High School Postseason Baseball
In Class 1A Substate 5: District 9, Burlington Notre Dame will take on Moravia tonight at 7 pm. KILJ will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
In Class 2A Substate 5: District 10, Van Buren County and Mediapolis will face off for the district championship tonight at 7 pm.
In Class 3A Substate 4, Washington was defeated by Assumption 10-0 last night. The Demons finished the season with a 4-23 record.
In Class 3A Substate 5, Mt. Pleasant played host to Fairfield for a conference matchup. It was the Trojans who struck first as Landon Nodurft collected an RBI on a single and Cody Birlson doubled home a run in the 3rd inning to take a 2 to 0 lead. The Panthers would answer back in the bottom of the 4th inning with Carter Amos and Garrett Cook each clocking RBI doubles to tie the game.
Amos would step up to the plate again in the 6th inning and smack another RBI double to take a 3 to 2 lead. The Trojans were down to their final three outs. The Panthers managed to get two of those outs but a leadoff single and two walks left the bases loaded with two outs away. That’s when Tallon Bates was hit by a pitch, which scored the game tying run. The Panthers allowed no runs in the top of the 8th inning and had runners on first and second with two outs before the rain started falling, leading to play being suspended until today at 2 pm. KILJ will continue its coverage.
Fort Madison fell to Benton last night 6-0 and Xavier took down Keokuk 10-0. The Bloodhounds ended the season with a 10-19 record while the Chiefs finished with an 8-16 record.
In Class 4A Substate 6, Burlington was bested by North Scott 5-0. The Grayhounds finished the season with a 16-14 record.
High School Postseason Softball
In Class 1A Region 8, Sigourney and Wapello will face off today at 7 pm with the winner going to the regional championship.
In Class 3A Region 8, Washington will take on Assumption tonight at 7 pm.
West Burlington will face off against West Liberty today at 7 pm on the road.
In Class 4A Region 6, Keokuk will take on Norwalk tonight. Knoxville will travel to take on 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 had a 4 to 1 lead entering the 9th inning before the Gems scored three to tie the game to force extra innings when weather caused the game to be postponed until July 17th where they will play before their scheduled game for the evening. Jaden Hackbarth led the Bees with 2 RBIs. Burlington will host the Pistol Shrimp tonight.
The Clinton LumberKings will have a doubleheader tonight against the Normal CornBelters.
This Day in Sports History
1889 – John L. Sullivan successfully defends the last officially sanctioned, bare-knuckle world heavyweight prizefighting championship; Jake Kilrain’s trainer throws in the towel after 75 x 1-minute rounds near Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
1965 – Joe Morgan is first Houston player with 6 hits in a game.
2000 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6.