High School Track and Field
Mt. Pleasant hosted the Panther Relays last night and it was a complete sweep for the home team as the girls’ team snuck past Washington by one point and the boys’ team collected 161 points–30 more than second place Mediapolis.
On the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant dominated the relays, taking the shuttle hurdle, the 4×100, the 4×200, and broke the meet record in the distance medley relay with the team of Ellie Freeman, Taylor Williamson, Izzy Sloat, and Avery Fedler crossing the finish line in 4 minutes and 16 seconds. Sloat would also go on to take the long jump with a leap of 17 feet and 2.5 inches.
Danville’s lone win came in the sprint medley relay with a time of 1 minute and 54 seconds.
WACO’s Josie Dykstra grabbed the gold in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 23 seconds, less than a tenth of a second faster than second place.
Allison Gillip had the lone win for New London in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds.
Mediapolis’s Avery Crear won the high jump with a leap of 4 feet and 10 inches.
Lastly, Washington’s Jaedyn Moore claimed the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Lauren Drahota took the 400-meter dash. Leighton Messinger glided to the win in the 100-meter hurdles. Lastly, the Demons won the 4×400 meter relay.
On the boys’ side, Mt. Pleasant had Silas Hulett win the 3200-meter run, posting the only sub-10 minute time. Griffen Jones displayed his speed with a victory in the 200-meter dash. In the field events, Kaden Schadt leapt 5 feet and 10 inches to win the high jump, and Jaymisen Rich’s toss of 44 feet and 11.5 inches led the field in the shot put, while Mason Frueh broke the meet record in the discus with a heave of 139 feet and 9 inches. The Panthers also won the shuttle hurdle relay.
Washington’s Kael Williams sprinted to the gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.42 seconds. Andrew Rees took the 800-meter run.
Danville claimed the distance medley and 4×400 meter relays.
Mediapolis had Will Schmidgall out-stride the field in the 400-meter dash with a winning time of 52.5 seconds and Gannon Gunn took the 110-meter hurdles. Simon Wendel snatched the gold in the 1600-meter run with a mark of 4 minutes and 31 seconds. Larson Truett won the tiebreaker for the boys’ long jump with a mark of 20 feet and 10 inches. The Bulldogs shattered the 4×200 meter relay meet record, clocking a time of 1 minute and 30 second with the team of Will Luttenegger, Brock Spears, Kyler Crow, and Henry Luttenegger. The same team broke the 4×100 meter relay meet record with a time of 43.34 seconds.
Fairfield traveled to the Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa last night and the girls’ team finished in 8th place, while the boys’ team grabbed the bronze medal with 100 points.
The boys’ team found victories in the 4×200 meter relay with a time of 1 minute and 33 seconds and the 4×800 meter relay with a mark of 8 minutes and 45 seconds. Moreover, Eli Zillman flew to a win in the high jump with a height of 6 feet and 6 inches.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont meet tomorrow, April 23rd.
The Washington girls’ team will hold an invitational tomorrow with Fairfield, Mediapolis, and Mt. Pleasant participating.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host their relays tomorrow with Danville, New London, and WACO making the trip.
The Drake Relays are set to start tomorrow for our local high school athletes with Eli Zillman of Fairfield competing in the boys’ high jump and Washington’s Greyson Hartman throwing the discus. For a full look at the slate for our local athletes, follow this link: Start List for 116th Drake Relays
High School Soccer
The Washington girls’ team fell to Burlington last night 3-0, while the boys’ team tied Mid-Prairie with a goal apiece. The Demons will take on Keokuk tomorrow, April 23rd, with the girls at home and the boys on the road with the both games starting at 5 pm.
The Fairfield girls’ team snared Knoxville last night, 1-1. The Trojans will square off against Fort Madison tomorrow with the girls’ team at home and the boys’ team on the road with a 5 pm start time.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team lost to Quincy Notre Dame last night, 6-0. The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team handled Hillcrest Academy, 7-0.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union with the girls’ teams leading the night at 5 pm.
Mediapolis swept Central Lee last night with the girls’ team winning 9-0 despite 28 saves by Aubree Bunnell and the boys’ team taking their contest, 3-1. Jaedin Ogelsby had the lone goal for the Hawks.
Central Lee will host Wapello on Friday, April 24th, with the night starting at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team defeated Wapello last night, 5-2. Zeke Orbiana and Alex Pfadenhauer each notched a goal and an assist in the win. Izaya Bergen and Edgar Vazquez had the goals for Wapello. The Bears will face off against Highland at home on Friday at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will compete against Burlington tomorrow with the boys’ team at home at 4:30 pm and the girls’ team on the road at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Hillcrest Academy on Friday at 5 pm.
High School Golf
Holy Trinity Catholic held a triangular yesterday and the New London girls’ team came out on top with a team score of 215, while the Crusader boys’ team won the tiebreaker with Danville as both teams shot a 184. Elizabeth Griffin put up a 51 for the Crusaders, while Max Kruse logged a 41.
Winfield-Mt. Union swept Wapello yesterday with the girls’ team narrowly winning, 206-207, and the boys’ cruising to a 167-223 final. Ashlyn Bender led the Wolves with a round of 46, while Konner Kinneberg shot a 39 for the boys’ team.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will compete in the Lone Tree Quad tomorrow, April 23rd.
Wapello will travel to Columbus tomorrow.
The Central Lee girls’ team will hold an invitational today with Holy Trinity Catholic competing.
The Wapello girls’ team will prepare for their invite today with Burlington Notre Dame, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Winfield-Mt. Union making the trip.
The Mt. Pleasant and Washington girls’ teams will compete in the Oskaloosa Invitational tomorrow.
The Fairfield girls’ team will contend in the Golden Hawk Invitational tomorrow at Mid-Prairie.
WACO will host Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow.
The Fairfield boys’ will hold an invitational on Friday, April 24th, with Mt. Pleasant participating.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk tomorrow, April 23rd, on the road.
Fairfield will travel to Burlington on Monday, April 27th.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will square off against Kirkwood Community College today.
The softball team will look to bounce back at home on Saturday, April 25th, in a doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College at 1 pm.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team demolished Western Illinois last night, 22-3. The Hawkeyes will host UIC tonight at 6 pm.
The Iowa softball team got their revenge in the Cy-Hawk series with a 7-2 victory over Iowa State last night. The Hawkeyes will travel to UNI tonight at 6:30 pm.
The Iowa State softball team will start their series against Kansas on Friday, April 24th, at 5 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1876 – Philadelphia native Tim McGinley of the Boston Red Caps scores baseball’s National League’s 1st run, in Philadelphia, as his team wins 6-5.
1954 – NBA adopts a 24-second shot clock and the 6 team-foul rule.
1969 – Robin Knox-Johnston ends his 312 days of non-stop sailing to become the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.