Sports, Monday, June 7th

Prep Track: IATC Finishes All-Star Qualifiers:

Iowa’s top senior track & field athletes competed for North and South Teams, as they duel for bragging rights, at Iowa City West High School this weekend.

The senior all-star championship was be held on Saturday, June 5th, 2021.

Two area athletes qualified for the meet.

Mount Pleasant’s Karsyn Lamm, running next year for Central College, competed for the South All-Stars in the 100m hurdles.

Lamm was a medalist in the Class 3A hurdles at last month’s state meet.

Her personal best this year is 15.8.

Also competing was Danville’s Addison Parrott.

Parrott participated in the 800m run as well as the 1500m run.

The Danville senior was runner-up in both the 1500m and 3000m run at the state track meet last month.

She too competed for the South All-Stars.

Prep Baseball: Super Conference Slate Includes Featured Matchup:

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference has a robust schedule tonight, including our featured matchup of the night.

New London travels to Notre Dame tonight for a 7:00 p.m. first pitch, their first meeting since last year’s substate final where Notre Dame ousted the Tigers and moved to the 1A State Baseball Tournament.

New London has been a machine this year, blasting double digit runs in three of their first four games — including a 37 spot against Columbus last week.

Carter Allen, a two-time medalist at this year’s state track meet, leads the club with a .615 batting average and nine runs batted in.

Hecniel Rodriguez is hitting .556 with 12 runs batted in, three triples, one home run and three stolen bases.

Meanwhile, Notre Dame enters proceedings tonight with a 4-1 ledger, their lone loss back on May 29th to Fort Madison.

Sophomore Carsen Jones leads the club with a.500 average and 10 runs batted in.

Jackson Brent has thrown 7.1 innings to the tune of a 2.86 ERA for the Nikes, filling in the shoes in the shoes of older brother and former ace Mitchell.

The Nikes have won the last four tilts between the clubs, with New London’s last win coming back on June 25th of 2018.

Tonight’s game, being played at Burlington Notre Dame will have first pitch at 7:00 p.m.

You can listen on FM 105.5 and online at kilj.com.

Other baseball games tonight in the Super Conference:

  • Highland at Winfield-Mount Union
  • Columbus at Cardinal
  • Louisa-Muscatine at Mediapolis
  • Hillcrest Academy at Wapello
  • Danville at West Burlington

Also back in action is the Mount Pleasant baseball team. The

Panthers will host Fairfield for a conference doubleheader tonight after dropping two games Saturday against Muscatine 15-0 and 12-4.

Fairfield comes in 2-5, the Trojans were most recently beaten by Burlington in a conference doubleheader last Thursday.

Mount Pleasant is led by senior Will Edeker who is hitting a sterling .714 through the teams first five games.

Wyatt Baker leads Fairfield with a .278 average.

Tonight’s doubleheader will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.

Other games in the Southeast Conference tonight:

  • Keokuk vs. Fort Madison
  • Washington at Burlington

Prep Softball: Several High End Matchups in SEISC, SEC Tonight:

The Monday softball schedule in the area has several high-profile games, including Winfield-Mount Union playing host to the a game Highland bunch.

Highland enters play tonight with a record of 7-1, Winfield-Mount Union, who’s lone blip came against No. 1 (2A) Louisa-Muscatine is 6-1.

Freshman Sarah Burton is Highland’s team leader at the plate, she’s hitting .591 through eight games with five doubles and nine stolen bags.

She will draw the challenge of squaring off with Winfield ace Madie Anderson, who has thrown 42 innings so far this year, striking out 87, while walking just seven.

Her ERA is a microscopic 0.50.

Jobey Malone has been on a tear at the dish for Winfield with a .571 average along with three runs batted in and two doubles.

Tonight’s game will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Winfield-Mount Union High School.

Other tilts in the Super Conference tonight include:

  • Columbus at Cardinal
  • Holy Trinity at Van Buren County
  • Louisa-Muscatine at Mediapolis
  • Hillcrest Academy at Wapello
  • Danville at West Burlington Notre Dame

And in the Southeast Conference, Mount Pleasant will host Fairfield for a conference double dip.

The Panthers enter tonight with a record of 0-8, Fairfield is 3-4.

Savana Walls has started her season hot, the junior is hitting .500 through eight games.

Fairfield is paced by Hannah Simpson who his hitting .393 with nine runs batted in for Fairfield.

That doubleheader will get underway at 5:30 p.m. at Mount Pleasant High School.

NBA Scoreboard: Game Two in Brooklyn, Game One in Phoenix:

The NBA Playoffs continue on tonight with a pair of matchups.

In the East, the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets will meet for game two. The Nets took game one 115-107.

In the Western Conference Semifinals, the Phoenix Suns will host Denver for game one.

Milwaukee vs. Brooklyn will get underway at 6:30 p.m. with Denver and Phoenix tipping at 9:00 p.m.