Author: Nathan Bloechl

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Prep Softball: Mount Pleasant Falls, Winfield-Mount Union Stunned:

No. 13 Fairfield 12, Mount Pleasant 0 

Fairfield’s Coty Engle tossed a shortened game no-hitter as Fairfield cruised to a 12-0 win over Mount Pleasant last night.

Engle allowed just one baserunner as the Trojans jumped out to an early lead.

The game was finished in three innings.

Ella McNamee suffered the loss for the Panthers.

Mount Pleasant dropped to 1-25.

Columbus 2, No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union 1 

Columbus came from behind late to stun Class 1A’s No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union 2-1, yesterday in a Super Conference clash at Winfield.

Lela Fort came up with the clutch two RBI double to give the Wildcats the lead.

Lily Coil had two hits, a stolen base and was the winning pitcher.

Winfield ace Madie Anderson struck out 16 hitters over seven innings, yielding six hits.

The Lady Wolves mustered just three hits, all singles.

Winfield stumbled to 14-4.

Columbus improved to 10-14.

Other finals from last night:

West Burlington 12, Central Lee 0 

Van Buren County 6, Danville 0

Wapello 2, Highland 1 

Prep Softball: Regional Pairings Announced:

The IGHSAU has released their regional playoff pairings for the upcoming playoff season.

Here are the pairings in full:

Class 1A

Hillcrest Academy at New London (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)

• Winner gets No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)

Lone Tree at Holy Trinity (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)

Class 2A

Mediapolis at Cardinal (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)

• Winner gets Wapello (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)

Danville at Van Buren County (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)

West Branch OR North Cedar at No. 3 Louisa-Muscatine (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)

Class 3A 

Columbus at West Burlington (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)

Central Lee at Davis County (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)

Class 4A

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk (July 8th, 7:00 p.m.)

• Winner gets Fairfield (July 10th, 7:00 p.m.)

Prep Softball: IGHSAU Rankings Released:

Class 1A

1.) Newell-Fonda
2.) Wayne
3.) Collins-Maxwell
4.) Lisbon
5.) Southeast Warren
6.) Akron-Westfield
7.) Sigourney
8.) Mason City Newman
9.) Lynnville-Sully
10.) Lenox
11.) Martensdale-St. Marys
12.) Clarksville
13.) Winfield-Mount Union
14.) Exira-EHK
15.) Remsen St. Mary’s

Class 2A

1,.) North Linn
2.) Wilton
3.) Louisa-Muscatine
4.) Van Meter
5.) Central Springs
6.) Interstate 35
7.) North Union
8.) Underwood
9.) Alburnett
10.) Columbus Catholic
11.) Earlham
12.) West Monona
13.) Wapello
14.) Northeast
15.) Van Buren County

Class 3A

1.) Davenport Assumption
2.) Mount Vernon
3.) Williamsburg
4.) West Burlington/Notre Dame
5.) Albia
6.) Anamosa
7.) Atlantic
8.) Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
9.) West Liberty
10.) Solon
11.) Crestwood
12.) Sioux Center
13.) Roland-Story
14.) Bishop Heelan
15.) Davis County

Class 4A

1.) Winterset
2.) Western Dubuque
3.) ADM
4.) Norwalk
5.) Boone
6.) Dallas Center-Grimes
7.) Carlisle
8.) Clear Creek-Amana
9.) Ballard
10.) Marion
11.) West Delaware
12.) North Scott
13.) Fairfield
14.) Bondurant-Farrar
15.) North Polk

Class 5A

1.) Muscatine
2.) Fort Dodge
3.) Johnston
4.) Indianola
5.) Iowa City High
6.) Waukee
7.) Pleasant Valley
8.) Cedar Rapids Kennedy
9.) West Des Moines Valley
10.) Ankeny Centennial
11.) Iowa City Liberty
12.) Southeast Polk
13.) Cedar Rapids Prairie
14.) Davenport North
15.) Bettendorf

Prep Baseball: Rain Washes Away Thursday:

Thundershowers washed away what was a good card of Thursday baseball action in the area.

Mount Pleasant-Fairfield were suspended at the top of the 3rd inning with Fairfield leading 6-3. A makeup date has yet to be finalized.

There were two area games yesterday:

Burlington 3, Washington 2 

West Burlington 7, Central Lee 4 

 

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Prep Baseball: New London No-Hit But Wins? Mount Pleasant Rolls, Other Prep Finals:

No. 10 (1A) New London 2, Alburnett 1 

The New London Tiger baseball team was no-hit but still found a way to win, defeating Alburnett 2-1 yesterday.

New London scored once in the 5th and once in the 7th to walk things off while staying perfect.

While they did not record a hit, they did walk eight times. Josh Catala and Hecniel Rodriguez provided the RBI’s while Brendan Richey scored both runs.

Catala was the starter and he worked a no decision, tossing six strong innings allowing four-hits and one run while striking out three.

Seth Bailey was the winning pitcher tossing a scoreless inning of relief in the 7th, punching out two.

New London improved to 16-0.

Alburnett moved to 14-7.

Mount Pleasant 18, Davis County 2 

Mount Pleasant scored early and often and never let off the gas as they rolled to an 18-2 win over Davis County last night.

Chase Williamson had three hits, including two doubles, and four runs batted in. Trevor Wellington also drove in four.

Payton Hagans went 2-for-2 with two runs batted in, as well.

Jake Ensminger was the winning hurler.

The young righty threw four innings, scattering four hits, a walk and struck out four.

Notre Dame 15, Winfield-Mount Union 0 

Carsen Jones tossed a complete game one-hitter as Burlington Notre Dame blanked Winfield-Mount Union 15-0 yesterday at Winegard Field.

Jones struck out five in his dazzling performance.

Josh Smith homered and drove in four for Notre Dame who crept back over .500, they’re now 9-8.

Winfield’s Andrew Brown had their lone hit.

They fell to 1-17.

Other prep finals last night:

Wapello 12, Danville 2

Mediapolis 9, Wilton 5 

Prep Softball: New London’s Offense Explodes in Win:

New London 16, Mount Pleasant 8 

New London scored 11 times in the 4th inning, as the Tigers scored a season high 16 runs in a 16-8 nonconference win over Mount Pleasant last night.

Ashlyn McSorely had four hits — three doubles — two runs and three runs batted in to lead the New London onslaught.

The Tigers belted out 18 hits against Mount Pleasant starter Madison Helling.

Savana Walls had three hits and two runs batted in, while Grace Kelley, Jersey Beachy and Emma Starr each had two hits.

Elly Manning went the distance in the circle striking out three and allowing five earned runs.

New London improved to 5-20.

Mount Pleasant fell to 1-24.

Mediapolis 17, Hillcrest Academy 12

Jenna Parrott sparked a late inning comeback as Mediapolis earned a 17-12 win over Hillcrest Academy last night.

It was Mediapolis’ second win of the season.

Parrott had four hits and drove in four as Mediapolis scored seven times in the 6th inning and four times in the 7th.

Hallie Mohr went the distance walking nine and striking out five to earn the win.

Hillcrest slumped to 0-15.

Other prep finals:

Central Lee 13, Lone Tree 2

No. 3 (2A) Louisa-Muscatine 10, Highland 1 

Mid-Prairie 15, Holy Trinity 1

Mid-Prairie 13, Holy Trinity 3 

College Football: UNI Breaks Ground on New Outdoor Practice Facility:

The University of Northern Iowa has broke ground on a new outdoor football practice facility.

The project is part of a four million upgrade to Panther football facilities.

The facility will include an oversized turf field, lighting and fencing and is funded by a gift from Iowa natives Doug and Ann Goschke and is on the site of the current outdoor practice field.

Upon completion, the facility will provide the Panthers the opportunity to have a consistent practice schedule year round in all conditions.

A new team meeting area is also being constructed.

UNI finished their truncated spring schedule 3-4.

Men’s College Basketball: Iowa State to Host Missouri in Big 12/SEC Challenge:

More scheduling nuggets are coming out and yesterday it was confirmed that Iowa State will play host to Missouri in this year’s edition of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

The game will be played at Hilton Coliseum on January 29th.

It will be the 236th meeting all time between the two schools, with an illustrious history as Missouri was a former member of the Big 12.

Iowa State is 23-20 against the Tigers in Ames.