Sports, 06/09/2022

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Varsity Baseball has a pair of contests tonight as they will go on the road to take on the Burlington Grayhounds. The first game is set to begin at 5:30 PM with the second game to follow at 7:30 PM.

Mount Pleasant Varsity Softball has a doubleheader tonight as they will go on the road to take on the Burlington Grayhounds. The first game is set to start at 5:30 PM with the second game to follow at 7:30 PM. Those games will take place at Burlington High School and you can catch our coverage of both games, here on KILJ.

New London

New London Tiger Varsity Baseball remains undefeated as they were victorious over the Alburnett Pirates 12-2 last night at Alburnett High School. Senior Carter Allen was 1-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs. Senior Kooper Schulte was 2-5 with a double and 1 RBI. Senior Seth Bailey pitched 5 full innings, allowing 2 unearned runs with 3 walks and striking out 2. Tiger Baseball is back in action tonight as they will host the West Burlington Falcons, first pitch is scheduled for 5:30 PM.

New London Varsity Softball is back on the field tonight as they will host the West Burlington Falcons. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM.

Winfield-Mt. Union

Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves Varsity Baseball will take on Lone Tree tonight at Lone Tree High School. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM.

WMU Varsity Softball will also take on Lone Tree tonight at Lone Tree High School. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM.

This Day in Sports History

1914 – Honus Wagner became the second player in major league history to record 3,000 hits.

1985 – The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title by defeating the Boston Celtics. Kareem Abdul Jabbar scored 29 points.

2001 – Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) won his first Stanley Cup. He retired from the NHL just 17 days later after a 22 year career.

2008 – Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati Reds) hit his 600th career home run. Only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa had more runs at the time.