Postseason Baseball
For Class 3A Substate 5, Washington and Assumption had their game postponed to 2 pm today at Davenport North High School.
In Substate 6, Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield was one of the few games to actually complete action yesterday and despite the two combining for 68 runs in the first three matchups, the Trojans were able to win a pitching duel 3-1 to advance to the second round.
Dain Burkhart pitched a complete game, allowing only one hit over the final four innings and striking out two for Fairfield. The Panthers were led by Grayson Lowery, who tabbed two strikeouts on the mound and an RBI off a pair of singles at the plate. Mt. Pleasant finished the season with a 17-12 record.
Fairfield will await the winner between Pella and Keokuk, as their game was moved to 6 pm tonight.
Fort Madison will travel to Xavier today at noon.
For Class 4A Substate 3, Burlington and Muscatine had their contest paused in the bottom of the second inning with the game tied at zero. The game will resume today at noon.
In Class 1A, New London will act as the home team against Pekin for the District 10 Championship tonight at 7 pm at Sigourney High School. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Tiger head coach Jayden Flowers knows how hard this senior class has worked to get back to this position,
“It’s huge. I mean, this is the senior class that was the freshman during the state championship run. The first two years were really tough for us and these senior boys have been absolutely incredible with keeping the culture and the program at the level that it takes to win and take it back to the district championship. So that was huge.”
Moving to Class 2A Substate 4 District 7, #5 Mediapolis will host Durant tonight at 5 pm.
Over in Class 2A Substate 5 District 9, Central Lee will venture back to Chariton tonight to face off against the Chargers at 7 pm.
Postseason Softball
For Class 1A Region 1, Holy Trinity Catholic and Seymour postponed their matchup last night. The two will link up tonight at 4:30 pm at the Monroe County Sports Complex in Albia.
For Class 3A Region 5, Mediapolis will play tonight at 7 pm against Assumption on the road.
Central Lee and Washington will meet tonight at 7 pm in Washington.
In the Class 4A Region 3 bracket, Fort Madison will travel to square off against Norwalk tonight at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant Summer Camps
Mt. Pleasant will be hosting Panther Hoopla: A Southeast Iowa Basketball Camp from July 16th through the 18th. Coaches will work with the campers in a fun and challenging environment, filled with drills, player development, and competitive games.
The morning session is for 6th through 8th graders, and it runs from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. The afternoon session will go from 1 pm to 3 pm for 3rd through 5th graders.
Check out this link for other local summer athletic camps: School Summer Camps
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees scored three in the top of the ninth inning to pick up their fourth straight win last night, beating the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes 8-5. Kooper Schulte collected an RBI in the win. The Bees will host the Clinton LumberKings tonight at 6:30 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings handled the Quincy Doggy Paddlers last night 11-3. Brett White went a perfect 5 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs. Game two saw play suspended in the top of the 5th inning with the LumberKings leading 7-5, the game will be resumed on July 22nd.
This Day in Sports History
1901 – Cy Young wins his 300th baseball game.
1949 – Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence.
1979 – “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers due to the damage caused on the field.
