High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant will take on Bettendorf on the road on July 5th.
High School Postseason Baseball
In Class 1A Substate 5: District 9, New London traveled to Highland and left with the upset defeating the Huskies 1-0 over the weekend. It was a pitchers duel for the entire game with Ethan Paisley notching over 100 strikeouts for the season and Brendan Richey making short work of the Highland offense.
However, it would be a throwing error on a Tate Welcher infield single that would allow him to advance all the way to third base in the top of the 6th inning. Michael Raines, the courtesy runner, would take home base on a passed ball to give the Tigers the lead. Richey would find himself in a two-out bases loaded jam in the bottom of the 7th inning, but he would induce a pop out to end the game having pitched a complete game shutout striking out 4 batters. The Tigers will travel to take on the #1 seed Burlington Notre Dame on July 5th at 7 pm. KILJ will be on the call with pregame at 6:45 pm.
In District 10 for Class 1A, Danville fell to Sigourney 5-4 on Saturday. The Bears end the season with a 2-17 record.
In Class 2A Substate 5: District 10, Winfield-Mt. Union handled Louisa-Muscatine 11-3. Cole Milks led the Wolves with a powerful home run and 4 RBIs as Andrew Brown picked up the complete game win, fanning three Falcons. The Wolves will travel to take on the #1 seed Van Buren County on July 5th at 7 pm.
Central Lee and West Burlington’s matchup was suspended in the bottom of the 7th with the game tied at 5 and it has been rescheduled to tonight at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will take on either the Hawks or the Falcons. Their second round matchup will take place on July 5th at 5 pm.
In Class 3A Substate 4, Washington will take on the #2 seed Davenport Assumption at 5 pm.
In Class 3A Substate 5, we will see a Southeast Conference matchup to start off the playoffs with Mt. Pleasant hosting Fairfield at 7 pm.
Fort Madison will travel to take on Benton and Keokuk is on the road to face off against Cedar Rapids Xavier with both games taking place at 7 pm.
Class 4A will have 8 substates and brackets of 6 teams. Each team will have an opponent for the first round with the highest winning seed getting a bye to the next round. Burlington will take on North Scott in Substate 6 as the #4 seed.
The first round for Class 3A and 4A will take place on July 7th.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant split their two games at the Rick Doran Classic over the weekend defeating Davenport Central 6-5 and falling to Iowa City West 7-2. In the win, Jolynn Martin got it down in the circle, picking up the win, and at the plate, notching two hits and 2 RBIs. Addison Clark added another 2 RBIs.
In the loss, Ella McNamee and Clark each tallied an RBI with Kynlee White collecting 4 hits over the weekend.
High School Postseason Softball
In Class 1A Region 8, Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Sigourney on July 5th at 7 pm.
Wapello will take on Highland on July 5th.
In Class 2A Region 7, Van Buren County will compete against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on July 5th at 7 pm at home.
In Class 2A Region 8, Mediapolis will take on Louisa-Muscatine on July 5th.
Central Lee and Washington will square off on July 6th at Washington and West Burlington will host Fairfield on July 6th with both games taking place at 7 pm for Class 3A Region 8.
In Class 4A Region 6, Mt. Pleasant and Keokuk will compete in a conference matchup at Joyce Park on July 6th at 7 pm. Knoxville will host Fort Madison with the winner taking on Burlington at Burlington.
Mt. Pleasant Cross Country
On Mondays and Wednesdays, runs will begin at the Old Threshers Museum Theatre at 6:30 am.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, runs will start at 7 pm at Saunders Park by the swimming pool.
The runs will continue throughout the summer until the middle of August. If you have any questions, reach out to Coach Murray at 319-850-0867.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees lost both of their matchups over the weekend to fall to 10-17 on the season. On Saturday, the Jackson Rockabillys pushed across the game winning run in the 11th inning to win 4-3. Tanner Holland collected all 3 RBIs in the loss.
The Gems handled the Bees 9-3 last night. Keanu Spenser, Coy Sarsfield, and Cedric Dunnwald each tallied an RBI in the losing effort. The Bees will host the LumberKings tonight.
The Clinton LumberKings were swept by the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp over the weekend 11-2 on Saturday and 9-3 yesterday. Brock Wolin and Nick Meyer finished with 1 RBI apiece in game one.
This Day in Sports History
1931 – German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 rounds in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defense; first major fight broadcast live on national radio.
1966 – Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, is the first NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants).
1983 – Texas Rangers explode for an MLB single extra innings record 12 runs in the 15th inning of 16-4 win versus Oakland.