By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Prep Baseball: New London Falls for First Time, Mount Pleasant Swept:
West Burlington 4, No. 9 (1A) New London 0
Senior pitcher Ty Hill threw a complete game two-hitter as unranked West Burlington blanked No. 9 New London 4-0 yesterday in a Super Conference tilt.
Hill walked just one and struck out two as the Falcon defense shined in the shutout win.
Jace Figueroa paced the West Burlington offense with three hits, scoring two runs.
Josh Catala took the loss for the Tigers, throwing five innings allowing three runs, just one earned and striking out three.
West Burlington improved to 12-9 with the win, while New London saw their perfect season collapse.
The Tigers are now 18-1.
No. 10 (3A) Fort Madison 8, Mount Pleasant 2
No. 10 (3A) Fort Madison 16, Mount Pleasant 6
The Mount Pleasant baseball team was swept by No. 10 Fort Madison losing in game one 8-2 and game two 16-6.
Game one’s losing pitcher was Will Edeker who went five innings allowing four runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out one.
Dalton Gardner had a hit and an RBI, while Colten Hutson, Payton Hagans and Edeker all had base knocks.
In game two, Fort Madison brought out the thunder sticks — as they buzz sawed Mount Pleasant for 12 runs in the 2nd inning to break the game wide open.
Jacob Ensminger lasted only 1.1 innings allowing 12 runs — 7 earned — while walking eight.
Zerek Venghaus had a three hit night, Chase Williamson had two hits as well.
He drove in two.
Mount Pleasant fell to 5-17 with the pair of losses.
Fort Madison improved to 21-4.
Other finals last night:
Mediapolis 2, Pekin 1
Wapello 7, Lone Tree 6
Prep Softball: Anderson’s No-No Leads WMU, Mount Pleasant Swept:
No. 13 (1A) Winfield-Mount Union 3, Lone Tree 0
Madie Anderson fired her first no-hitter of the season as Winfield-Mount Union earned a 3-0 win over Lone Tree last night.
Anderson struck out 20 of 21 hitters over seven innings to earn the win, in one of the most dominating individual performances the state has ever seen.
Anna Anderson had two hits, including a double, and a run batted in.
Winfield-Mount Union improved to 16-5, Lone Tree slipped to 9-15.
Keokuk 14, Mount Pleasant 0
Keokuk 12, Mount Pleasant 0
The Mount Pleasant softball team was swept yesterday by Keokuk, losing 14-0 in game one and 12-0 in game two.
Madison Helling took the loss in game one.
Grace Kelley and Jersey Beachy each had hits.
In game two Grace Kelley was the losing pitcher.
The Panthers fell to 1-30.
Other prep finals:
Holy Trinity 13, Hillcrest Academy 3
Highland 11, Holy Trinity 0
Louisa-Muscatine 5, Wapello 1
Pekin 10, Mediapolis 0
Central Lee 6, Centerville 2
Central Lee 14, Centerville 4,
Men’s College Basketball: UNI’s Jacobson Agrees to Contract Extension:
UNI head men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson has signed a contract extension that locks up the four-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year through the end of the 2028-29 season.
Jacobson is the winningest coach in UNI history with 301 victories and a .605 winning percentage.
Under his guidance, the Panthers have earned three regular-season MVC titles, including the 2019-2020 season and four Arch Madness championships.
During Jacobson’s tenure, two Panthers, Adam Koch and A. J. Green were named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Koch also earned the prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.
UNI men’s basketball ended the spring 2021 semester with a 3.10 team GPA.
Major League Baseball: Perez, Arenado Headline Regional Players Selected to MLB All-Star Game:
Kansas City’s Salvador Perez and St. Louis’s Nolan Arenado headline the list of names of regional players starting in this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Perez is the American League’s starting catcher, while Arenado will man the hot corner for the National League.
Other starters include:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
C: Salvador Perez, Kansas City
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto
2B: Marcus Semien, Toronto
SS: Xander Bogaerts, Boston
3B: Rafael Devers, Boston
OF: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
OF: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
OF: Teoscar Hernandez, Toronto
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
NATIONAL LEAGUE
C: Buster Posey, San Francisco
1B: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta
2B: Adam Frazier, Pittsburgh
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego
3B: Nolan Arenado, St. Louis
OF: Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta
OF: Nick Castellanos, Cincinnati
OF: Jesse Winker, Cincinnati