Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Varsity Softball was defeated by New London last night by a score of 5-1. Myah Starr pitched the complete game for Mount Pleasant allowing 5 runs, 4 earned on 9 hits with 2 walks and striking out 1. Addison Clark went 1 for 3 at the plate with an RBI. New London’s Sophie Malott went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Megan Lee pitched the complete game for New London, allowing 1 run on 7 hits with 5 walks and striking out 5.
Mount Pleasant Head Coach Mike Beason on last night’s game said, “Good pitching from Myah Starr and solid defense was spoiled by our lack of execution and discipline offensively.”
Panther Softball will be back on the field tonight as they will go on the road for a doubleheader against Keokuk. The first game is set for 5:30 PM with the second to follow at 7:30 PM. New London Softball will be back on the field on Friday for two games, the first being a rescheduled game from June 10th against Hillcrest Academy at 2:00 PM, the second is at 7:00 PM against Highland.
Mount Pleasant Varsity Baseball was defeated by Davis County by a score of 9-6 last night. Carter Amos went 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs. Lincoln Henriksen had a double with 3 RBIs. Zerek Venghaus pitched 5 full innings allowing 9 runs, 7 earned on 10 hits with 5 walks and striking out 2. Panther Baseball will go on the road for a 2-game set with Keokuk tonight. The first game is scheduled for 5:30 PM with the second to follow at 7:30 PM.
New London
No. 3 New London Varsity Baseball defeated West Liberty by a score of 12-2 last night to improve to 19-0 on the season. Senior Dereck Santiago went 1 for 2 a home run and 3 RBIs. Seth Bailey pitched 4.2 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned on 7 hits with 3 walks and striking out 4. Tiger Baseball will be back on the field Friday night against Highland, that game is set to begin at 7:00 PM and you can catch live coverage here on KILJ.
This Day in Sports History
1904 – The first American motorboat race took place on the Hudson River in New York.
1917 – Ernie Shore (Boston Red Sox) replaced Babe Ruth and retired all 26 batters he faced. Ruth had been ejected from the game.
1972 – U.S. President Nixon signed the Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this congressional act barred sex bias in athletics and other activities at colleges receiving federal assistance.
1991 – A Mazda became the first Japanese car to win the Le Mans 24-hour race.