Sports, July 11

By Parker Testa · Monday, July 11th, 2022 at 9:24 am CDT

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Baseball was defeated by Marion 15-1 Friday evening in their first-round game of the Class 3A Substate 5 tournament. The loss effectively ends the Panthers season. The Panthers finish their 2022 campaign with an overall record of 9-19. MP Head Coach Brent Broeker says they are holding their heads high. “We were 11 runs from being a much higher seed. I told the boys to not hang their heads. Even though our record doesn’t show it, we were better this year and hopefully they’ll stay positive and have a good year next year.” Marion advances to take on Fort Madison tonight at 7:00 PM at Mount Mercy University.

New London

New London Baseball defeated Notre Dame 5-0 Saturday night to claim the District 11 Championship in the Class 1A Substate 6 tournament. Senior Carter Allen was 2 for 2 with a double, a triple, and 1 RBI. Senior Dereck Santiago went 6 full innings allowing no runs on 4 hits with 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. The Tigers scored all 5 of their runs in the 4th inning to claim their victory. New London Head Coach Brad Helmerson says he expected a tough game. “We expected a tough game. Those guys are always tough and they’re a completely different team than we saw earlier in the year. Beating a team three times in the same year is not easy anywhere. They give us a tough game every time we see them.” New London is back on the field tomorrow night against Moravia in the State Qualifier game. That game will be at the Ottumwa Sports Complex in Ottumwa and is set to start at 7:00 PM. Live coverage will be available on KILJ.

This Day in Sports History

1914 – Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.

1960 – In Honolulu, HI, the first tournament held outside the continental U.S., sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association, began.

1985 – Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first major league pitcher to earn 4,000 strikeouts in a career.

1987 – Bo Jackson signed a contract to play football for the L.A. Raiders for 5 years. He was also continued to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.

1995 – Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.

Judging Results from the Lee County Fair Beef Show

By Theresa Rose · Sunday, July 10th, 2022 at 9:18 pm CDT

Champion Derby Beef-Live: Parker Overberg

Reserve Champion Derby Beef -Live: Aaden Anderson

Champion Derby Beef-Carcass: Mason Overberg

Reserve Champion Derby Beef-Carcass: Parker Overberg

1st Place Rate of Gain: Mason Overberg

2nd Place Rate of Gain: Parker Overberg

Champion Angus Female: Emma Mohrfeld

Champion Charolais Female: Owen Weisinger

Champion Simmental Female: Jaren Gerdes

Champion Foundation Simmental Female: Lucille Steffensmeier

Champion Commercial Female: Trey Wellman

Supreme Champion Beef Female: Owen Weisinger

Reserve Supreme Champion Beef Female: Jaren Gerdes

3rd Overall Beef Female: Lucille Steffensmeier

4th Overall Beef Female: Elizabeth Steffensmeier

5th Overall Beef Female: Trey Wellman

Junior Bucket Bottle Champion: Arabella McDowell

Junior Bucket Bottle Reserve Champion: Chelsea Patton

Intermediate Bucket Bottle Champion: James Seyb

Intermediate Bucket Bottle Reserve Champion: Joseph Krebill and Lucas Wenke

Champion Dairy: Kiley Bohnenkamp

Champion Dairy Showperson: Kiley Bohnenkamp

Champion Market Heifer: Grace Hulsebus

Champion Return Bucket Bottle Calf: Parker Overberg

Grand Champion Market Beef: Emma Mohrfeld

Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef: Jaren Gerdes

3rd Overall Market Beef: Maddie Wellman

4th Overall Market Beef: Henry Steffensmeier

5th Overall Market Beef: Shanna Buford

Champion Senior Showperson: Henry Steffensmeier

Champion Intermediate Showperson: Aaden Anderson

Champion Junior Showperson: Owen Weisinger

Champion Advanced Showperson: Maddie Wellman

Results from the Lee County Fair Dog, Small Pets and Rabbit Shows

By Theresa Rose · Sunday, July 10th, 2022 at 9:16 pm CDT

Dog Show

Champion Pre-Novice A Handling-1st Year: Maggie Mullins

Champion Pre-Novice B Handling-2nd Year: Ahnna Sciumbato

Champion Novice Handling: Kelli Meierotto

Champion Pre-Novice A Obedience-1st Year: Madison Hassman

Champion Pre-Novice B Obedience: Arabella McDowell

Champion Novice Obedience: Kelli Meierotto

Small Pets/Rabbit Show:

Champion Commercial Rabbit: Baylor Ferreira

Reserve Champion Commercial Rabbit: Lucas Wenke

Champion Fancy Rabbit: Madison Hassman

Reserve Champion Fancy Rabbit: Keely Calvert

Grand Champion Overall Rabbit: Madison Hassman

Champion Best of Fur-Normal: Baylor Ferreira

Champion Best of Fur-Satin: Kayla Wenke

Champion Best of Fur-Rex: Madison Hassman

Champion Best of Fur-Wool: Allison Gruntmeir

Senior Rabbit Showperson: Allison Gruntmeir

Intermediate Rabbit Showperson: Baylor Ferreira

Junior Rabbit Showperson: Arabella McDowell

Tony E. Beaber

By Theresa Rose · Sunday, July 10th, 2022 at 7:44 pm CDT

Tony E. Beaber, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, July 9, 2022 at New London Specialty Care in New London, IA.

A funeral service for Tony will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 15, 2022 at the Oakland Mills Community Church, rural Mt. Pleasant. Pastor Rick Moorman will officiate. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery, rural Rome, IA. Friends may call from 12 Noon to 8 PM on Thursday at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. The family will be present to receive friends from 5-7 PM Thursday evening.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Mt. Pleasant Little League Baseball Association or the White Oak Cemetery Association.

Online condolences may  be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.

(A complete obituary will follow shortly.)

Wellmans Receive Brownfield Ag Youth Award

By Theresa Rose · Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at 1:35 pm CDT

Each year, at this time, Brownfield Ag News, of which KILJ is a long time affiliate, sponsors the Ag Youth awards.  Brownfield and KILJ partner to support local youth by choosing two recipients and making this presentation. The award is presented to a young lady and a young man recognizing them for their various accomplishments whether those be in school, 4H, or other areas of interest. But also for the leadership they have shown.  A belt buckle award and a Wal Mart Gift card for their 4H clubs is presented to each recipient. This year our award winners in Lee County are twins Trey and Maddie Wellman whose parents are Deb and Dusty Wellman of rural Houghton. Both have grown up in the show ring mostly showing cattle.  They own cows and embryo donor cows, operating their own breeding business. Both have been active participants in 4H and in the Central Lee FFA Chapter. Maddie was their FFA chapter’s president and Trey was vice-president. They are both members of the Lee County 4H Teen Council. The twins graduated this spring from Central Lee High School and are headed to Iowa State University. Trey was a page in the Iowa Legislature. He would like to combine his love of politics and his agriculture knowledge and plans to major in political science and ag policy. Maddie plans to major in agronomy and animal science. Maddie is also the outgoing Lee County Fair Queen.  KILJ’s news director Theresa Rose made the Ag Youth Award presentation at opening ceremonies at the Lee County Fair July 6.

Larry Allen

By Theresa Rose · Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at 1:30 pm CDT

Larry Allen, 71, of Lockridge, died unexpectedly Friday, July 8, 2022, at his home. Services are pending at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel.

Sports, July 9

By Parker Testa · Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at 5:00 am CDT

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Varsity Baseball was defeated 15-1 by Marion in 5 innings at Mount Mercy University Friday evening. The loss effectively ends the Panthers season. Mount Pleasant finishes the 2022 campaign 9-19 overall and 7-13 in Southeast Conference play. Mount Pleasant Head Coach Brent Broeker following the game, “We were 11 runs from being a much higher seed. I told the boys to not hang their heads. Even though our record doesn’t show it, we were better this year and hopefully they’ll stay positive and have a good year next year.”

New London

New London Varsity Baseball will take on Burlington Notre Dame in the District 11 championship of the Class 1A-Substate 6 postseason on Saturday night. Live coverage will be available on KILJ. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the Sigourney and Moravia game in the State Qualifier game on Tuesday night.

MLB

San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar has been released from the hospital after a collision with rookie shortstop C.J. Abrams Thursday night. Profar was released Friday from UC San Diego Health and was diagnosed with a concussion and a neck strain.

This Day in Sports History

1966 – Jack Nicklaus beat Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to win the British Open and become the 4th golfer in history to win all 4 majors

1991 – South Africa was re-admitted to the Olympics

2000 – Police fired tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve people in Harare, Zimbabwe

2018 – Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys the Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion

July 11, 2022 – July 17, 2022

By Lora Roth · Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at 1:33 am CDT
07/11/22
Susan Clark
07/11/22
Ethan McGohan
07/11/22
Mary Ruschill
07/11/22
Mike & Becky Fraise Anniversary (35)
07/12/22
Dale Campbell
07/12/22
Richard Tolander
07/12/22
Signa Brandmeyer
07/12/22
Kay Schrader
07/13/22
Keaton Hughell
07/13/22
Hannah Newman
07/13/22
Rigsby Reisdorf
07/13/22
Crystee Stigge
07/13/22
AJ Lee - 1
07/14/22
Dave Tandy
07/15/22
Cindy Watson
07/15/22
Bill Bare
07/15/22
Sue Lowery
07/15/22
Kim & Mitch Anderson Anniversary
07/16/22
Karli Cushion
07/16/22
Lorilee Glanzman
07/16/22
Jason Johnston
07/16/22
Richard McClellan III
07/16/22
Richard McNamee
07/16/22
Kathy Nellor
07/16/22
Curt Watson
07/16/22
Tim Jayne
07/17/22
Dean Campbell
07/17/22
Jeffrey Davis
07/17/22
Rebecca Hagensee
07/17/22
Sue KIng
07/17/22
Ann Thomas