Author: Nathan Bloechl

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

State Golf: Liechty 16th, New London 4th:

Mount Pleasant senior Elli Liechty finished tied for 16th at this week’s Class 3A State Golf Meet at River Valley Golf Course in Adel.

Liechty followed up a round one 91 with a 92 yesterday and tied with four other golfers for 16th.

She finished with two birdies on her scorecard over the weekend.

Eden Lorhbach of Gilbert was the state champion with a five-over two day score.

Washington’s Kiki Bruner finished second overall.

The Demons were crowned team state champions, they finished 28 strokes better than that of second-place Gilbert.

In 1A, New London’s Taylor Phillips finished 8th overall helping guide New London to a 4th place team finish.

Phillips came out of the gates hot on day two with an 81 — the fourth best mark on the second day.

Lynville-Sully’s Greenlee Smock was the state champion, carding back-to-back 77’s.

Danville’s Natalie Wilcox tied for 30th, after a round two 95.

New London’s other finishers included Sophie Malott (34th) while Saige Barron, Emma Nye and Hannah Ortberg all tied for 47th.

Prep Baseball (Wednesday):

New London 37, Columbus 0 

New London scored early and often as the Tigers rolled to a 37-0 win over Columbus last night.

Hecniel Rodriguez drove in nine runs, while Ryan Richey brought in six.

The Tigers pounded out 11 hits, were walked 16 times and were hit by seven pitches.

Rodriguez also went deep for New London, his first homer of the season.

Carter Allen was the winning pitcher, allowing just one hit over the mercy rule shortened four innings.

He struck out 10.

New London 9, Central Lee 1

In the night cap, New London scored three times in the 5th inning and four times in the 6th inning as they pulled away from Central Lee for a 9-1 win.

Hecniel Rodriguez had two triples in the win and scored a pair of runs.

Camden Kasel and Brenden Richey each had two hits apiece.

Tucker Gibbar drove in a pair of runs.

Josh Catala earned the win on the hill, allowing one hit and a walk over five scoreless innings, while striking out six.

Seth Bailey covered the final two frames while striking out four.

New London improved to 4-0 with the pair of wins.

Washington 8, Mediapolis 7 

Washington 8, Mediapolis 6

Mediapolis had late leads in both ends of a nonconference doubleheader with Washington last night, but it was the Demons doing the late inning spooking as they rallied for 8-7 and 8-6 wins last night.

Cole Lipper and Jordan Anderson each had a pair of hits for the Bulldog offense in game one, while Jaxon Brooks had three hits in game two.

Josh Darbyshire had two hits in the nightcap, as well.

Mediapolis dropped to 1-4.

Prep Baseball: Mount Pleasant at Keokuk Tonight:

The Mount Pleasant baseball team (0-1) will be back on the diamond tonight when they travel to Joyce Park for a two-game set with Keokuk, to begin their conference season.

The Panthers were upended last week by Clear Creek-Amana 11-0 and will look to find their early season footing this evening.

Keokuk enters 0-1 as well, after falling to Central DeWitt 9-0.

Mount Pleasant has won ten straight tilts between the clubs dating back to 2017.

The doubleheader will begin at 5:30 p.m.

You can listen to both ends of the twinbill on FM 105.5.

Nathan Bloechl will have the call beginning shortly before first pitch of game one.

Prep Softball (Wednesday):

Columbus 12, Mount Pleasant 0 

Columbus started hot, scoring six runs on four hits in the first inning on starter Emma Starr, as the Wildcats cruised to a 12-0 win over the Panthers.

Ella McNamee allowed six runs on three hits in relief.

Savana Walls had two hits for the Panthers including a double.

Mount Pleasant slipped to 0-5 with the loss.

Winfield-Mount Union 12, Danville 0 

Madie Anderson threw a shortened complete game no-hit shutout as Winfield-Mount Union rolled to a 12-0 win over Danville.

Anderson struck out nine hitters and walked one over three innings.

Carlee Sloan had three hits including a double, while Anna Anderson and Emma Haines each had two hits.

Haines drove in four.

Melina Oepping clubbed her first homer of the season and drove in two.

The win improved the Lady Wolves to 5-1.

Central Lee 13, Holy Trinity 3 

Macy Watkins had three hits, while Meghan Hop and Shanna Buford each clubbed two hits apiece as Central Lee crushed Holy Trinity 13-3 last night.

Hopp drove in three runs for the Hawks.

Watkins scored three times.

Central Lee upped their ledger to 5-1.

 

Girls’ Golf: Liechty in 13th, New London 5th After Day One:

Mount Pleasant’s Elli Liechty has herself inside the top-15 following Day One of the Class 3A Golf Tournament in Adel.

Liechty carded a 91 — good for 13th — yesterday,  setting herself up for a great finish today, where she’ll tee off at 8:30 a.m.

The Panther senior birdied on five, while sinking five pars on her scorecard.

Washington’s Kiki Bruner is currently second in the Class 3A field, her teammate Anna Nacos is fourth.

The Demons lead the team standings in Class 3A by 17 strokes over second-place Gilbert.

Meanwhile in 1A, New London’s Taylor Phillips is tied for 11th through Day One at 18-over.

Sophie Malott and Hannah Ortberg are the next two highest on the leaderboard for New London, who is fifth in the team standings thus far.

Algona Bishop Garrigan leads the 1A team race by thirty strokes over second-place Grundy Center.

Danville’s Natalie Wilcox, competing on an individual basis, is 30th, carding a Day One 97.

Area Prep Baseball (Tuesday):

Wapello 13, Winfield-Mount Union 8 

Cooper Garrison had three hits, including a triple, as Wapello rolled by Winfield-Mount Union 13-8 last night in a Super Conference tilt.

Owen Housman was the winning pitcher for the Indians throwing four innings allowing just two hits and one run while fanning six.

Chase Witte also had a two-hit evening, while driving in four.

Winfield-Mount Union rallied for five in the 6th inning, but saw Wapello strike for five of their own in the top of the 7th to put the game on ice.

The Wolves fell to 0-5. Wapello earned their first win to improve to 1-2.

Highland 3, Mediapolis 1 

Chase Schultz kept Mediapolis hitters off balance all night for Highland, who earned a hard-fought 3-1 win last night.

Schultz went 6.2 innings,  scattering four hits and a run, punching out 13.

Trevor McFarland and Schultz each drove in one for the Huskies.

McFarland earned the save for Highland after the Bulldogs rallied for their lone marker in the 7th inning.

Mediapolis fell to 1-2, while Highland improved to 4-1.

New London 15, Danville 0 (5 Innings)

New London rung the dinner bell early and often as they devoured Danville 15-0 in five innings yesterday in a Super Conference tilt.

Carter Allen had two hits and two runs batted in while Brendan Richey also poured in a multi-hit night.

Camden Kasel drove in three runs for the Tigers, who upped their ledger to 2-0.

Hecniel Rodriguez was the winning pitcher, tossing four shutout innings while striking out nine.

Danville slipped to 1-1.

Van Buren County 4, Cardinal 3 

Louisa-Muscatine 5, Hillcrest Academy 4

Area Prep Softball (Tuesday):

Winfield-Mount Union 4, Wapello 0 

Anna Anderson continued her hot start at the dish with three more hits in four at-bats as she helped guide Winfield-Mount Union to a 4-0 win yesterday over Wapello.

Carlee Sloan, Jobey Malone, and Melina Oepping all had two hits for the Lady Wolves.

Madie Anderson pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing just five hits while striking out 11.

Winfield-Mount Union improved to 4-1.

Wapello sunk to 1-4.

Highland 12, Mediapolis 5

Jayde Eberhardt had three hits but it was not enough as Mediapolis succumbed to Highland 12-5.

Payton Brun had two hits for the Huskies while also scoring three runs, driving in three runs and stealing two bases.

Hallie Mohr took the loss for the 0-4 Bullettes, tossing six innings allowing eight hits and eight earned runs.

Grace Batcheller was the winning arm for the Huskies going the first four innings striking out four.

Danville 6, New London 4 

Morgan Waste had three hits, including a double, while driving in one as Danville upended New London 6-4, last night.

Ava Smith was dynamite in the circle for Danville tossing seven strong innings, yielding just five hits and two earned runs while striking out 11.

Ashlyn McSorely and Elly Manning both had two hits apiece for the Tigers.

Manning took the loss allowing just two earned runs over six innings.

Three Tiger errors aided the Danville win.

New London is now 1-4.

Danville improved to 1-2.

Fort Madison 11, Central Lee 2

Central Lee 4, Fort Madison 2

Van Buren County 4, Cardinal 1

West Burlington 8, Burlington 1

Boys’ Soccer: Nikes Roll Into Semifinals:

Gabe Zurita scored twice, while Cole Ward finished with two assists as Burlington Notre Dame cruised to a 4-1 win over Waterloo Columbus Catholic in the quarterfinal round of the Boys’ Class 1A State Soccer tournament.

Caden Murphy made seven saves in the pipes for the Nikes who improved to 21-1 and moved into tomorrow’s semifinals.

There they will meet up with fourth-seeded Iowa City Regina who blanked Greene County 3-0.

The bottom of the bracket saw Western Christian get by North Fayette Valley 2-0, while West Liberty knocked off St. Albert 2-1.