High School Baseball
Central Lee participated in a tournament in Waterloo over the weekend losing game one to Grand View Chrisitan 8-1 to set up a 9-4 victory over Saint Ansgar. Chase Johnson had the lone RBI for the Hawks against the Thunder.
Game two saw Central Lee produce seven unanswered runs strung out between the last three innings as Kayden Calfee smacked a double for two RBIs.
Burlington Notre Dame swatted Burlington over the weekend, dispatching the Grayhounds 11-1. Eli Oleson led the offense with four RBIs, while Payne Prottsman went the complete five innings, striking out five in the win.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Burlington for a doubleheader at Community Field tonight with game one at 5:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call for game one with the pregame show at 5:15 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will host Central Lee tonight at 7:30 pm in a make-up game from June 13th.
Danville will enjoy their senior night tonight at 7:30 pm when the Bears take on Wapello.
West Burlington will host Hillcrest Academy tonight at 5:30 pm.
New London will take on Lone Tree tonight at 7 pm at home.
Fairfield will square off against Keokuk tonight in a home doubleheader with game one at 5:30 pm.
#6 Mediapolis will travel to Class 1A’s #2 Sigourney tomorrow, July 1st, at 5:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Lone Tree tomorrow at 5:30 pm at home.
Van Buren County will celebrate their Senior Night on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 5:30 pm.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant competed in the Rick Doran Classic over the weekend and dropped both contests, falling 7-4 to Iowa City West and 12-0 to Independence. Bella Dodds had the lone extra-base hit for the Panthers as she grabbed an RBI.
Mt. Pleasant will head to Burlington tonight for game one of their doubleheader at 5:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame went winless at the Eddie Jones Memorial Tournament over the weekend, getting shutout by #9 Washington 13-0 and struggling against Davenport West, 6-1. Whitney Snowden tabbed two doubles by the end of the weekend. The Falcons will take on Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7 pm for their Senior Night.
WACO traveled to Iowa Valley over the weekend for a tournament and was swept by the hosts 15-5 and Colo-Nesco 5-4.
Wapello will travel to WACO tonight with first pitch at 7 pm.
Fairfield battled in Solon for part two of the Clear Creek Amana/Solon Classic, but lost both contests over the weekend, 5-4 to Solon and 7-5 to Prairie. Leah Helmick had a big game against the Hawks as she pushed across three runs on two singles. Lilly Bergren scored three runs and finished 5 for 7 at the plate.
Fairfield will host Keokuk tonight for a doubleheader with game one at 5:30 pm.
New London will tangle with Lone Tree tonight with gametime at 5:30 pm at the Winfield Softball Field.
Columbus will face off against Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against WACO tomorrow, July 1st, at 7 pm on the road.
Danville will host Central Lee tomorrow for a senior night doubleheader with game one at 5:30 pm.
Van Buren County will hit the road to take on Centerville on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 5:30 pm.
Mediapolis will host Davis County on July 8th at 5:30 pm.
Postseason Softball
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the postseason brackets for all five classes, here’s a look at our local matchups.
For Class 1A Region 1, game one on July 7th will pin WACO against Wapello 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 July 9th at 7 pm.
Over in Class 2A Region 2, Van Buren County will host Danville on July 7th at 7 pm with the winner advancing to play #2 Louisa-Muscatine on July 9th in a road showdown.
Also playing on day one 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. The winner will take on Wilton in the quarterfinals.
Columbus earned a bye and a home game with the Wildcats gearing up for a contest with Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on July 9th at 7 pm in the top half of the bracket with Louisa-Muscatine expected to host the July 11th contest if both teams advance.
In Class 3A Region 5, Mediapolis will get a chance to repeat a piece of history made earlier this season when they host West Burlington/Notre Dame on July 10th at 7 pm. The winner will take on either Assumption or Camanche with the Knights entering as the favorite.
In the bottom half of the bracket, #9 Washington will face off against Midland at home and Central Lee will take on Monticello at home. The winner of the two matchups will play one another.
Region 8 will have Fairfield host Davis County to start their postseason journey. The winner will most likely travel to Albia as they take on Clarke Community in their first-round matchup.
On the bottom half of the Class 4A Region 3 bracket, it is a repeat of the season opener as Mt. Pleasant will travel west to face off against Oskaloosa. KILJ will be on the call.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees started off the second half of the season with a pair of victories, outslugging the Normal CornBelters 14-10 and downing the Clinton LumberKings last night 6-2.
Caleb Seibers was crushing the ball against the CornBelters, smashing two home runs to tally three RBIs, while Kooper Schulte added his own two-run moonshot to also finish the game with three RBIs.
Corey Boyette set the tone for game two with a three-run homer to introduce the scoring as the Bees scored the first five runs of the game.
The Burlington Bees will travel to face off against the Quincy Doggy Paddlers tomorrow, July 1st, at 6:30 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings, who earned a playoff spot after winning the Division Title for the first half of the season, split their Saturday doubleheader against the Doggy Paddlers, winning game one 15-11 before falling in game two 13-7. The LumberKings will take on the Normal CornBelters tomorrow on the road at 6:30 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1934 – Detroit radio executive George Richards pays $7,952.08 to buy NFL’s Portsmouth Spartans; moves team to Detroit and rebrands it to ‘Lions.’
1982 – New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan vote; based on the legend of the Jersey Devil, a creature that allegedly inhabited the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.
1994 – US Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life.