High School Soccer
Burlington Notre Dame’s season came to an end last night in a 2-1 loss against Williamsburg in the Class 2A state quarterfinal round. The Nikes finished the season with a 16-4 record.
The Class 1A and Class 2A semifinals start tomorrow, June 4th, at noon with Regina Catholic taking on Van Meter. Hudson will face off against West Sioux and Bishop Heelan will square off against Williamsburg before the nightcap of Gilbert versus Webster City.
The girls’ state tournament gets underway today with all three classes playing their state quarterfinal round.
High School Baseball
Dayson Workman lived up to the name for Fairfield, collecting five doubles and six RBIs in a sweep of Mt. Pleasant to start conference play last night, 20-7 in game one and 14-8 in game two. Ethan Bisgard clobbered a home run for five RBIs in game one, while Cason Miller totaled two triples and six RBIs in game two.
Mt. Pleasant will look to stop this three-game skid tomorrow, June 4th, at home against New London with first pitch at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will host Albia tonight at 7:30 pm.
New London now has a two-game win streak after scraping past Pekin last night 2-1. Tate Welcher nabbed a double and an RBI in the winning effort.
Van Buren County’s Will Cocherell dealt a five inning no-hitter last night against Winfield-Mt. Union, collecting nine strikeouts in the 11-0 win. The sophomore also led the way on offense with four RBIs.
Wapello will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 5:30 pm on the road.
Van Buren County will take on Fort Madison tomorrow at 7 pm at the Field of Dreams.
Central Lee picked up an extra innings win last night against Anamosa, scoring two runs in the ninth inning to take a 7-5 victory. Blake Davis led the way with two RBIs for the Hawks.
Central Lee versus Burlington has been canceled for tonight.
Danville fell to Hillcrest Academy last night 15-0. Mediapolis will host Danville tonight at 5:30 pm.
West Burlington will host Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 5:30 pm.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant hosted Fairfield for the first conference doubleheader for the season and the Trojans’ bats led them past the Panthers 20-9 in game one and 9-1 in game two. Mt. Pleasant responded to the call of offense in game one, even taking a 9 to 8 lead after four innings when Keagyn Coleman notched an RBI single. However, between the two games, Lilly Bergen smoked the ball, tagging three extra base hits including a triple, while scoring seven times. Leah Helmick knocked home six runs for the Trojans, while Coleman and Saige Burchett each tabbed two RBIs by night’s end.
Mt. Pleasant is taking on New London tomorrow, June 4th, at 7:30 pm at home. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will continue their road trip on Thursday, June 5th, to face off against Fort Madison at 7:30 pm.
New London’s 7th inning comeback fell short against Pekin last night in an 11-7 final.
West Burlington/Notre Dame clobbered Highland last night 10-0 behind Lyndsey Kelley’s home run and four RBIs. Madelyn Thomas allowed only one hit and struck out two in her four innings of work.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against West Burlington/Notre Dame tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Danville shutout Hillcrest Academy last night 6-0.
Mediapolis fell to Class 2A’s #4 Louisa-Muscatine last night 11-1. Layne Price finished 1 for 2 at the plate with the lone RBI. The Bulldogs will square off against Danville tonight at 5:30 pm at home.
Columbus and Central Lee has canceled their game for tonight.
WACO’s contest against Lone Tree tonight has been canceled. It will be made up as a doubleheader on June 23rd.
Van Buren County will take on Pekin on Thursday at 5:30 pm at home.
Wapello will face off against Louisa-Muscatine on Thursday at 7 pm at home.
High School Cross Country
The Mt. Pleasant Cross Country team will be starting up their optional summer runs on June 16th. The runs are available to any 7th through 12th grader with paces and plans dependent on the level of experience. Coaches may not be present at every run as upperclassmen often lead the runs.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, the runs will begin at 6:30 am at the Old Threshers Museum Theatre. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the runs will begin at Saunders Park by the swimming pool at 7 pm. The runs will continue through mid-August until the cross country camp. If you have any questions, then contact Coach Murray at 319-850-0867.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees gave the home crowd something to cheer about as yesterday’s matinee ended in a Dash Denton walk-off single to give the Bees an 8-7 win over the Normal CornBelters. Kooper Schulte swatted a two-run shot to center field to collect a league leading 12 RBIs.
The Bees and Quincy Doggy Paddlers has postponed their contest for tonight. The game will be made up as a seven-inning doubleheader in Quincy on Sunday, June 8th.
The Clinton LumberKings are looking to sweep the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp tonight at 7:05 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1888 – Baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” is first published by the San Francisco Examiner.
1978 – Phillies Dave Johnson is the first to hit two pinch hit grand slams in a year.
2018 – Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen’s NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers in a game with 9 as the Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-103 in Game 2.