High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield hosted the Class 1A District 4 singles and doubles competition over the weekend and Mt. Pleasant’s duo of Sawyer Fulton and Max Heater was able to generate a 2nd place finish, along with Fort Madison’s Rowan Benda to punch their ticket to the state tournament in Waterloo. The tournament is scheduled for May 27th.
The team tennis tournament will begin on Wednesday, May 20th, with Mt. Pleasant traveling to Assumption and Fairfield taking on Central DeWitt on the road.
High School Track and Field
The Iowa High School State Track and Field meet is scheduled to start on Thursday, May 21st, and run through Saturday, May 23rd with KILJ providing updates throughout the three-day event.
Southeast Iowa will have plenty to cheer about and many opportunities to do so when it comes to these athletes that qualified for the maximum four events.
In Class 1A, Danville’s Alaina Gourley will run the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run, and the 4×400 and sprint medley relays. London Franklin for New London will sprint the 100-meter dash, look to defend the title in the 4×100 meter relay, also compete in the 4×200 meter relay, and participate in the long jump. Lastly, Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge will take on the 400 and 800-meter events along with joining the 4×400 and distance medley relays.
Over in Class 2A, Avery Dietz of Mediapolis will jump in the 4×400, 4×800, and distance medley relays, while also competing in the 800-meter run.
For Class 3A, Keokuk’s Ryan Bair will look to show off the speed in the 100 and 200-meter dashes along with the 4×100 and sprint medley relays. Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler might only be a freshman but she will be competing in the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run, the 1500-meter run, and the sprint medley relay. Additionally, Kynlee White will participate in four relays: the 4×100, 4×200, sprint medley, and shuttle hurdle and Alex Scott will run the 4×100, 4×200, sprint medley, and the 100-meter dash. Lastly, Washington will have Iris Dahl running in 800 and 1500-meter runs along with the 4×400 and distance medley relays and Leighton Messinger will take on the 400-meter hurdles, the 4×200, the 4×400, and the distance medley relays. Lauren Drahota will compete in all four relays for the Demons.
For a full list of our state qualifiers, follow this link: State Qualifiers List
High School Soccer
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will take on Keokuk tonight at 5 pm on the road.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host Ottumwa tonight at 4:30 pm, while the boys’ team will make up their contest against Clear Creek Amana on Wednesday, May 20th, on the road.
The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against West Branch tonight at 5 pm.
The Washington girls’ team will take on Fort Madison tonight at 4 pm at home.
The Fairfield girls’ team will play Mediapolis tomorrow, May 19th, at 5 pm on the road.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will travel to Washington tomorrow at 5 pm.
High School Postseason Soccer
In Class 1A Substate 5, The WACO boys’ team will travel to Mediapolis tonight at 7 pm.
Danville will host Wapello tonight at 7 pm with the winner advancing to play Burlington Notre Dame on May 27th.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will face off against Highland tonight at home at 7 pm for Class 1A Substate 6 play.
The Central Lee boys’ team will take on Knoxville on the road tonight at 7 pm for Class 2A Substate 5 play.
In Class 2A Substate 4, The Washington boys’ team will compete against Central DeWitt for their first round matchup tonight at 7 pm at home.
The Fairfield boys’ team will host Mid-Prairie tonight at 7 pm for the first round of postseason action.
High School Golf
The Fairfield and Washington boys’ teams and Brody Engle of Mt. Pleasant will travel to Pella for their District meet tomorrow, May 19th.
The Winfield-Mt. Union, WACO, and Danville boys’ teams along with Holy Trinity Catholic’s Max Kruse and Wapello’s Cully Fry will head to Oskaloosa Golf tomorrow for their Class 1A District showdown hosted by Sigourney.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will host their Class 2A District Meet tomorrow at Heritage Oaks with Central Lee competing.
The Wapello girls’ team will host the Class 1A Region 5 finals at Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, May 20th, with Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County’s Sophia Jirak, and Hailey Wellington of Columbus making the trip.
The Mid-Prairie girls’ team will host the Class 2A Region 5 finals with Burlington Notre Dame’s Alexandria Booten competing on Wednesday.
The Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield girls’ teams will be heading to Edmundson Golf Course on Wednesday for the Class 3A Region 3 meet.
The Washington girls’ team will travel to Stone Creek Golf Club for the Class 3A Region 4 meet on Wednesday.
High School Baseball
Wapello will host West Burlington tonight at 6:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Burlington at 6 pm tonight at home.
Fairfield will compete against Grinnell tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Van Buren County will face off against Lone Tree tomorrow, May 19th, with the doubleheader starting at 5:30 pm.
Mediapolis will start the season tomorrow with a home matchup against Fort Madison at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will have their home opener on Wednesday, May 20th, at 7 pm against Grinnell. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
High School Softball
West Burlington/Notre Dame will travel to Wapello tonight at 6:30 pm.
Columbus will tangle with Lone Tree at home tomorrow, May 19th, at 7 pm.
Local Summer Athletic Camps
Mt. Pleasant girls’ basketball is offering up a camp for any girls’ basketball players entering 3rd through 12th grades from June 23rd through the 25th located at the Mt. Pleasant High School Gym. The camp will focus on the fundamentals and introduce team concepts employed by the high school’s system.
If you would like to sign-up, then follow this link and fill out the form: https://kilj.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mp-girls-bball-camp.pdf
Winfield-Mt. Union is encouraging students entering 3rd through 8th grade to stay active this summer with their Wolfpack Performance Training program that will feature 12 dates throughout June and the beginning of July from 9 am to 9:45 am to build speed and agility.
If you would like to sign-up, then head over to KILJ’s Facebook page and use their QR Code.
College Baseball
Iowa ended the regular season with a 15-9 victory over Purdue this past weekend. The Hawkeyes will square off against Illinois tomorrow, May 19th, to start the Big Ten tournament from Omaha, Nebraska.
This Day in Sports History
1897 – William Joyce (New York Giants) set a record when he hit four triples in one game.
1933 – The first major league All-Star Game was announced. It was to be played on July 6 at Comiskey Park as part of the Chicago World’s Fair.
1988 – In the Oakland Athletics’ 39th game of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks a major league record, committing his 12th balk of the season in a 4 – 1 loss to the Red Sox. Stewart will extend the record with 16 balks during the year.