By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Prep Softball: Mount Pleasant Falls, Winfield-Mount Union Stunned:
No. 13 Fairfield 12, Mount Pleasant 0
Fairfield’s Coty Engle tossed a shortened game no-hitter as Fairfield cruised to a 12-0 win over Mount Pleasant last night.
Engle allowed just one baserunner as the Trojans jumped out to an early lead.
The game was finished in three innings.
Ella McNamee suffered the loss for the Panthers.
Mount Pleasant dropped to 1-25.
Columbus 2, No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union 1
Columbus came from behind late to stun Class 1A’s No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union 2-1, yesterday in a Super Conference clash at Winfield.
Lela Fort came up with the clutch two RBI double to give the Wildcats the lead.
Lily Coil had two hits, a stolen base and was the winning pitcher.
Winfield ace Madie Anderson struck out 16 hitters over seven innings, yielding six hits.
The Lady Wolves mustered just three hits, all singles.
Winfield stumbled to 14-4.
Columbus improved to 10-14.
Other finals from last night:
West Burlington 12, Central Lee 0
Van Buren County 6, Danville 0
Wapello 2, Highland 1
Prep Softball: Regional Pairings Announced:
The IGHSAU has released their regional playoff pairings for the upcoming playoff season.
Here are the pairings in full:
Class 1A
Hillcrest Academy at New London (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
- Winner gets No. 13 Winfield-Mount Union (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)
Lone Tree at Holy Trinity (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
Class 2A
Mediapolis at Cardinal (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
- Winner gets Wapello (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)
Danville at Van Buren County (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)
West Branch OR North Cedar at No. 3 Louisa-Muscatine (July 7th, 7:00 p.m.)
Class 3A
Columbus at West Burlington (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
Central Lee at Davis County (July 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
Class 4A
Mount Pleasant at Keokuk (July 8th, 7:00 p.m.)
- Winner gets Fairfield (July 10th, 7:00 p.m.)
Prep Softball: IGHSAU Rankings Released:
Class 1A
1.) Newell-Fonda
2.) Wayne
3.) Collins-Maxwell
4.) Lisbon
5.) Southeast Warren
6.) Akron-Westfield
7.) Sigourney
8.) Mason City Newman
9.) Lynnville-Sully
10.) Lenox
11.) Martensdale-St. Marys
12.) Clarksville
13.) Winfield-Mount Union
14.) Exira-EHK
15.) Remsen St. Mary’s
Class 2A
1,.) North Linn
2.) Wilton
3.) Louisa-Muscatine
4.) Van Meter
5.) Central Springs
6.) Interstate 35
7.) North Union
8.) Underwood
9.) Alburnett
10.) Columbus Catholic
11.) Earlham
12.) West Monona
13.) Wapello
14.) Northeast
15.) Van Buren County
Class 3A
1.) Davenport Assumption
2.) Mount Vernon
3.) Williamsburg
4.) West Burlington/Notre Dame
5.) Albia
6.) Anamosa
7.) Atlantic
8.) Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
9.) West Liberty
10.) Solon
11.) Crestwood
12.) Sioux Center
13.) Roland-Story
14.) Bishop Heelan
15.) Davis County
Class 4A
1.) Winterset
2.) Western Dubuque
3.) ADM
4.) Norwalk
5.) Boone
6.) Dallas Center-Grimes
7.) Carlisle
8.) Clear Creek-Amana
9.) Ballard
10.) Marion
11.) West Delaware
12.) North Scott
13.) Fairfield
14.) Bondurant-Farrar
15.) North Polk
Class 5A
1.) Muscatine
2.) Fort Dodge
3.) Johnston
4.) Indianola
5.) Iowa City High
6.) Waukee
7.) Pleasant Valley
8.) Cedar Rapids Kennedy
9.) West Des Moines Valley
10.) Ankeny Centennial
11.) Iowa City Liberty
12.) Southeast Polk
13.) Cedar Rapids Prairie
14.) Davenport North
15.) Bettendorf
Prep Baseball: Rain Washes Away Thursday:
Thundershowers washed away what was a good card of Thursday baseball action in the area.
Mount Pleasant-Fairfield were suspended at the top of the 3rd inning with Fairfield leading 6-3. A makeup date has yet to be finalized.
There were two area games yesterday:
Burlington 3, Washington 2
West Burlington 7, Central Lee 4