High School Track and Field
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Meet is scheduled for tonight at WACO High School.
The Southeast Conference will meet in Keokuk for their conference showdown tonight.
High School Soccer
Washington will compete against Fairfield tonight with the boys’ team at home and the girls’ team playing on the road with both games slated to start at 5 pm.
The Central Lee girls’ team will play Mid-Prairie tonight at 5 pm on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Fort Madison tonight with the girls’ team playing at home at 4:30 pm and the boys’ team hitting the road for a 5 pm start time.
Mediapolis will stay at home tomorrow, May 8th, with the girls’ taking on Fort Madison at 5 pm with the boys’ game against Highland to follow at 7 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will make the trip to Hillcrest Academy at 5 pm tomorrow.
The Danville boys’ team will travel to Central Lee tomorrow at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will travel to Wapello on Saturday, May 9th, at 10 am, while the boys’ team will host Williamsburg on Saturday at 10:30 am.
Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will celebrate senior night on Monday, May 11th, with the girls’ team leading off the night at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Columbus on Tuesday, May 12th, at 5 pm.
High School Golf
In a contentious Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ tournament, it was Mediapolis who finished atop the standings with a team score of 322 followed by Winfield-Mt. Union and Central Lee, who took home team totals of 332 and 337, respectively.
Rowan Miller of Hillcrest Academy claimed the individual conference championship with a round of 75. Ephram Hallgren of Mediapolis and Winfield-Mt. Union’s Konnor Kinneberg each shot a 77 with Hallgren getting the silver medal. Central Lee’s Mylan Lowenberg scored a 78 for 4th place.
Sam Yonker of Burlington Notre Dame turned in a round of 79 for 5th place, as the Nikes took 5th place. Van Buren County was led by Will Cocherell, as he finished in 9th place with a score of 82.
Danville’s Mattix Furnald claimed an 83, while Archer Bonnesen of New London stayed inside the top 20 with a round of 86. Holy Trinity Catholic’s Brock Scheetz and WACO’s Teague Pepper each shot an 87 for 24th and 25th place, respectively. Kason Dopler anchored Columbus with a card of 90.
The Central Lee boys’ team will host a tournament on Saturday, May 9th, with Van Buren County and Holy Trinity Catholic competing.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host the Class 1A Sectional qualifier for Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union on Wednesday, May 13th.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, and Columbus will meet in Tipton for the Class 2A Sectional Qualifier on Wednesday.
The Southeast Conference boys’ teams collided for their conference meet yesterday and for the fourth straight season Washington has claimed a perfect season, beating Fort Madison by 16 strokes to win the title.
Washington’s Rajan Roth and Drew Conrad finished one-and-two in the standings, carding scores of 74 and 76, respectively, to lead the Demons to a team score of 318.
Mt. Pleasant finished in 3rd place as a team with Brody Engle turning in a bronze medal round of 77. The Panthers got an All-Conference performance from Owen Dolf, whose score of 81 was good enough for 9th place. Merrick Lamm took 11th.
Fairfield was led by Andrew Myers’ card of 81, which garnered the Trojan 6th place, while Archer Kreuter nabbed 10th place as the final All-Conference golfer.
The Washington boys’ team will compete in the Elite Showdown tomorrow, May 8th, at Legacy Golf Course.
Mt. Pleasant will gear up for their Class 3A Sectional Qualifier in Fairfield on Wednesday.
The Van Buren County girls’ team will hit the road to take on Fairfield today.
The Washington girls’ team will compete in the Tigerette Invitational tomorrow.
The WACO girls’ team will travel to English Valleys for a meet tomorrow.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls’ teams will compete in their conference meet on Monday, May 11th.
High School Boys’ Tennis
The Southeast Conference tournament is scheduled for tonight in Fairfield.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
WACO was our school of focus with special guests Niles Reichenbach and Ryen Pepper joining last night’s episode. The boys’ soccer team is in the midst of a three-game winning streak, having scored 21 goals, including nine from Reichenbach during the run. Reichenbach talked about the change for the Warrior offense,
“We have a new [player], Joseph Tousignant, one of our newer players this year. He didn’t play at the start of the season. He’s been a good addition but also just moving the ball around, getting balls up field has helped a lot and just those quick assists into the net are really nice.”
The WACO girls’ track and field team has hit their stride at the right time having finished in 1st or 2nd place in their last three meets. Now, with the opportunity to host the conference meet, Pepper is hoping to use that momentum to finish the season strong,
“I’d say my goals for the end of the year are definitely to see if I can, for conference, I would say to improve on times and maybe bring home some medals too. Hopefully, see those events at state as well.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: WACO Episode
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team earned the #1-seed and a bye in the Region 11 Division II tournament; they will take on the winner between Des Moines Area Community College and Northeast tomorrow, May 8th, at 3:30 pm at Merchants Park in Carroll, Iowa.
The #2 softball team advanced to the Region 11 championship after sweeping Indian Hills Community College yesterday, 4-2 in game one and 12-5 in game two. The Blackhawks will take on Iowa Western Community College in a best of three-game series on Sunday, May 10th, at noon.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will travel to Nebraska tomorrow, May 8th, with first pitch at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1925 – The Philadelphia Phillies had their 8th game in a row postponed. Two away from the record set by the 1909 Phillies.
1982 – A United States Federal jury ruled that the NFL violated antitrust laws by preventing the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
1994 – The Denver Nuggets become NBA’s 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed, the Seattle SuperSonics.