High School Baseball
Van Buren County was defeated by Highland last night 5-3. Central Lee will host Van Buren County tonight at 5:30 pm.
West Burlington was shutout by Hillcrest Academy last night 10-0. Brock Thuleen had the lone extra base hit for the Falcons with a double. Mason Helmuth notched two RBIs for the Ravens. The Falcons will face off against Mediapolis tomorrow, June 7th, at 5:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk tonight at 7:30 pm. Head coach Brent Broeker knows the Panthers will be challenged at the plate,
“They got one arm left, so we’ll be, you know, we’re not. We’re not taking them lightly at all. And that was the kid to be Burlington. So, it’s nice that it’s at home and we won’t have to travel on Thursday. So, hopefully we can come out with that, that sweep of Keokuk.”
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Highland tonight at 5:30 pm at home.
Fairfield will play Burlington tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Danville will compete against BGM tonight at 5:30 pm at home.
New London will hit the road to face off against Danville tomorrow, June 7th, at 5:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Fort Madison tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
High School Softball
Winfield-Mt. Union defeated Holy Trinity Catholic last night 7-3. Quin Smith pitched the complete game for the Wolves allowing only three hits and three runs along with smacking a home run at the plate. The Wolves will take on Highland at home tonight at 5:30 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host Lone Tree on Monday, June 10th, at 5:30 pm.
New London fell to Wapello last night 13-0. Ada Boysen threw six innings of shutout ball, notching 12 strikeouts for the Arrows. The Tigers will square off against Danville tomorrow, June 7th, at 7 pm.
Danville lost to Louisa-Muscatine last night 12-2.
Mediapolis grabbed the win over Columbus last night 13-5. Avery Crear, Payton Harris, Avalynn Prall, and Rachel Martin each knocked in two RBIs for the Bulldogs. Mediapolis will face off against West Burlington tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
West Burlington clobbered Hillcrest Academy last night 15-2. Paige Kramer went a perfect 4 for 4 with five RBIs in the winning effort.
WACO will take on Pekin tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Central Lee will take on Van Buren County tonight at home at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk tonight at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will look to avoid the sweep against Burlington tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
High School Softball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their third set of rankings for the season and our three local teams remained ranked with two improving their position.
In Class 4A, Burlington kept their position from last week’s rankings of 11th after going 6-0 to start their season. The Grayhounds have outscored their opponents 38 to 1 as Saydee Plummer has thrown a no-hitter and two one-hitters so far this season while notching 62 strikeouts. Plummer also leads the team at the plate with a 0.444 average with two home runs and six RBIs.
Class 3A saw Washington move up two spots in the rankings to 9th on the list. After dropping two tough matchups to #7 Assumption and Class 5A’s #14 Bettendorf, the Demons dominated Fort Madison by a combined score of 20 to 5. Washington boasts a team ERA of 2.24 and a team batting average of 0.392 with Leighton Salazar hitting 0.556 with 13 RBIs.
West Burlington also jumped up in the rankings to #14 in Class 3A. The Falcons are 9-0, having scored at least 10 runs in seven of their matchups. Shona Anderson leads the team with two home runs and 14 RBIs with a 0.480 batting average.
High School Basketball
Pending board approval, Fairfield will have a new girls’ basketball head coach patrolling the sideline in the winter in Jerrod Belzer. With nearly a decade of experience as an assistant basketball coach, along with holding the head coach responsibilities for girls’ and boys’ cross country and girls’ track and field, Belzer’s coaching philosophy is expected to build up the Trojan tradition on the hardcourt.
Belzer takes over the Trojan program that has had back-to-back losing seasons after nine consecutive winning seasons.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees were unable to stop the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp’s late surge, losing 8-7 after 10 innings. Reese Moore led the squad with three RBIs. The two will have their rematch tonight in Burlington at 6:30 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings fell to the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes last night 8-7. Cougar Cooke slapped a home run and tabbed five RBis in the loss. The LumberKings will compete in a doubleheader tonight on the road against the O’Fallon Hoots.
This Day in Sports History
1923 – Edgar Wallace became the first British radio sports reporter, when he made a report on The Derby for the British Broadcasting Company, the newly founded predecessor of the BBC.
1971 – Willie Mays hits all-time record 22nd extra inning home run.
2018 – LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan’s record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors.