High School Postseason Baseball

In Class 1A Substate 6, Burlington Notre Dame and Sigourney will play at Fairfield tonight at 7 pm with the winner advancing to the state tournament. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Head coach Chris Chiprez talked about his team’s mindset heading into the championship game,

“Like we’ve preached all year long, you know, don’t battle your opponent. You know, battle yourself and battle the game. You know if you’re doing things the right way, I feel like no matter who we play, I feel like that, you know, we can. We can do the job and come out on top. So, we just got to come out with the same intensity and the same hunger as we did tonight, and hopefully good things will happen.”

In Class 3A Substate 5, Mt. Pleasant and Central DeWitt braved the elements last night to play their second round matchup; unfortunately, the Panthers fell short of the upset, losing 8-3. Payton Hagans clobbered his first career home run in the effort. Head coach Brent Broeker discussed what made this team special,

“I think they’re easy forgetters, you know they their kids that have fun and you know they make cars they do things wrong but they forget and you know they go out the next time try just as hard as they did the first time so you know I’ve had teams before where they dwell on you know what they did wrong this team seems to forget they pick each other up and it makes it a fun team to coach.”

The Panthers finished the season with a 22-9 record. 

Fairfield and Assumption had their game postponed to tonight and relocated. The Trojans and Knights will face off at North Scott High School at 5 pm tonight with the winner set to take on Central DeWitt for the substate championship.

High School Postseason Softball

In Class 1A Region 8, Wapello and Sigourney had their regional championship postponed to tonight at Sigourney at 7 pm. 

Class 3A Region 8, Central Lee will compete against Assumption for the Region 8 championship tonight at 7 pm on the road. 

For Class 4A Region 8, Burlington will take on North Scott on the road tonight at 7 pm for the Region 8 championship. 

High School Cross Country

Mt. Pleasant’s optional summer runs, available for 7th through 12th graders, are scheduled Monday through Thursday. The runs will often be led by upperclassmen as coaches may not be present for every run.

On Mondays and Wednesdays the runs will start at 6:30 am at the Old Threshers Museum Theatre and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they will be at Saunders Park by the swimming pool at 7 pm. 

If you have any questions, contact Coach Murray at 319-850-0867. 

Prospect League

The Burlington Bees will travel to take on the Lucky Horseshoes tonight at 6:30 pm. 

The Clinton LumberKings had their matchup against the Normal CornBelters last night postponed. The LumberKings will host the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp tomorrow, July 17th, at 6:30 pm. 

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.

1994 – The Shreveport Pirates lose their first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

High School Postseason Baseball

In Class 1A Substate 6, Burlington Notre Dame entered Saturday’s matchup preparing for a pitching duel; instead, it was a 10-0 drubbing of Moravia to advance to substate 6 championship. Lucas Johnson started the scoring with an RBI double in the bottom of the 2nd inning, but it was a Logan Brent three-run homer in the 3rd inning that put the exclamation point on an eight run error filled inning. 

On the bottom half of the bracket, Sigourney handled BGM 6-1 over the weekend with Isaac Burns slugging a double and tabbing three RBIs in the win. 

Burlington Notre Dame and Sigourney will play at Fairfield tomorrow, July 16th, at 7 pm with the winner advancing to the state tournament. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Head coach Chris Chiprez will lean on his team’s experience for the substate championship,

“You know, I mean, we pretty much have the same lineup coming back this year, as we did last year, you know we only graduated one senior, but I think the thing that’s kind of pushed our guys over the hump is their maturity over the last year. You know, they don’t get they don’t get flustered when they get down by a run or two or whatever. You know, they just focus, and they keep battling and I’m really proud of that aspect of the game for them.”

In Class 2A Substate 5, Mediapolis fell to Anamosa over the weekend 6-4. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 21-8 record. 

In Class 3A Substate 5, Mt. Pleasant will make the trip to Central DeWitt tonight at 4 pm. Head coach Brent Broeker discussed his team’s mindset going against the top seed of the Substate,

“Yeah, we’ve been there. You know we were there last year this year, you know, like I told the boys, we gotta go up there loose. They’re the one seed. We’re the four seed. We’re not supposed to win the game. So, we might as well up there loose, play some ball and you know what? Hopefully we can keep it tight. Like Fort Madison did against us and we’ll see how it plays out in the end.” 

Fairfield versus Assumption has been postponed to tomorrow at 5 pm at North Scott.

High School Postseason Softball

In Class 1A Region 8, Wapello versus Sigourney has been postponed to tomorrow at 7 pm.

Class 3A Region 8, West Burlington traveled to Assumption over the weekend and attempted to pull off the upset, holding a 3 to 1 lead entering the 4th inning; unfortunately, the Falcons surrendered five runs between the 4th and 5th innings, losing 6-3. Orayana Gonzalez tabbed two RBIs in the loss. The Falcons ended the season with a 25-9 record. 

Central Lee pulled off the upset in thrilling fashion, scoring four runs in the top of the 7th inning and getting out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom half of the inning to defeat Washington 5-4. Marie Young went 2 for 4 with a team leading three RBIs in the win. The Demons ended the season with a 24-12 record. 

Central Lee will compete against Assumption for the Region 8 championship tomorrow, July 16th, at 7 pm on the road. 

In Class 4A Region 5, Fort Madison fell to Xavier 6-0 over the weekend. The Bloodhounds finished the season with a 14-19 record. 

For Class 4A Region 8, Burlington’s Saydee Plummer shut down the Central DeWitt offense over the weekend, allowing only one run on four hits while striking out 11, leading to a 6-1 win. The Grayhounds will take on North Scott on the road tomorrow at 7 pm for the Region 8 championship. 

High School Cross Country

Mt. Pleasant’s optional summer runs, available for 7th through 12th graders, are scheduled Monday through Thursday. The runs will often be led by upperclassmen as coaches may not be present for every run.

On Mondays and Wednesdays the runs will start at 6:30 am at the Old Threshers Museum Theatre and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they will be at Saunders Park by the swimming pool at 7 pm. 

If you have any questions, contact Coach Murray at 319-850-0867. 

Prospect League

The Burlington Bees split their weekend with a dominating 16-6 victory on Saturday against the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes and a heartbreaking 7-6 extra innings loss last night to the Normal CornBelters.

Bryce Brown clobbered four home runs over the weekend to the tune of 10 RBIs for the Bees. Burlington will travel to take on the Lucky Horseshoes tomorrow, July 16th, at 6:30 pm. 

The Clinton LumberKings powered their way to a 14-9 win Saturday night against the Alton River Dragons as Karson Grout finished with four RBIs and a home run in the win. Their matchup was postponed last night. 

The LumberKings will face off against the CornBelters tonight at 6:30 pm at home. 

This Day in Sports History

1912 – Jim Thorpe placed in the top 4 in all 10 events for a then-Olympic record 8,413 points to win the Decathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics. He had his medal stripped in 1913 due to playing pro baseball, reinstated in 1982.

1999 – The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners’ Safeco Field held in Seattle, Washington.

2007 – MLB Philadelphia Phillies lose to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 10-2 to become the first franchise in major American sport with 10,000 all-time losses.