High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant will take on Bettendorf on the road today.
High School Postseason Baseball
In Class 1A Substate 5: District 9, New London will travel to take on the #1 seed Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7 pm. KILJ will be on the call with pregame at 6:45 pm. The Nikes won the two matchups this season 8-1 and 10-3.
In Class 2A Substate 5: District 10, Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to take on the #1 seed Van Buren County today at 7 pm. The Warriors won their last matchup back on June 21st, 12-2.
Mediapolis will take on Central Lee tonight for their second round matchup at 5 pm. The Bulldogs swept Central Lee in their two contests this season.
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 Postseason Softball
In Class 1A Region 8, Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Sigourney tonight, at 7 pm. The Crusaders fell to Sigourney last year in the same spot 11-1.
Wapello will take on Highland today.
In Class 2A Region 7, Van Buren County will compete against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tonight at 7 pm at home. The Rockets won their past two matchups back in 2017 by a combined score of 22-2.
In Class 2A Region 8, Mediapolis will take on Louisa-Muscatine today. The Falcons have won the past 13 consecutive games including 11 straight double-digit shutout wins against the Bulldogs.
Central Lee and Washington will square off tomorrow, July 6th, at Washington and West Burlington will host Fairfield tomorrow 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 tomorrow 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 picked up the shutout win over the Clinton LumberKings 4-0 last night to avenge their loss from Monday. It was not the bats that allowed the Bees to come out with the victory, rather it was some wild pitching as two runs were scored on a bases load hit by pitch. Mason Schwalbach singled home the first run to lead the team with 2 RBIs. Jeremy Fox tallied his third win of the year after his 5 innings of one-hit baseball, fanning 4 LumberKings. Burlington will host the Danville Dans tonight.
The Clinton LumberKings will look to go against the Quincy Gems tomorrow, July 6th, at home.
This Day in Sports History
1898 – Lizzie Arlington becomes first woman to play professional men’s baseball when she pitches the 9th inning for the Reading Coal Heavers against the Allentown Peanuts; allows 2 hits and walks a batter but preserves 5-0 win.
1935 – Tony (Brooklyn Dodgers) and Al (NY Giants) Cuccinello become the first brothers to both hit a MLB homer in the same game, Dodgers win 14-4.
1975 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Arthur Ashe becomes first African-American to win Wimbledon, beats Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.