Postseason Baseball Brackets
In Class 1A Substate 5 District 10, Danville had Moravia on the ropes, scoring a run in the top of the first and keeping the Mohawks off the board for the first three innings, but it was not enough as the Bears fell 3-1. Jaden Bauer struck out five on the mound in five innings of work and tabbed the lone RBI at the plate. Danville ended the season with a 1-19 record.
Van Buren County lost to Pekin over the weekend 12-1. Leo Jirak knocked in the lone run for the Warriors. Van Buren County finished the season with a 9-15 record.
Burlington Notre Dame handled business against Keota, clipping the Eagles in five innings with an 11-1 final. Kyler Cameron, Payne Prottsman, and Curtis Randall each knocked in two runs. Nike head coach Chip Chiprez thought his team executed the game plan to a tee,
“You know, that was our plan going in, you know, Payne Prottsman, he hasn’t thrown since the Burlington game, which would have been a week ago, so we wanted to get him 25 pitches and then get him out of there. Luckily for us, you know, we scored five runs right away, so we felt comfortable pulling him out, you know, and Curtis Randall, he’s just coming off the DL with the hip flexor injury. So, you know, we threw him a couple of innings the other night against Fort Madison and then brought him in tonight. So, you know, our philosophy in the postseason is to try to get guys in and out so we have everybody available for the next game, the next game, the next game, so it’s worked out.”
New London got off to a slow start against Wapello as Wyatt Marlette slapped in the first run of the game and kept the Tigers off the board for the first three innings. Nevertheless, the Tigers battled back and scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to go on to win 4-1. Sully Barron and Riley Rains collected an RBI apiece, while Memphis Watson struck out seven in the win.
Burlington Notre Dame and New London will meet up tomorrow, July 8th, at 7 pm with the winner advancing to the District Championship. Tigers’ head coach Jayden Flowers discussed the upcoming matchup,
“Yep, Notre Dame is a great team. We have to come to play. Like I said, we can’t fall asleep on them. Early innings against teams like that. So, we have to come ready to go and I think we’ll be ready for it.”
Moving to Class 2A Substate 4 District 7, #5 Mediapolis will host West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm.
Over in Class 2A Substate 5 District 9, Saturday’s doubleheader at Wilton was postponed to tonight with West Burlington and Louisa-Muscatine playing at 5 pm in the battle of the Falcons and Winfield-Mt. Union will take on the hosts at 7 pm.
For Class 3A Substate 5, Washington will face off against Assumption on the road. In Substate 6, Mt. Pleasant will travel to play Fairfield for the fourth time this season, while Keokuk will take on Pella and Fort Madison will venture to Xavier with both games on the road.
For Class 4A Substate 3, Burlington grabbed the #4-seed and will hit the road to compete against the #3-seed Muscatine.
Classes 3A and 4A will start postseason action on Friday, July 11th, with first pitch at 7 pm.
High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Davenport Central tonight at 5 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Mt. Vernon tonight at 7 pm on the road.
High School Softball
Fairfield competed in the Ottumwa Classic over the weekend and split their contests, beating #8 Albia 4-1 and losing to Pleasant Valley 6-5. Lilly Bergren’s grand slam broke the game open against the Lady Dees. Emma Septer slapped a two-RBI double against the Spartans. The Trojans will face off against Knoxville at 7 pm on the road tomorrow, July 8th.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on Mid-Prairie tonight at home with game one of a doubleheader starting at 5:30 pm.
Mediapolis will host Davis County tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
Postseason Softball
For Class 1A Region 1, game one will pin WACO against Wapello tonight at 7 pm with the Arrows getting a home game. The winner of the matchup will play Holy Trinity Catholic at West Point South Park on Wednesday, July 9th, at 7 pm.
Over in Class 2A Region 2, Van Buren County will host Danville tonight at 7 pm with the winner advancing to play #2 Louisa-Muscatine on Wednesday in a road showdown. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Also playing tonight will be New London/Winfield-Mt. Union, as the Tigers will make the pilgrimage to Pella Christian High School to face off against the Eagles at 7 pm.
Columbus will take on Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Wednesday at 7 pm in the top half of the bracket.
For Class 3A Region 5, Mediapolis will host West Burlington/Notre Dame on Thursday, July 10th, at 7 pm.
Central Lee will compete against Monticello on Thursday at 7 pm with the winner taking on either Washington or Midland.
On the bottom half of the Class 4A Region 3 bracket, Mt. Pleasant will travel west to face off against Oskaloosa on Thursday at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees split their weekend series against the Alton River Dragons, falling 14-3 then coming back to win 9-4 last night. Owen Nowak hit a three-run homer as he finished the night with four RBIs. The Bees will stay on the road to compete against the River Dragons on Wednesday, July 9th, at 6:35 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings swept the weekend, defeating the Normal CornBelters 5-1 on Saturday and the Springfield Luck Horseshoes 12-2 last night. The LumberKings will take on the Quincy Doggy Paddlers on Wednesday in a doubleheader with game one at 5 pm.
The 2025 Prospect League All-Star game is scheduled to start tomorrow, July 8th, in Springfield, Illinois at Robin Roberts Stadium at 6:30 pm. Kooper Schulte will compete in the Home Run Derby tonight at 8 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1912 – American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982.
1934 – Mary Hirsch, daughter of 3-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer Max Hirsch, becomes the first woman to be licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the United States.
1985 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Boris Becker beats South African Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 to become the youngest man (17) to win a Wimbledon singles title.