By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Prep Softball: New London Holds On, Other Finals:
New London 7, Mount Pleasant 6
Mount Pleasant held a 4-2 lead into the 5th inning, but New London rallied for four runs and a single marker in the 6th as they picked up a 7-6 nonconference win over the Panthers.
Marah Hartrick proved to be the best player on the diamond yesterday going 3-for-3 with a double and a triple, scoring two runs.
Ashlyn McSorely and Sophie Malott each had two hits for New London, who improved to 3-8.
Grace Kelley led Mount Pleasant with two hits — including a double —- and two runs scored.
Bethany Drury drove in two runs off the bench.
Madison Helling took the loss, the freshman allowed four earned runs over 4.2 innings, striking out two.
Elly Manning earned the win for New London, pitching a complete game yielding five hits and no earned runs.
She struck out eight.
Mount Pleasant fell to 0-11.
Danville 11, Columbus 6
Danville belted out 15 hits, as the Bears picked up an 11-6 win over Columbus last night.
Carlea Beckman, Haiden Molter, Morgan Waste, Ava Smith, Gracie Walker and Jaeda Smith all had two hits and it was Waste who drove in three.
Ava Smith earned the win out of the Danville bullpen throwing the game’s final 5.1 in relief os starter of Haiden Molter.
Smith struck out seven.
Danville scored in every inning but the 6th.
They improved to 3-5. Columbus fell to 2-7.
No. 3 (2A) Louisa-Muscatine 6, Van Buren County 2
UNI recruit Kylee Sanders registered a double and a triple, while striking out 10 over seven innings as Louisa-Muscatine dispatched Van Buren County last night in a Super Conference tilt.
Piper Brant and McKenzie Kissel both had extra base hits for the Falcons.
L-M jumped to 6-2.
Van Buren suffered just their second loss, they’re now 8-2.
Central Lee 4, Winfield-Mount Union 3
Central Lee scored on a walkoff in the 7th inning, as the Hawks snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Winfield-Mount Union.
The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for Winfield-Mount Union.
Winfield-Mount Union dropped to 8-2.
Central Lee improved to 6-3.
The Lady Wolves are back on the diamond at home tonight, welcoming in Lone Tree.
First pitch is set for 7:00 p.m.
Prep Baseball: Notre Dame Rebounds, Central Lee Rolls, Other Finals:
Notre Dame 2, Pekin 0
Josh Smith struck out ten over seven sterling innings as Notre Dame bounced back from their loss Monday for a 2-0 win over Pekin last night.
Smith allowed just one hit in the victory.
Owen Gulick doubled for the Nikes, while Brady Oleson had an RBI.
Chase Stansberry was equally impressive on the bump for Pekin.
The junior struck out 13 hitters over six innings allowing just three hits and the one run.
Notre Dame improved to 5-2.
Pekin fell to 5-4.
Central Lee 16, Winfield-Mount Union 7
Central Lee scored six times in the 1st inning and eight times in the 2nd inning as they rolled past Winfield-Mount Union 16-7 last night.
The Wolves countered with six runs in the third inning, but it was too little too late.
Jacob Ford continued his hot stretch at the plate, registering three hits and driving in two runs.
Jackson Woods also provided two RBI.
Winfield-Mount Union fell to 1-9.
Central Lee moved to 4-4.
Fort Madison 16, Mediapolis 2
Fort Madison thumped out ten hits and were walked ten times as they flexed their muscles over Mediapolis 16-2 last night.
Jaxon Brooks and Regan Thornburg each had hits for Mediapolis.
Garrett Hannum was the winning pitcher for the Bloodhounds striking out two over five innings.
The upstart Bloodhounds moved to 7-2.
Mediapolis evened up at 5-5.
Prep Baseball: Mount Pleasant, Burlington Meet for Featured Matchup:
The Mount Pleasant baseball team is back on their home diamond tonight when they welcome in the Greyhounds of Burlington for a conference doubleheader.
Burlington swept the season series a year ago and have won 12 straight in the matchup.
The Greyhounds enter tonight’s set 5-2 and are winners of four of their last five after splitting with Muscatine, Tuesday night.
Burlington is led at the plate by junior Brock Dengler, who is hitting .318 with four runs batted in and two doubled thru seven games.
Jacob Zahner has a team high seven RBI and three doubles.
Meanwhile, Mount Pleasant, 2-6, is coming off their best win of the season — an 11-4 triumph over Oskaloosa.
Will Edeker has been the tonesetter at the dish hitting .500 thru eight games with a home run and three runs batted in.
Colten Hutson has four RBI and three doubles for Mount Pleasant.
Jack Johnson is in line to pitch in game one of the doubleheader, the senior right-hander is 1-1 on the year in 7.1 innings, with opponents hitting just .250 against him.
Tonight’s doubleheader will begin at 5:30 p.m.
You can listen to both ends of the twinbill on FM 105.5 and online at kilj.com.
College Basketball: Iowa Lands Major Prep:
Fran McCaffery and the Iowa men’s basketball program are making inroads on replenishing the cupboards and did so in a big way yesterday securing a commitment from Massachusetts prepster Dasonte Bowen.
Bowen is the top-ranked high school player in the Pilgrim State and is the No. 92 overall player nationally.
He chose Iowa over offers from Boston College, Northwestern and Maryland.