High School Golf
Day one of the boys’ Class 1A state tournament is over from Newton and Winfield-Mt. Union is positioned in 10th place with a team score of +53. Cody Milks leads the Wolves as he shot 7-over par for the day to be tied for 14th place. Konner Kinneberg (+14) and Nick Sparrow (+15) both finished the day in the top 50, individually. Hillcrest Academy’s Rowan Miller carded an +11 for day one to be tied for 34th place.
The boys’ Class 2A state tournament from Waterloo has Central Lee slotted at 7th place after day one with the team shooting 36-over for the course, while Mediapolis is sitting in 12th place after a round of 54-over par. The Hawks leaned on consistency with their top four golfers all finishing inside the top 35, as Caleb Larson led the way tied for 23rd place, shooting a round of 79.
Mediapolis’ Kohen Stotlar is tied for 29th place with Central Lee’s Caleb Morrison after both carding an 81. Sam Yonker of Burlington Notre Dame claimed a 10-over par and is tied for 34th place. Both the Class 1A and Class 2A state tournaments will conclude today.
The girls’ Class 1A state meet is scheduled to take place at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone tomorrow, May 28th, with Highland and Wapello’s Emmalin Marshall competing.
Burlington Notre Dame’s Alexandria Booten will be heading to the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown tomorrow for the girls’ Class 2A state meet.
The girls’ Class 3A state meet will take place in Cedar Falls at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course tomorrow with Fort Madison’s Kylie Lumino participating.
High School Postseason Soccer
In Class 1A Substate 5, the Mediapolis boys’ team will take on Pella Christian tonight at 7 pm on the road.
The Danville boys’ team will travel to Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7 pm.
In Substate 6, the Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will hit the road to play Tipton tonight at 7 pm.
Over in Class 2A Substate 4, the Washington boys’ team will square off against Mt. Vernon tonight at 7 pm on the road.
The Fairfield boys’ team will look to knock off Solon in the substate semifinals tonight at 7 pm on the road.
In Class 3A Substate 4, the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will host Pella tonight at 5 pm.
In Class 1A Region 2, the Fairfield girls’ team rocked Central Lee last night, 11-1, as Lexi Mast netted six goals for the Trojans. Evelyn Adkins scored the lone goal for the Hawks.
Fairfield will travel to Regina Catholic tomorrow, May 28th, with a 7 pm start time.
The Wapello girls’ team shocked Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union with a 2-1 victory on the road last night to advance in the bracket. Kambrie Miller scored both goals and Reese Connolly saved 27 shots in the winning effort. The Arrows will face off against Assumption on the road tomorrow at 7 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will face off against Mediapolis and Washington will travel to Mid-Prairie with both games scheduled to start tomorrow at 7 pm.
For Class 2A Region 4, the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will tangle with Davenport North tomorrow at 7 pm and Fort Madison will host Keokuk with the winner advancing to play Burlington on June 2nd.
High School Boys’ Tennis
The Iowa High School State Singles and Doubles tournament is slated to start today from Waterloo and Mt. Pleasant’s pair of Sawyer Fulton and Max Heater will take on Trevin Sutton and Brayden VanHorn of Pella for their first round matchup, while Fort Madison’s Rowan Benda will tangle with Luke Daoust of Shenandoah in his first-round contest.
High School Baseball
Van Buren County fell to Central Lee’s bats last night, 13-5. Blake Davis generated a team leading two RBIs on three walks and a sacrifice. The Warriors will face off against Mediapolis tomorrow, May 28th, at 7 pm at home.
Fairfield will travel to Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame clobbered Danville last night, 16-0. The Nikes will square off against Central Lee tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Danville will host Highland tomorrow at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant fell to Clear Creek Amana last night, 5-2. Grayson Lowery smacked a double, while Cadin Beavers tabbed the lone RBI. The Panthers will travel to Muscatine on Friday, May 29th, at 5 pm.
Washington dropped their contest to Highland last night, 10-6.
West Burlington outlasted the scoring marathon last night against Winfield-Mt. Union, scoring five runs in the 6th inning in a 15-9 final. Cale Burgus and Gavin Prior each collected two RBIs in the loss.
West Burlington will take on Burlington tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to play Louisa-Muscatine at 7 pm tomorrow.
In a close contest, Mediapolis defeated New London last night, 4-2. Kyler Crow fanned 15 on the mound in 5.2 innings of work. The Tigers will look to bounce back tonight against Keokuk with first pitch at 5:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will welcome Wilton tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will square off against Hillcrest Academy tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant and Oskaloosa scored a combined 12 runs in the sixth inning, but the Panthers’ comeback bid was cut short in a 12-8 loss last night. Paityn Ensminger led the offense with a pair of RBIs.
Mt. Pleasant will host Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
New London dropped their contest to Mediapolis last night, 5-1. Kenna Jankowski clobbered a double for two RBIs in the winning effort. The Tigers will square off against West Burlington/Notre Dame at home at 7 pm tomorrow, May 28th.
West Burlington/Notre Dame was shutout by West Liberty last night, 12-0.
Mediapolis will travel to Van Buren County tomorrow at 7 pm.
Wapello demolished Columbus last night, 17-4. The Wildcats will head to WACO tomorrow for a 7 pm start time.
Wapello will take on Hillcrest Academy tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic fell to Danville last night, 2-1. The Bears will play Highland tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic will look for their first win tonight in a home doubleheader against Keokuk with game one at 5:30 pm.
Washington was clobbered by Clear Creek Amana last night, 13-0. The Demons will compete against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tonight at 7 pm at home.
Fairfield will host Van Buren County tonight at 7:30 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
New London is holding a girls’ basketball camp for girls entering grades 4th through 8th grade starting on June 1st and running through the 3rd from 1 to 3 pm with lunch provided at noon. If you have any questions, then contact Austin Burns at austin.burns@nlcsd.org.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees handled the Normal CornBelters last night, 9-3. Kila Teixeira tabbed two hits and three RBIs in the win. The Bees will start a five-game road trip tonight against the Champion City HalfTrax at 5:05 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings fell to the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp last night, 3-0. The LumberKings will hit the road to play the CornBelters at 6:30 pm tonight.
This Day in Sports History
1960 – Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises an oversized catcher’s mitt used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney.
1968 – George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles.
1981 – Lenny Randle tries to blow a ground ball foul but the umpire says no.