Daily Sports Update – 6/19/25 – KMAQ Sports

Last night in local high school sports:

The Northeast baseball game against Benton Community was cancelled

The Central DeWitt baseball doubleheader against Clear Creek Amana was postponed

The Midland softball game against Monticello was postponed

The Maquoketa baseball game against North Scott was postponed to tomorrow

And the Northeast softball team was narrowly beaten by 7th-ranked Lisbon, 6-5

Today in local high school sports:

The Central DeWitt baseball team takes on Alburnett

The Midland baseball team hosts East Buchanan

The Midland softball team hosts a doubleheader against Calamus-Wheatland

The Easton Valley baseball team hosts Springville

The Bellevue and Marquette Catholic consolidated baseball team hosts Maquoketa Valley

The Bellevue and Marquette Catholic consolidated softball team travels to face Easton Valley in a doubleheader

The Northeast baseball and softball teams each play doubleheaders in Anamosa

In St. Louis Cardinals action, today the birds will play a doubleheader for games 2 and 3 in their series against the Chicago White Sox, due to last night’s game getting rained out. Tune in right here on KMAQ for pregame coverage at 12:15, and first pitch at 1:10.

In NBA action, Game 6 of the NBA Finals is tonight. The OKC Thunder lead the series 3 games to 2 and look to take home their first championship since relocating, tonight. Indiana Pacers point-guard Tyrese Haliburton is listed as a game-time-decision with a calf strain.

In other NBA news, The Buss family has sold majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Cedar Rapids native Mark Walter for a franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion dollars, the highest ever for a U.S. professional sports franchise.

And finally in College Baseball, LSU rallies in the final inning to defeat Arkansas, 6-5, in the College World Series semifinals. The Tigers will now face Coastal Carolina in the championship round beginning Saturday at 6pm.