High School Track and Field
Danville, New London, WACO, Wapello, Van Buren County, and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Sigourney for the Class 1A Region 10 State Qualifying meet on Thursday, May 14th.
West Burlington/Notre Dame, Mediapolis, Columbus, and Central Lee will contend at Tipton for the Class 2A Region 7 State Qualifying meet on Thursday.
Mt. Pleasant will host the Class 3A Region 5 State Qualifying meet on Thursday with Fairfield and Washington making the trip.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team finished conference play undefeated and officially as back-to-back Southeast Conference champions after taking down Burlington on the road last night, 1-0. Isaiah Denning scored the lone goal for the Panthers. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team fell to the #14 Grayhounds, 10-0.
The Panthers will travel to Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday, May 14th, with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team lost to Hillcrest Academy last night, 5-1.
Burlington Notre Dame will host Mediapolis tonight with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
Washington swept Keokuk last night with the girls’ team winning 4-0 and the boys’ team clobbering the Chiefs 9-1. Santiago Ramirez notched three assists and a hat trick for the Demons.
The Washington girls’ team will hit the road to play Mid-Prairie at 5 pm on Thursday with the boys’ team making the trip to Clear Creek Amana on Friday, May 15th, at 5 pm.
Fairfield was swept by Fort Madison last night with the girls’ team losing 5-1 and the boys’ team falling to the Bloodhounds 3-1. The Trojans will contend with Centerville on Thursday with the girls’ team playing first at 5 pm at home.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team celebrated senior night with a 3-0 shutout last night against Centerville. Dahlia Valdez, Mary Par, and Rozlynn Garza each found the back of the net.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Columbus tonight at 5 pm.
Wapello will play tonight with the girls’ team hitting the road to face off against Cedar Valley Christian and the boys’ team staying at home to take on Highland with both games kicking off at 5 pm.
Central Lee will compete at home tonight with the girls’ team playing Canton at 5 pm and the boys’ game to follow at 7 pm against Hillcrest Academy.
High School Boys’ Soccer Rankings
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released their fourth edition of the boys’ soccer rankings and Burlington Notre Dame made their first appearance into the top 10, rounding out the Class 1A rankings.
The Nikes are 11-3 on the year with a 2-0 marquee victory over Class 2A’s #5 Williamsburg this past Saturday. The team averages an impressive six goals per game, while notching nine shutouts as well. Sophomores have accounted for 57 of the team’s 86 goals, including 31 from Jordan Edgington.
High School Golf
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls’ teams met on the fairways yesterday for their conference meet and Highland grabbed the team title with a team score of 370 as Wapello and Burlington Notre Dame rounded out the top three.
Nike Allee Booten, a freshman, led the entire course with a round of 79. Emersyn Hopkins joined her teammate in the top 10 with a score of 88. Wapello’s Emmalin Marshall finished just outside the podium with a 4th place card of 86 as Macey Kuntz grabbed 10th place.
Winfield-Mt. Union was led by Ashlyn Bender who took home a 91 for the course, which was good enough for 7th place. Bri Spears of Mediapolis finished in 9th place with a score of 94. Elizabeth Griffin of Holy Trinity Catholic, Jocelyn Hernandez of Columbus, and WACO’s Morgan Meyer snatched 11th, 12th, and 14th place, respectively.
The Columbus, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Van Buren County, WACO, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ teams will head to New London for the Class 1A Region 5C meet on Friday, May 15th.
The girls’ Southeast Conference tournament is slated for tomorrow, May 13th, in Washington.
The Mt. Pleasant and Washington boys’ teams will gear up for their Class 3A Sectional Qualifier in Fairfield tomorrow.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will host the Class 1A Sectional qualifier for Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, and Wapello tomorrow.
The Mediapolis, Central Lee, and Columbus boys’ teams will meet in Tipton for the Class 2A Sectional Qualifier tomorrow.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield will host the Class 1A District 4 Singles and Doubles competition on Saturday, May 16th, with Mt. Pleasant making the trip.
College Signing
A pair of WACO student/athletes signed their letter of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level with Garrett Landau joining the Mustangs at Mount Mercy University and Jude Dykstra opting to attend Northwestern College.
Landau, who finished in the top 10 at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) cross country meet in the fall, will be running cross country and participating in the Jazz Band.
Dykstra will be pulling double-duty, running for both the cross country and track and field programs. The Warrior collected a trio of top 11 finishes at the 2025 Iowa High School State Track Championships last year, and helped the WACO cross country program earn a top 5 ranking by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches as he nabbed the individual conference gold medal in the fall.
Both grabbed an individual SEISC banner at the 2026 conference track and field meet in front of their home crowd.
Southeastern Community College
The softball team announced that three of their players will be continuing their softball careers at a four-year university next season. Anna Woods will attend Upper Iowa University, McKenzie Sweeney will be heading to Lewis University, and Lydia Zaruba will be playing at William Penn University.
College Baseball
The Iowa baseball team will finish the regular season with a three-game series against Purdue starting on Thursday, May 14th, at 6:35 pm from Principal Park in Des Moines.
This Day in Sports History
1955 – Chicago Cub Sam “Toothpick” Jones is the first African-American to pitch a no-hitter, winning 4-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, Chicago.
1970 – Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs) hit his 500th home run.
1998 – Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win the NBA Coach of the Year award.