Sports

UDELL ? She didn?t give up a hit, she didn?t give up a walk.In fact, only one batter even put the ball in play.New London pitcher Morgan Christner was perfect through all four innings of last night?s regional victory over Moulton-Udell, striking out 11 of the 12 batters she faced, and the New London bats were there to back her up.The Class 1A 10th-ranked Tigers won by a score of 15-0, and they advance to the ...

FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team scored two runs in the opening frame and two more in the final inning, but Fairfield scored eight in between to claim a Class 4A regional victory over the Panthers on Thursday night, 8-4.Mt. Pleasant ends its season with a record of 10-31.The Panthers lost all four of their regular-season games against Fairfield ? by a combined score of 41-0 ? but the young Mt. ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Saturday night saw a large crowd, 104 cars competing, some extremely close finishes and beautiful weather for area race fans.Three drivers raced to their first wins of the season: Kyle Hill of New London (sport mods), Brent Hartley of Niota, Ill. (four cylindes) and Jayson Ditsworth of Gladstone, Ill. (305 Sprints). Mitch Morris of Eldridge (modifieds), Tom Bowling of Danville (stock cars) and ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Sammi Goble had senior night all to herself.As the Panthers? only graduated senior, Goble was recognized on the field at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex last night in between games of the doubleheader against Centerville.She was recognized along with her parents and step-parents: David and Tricia Frazier, and Stan Goble and Ginger Taylor. She also received a gift from her teammates.Goble, who is a ...

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys' basketball camp has changed the time for the elementary athletes due to summer school. Grades 3-6 will have camp from noon until 4 p.m.Registration forms are available on the W-MU website or at the central office.

The Mt. Pleasant varsity baseball games against North Scott scheduled for last night (Wednesday) were cancelled because the field was too wet to play. They will not be rescheduled.According to Coach Brent Broeker, the field at Mapleleaf will be all ready to go for tonight?s games against Washington.The Panthers are still trying to rescheduled their game against Ottumwa, which was rained out on Monday.

NEW LONDON ? The New London softball team cruised to another big win on Wednesday night, defeating Pekin, 8-0.The Tigers were led at the plate by Caitlin Chiri, Morgan Christner, Jorgi Krieger and Kristen Allen, each of whom had two hits. Krieger smacked a double and scored a run, Allen scored three runs and batted in one, Christner knocked in three runs, and Chiri had two RBIs and a run.The Tigers also got ...

Friday ? Mt. Pleasant softball @ Mt. Vernon Tournament, 9 a.m.? New London softball @ Mid-Prairie Tournament in Wellman, 9 a.m.? New London baseball hosts Van Buren, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.? W-MU baseball hosts Lone Tree, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. Saturday? New London softball @ Mid-Prairie Tournament in Wellman, 9 a.m. Next weekMonday? Mt. Pleasant baseball and softball @ Fairfield, 5:30 p.m.? New London ...