High School Track and Field
Mt. Pleasant hosted the Denny White Relays last night and the Panther girls’ team ran away with the team title, accruing 160 points, breaking three meet records in the process, while the Mediapolis boys’ team lunged to the narrow victory, scoring 88.3 points.
Starting on the girls’ side, the team of Delaney Anderson, Kynlee White, Alex Scott, and Avery Fedler broke the meet record, school record, and hit the Blue Oval mark in the sprint medley relay, clocking a time of 1 minute and 47 seconds. Later, Anderson and White joined Jayden Yoder and Taylor Williamson to reset the meet record in the shuttle hurdle relay with a mark of 1 minute and 8 seconds. Fedler claimed a meet and school record in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 43 seconds. The Panthers also picked up a victory in the 4×100 meter relay and Ella Ensminger’s toss of 36 feet and 7.75 inches claimed the shot put.
The Mediapolis girls’ team finished in 2nd place as a team with Lena Prall winning the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 16 seconds and Payton Harris taking the discus with a mark of 117 feet and 7 inches.
The Washington girls’ team collected a trio of 1st place finishers: Jaedyn Moore in the 100-meter dash, the 4×200, and the 4×400 meter relays for 54 team points and 6th place.
The West Burlington/Notre Dame girls’ team might have finished in 7th place as a team, but the team of Meadow Bennett, Kaylee Webb, Olivia Ritter, and Hannah Ritter reset the distance medley meet record, clocking a time of 4 minutes and 27 seconds.
On the boys’ side, Mediapolis was carried by gold medal finishes in the distance medley and 4×400 meter relays along with Simon Wendel pacing his way to a win in the 3200-meter run with a sub-10 minute time.
Washington finished in 3rd place as a team with Mt. Pleasant, WACO, New London, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Fairfield making up 5th through 9th place, respectively. The Demons had Sawyer Tschantz win the 400-meter dash, Andrew Rees pace the 1600-meter run, and Greyson Hartman sweep the throwing events with tosses of 182 feet and 11 inches in the discus and 64 feet and 1 inch in the shot put.
Fairfield found victories in the high jump with Eli Zillman leaping 6 feet and 8 inches and the long jump with Spencer McCready hitting 21 feet and 4 inches. Logan Hamma of West Burlington/Notre Dame won the 400-meter hurdles and Winfield-Mt. Union’s Cruz Hagmeier claimed the 110-meter hurdles and helped the shuttle hurdle relay team take home the gold.
The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team held their relays last night and Van Buren County finished with the team title, scoring 135 points, while Danville finished in 3rd place with 99 points.
The Bears were led by Alaina Gourley, who picked up wins in the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash. They also won the 4×100, 4×200, and sprint medley relays.
WACO’s Macie Carter claimed the 1500-meter run, while Josie Dyskstra snatched the gold in the 400-meter hurdles. Additionally, the Warriors took the 4×800, distance medley, and shuttle hurdle relays. Bren Graber also won the 100-meter hurdles.
Lastly, Quin Smith of Winfield-Mt. Union tied her school record leap of 5 feet and 5 inches to run away with the high jump.
Mt. Pleasant will get another chance to host on Tuesday, April 21st, with Central Lee, Danville, Mediapolis, Washington, and the Central Lee, New London, WACO, Wapello, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ teams competing.
The Drake Relays are set to run from Wednesday, April 22nd, through Saturday, April 25th, with the high school competition starting on Thursday, April 23rd. The final start lists will be released by noon tomorrow, April 18th.
High School Soccer
The Central Lee girls’ team lost to Burlington Notre Dame last night, 10-0, while the Central Lee boys’ team shutout WACO, 3-0. Peter Seyb netted two goals in the win.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Sigourney-Keota on Monday, April 20th, at 5 pm.
Central Lee will hit the road to play Mediapolis on Monday with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will head to Assumption for a doubleheader against the hosts and Central DeWitt tomorrow, April 18th.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team clobbered Wapello last night, 18-0. The Nikes will host Highland tonight at 5 pm.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team fell to Maquoketa last night, 7-0. The Wildcats will compete against Xavier tonight on the road at 6 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team showed their poise after going into halftime trailing for the second game in a row, escaping with a narrow 2-1 victory over Washington. Asa Rose led the Panther attack with one goal and one assist.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team struggled against Washington, falling 10-0. The Panthers will face off against Fort Madison on Monday with the boys at home starting at 4:30 pm and the girls on the road at 6:30 pm.
Fairfield swept Keokuk last night with the girls’ team winning, 9-1, and the boys’ team coming out on top, 12-2.
Washington will square off against Fairfield on Monday with the boys’ team on the road and the girls’ team at home with both games starting at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will hit the road to play Danville tonight at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Washington boys’ team claimed another team victory last night in Mt. Pleasant, shooting a 156, while the Fort Madison girls’ team won the conference meet in Keokuk by six strokes.
On the boys’ side, Rajan Roth and Carson Brown led the Demons with the top two scores of the meet, including a card of 33 for Roth. The Panthers finished as the runner-up with a score of 169 as Alek Barton claimed the 3rd best score of the course at 40. Fairfield’s Andrew Myers also took home a round of 40.
On the girls’ side, Washington finished in 2nd place with Adalyn Long going 4-over par for the course, the second best score. Ellanor Bentler led the Trojans with a round of 9-over par, while Mt. Pleasant’s Sophia Walderbach finished inside the top 10 with a score of 11-over par.
The Southeast Conference will have their fifth conference meet of the season on Monday, April 20th, with the girls’ teams going to Mt. Pleasant and the boys’ teams heading to Keokuk.
Mediapolis swept New London yesterday with the girls’ team winning 219-251 and the boys’ team taking it 170-230. Katelyn Wischmeier led the girls’ team with a round of 49, while the boys’ team had Kohen Stotlar and Max Griffin each card a 41 for the Bulldogs.
Mediapolis will square off against Holy Trinity Catholic on Monday on the road.
New London will travel to Central Lee on Monday.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant is halfway through the conference slate and is sitting perfect after defeating Burlington last night, 6-3. The Panthers went 5-1 in the singles matches, including a shutout by Carter Gehling, who teamed up with Grayson Walker for the lone doubles victory, 8-1. Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk on Thursday, April 23rd, on the road.
Fairfield demolished Keokuk last night, winning 9-0. Max Carver, Aaron Carlson, Caelan Chang, and Yangyi Zhong did not drop a game in their singles match. The Trojans will compete in the Pella Dutch Invite tomorrow, April 18th.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team got back to their winning ways yesterday sweeping Northeast Iowa Community College, 18-6 in game one and 26-1 in game two. The Blackhawks will host a doubleheader against Des Moines Area Community College tomorrow, April 18th.
The softball team will hit the road to play Iowa Western Community College tomorrow.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will get ready to host Maryland today at noon.
The Iowa State softball team claimed game one of their series with BYU yesterday, 14-10. The Cyclones will continue the matchup tonight at 7 pm.
The Iowa softball team will return to conference play with a home series against Indiana tomorrow, April 18th, at 1 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1860 – Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight in a brutal 2 hour, 27 minute draw near Farnborough, England; police stop the fight and it has been acknowledged as the first world title bout.
1972 – Kiteman, attempting to throw out the first ball at Veterans Stadium, crashes into the centerfield seats.
1997 – NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is the second NHL goalie to score in a playoff game.