Boys’ Tennis: Mount Pleasant Works Keokuk for Sweep
The Mount Pleasant boys’ tennis made quick work of Keokuk yesterday, sweeping the Chiefs 9-0 in a Southeast Conference bout.
Mount Pleasant’s top singles player Owen Vansickel earned a 10-4 win, dispatching Ivan Lopez while Jake Ensminger and Phoenix Watson both goose-egged their opponents in 10-0 wins.
Vansickel and Levi Graber teamed up in doubles for a 10-0 win, as well.
Keokuk forfeited the remainder of their matches.
Mount Pleasant is now 2-0 on the year.
Girls’ Tennis: Keokuk Takes Down Mount Pleasant
Keokuk took home four winners in singles play and won two doubles matches in a 6-3 win over Mount Pleasant yesterday.
The Panthers got on the board first with a win in No. 1 singles, with Savana Walls defeating Olivia Rule 8-1.
In No. 3 singles, Gisele Fajardo-Pena picked up an 8-5 win, but Keokuk then swept the remainder of the singles matches.
In doubles Walls and Melanie Olivas won 8-2 over Rule and Julia de Gala.
Mount Pleasant is now 0-2.
Girls’ Soccer: Mount Pleasant Wins over Columbus
Elly Manning scored twice while Evelyn Escobar made two saves, as the Mount Pleasant girls’ soccer team picked up a 2-1 win over Columbus last night.
Manning opened the scoring halfway through the first half when she found the back of the net from 20 yards out.
Columbus evened the ledger in the second half, but Mount Pleasant saved some late heroics.
Charice Auwerda and Manning teamed up for a buzzer beating goal to lift the Panthers to their second win as many fixtures.
Off today and Wednesday, Mount Pleasant will play at Washington Thursday night.
Boys’ Golf: Kempker, Matheny Lead Mount Pleasant
Nick Matheny and Reece Kempker both shot one-over 37’s to pace Mount Pleasant at Fairfield yesterday.
The two shared medalist honors, helping the Panthers to a third place finish.
Fairfield won the team championship followed up by Washington. Fort Madison was fourth.
Mount Pleasant finished with 180 strokes.
Roman Roth of Washington finished in second individually, with Fairfield’s Max Weaton placing third.
College Baseball: BBQ at the Ballpark Moved
Iowa Wesleyan’s BBQ at the Ballpark for today has been cancelled, the institution has announced.
The school will host BBQ at the Ballpark now on April 26th, when the Iowa Wesleyan softball team takes on Culver-Stockton in a doubleheader.
Today’s baseball and softball games remain scheduled to be played, with the baseball team taking on Viterbo at 1:00 p.m. and the softball team playing Mount Mercy at 4:00 p.m.
You can listen to the Wesleyan baseball game at 1:00 p.m. on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
Nathan Bloechl will have the call from Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.
College Basketball: KILJ Bracket Challenge Winner:
Hattie Liechty has won the 2022 KILJ Bracket Challenge powered by Press Box Grille and Bar and Wiley’s Interior Furnishings and Design.
Liechty finished with with 1,160 points — 60 better than that of LJ Bracket who ended in second.
DHSH took home third.
This year we had over 90 entries.
Thank you to all those who entered, played and followed along.