High School Track and Field
The Fort Madison girls’ team hosted the Timm Lamb Pen City Relays last night and Mt. Pleasant took the title for the Class A Division with 139 points, while Van Buren County snuck past Mediapolis for the Class B championship with 155 points–only eight points more than Mediapolis’ total.
The Panthers collected gold medals in two events. Delaney Anderson won the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.31 seconds. Izzy Sloat gilded to a victory in the long jump with a mark of 16 feet and 10.5 inches.
Sticking in Class A, Washington finished in 3rd place with 107.5 points, while Fairfield and West Burlington/Notre Dame claimed 7th and 8th place, respectively. The Demons dominated the relays, winning the 4×100, 4×200, and 4×400 meter relays, while Iris Dahl took the individual gold in the 800-meter run with a mark of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Fairfield’s top finisher was Elyse Setterstrom’s bronze medal performance in the discus with a heave of 105 feet and 2 inches; following suit was West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Kaylee Webb taking 3rd place in the 200-meter dash and Kaitlyn Kipp pacing her way to a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter run.
In Class B, Van Buren County finished the night with four gold medal performances. Aida Troutman sprinted to a 1st place time of 13.73 seconds in the 100-meter dash and leapt to the win in the long jump with a distance of 15 feet and 1 inch. Kayley Snowgren took the 800-meter run with a mark of 2 minutes and 39 seconds. Briley Losey claimed the shot put with a heave of 31 feet and 10 inches.
Mediapolis had Evie Schmidgall win the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute and 5 seconds. Bryn Wright exhibited her endurance in the 1500-meter run with a mark of 5 minutes and 16 seconds. Layne Price outlegged Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kaelyn Townsley in the 100-meter hurdles. In the field events, Payton Harris launched the discus 115 feet and 9 inches for the win. The Bullettes also won the 4×800 and distance medley relays.
Central Lee, Danville, New London, and Winfield-Mt. Union populated 4th though 7th place, respectively, in the team standings. The Bears had a trio of victories with Delaney Newberry taking the 200-meter dash, while the team nabbed the 4×100 and sprint medley relays. New London’s Allison Gillip took the 400-meter hurdles, while Winfield-Mt. Union’s Quin Smith leapt to the win in the high jump.
The Fairfield boys’ team won their meet last night with 126 points, while Mt. Pleasant claimed the silver medal with 95 points. The Trojans had Ethan Bisgard win the 100-meter dash and Spencer McCready take the 110-meter hurdles and long jump with a leap of 21 feet and 6.5 inches.
Mt. Pleasant sprinted to the win in the 4×100, while Silas Hulett edged past Riley Tripp of Fort Madison for the win in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 43 seconds. Mason Frueh catapulted the discus 133 feet and 6 inches for the victory.
Van Buren County got a trio of gold medals. One from Lincoln Bainbridge in the 200-meter, the second from the sprint medley team, and the third one from Jace Duncan in the 400-meter hurdles.
Lastly, the Wapello boys’ team held their relays last night and Mediapolis cruised to the victory with 128 points followed by West Burlington/Notre Dame with 79 points. The Bulldogs collected wins in the 400-meter dash by Will Schmidgall, the long jump with a leap of 20 feet and 9 inches from Henry Luttenegger, the high jump with a mark of 6 feet and 4 inches from Lathan Keller, along with the 4×200 and 4×800 meter relays.
Mt. Pleasant will host the Denny White Relays tomorrow, April 16th, with Central Lee, Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, WACO, Wapello, Washington, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union making the trip.
High School Soccer
Central Lee was swept last night, losing to Fort Madison, 13-1, in the girls’ game and 2-0 to Fairfield in the boys’ game. Evelyn Adkins had the lone goal for the Hawks.
The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow, April 16th, at 5 pm on the road, while the boys’ team will take on WACO in a road matchup at the same time.
The WACO boys’ team picked up their first victory of the season last night over Danville, 3-1. Niles Reichenbach and Tristain Luitjens each tabbed a goal and assist, while Holden Hughes made 12 saves for the Warriors.
Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union split the night with Mediapolis, as the girls’ team fell, 3-0, and the boys’ team shutout the Bulldogs, 2-0.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will travel to Maquoketa tomorrow at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will hit the road to play Danville on Friday, April 17th, at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team fell to Fort Madison last night, 3-2. The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will host Wapello tomorrow at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will clash with Washington tomorrow with the girls’ at home playing at 4:30 pm and the boys’ traveling to play at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Fairfield boys’ team shot a 348 as a team at the Albia Invite yesterday with Andrew Myers and Archer Kreuter each turning in cards of 86.
The Southeast Conference will meet back up tomorrow with Mt. Pleasant hosting the boys’ teams and the girls’ teams heading to Keokuk.
The Mediapolis boys’ team finished in 7th place with a score of 350 at the Golden Hawk Invitational yesterday.
Mediapolis will host New London tomorrow.
The Wapello girls’ Invite has been postponed for today.
The Van Buren County and Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ teams will compete in the Mohawk Classic tomorrow.
Danville and WACO will travel to Highland tomorrow for a triangular.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will host Burlington tomorrow, April 16th.
Fairfield will compete against Keokuk tomorrow at home.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will travel to Northeast Iowa Community College tomorrow, April 16th, for a doubleheader.
The softball team will hit the road to play Iowa Western Community College on Saturday, April 18th.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team walloped Bradley last night, 20-1. Kooper Schulte led off the game with a solo home run, his 5th of the season. The Hawkeyes will get ready to host Maryland on Friday, April 17th, at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball team shutout South Dakota yesterday, 8-0. Isabelle Nason clobbered a grand slam in the win. The Cyclones will tangle with BYU tomorrow, April 16th, at 7 pm on the road.
The Iowa softball team will return to conference play with a home series against Indiana on Friday at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1896 – The First Modern Summer Olympic Games close at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece; the USA wins the gold medal count with 11; Greece wins the total medal count at 46; IOC has retroactively assigned gold, silver & bronze medals to 3 best placed athletes in each event.
1947 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in major league baseball.
1997 – Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams.