High School Track and Field
WACO will host the Ekstrand Relays tonight with Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, Washington, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating.
Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County will compete in the Bob Gerard Relays tomorrow, May 1st.
High School Soccer
Mt. Pleasant will take on Fairfield tonight with the boys’ team on the road kicking off at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will host the Trojans at 4:30 pm.
Washington will compete against Burlington tonight with the boys’ team at home and the girls’ team hitting the road with both games starting at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will take on Sigourney-Keota tonight at 5 pm on the road.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will compete against Canton tonight at 5 pm on the road.
The Wapello girls’ team will travel to Northeast tonight at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will hit the road to play Prince of Peace at 7 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will host Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union tomorrow, May 1st, at 4:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will attempt to spoil Central Lee’s senior night tomorrow with the boys’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
High School Soccer Rankings
In the fourth edition of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s top 15 for girls’ soccer, Burlington remained at #14 in the Class 2A rankings. The Grayhounds are 7-0 against Iowa opponents and are outscoring their opponents 40 to 3 in their wins. Daphne Brown is leading the scoring with 11 goals.
High School Golf
The Keokuk boys’ team held an invite yesterday and Central Lee flew away with the victory, posting a team score of 288, which was 23 strokes better than second place Burlington Notre Dame.
The Hawks occupied six of the top seven spots in the individual standings as Carter Jones and Caleb Larson each carded a 71 to lead the course. The Nikes had Hudson Neally and Kale Eggar take 8th and 9th place, respectively, with congruent scores of 77. Holy Trinity Catholic’s Max Kruse snatched 20th place with a round of 84, as the Crusaders finished in 6th place as a team with a score of 356.
The Wapello girls’ team and the WACO girls’ and boys’ teams will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic for a meet today.
Mediapolis will take on Burlington Notre Dame today at home.
The SEC girls’ teams will make up their conference meet in Burlington today.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Hillcrest Academy today.
The Southeast Conference boys’ teams will meet up in Keokuk tomorrow, May 1st.
The Central Lee and Van Buren County girls’ teams will travel to Keokuk for an Invite on Monday, May 4th.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield will host Mt. Pleasant tonight.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
New London’s Katelyn Allen was our special guest for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook. The senior had never picked up a club before her freshman year, now she has been an integral part of a couple of top team finishes at state, including a runner-up finish in 2023. For Allen, her coaches have been instrumental in her love for the game,
“My role model is my coach Dennis. He kind of just took me under the wing my freshman year. And he has taught me so much. And he’s always by my side, like always there for me when I need it.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: New London’s Episode
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team fell to Kirkwood Community College yesterday, 11-6. The Blackhawks will end the regular season with a road three-game series against North Iowa Area Community College starting tomorrow, May 1st, with a doubleheader.
The softball team split their doubleheader with Indian Hills Community College yesterday, winning game one 11-3 and faltering in game two 7-6. The Blackhawks finished the regular season with a 31-15 record.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will play Illinois at home tomorrow, May 1st, at 6 pm.
The Iowa softball team snapped their three-game losing streak last night in a 10-2 drubbing of Northern Illinois. Phoenyx Silva led the way with four RBIs. The Hawkeyes will host Purdue tomorrow at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball team will take on #22 UCF at home at 4 pm tomorrow.
Iowa State Men’s Basketball
The Cyclones are in the middle of a renaissance with head coach T.J. Otzelberger and they want to make sure that continues after signing the coach to a 10-year extension worth $6 million annually.
Since inheriting a 2-22 team back in 2021, Otzelberger has led the program to five consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament, three Sweet 16 appearances, and a Big 12 tournament title in 2024. He is the only coach in school history with multiple trips to Sweet 16 and his 30 victories over AP Top 25 teams is also the most by any coach in school history.
He currently holds a 0.701 winning percentage with 124 wins in his five seasons at the helm for the Cyclones.
This Day in Sports History
1922 – Chicago pitcher Charlie Robertson throws at the time the fifth perfect game in MLB history as the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Navin Field.
1939 – Lou Gehrig sets a then-MLB record, playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.
2022 – Brock Purdy is selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, becoming Mr. Irrelevant.