Bees Lose; ND, Van Buren Advance in H-S Baseball

The Burlington Bees lost to the South Bend Silver Hawks 6-3 last night at Four Winds Field.

The Bees are now 13-13 in the second half of the season and 51-44 overall, while the Hawks move to 17-9 and 57-38.   The teams will play again tonight in South Bend and you can hear all the action on KBUR, starting with Michael Broskowski’s pregame show at 6:15.

 

In high school baseball last night…

(Class 1A district semifinal) ND 2, Danville 0

(Class 1A district semifinal) Van Buren 11, New London 1

Notre Dame and Van Buren will play each other tomorrow in Danville for the district title.

 

Tonight…

BHS hosts Cedar Rapids Washington at 7 pm in a 4A substate quarterfinal

Mt. Pleasant play Oskaloosa at Fairfield at 5 pm in a 3A district semifinal

Ft. Madison takes on Fairfield(at Fairfield) at 7 pm in a 3A district semifinal

Keokuk battles Knoxville at Centerville at 5 pm in a 3A district semifinal

 

Long-time Ft. Madison varsity girls softball coach Mike Ehlers is leaving the team after 15 years, so he can devote time to watching…and coaching…his own two children.