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 tomorrow, May 14th.
West Burlington/Notre Dame, Mediapolis, Columbus, and Central Lee will contend at Tipton for the Class 2A Region 7 State Qualifying meet tomorrow.
Mt. Pleasant will host the Class 3A Region 5 State Qualifying meet tomorrow with Fairfield and Washington making the trip.
High School Soccer
Burlington Notre Dame swept Mediapolis last night with the girls’ team pulling out a 4-2 victory in comeback fashion, while the boys’ team pulverized the Bulldogs 10-0. Daisy Hazell scored a pair of goals in the girls’ contest and Jordan Edgington scored four goals in the boys’ game.
Mediapolis will face off against Keokuk tomorrow, May 14th, with the girls playing at home and the boys hitting the road with both games starting at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team fell to Columbus last night, 8-1, as Niles Reichenbach scored the lone goal. The Warriors will take on Sigourney-Keota tomorrow at 5 pm at home.
The Wapello girls’ team knocked off Cedar Valley Christian last night, 3-1. Kambrie Miller claimed two of the goals, while Reese Connolly saved 14 shots on goal.
The Wapello boys’ team will compete against Monticello tomorrow at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will travel to Davenport West on Friday, May 15th, at 5 pm.
Central Lee had their wings clipped last night with the girls’ team falling 7-0 to Canton and the boys’ team losing 4-2 to Hillcrest Academy. Mason Sanders scored both goals for the Hawks. Central Lee will take on Williamsburg tomorrow with the boys’ team playing first at 5 pm.
The Washington girls’ team will hit the road to play Mid-Prairie at 5 pm tomorrow with the boys’ team making the trip to Clear Creek Amana on Friday at 5 pm.
Fairfield will contend with Centerville tomorrow with the girls’ team playing first at 5 pm at home.
The Columbus girls’ team will host Ottumwa on Friday at 5 pm.
High School Boys’ Postseason Soccer
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the postseason brackets for all four classes yesterday with the first round slated to start on Monday, May 18th, for Classes 1A and 2A and Tuesday, May 19th, for Classes 3A and 4A. Here’s a look at the local matchups.
For Class 1A Substate 5, Mediapolis earned a home game against WACO to kickoff postseason play with the winner advancing to play Pella Christian. WACO senior Niles Reichenbach is hoping to accomplish history,
“… as a team, we’ve never won a playoff game at WACO in our soccer season. I think that’d be really fun to do. That’s one of our main goals, just to win a playoff game and make it to the second round.”
Burlington Notre Dame was given a bye as the #2-seed and will take on the winner between #3 Danville and #6 Wapello.
Over in Substate 6, Columbus will get to host Highland for first round action with the winner heading to Tipton.
For Class 2A Substate 4, #4 Washington will face off against #5 Central DeWitt at home for their first-round showdown, while #3 Fairfield will take on #6 Mid-Priaire at home. The respective winners will compete against #1 Mt. Vernon and #2 Solon.
Alone in Substate 5 is #5 Central Lee, who will travel to Knoxville to start their postseason journey.
Lastly in Class 3A, Mt. Pleasant will get a home game as the #2-seed against Pella in the second round for Substate 4.
In Substate 5, #4 Burlington will square off against #5 Keokuk to kickoff Substate 5 action.
High School Golf
The girls’ Southeast Conference tournament is slated for today in Washington.
The Mt. Pleasant and Washington boys’ teams will gear up for their Class 3A Sectional Qualifier in Fairfield today.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will host the Class 1A Sectional qualifier for Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, and Wapello today.
The Mediapolis, Central Lee, and Columbus boys’ teams will meet in Tipton for the Class 2A Sectional Qualifier today.
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 Medaipolis girls’ team will host the Class 2A Region 5B meet on Friday with Central Lee making the trip.
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 Baseball
The Iowa baseball team will finish the regular season with a three-game series against Purdue starting tomorrow, May 14th, at 6:35 pm from Principal Park in Des Moines.
This Day in Sports History
1905 – World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retires undefeated after 7 title defenses; returns in 1910 to be beaten by Jack Johnson.
1983 – Reggie Jackson is the first major league baseball player to strike out 2,000 times.
1985 – Carlton Fisk became the 5th catcher in major league history to steal 100 bases.