Belle Plaine’s varsity softball team won two of three SICL Conference contests last week. They are 6-1 in conference play, second only two league-leading Iowa Valley at 6-0.

This week, they travel to Sigourney tonight (Monday), then step out of the conference for a doubleheader at Vinton-Shellsburg on Tuesday before traveling to Montezuma on Friday. On Saturday, they will play in the Vinton-Shellsburg Tourney.

The following is a recap of their conference action from last week:

BP 12, HLV 2
The Plainsmen pounded out a dozen hits, including seven doubles, to pick up the win. Katie Walton had two doubles and drove in four. Megan Ehlen also had two doubles and three hits with three stolen bases. Kristen Bevins also had two doubles, four RBIs and a stolen base. Melissa Janss had three hits, drove in a run and stole three bases. Macy DeMeulenaere had a double and RBI. Molly O’Brien drove in a run and had two stolen bases.

Joy Cronbaugh pitched all five innings and scattered five hits and struck out one.

North Mahaska 4, BP 3
The Plainsmen had seven hits in the contest. Walton had two hits with a double and an RBI. Bevins also had two hits and O’Brien had a stolen base.

Bevins pitched all seven innings, giving up just four hits with two strikeouts. The team had just one error in the game.

BP 9 BGM 2
The Plainsmen went on the offensive once again, with 10 hits. Brenna Ford had two hits and an RBI with a stolen base. Bevins had two hits, Ehlen had two hits with a double. Janss drove in two and had a double, Taylor Schafbuch had a triple and RBI and Cronbaugh also drove in a run.

Bevins gave up five hits and struck out six for the Plainsmen.

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Week Three results

“Madness” – 23
Weber’s Plumbing & Heating – 5

Hrabak Funeral Home “Undertakers” – 9
Oasis “7th Inning Strokers” – 10

The Office – 3
Great Life Fitness – 10

Oasis “7th Inning Strokers” – 9
Weber’s Plumbing & Heating – 14

Week three standings:

G.L. Fitness/Friedman’s Coverall/Johnson Motors 4-0
“Madness” 2-2
The Office 2-2
Weber’s Plumbing & Heating 2-2
Hrabak Funeral Home “Undertakers” 1-3
Oasis “7th Inning Strokers” 1-3

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Next week, June 14… there will be five games, instead of four at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

We’d love to see more of a crowd to come watch!
The concession stand is open and operated by the BP Athletic Boosters.

June 1, 12:09 a.m. – Officers responded to 1709 Seventh Ave. on a report that an individual was refusing to leave the residence. A juvenile female resident was subsequently cited for being a person under legal age in possession of alcohol.

June 1, 3:20 p.m. – Civil dispute at 1807 Eight Ave. No charges were filed.

June 1, 6:30 p.m. – A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 900 block of Fifth Ave.

June 3, 12:35 a.m. – Officers were dispatched to a residence in Luzerne to assist the Benton County Sheriff’s Department with a domestic dispute.

June 3, 12:35 p.m. – An abandoned vehicle was reported in the 900 block of Fifth Ave. It was later removed.

June 3, 9:20 p.m. – Phone harassment was reported at 116 11th St.

June 4, 10:14 a.m. – An initial report of criminal mischief at 1610 Ninth Ave. was an apparent attempted break-in as officers discovered a back window had been pried at the property.

June 5, 2:15 p.m. – Krystol Marie Andrews, 22, Belle Plaine, was arrested at the Belle Plaine Police Department on a warrant charging a violation of the pseudoephedrine purchase restriction. She was transported to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

June 6, 12:46 a.m. – Police assisted the Marengo Police Department with a burglary investigation by stopping a suspect vehicle. No arrests were made at the time of the stop.

June 6, 3:30 a.m. – Police responded to 1108 14th St. on a report of a loud party.

June 6, 9:30 a.m. – Officers responded to the 900 block of 12th St. on a report of an intoxicated driver in a U.S. Postal Service vehicle. The postal service employee, Theodore Schminky, 41, Marengo, was charged with OWI and transported to the Iowa County Jail.

June 7, 12:03 a.m. – A domestic dispute at 912 Eighth Ave. remains under investigation.

June 7, 3:25 p.m. – A dog was reported to be running at large at 210 Seventh Ave.

June 7, 4:19 p.m. – Police responded to a car-deer accident on County Road E-66, just west of Highway 21. A 2007 Toyota Avalon, driven by Shawna Gowdy, Montour, struck the deer and the vehicle sustained approximately $4,000 in damage.

It’s the second full week of June and there’s plenty to do in and around Belle Plaine this week.

Tonight (Monday), the Belle Plaine Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Tuesday, the Park Board meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Also on Tuesday, the senior shop open house will be held at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Thursday night, the Belle Plaine Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. The board is expected to discuss the bids for the building project which were opened last week. The meeting was moved up a week to consider the bids. Also note the new meeting time. The board voted recently to change the meeting time permanently to 6:30 p.m.

Music on Main returns again to 12th Street in front of the Belle Plaine Area Museum on Friday at 6 p.m. This week, it will feature Czech band music.

A big event of the week occurs Saturday morning with the fourth annual Wallace Winkie Motorcycle Poker Run. The event kicks off with a pancake breakfast open to the public from 7:30-11 a.m. at Franklin Park. The motorcyclists will depart from the park at 10 a.m. and return to the Belle Plaine American Legion Hall by 5 p.m. There could be as many as 200 motorcyclists in the city that day of various makes, models and sizes and the preliminary weather reports indicate it could be a nice day for the ride.

The high school baseball and softball season is in full swing (no pun intended) and both varsity teams have a full schedule planned this week. The boys will host Sigourney tonight and Montezuma on Friday. The girls visit Sigourney Monday and are at Vinton-Shellsburg for a rare varsity doubleheader Tuesday. On Friday, they travel to Montezuma and on Saturday they will return to Vinton for the Vinton-Shellsburg Tourney, beginning at 11 a.m.