High School Golf
The Wapello girls’ team hosted the Class 1A Region 5 finals yesterday and Highland and Easton Valley finished atop the standings to advance to the state tournament, while the hosts and Winfield-Mt. Union finished in 4th and 5th place, respectively.
Highland shot a 377 as a team with Emersyn Schultz and Adisyn Prottsman turning in silver and bronze-medal cards of 82 and 83, respectively. Individually, Emmalin Marshall of Wapello advanced to state with the 5th place score of 90, as Hillcrest Academy’s Claire Withrow rounded out the top six.
Van Buren County’s Sophia Jirak collected 10th place with a round of 93, while the Wolves had Ella Kann lead the team with a score of 99, which was good enough for 13th place. Hailey Wellington of Columbus finished in 22nd place.
The Class 1A state meet is scheduled to take place at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone on May 28th.
In the Class 2A Region 5 final, Burlington Notre Dame’s Alexandria Booten took home the gold medal with a card of 76 to punch her ticket to the state meet, which will take place at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown.
The Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield girls’ teams made the trip to Edmundson Golf Course for the Class 3A Region 3 finals yesterday and the Panthers took home a team score of 409 for 8th place, while Fairfield finished with a 427 for 10th place.
The Panthers were anchored by Ashlynn Beauchamp’s 18th place score of 96, while Ellanor Bentler led the Trojans with a card of 99 for 22nd place.
The Washington girls’ team just missed the team cut at the Class 3A Region 4 finals, grabbing 3rd place with a team score of 392. Adalyn Long led the charge with a 10th place score of 89. Fort Madison’s Kylie Lumino advanced to the state meet after turning in a bronze medal round of 81.
The Class 3A state meet will take place in Cedar Falls at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course on May 28th.
The boys’ Class 1A state tournament will take place at Westwood Golf Course on Tuesday, May 26th, from Newton as Winfield-Mt. Union and Hillcrest Academy’s Rowan Miller get ready to compete.
The boys’ Class 2A state tournament is slated to start on Tuesday at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo with Central Lee, Mediapolis, and Burlington Notre Dame’s Sam Yonker making the trip.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team made up their contest against Clear Creek Amana last night and fell to the Clippers, 3-2. Dylan White netted both goals for the Panthers. Mt. Pleasant finished the regular season with a 12-4-2 record.
The Washington girls’ team will travel to Williamsburg tonight at 5 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host Mediapolis tonight at 4:30 pm.
High School Postseason Soccer
In Class 1A Substate 5, Mediapolis will take on Pella Christian on Wednesday, May 27th, at 7 pm on the road.
Danville will travel to Burlington Notre Dame on Wednesday at 7 pm.
In Substate 6, the Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will hit the road to play Tipton on Wednesday at 7 pm.
Over in Class 2A Substate 4, the Washington boys’ team will square off against Mt. Vernon on Wednesday at 7 pm on the road.
The Fairfield boys’ team will look to knock off Solon in the substate semifinals on Wednesday at 7 pm on the road.
High School Track and Field
The Iowa High School State Track and Field meet is scheduled to start today and run through Saturday, May 23rd, with KILJ providing updates throughout the three-day event.
Classes 1A and 4A will compete during the morning schedule with Classes 2A and 3A rounding out the afternoon and evening schedule.
For a full look at today’s schedule for our local athletes, then follow this link: Thursday’s Schedule
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant took on Assumption last night in Class 1A Substate 7 play and fell to the Knights 5-1. Max Heater picked up the lone victory of the night for the Panthers, winning his singles match 6-1 and 6-2. The Panthers finished the regular season with an 8-2 record.
Fairfield was shutout by Central DeWitt yesterday, 5-0. The Trojans collected a 6-3 record for the season.
High School Baseball
Fairfield picked up their first win of the season in a 6-0 shutout of Eddyville-Blakseburg-Fremont. Dain Burkhart did it all, notching two RBIs along with striking out five on the mound in six innings of shutout ball. The Trojans will travel to Central Lee on Wednesday, May 27th, at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant fell to Grinnell last night, 10-0. Griffen Jones tallied the lone hit, as he also stole a pair of bases. The Panthers will look for redemption tonight in a road contest against Cardinal at 7 pm.
Wapello will get back to action tonight at 5 pm at home against North Cedar.
Van Buren County will face off against Keokuk at 5:30 pm tonight at home.
Central Lee will square off against Lone Tree tomorrow, May 22nd, at 5:30 pm at home.
High School Softball
West Burlington/Notre Dame defeated Fort Madison last night, 7-4. Orayana Gonzalez knocked a double for two RBIs, while Madelyn Thomas notched 12 strikeouts from the circle. The Falcons will host West Liberty on Tuesday, May 26th, at 7 pm.
Central Lee will take on Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7 pm at home.
Wapello will square off against Columbus on Tuesday at 7 pm on the road.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Mt. Pleasant was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook with special guests Alex Scott and Meadow Carter, as the pair prepares to compete at the 2026 Iowa High School State Track and Field championships.
Scott will be making her 3rd trip to the state meet, yet the nerves will still need to be settled for the senior,
“I would say that I’m taking in the fact that I just need to relax when I get there, especially when it comes to my races. I feel like I’ve just gotten so scared of it. It’s not as scary. I shouldn’t think of it as being scared. I should think of it as a blessing to be there instead of being anxious about the race.”
Carter will be running in the shuttle hurdle relays tonight and for the senior it has been a season full of memories,
“My favorite moment of the season is actually the whole season. I feel like this season, we really came together as a team, and everyone’s super supportive of each other, especially for me and the hurdles. Hurdles are a very mentally challenging thing. You have good days, you have bad days. I just think that our hurdlers are all super supportive of each other, and it just really helps throughout the season.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: Mt. Pleasant Episode
College Baseball
Iowa fell to Michigan State last night, 4-3. The Hawkeyes will tangle with Purdue today at 2 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1819 – The first bicycles (swift walkers) in the US were introduced in New York City.
1943 – Fastest 9 inning American League baseball game. The Chicago White Sox beat the visiting Washington Senators, 1-0, in 89 minutes.
2006 – The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles in the same year.