High School Track and Field
The Eastern Iowa Track Festival will run today at Iowa City West High School with Columbus, Danville, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, Washington along with the WACO, Wapello, and New London boys’ teams and Mt. Pleasant girls’ team competing.
The Fairfield boys’ team will hold a track meet on Tuesday, April 14th, with Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, and Van Buren County making the trip.
High School Soccer
Wapello was swept by Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union last night with the girls’ team losing 3-0 and the boys’ team falling 9-0. Neveiah Garza scored two goals for the Wildcats in the girls’ game.
Wapello will host West Branch today with game one at 11 am.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will participate in the Hudson Classic today, while the girls’ team will travel to Mediapolis on Tuesday, April 14th, at 5 pm.
The Central Lee boys’ team shutout Sigourney-Keota last night 4-0 with Zach Estrada knocking in two of the goals for the Hawks. The Central Lee girls’ team was on the wrong end of a rout, losing 13-1 to Washington. Charlee Clay had the lone goal for the Hawks.
The Washington boys’ team followed suit with a dominant 11-1 victory over Highland last night.
Washington will get back to conference play on Monday, April 13th, with a showdown against Burlington with the girls’ team at home and boys’ team on the road and both games starting at 5 pm.
Central Lee will play at home on Tuesday with the girls’ team taking on Fort Madison at 5 pm and the boys’ team squaring off against Fairfield at 7 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team squashed WACO last night, 10-0, while the girls’ team tied Monmouth-Roseville, 1-1. The Nike boys’ team will face off against Fort Madison at home on Tuesday at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ teams will travel to WACO on Tuesday at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on West Branch on Monday at 6:30 pm at home, while the boys’ team will host Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union on Tuesday at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Fairfield on Monday with the boys’ playing at home at 4:30 pm and the girls’ team competing on the road at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Central Lee and Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ teams participated in the Lee County tournament yesterday and the Hawks handled business, winning by 23 strokes over Fort Madison, while the Crusaders finished in last place with 377 strokes. Central Lee’s Caleb Larson paced the field with an 18-hole score of 75 with Carter Jones and Kaden Swan wrapping up 3rd and 4th place, respectively.
Brock Scheetz carded a 90 for 11th place to headline Holy Trinity Catholic’s effort with Nathan Box finishing in 15th place with a round of 93.
Central Lee will host Holy Trinity Catholic on Monday, April 13th.
The Southeast Conference will compete against one another on Monday with the girls’ teams going to Fort Madison and the boys’ teams traveling to Washington.
Van Buren County will hit the road to face off against New London on Monday.
Columbus will look to bounce back on Monday at home against Winfield-Mt. Union.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete in the Golden Hawk Invitational on Tuesday, April 14th.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield will travel to Mt. Pleasant on Monday, April 13th.
College Signing
Mt. Pleasant’s Jaymisen Rich signed his letter of intent to continue his football career at Simpson College next year with a focus on Health and Exercise Science. Rich is now the second lineman from the 2025 Panthers to commit to play football at the collegiate level after helping the program go 7-3 last season, delivering 21 pancakes to help pave the way for the team to rush for 1,603 yards and 24 touchdowns and their first trip to the postseason since 2010.
There’s a certain disposition needed to be a lineman, one spelled out perfectly by Second Team All-District member,
“You get to hit people. I mean, I like being one because you can, especially being a center, you can kind of run the offense. And I just like it because you’re with the guy crossing you all game. And so, it’s you versus him every play. And then offensive linemen, we’re like our own little team up there of five. And you really come close to those guys with double teams. And, you know, you’re always together. So, working together and seeing, like, long runs and everything, it just really makes it all worth it.”
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will stay at home to face off against Indian Hills Community College in a doubleheader today.
The softball team will travel for a doubleheader against Illinois Central College on Monday, April 13th.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team fell to #14 USC yesterday, 9-2. Kooper Schulte gathered an RBI off of a sacrifice fly. The Hawkeyes will look to even the series today at 4 pm.
The Iowa State softball team split their doubleheader with #19 Oklahoma State yesterday, losing game one 8-3 and taking game two 12-0. Reagan Bartholomew clouted a double and a solo home run in the victory. The Cyclones will look to win the rubber match tomorrow, April 12th, at noon.
The Iowa softball team got back in the win column in dramatic fashion to start the Dr. Christine Grant Classic, defeating Georgia Tech, 2-1. Serayah Neiss tossed the complete game gem for her 50th career win, striking out five. The Hawkeyes will play a pair today with a rematch against Georgia Tech at 1:30 pm and a matchup against South Dakota State at 4 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania broadcasts the first radio sporting event, a boxing match between lightweights Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.
1966 – 30th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jack Nicklaus becomes the first back-to-back Masters champion winning an 18-hole Monday playoff against Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer.
1989 – First playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers shoots into the Washington Capitals empty net while his team is short handed in a 8-5 win.