Prep Golf: Mount Pleasant Announces Girls’ Golf Awards:
It was a terrific year for Mount Pleasant girls’ golf and the program has released their final awards.
MVP – Elli Liechty
- All District, 1st Team All Conference, Academic All State and Conference, 16th Class 3A Individual State Tournament, 5th State Coed
Panther Award – Ryann Davidson
Most Improved – Sami Wibben
Kylie Walderbach and Izabell Yoder both lettered.
The team ended this year with a record of 44-15.
Prep Baseball: IHSAA Releases Class Substate Assignments:
The state association has released Class 3A and 4A postseason assignments, with area teams in competing in Class 3A-Substate 4.
Included in Substate 4 will be:
- Davenport Assumption
- Central DeWitt
- Clear Creek-Amana
- Fairfield
- Fort Madison
- Keokuk
- Mount Pleasant
- Washington
The substate remains largely unchanged from last year’s bracket that saw Clear Creek-Amana advance out to the state tournament.
First round substate games for 3A are scheduled for Friday, July 16.
Class 3A’s state tournament will be played this year at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, with quarterfinal play beginning July 28th.
In Class 1A, area teams will compete in District No. 6 and No. 9:
District 6
- Columbus
- English Valleys
- Highland
- Hillcrest
- Lisbon
- Lone Tree
- North Cedar
- Wapello
District 9
- Danville
- Keota
- Moravia
- Moulton-Udell
- New London
- Notre Dame
- Sigourney
- Tri-County
- Winfield-Mount Union
Pairings for 1A are expected to be released this week.
Postseason competition then will begin with one scheduled preliminary round game in 1A on Thursday, July 8.
First round district games for 1A are set for Saturday, July 10.
Prep Baseball: Busy Monday Slate, Should Mother Nature Oblige:
Should Mother Nature oblige, tonight’s prep baseball schedule looks awfully juicy for area teams.
All Southeast Conference teams are back in action and Super Conference teams are also back on the diamond.
Here’s a look at the are baseball slate tonight:
- Mount Pleasant at Burlington (Doubleheader)
- West Burlington at Danville
- Pekin vs. Lone Tree
- Mediapolis at Louisa-Muscatine
- Notre Dame at New London
Prep Softball: Area Teams Scheduled to Resume Regular Season:
In the softball circuit tonight there are several marquee matchups to look forward to.
Here’s the area schedule in full:
- Mount Pleasant at Burlington (Doubleheader)
- Wapello at Hillcrest Academy
- West Burlington-Notre Dame at Danville
- Winfield-Mount Union at Highland
- Van Buren County at Holy Trinity
- Mediapolis at Louisa-Muscatine
Playoff matchups will begin on July 6th around the region.
KILJ will be your home for postseason softball and baseball all July.