobbered a home run for five RBIs in the winning effort. The LumberKings will travel to play the Johnstown Mill Rats at 6 pm tonight to start a three-game series.
This Day in Sports History
1909 – MLB Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators play the longest scoreless game in AL history – 18 innings at Bennett Field in Detroit, Michigan.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game.
1950 – The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.