High School Track and Field
WACO hosted the Ekstrand Relays last night and the Warriors swept the Class B titles, while Washington took home both the girls’ and boys’ banners for Class A.
The WACO girls’ team picked up victories in the 4×400, the 4×800, the shuttle hurdle, and the distance medley relays. Additionally, Bren Graber glided to the win in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.1 seconds, Macie Carter outpaced the field in the 1500-meter run with a mark of 5 minutes and 24 seconds, and Abby Waterhouse took the discus with a toss of 89 feet and 2 inches.
Staying in Class B, Danville grabbed 3rd place as a team with Alaina Gourley sprinting to a win in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 21 seconds and the sprint medley team earning the victory with a mark of 1 minute and 54 seconds.
Allison Gillip of New London took the win in the 400-meter hurdles. Winfield-Mt. Union’s Quin Smith leapt to the win in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet and 2 inches.
Switching over to the boys’ side for Class B, Hayden Shelman was unstoppable for WACO as he picked up a gold medal in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, won the long jump with a leap of 20 feet and 5.75 inches, and helped the Warriors take the distance medley relay. Owen Lord claimed the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.87 seconds. Jude Dykstra’s time of 2 minutes and 1 second was good enough for 1st place in the 800-meter run. Lastly, the Warriors won the 4×800 meter relay.
Danville enjoyed a solid night as the Bears took 3rd place as a team. Brandon Franklin claimed a victory in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.3 seconds. Ty Frazier grabbed the only sub-one minute time in the 400-meter hurdlers. Danville collected wins in the sprint medley and the 4×400 meter relays.
New London grabbed the gold medal in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 42.94 seconds. Winfield-Mt. Union’s Colin Anderson swept the throwing events, winning the discus with a heave of 134 feet and 1 inch and the shot put with a toss of 42 feet and 11.5 inches. The Wolves also won the shuttle hurdle relay.
For Class A on the girls’ side, Washington gathered gold medals in the sprint medley, the shuttle hurdle, the 4×100, the 4×200, and the 4×400 meter relays. Moreover, Jaedyn Moore led the field in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, while Leighton Messinger won the 100 and 400-meter hurdles and Iris Dahl collected the win in the 800-meter run.
Mediapolis claimed the distance medley relay with a time of 4 minutes and 29 seconds, while Bryn Wright paced her way to a win in the 1500-meter run.
On the boys’ side for Class A, Washington took the 4×800 and shuttle hurdle relays. Caden Greiner glided to the win in the 110-metet hurdles. Greyson Hartman breezed to a pair of victories in the throwing events, catapulting the discus 172 feet and 5.5 inches and the shot put 63 feet and 1 inch.
Simon Wendel of Mediapolis swept the long distance events (1600 and 3200-meter runs). Lathan Keller won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet and 2 inches. The Bulldogs won the distance medley, 4×200, and the 4×400 meter relays.
Fairfield’s Dayson Workman sprinted to the win in the 100-meter dash, while Ethan Bisgard edged out a win in the 400-meter dash by one-hundredth of a second and took the 200-meter dash. Eli Zillman claimed the long jump with a mark of 21 feet.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Meet is scheduled for Thursday, May 7th, at WACO High School.
Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County will compete in the Bob Gerard Relays tonight.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team fell to Fairfield last night, 5-0, while the boys’ team handled the Trojans by the same score–5-0. The Panthers will take on Washington on Monday, May 4th, with the boys’ team hitting the road at 6 pm, while the girls’ team will stay at home for a 4:30 pm start time.
Fairfield will face off against Keokuk on Monday with the girls’ hitting the road and boys’ team hosting with both games starting at 5 pm.
The Fairfield girls’ team will travel to play Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 5 pm.
The Washington girls’ team nearly knocked off #14 Burlington last night, but lost 3-2. The boys’ team suffered the same fate, losing 4-0. The Demon girls’ team will compete in a tournament at Denver tomorrow, May 2nd.
The WACO boys’ team demolished Sigourney-Keota last night, 6-1, as Niles Reichenbach and Tristan Luitjens each netted a hat trick. The Warriors will host Wapello tonight at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team lost to Canton last night, 2-0. Mediapolis will travel to Wapello on Tuesday, May 5th, with the girls’ teams leading off at 5 pm.
The Wapello girls’ team lost to Northeast last night, 6-1, while the boys’ team was flattened by Prince of Peace, 7-0. The Arrows will take on Benton at 5 pm on Monday at home.
The Danville boys’ team will host Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 4:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will attempt to spoil Central Lee’s senior night tonight with the boys’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
High School Golf
Holy Trinity Catholic hosted WACO and the Wapello girls’ team yesterday and the Arrows grabbed victory with a score of 202, while the WACO boys’ team defeated the Crusaders, 172-185. Emmalin Marshall led the field with a card of 44, while Elizabeth Griffin shot a 52 for the Crusaders. Max Kruse led the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team with a round of 42.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Burlington Notre Dame on Monday, May 4th, at home.
WACO will host Lone Tree on Monday.
The SEC girls’ teams made the trip to Burlington yesterday and Fort Madison claimed the meet with a score of 180, while Washington and Mt. Pleasant took 3rd and 4th place, respectively.
Washington’s Adalyn Long anchored the team with a 4th place score of 44. Mt. Pleasant was led by Sophia Walderbach’s card of 49, which was good enough for 11th place. Fairfield’s Ellanor Bentler took 6th place with a round of 44, but the Trojans did not have enough golfers to constitute a team score.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host a tournament today with Columbus and Danville making the trip.
The Washington girls’ team will hold an invitational on Monday with Mediapolis joining the fray.
Winfield-Mt. Union was swept by Hillcrest Academy yesterday with the girls’ team losing 207-234 and the boys’ team falling 171-175. Ashlyn Bender led the Wolves with a round of 51, while the boys’ team was anchored by Nicholas Sparrow’s 42.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to New London today.
The Southeast Conference boys’ teams will meet up in Keokuk today.
The Central Lee and Van Buren County girls’ teams will travel to Keokuk for an Invite on Monday.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield handed Mt. Pleasant their first loss of the season last night, 5-4. Max Heater and Charlie Syfert collected wins in their singles matches, while the team of Sawyer Fulton and Heater and Syfert and Matthew Del Valle grabbed the wins in the doubles competition.
Mt. Pleasant will look to win the regular season conference title on Monday, May 4th, against Burlington on the road.
Fairfield will travel to Keokuk on Monday.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released their District Meet Assignments yesterday and Fairfield will host Keokuk, Fort Madison, and Mt. Pleasant for District 4.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will end the regular season with a road three-game series against North Iowa Area Community College starting today with a doubleheader.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will play Illinois at home tonight at 6 pm.
The Iowa softball team will host Purdue tonight at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball team will take on #22 UCF at home at 4 pm tonight.
This Day in Sports History
1884 – Catcher Moses Walker is acknowledged as the first African-American to play major league baseball joining the Toledo Blue Stockings.
1991 – A’s outfielder Rickey Henderson steals all-time MLB record 939th base in 7-4 win vs New York Yankees in Oakland. Finished his career with 1,406 steals.
1991 – Texas Rangers starter Nolan Ryan pitches an MLB record 7th no hitter; beats Toronto, 3-0. At 44, Ryan is the oldest to throw a no-hitter.