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.