Boys’ Track: Pullis Charges to 5th in 3A Shot

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 6:53 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com

Des Moines — After missing out on his junior season, Mount Pleasant’s Cooper Pullis wanted to come out of the gates hot today.

Come out hot, he did.

Pullis launched his best throw of the day on his first throw, hurling a mark of 52 feet, 9 3/4 inches placing him 5th in the Class 3A shot put earning the Panther throw teams their third medal of the weekend.

“I was very excited about my finish. You know not having last year, it was motivation to come out here and prove it one last time. It was awesome to be out here and do that.” Pullis told KILJ.

A Drake Relays qualifier, Pullis is another notch on the belt of outstanding Panther throwers which know has a bit of a dynastic feel to the program.

“A lot of those [great throwers] have been around us this year. Justin Dunn, Steve English, Emmitt Wester, you know it feels good to go out and prove what they proved.” Pullis said of carrying on the tradition.

He also was able to watch two of his closest friends, female throwers Grace Kelley and Jadan Brumbaugh, medal both today and yesterday.

He wanted to carry that torch into this afternoon.

“Every day at practice we build off one another and they do same things for me. We work with each other not against each other.” 

“I am a bigger fan of Jadan Brumbaugh than I am of myself” Pullis said with a smirk.

“She’s been awesome to watch this year, I can’t say enough.”

Prep Track: Brumbaugh Makes Her Mark in History, Keeps 3A Shot Put Crown in Mount Pleasant

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 4:15 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Des Moines — “An absolute powerhouse” is the phrase that throws coach Shawn Striegel used to describe Jadan Brumbaugh, who this morning etched her name into the pantheon of greats at Mount Pleasant, earning a Class 3A Shot Put State Championship.

For the Panthers, it’s the second consecutive year that they claim the 3A State Title.

Lexie Magnani, now throwing at UNI, accomplished the feat in 2019.

This year Brumbaugh made sure the crown stayed draped in maroon and gold.

“I have looked up to Lexie for a long, long time. You know when I was a freshman and this year too, just trying to do better each meet” Brumbaugh said.

The 2021 Drake Relays champion, Brumbaugh’s sights have always been set on hoisting the state title.

Today she removed all doubt with a monstrous toss of 44 feet, nine inches.

“It’s such an honor to be out here with all these girls who have worked as hard as I have and it’s so very exciting to win it and I am excited to come back next year.” 

Brumbaugh said her off-season will consist of perfecting her technique — a scary thought for competitors — and continuing to develop mentally in the circle.

With that said, Brumbaugh said there wasn’t many nerves today, despite being the top-seed and Drake Relays champion.

“I was looking to have fun, enjoying the day and of course looking to throw far. Just working on what I’ve always been working on.” 

“It was fun to come out here.” 

Boys’ Soccer: Panthers Lose, End Season

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 2:10 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Amana Colonies — The Mount Pleasant boys’ soccer team saw Clear Creek score twice in the first half as the Clippers cruised to a 3-0 in a Class 2A, Substate 5 first round matchup.

Taylor Christensen scored two goals for the Clippers while Gabe Bormann assisted on two scores.

Stats were not made available for Mount Pleasant.

They close their season 2-13.

Clear Creek-Amana will move on to the second round where they will meet up with Fort Madison next week at Baxter Sports Complex.

Boys’ Golf: New London’s Phillips to State

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 2:02 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

KILJ — New London Tiger senior Clayton Phillips has punched his ticket to the Class 1A State Golf Tournament.

Phillips carded a 74, which tied him with HLV’s Ethan Kupka for medalist honors,  earning himself a trip to the tournament following yesterday’s district golf meet at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.

State will be held May 27th and 28th in Newton, Iowa at Westwood Golf Course.

New London finished sixth in the team standings.

They had 373 strokes.

State Track Results: Day 2

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 1:53 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Des Moines — Day Two of the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships will begin today.

Here’s a running schedule of events for the morning session:

9:00 a.m. — Girls’ Shot: Jadan Brumbaugh (Mount Pleasant)

  • Made finals with a best toss of 44 feet, 8 3/4 inches. One more throw left. 

9:00 a.m. — Boys’ High Jump: Tyler Stoltz (Van Buren County)

  • Tyler Stoltz bows out at 6-1, clears 5-11 on his second attempt. Finishes 14th.

9:45 a.m. — Boys’ 110m Hurdle Prelims: Lane Davis (Van Buren County)

  • Davis finishes 23rd with a time of 16.83. 

9:45 a.m. — Boys’ 110m Hurdle Prelims: Bryce Wilson (Mount Pleasant)

  • Bryce Wilson qualifies with the third fastest time in prelims, running 15.20. Western Dubuque’s Logan Brosius was the top qualifier at 15.15.

10:05 a.m. — Girls’ 100m Hurdle Prelims: Kenna Lamm, Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

  • Karysn Lamm runs the 7th fastest time in prelims, qualifying for finals with a run of 16.17 seconds. Her sister Kenna runs 16.81, that places her 16th. 

10:25 a.m. — Boys’ 4×200 Relay Finals: Cole Lipper, Kadin Salek, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis)

  • This quartet earns a medal with a strong finish. That group runs 1:31.52 for fourth place. 

11:35 a.m. — Boys’ Shot: Cooper Pullis (Mount Pleasant)

  • Pullis earns a medal for the Panthers — the third of their throwing group — with a toss of 52 feet, 9 3/4 inches. He finished 5th overall. 

11:45 a.m. — Girls’ Long Jump: Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

  • Lamm finishes 16th overall with a best jump on the day of 16 feet even. 

12:15 p.m. — Boys Distance Medley Finals: Chase Williamson, Will Davidson, Reean Seberg, Isaiah Albright (Mount Pleasant)

  • Mount Pleasant finishes 20th overall. They run 3:46.13. 

12:45 p.m. — Girls’ 4×100 Relay Prelims: Bailey Jalas, Karsyn Lamm, Josie Gilmore, Kenna Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

  • Mount Pleasant DQ’d. 

1:05 p.m. — Boys’ 4×100 Relay Prelims: Kadin Salek, Josh Darbyshire, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis)

  • Mediapolis runs 44.31 to qualify for tomorrow’s finals. They ran the 8th fastest time in the 2A field. 

2:10 p.m. — Boys’ 4×400 Relay Prelims: Kadin Salek, Levi Arnold, Andrew McPherson and Anthony Isley (Mediapolis)

  • Mediapolis goes 3:28.62 to qualify for the finals with the third fastest times in prelims. Ahead of them were Underwood and Treynor. 

Class 1A:

3:35 p.m. — Girls’ Discus: Drew Fox (Danville)

  • Drew Fox sitting at 17th with a toss of 101-11. She did not make finals. 

3:35 p.m. — Girls’ Distance Medley Finals: Jacey Moore, Christella Boyer, Cassidy Yaley, Addison Parrott (Danville)

  • Danville DMR goes 4:21.10 for a 7th place finishing earning a medal. Parrott with a great 800m anchor. 

3:45 p.m. — Boys’ High Jump: Kade Benjamin (New London), Braden Spain (WACO)

  • Kade Benjamin out at 6-3, clearing 6-1. He should finish 8th on number of misses tiebreaker. Braden Spain hit the opening height of 5-7 before bowing out at 5-9. He finishes 23rd. 

4:15 p.m. — Boys’ 110m Hurdle Prelims: Dane Sweezer (Winfield-Mount Union), Simeon Reichenbach (WACO)

  • Sweezer goes 16.681 for 22nd, Reichenbach finishes 19th running 16.48. 

4:35 p.m. — Girls’ 100m Hurdle Prelims: Allison Dowd (Danville)

  • Dowd finishes 21st overall with a time of 17.66 seconds.

4:55 p.m. — Boys’ 4×200 Relay Finals: Danville (1:34.85)

  • Ayden Doyle, Cadence Williams, Gabriel Gourley, Mason Chipman go 1:34.23 for 18th overall. 

5:35 p.m. — Girls’ 4×200 Relay Finals: Jacey Moore, Jaeda Molle, Kenna Furnald, Christella Boyer (Danville)

  • Danville’s bunch finishes 20th overall running 1:53.51. 

5:55 p.m. — Boys’ 400m Hurdle Finals: Dane Sweezer (Winfield-Mount Union)

  • Dane Sweezer runs 1:01.12 which places him 22nd overall. 

6:15 p.m. — Boys’ Discus: Carter Allen (New London)

  • Allen, a fourth place finisher yesterday in the shot put, throws 160-06 for second place in the 1A discus. The Drake Relays qualifier earns a medal in both of his events. 

6:45 p.m. — Boys’ Distance Medley Finals: Boden Pickle, Josh Catala, Seth Bailey and Rylan Martin (New London)

  • That quartet runs 3:45.25 for 13th place.

8:35 p.m. — Boys’ 4×400 Relay Prelims: Mason Chipman, Gabriel Gourley, Oliver Sowell, Ty Carr

  • This group crushes prelims, they run 3:28.11 for first place in prelims, they’ll have the top time heading into tomorrow night’s finals. 

 

 

 

Sports, Friday, May 21st

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 5:32 am CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Prep Track: Day One Provides Five Area Medalists:

Five KILJ-area athletes earned medals on Day One of the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships.

In Class 3A, Mount Pleasant Panther senior Grace Kelley threw 124-06 which was good for 7th place in her first state track appearance.

Also in 3A, the Mount Pleasant Girls’ Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Karsyn Lamm, Kenna Lamm, Josie Gilmore, Jenna Gilmore will run in Saturday’s finals after placing 7th in prelims with a time of 1:09.13, they too will earn a medal and can finish no worse than eighth.

In Class 1A, three area competitors have earned medals.

In the 3000m run Addison Parrott of Danville earned a medal after finishing as runner up in the 3000m run.

Parrott went 10:33.21, losing out narrowly to Peyton Poegee of Tri-Center who ran 10:32.91.

In 1A boys’ shot put, New London’s Carter Allen finished fourth overall after a toss of 50 feet, 8 3/4 inches.

He came into the field as the fifth seed and left as the first ever medalist in boys’ shot put history at New London High School.

The final medalist was Danville freshman Kenna Furland in the 1A girls’ long jump.

Furnalds best jump Thursday was 15 feet, 6 1/4 inches.

She earns a medal in her first ever trip to the State Meet.

Prep Track: Day Two of the State Track and Field Championships Commences Today:

Day Two of the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships begins today at the Blue Oval and all eyes will be on Jadan Brumbaugh who will compete at 9:00 a.m. this morning.

Here’s the full schedule for today’s morning session:

9:00 a.m. — Girls’ Shot: Jadan Brumbaugh (Mount Pleasant)

9:45 a.m. — Boys’ 110m Hurdle Prelims: Bryce Wilson (Mount Pleasant)

10:05 a.m. — Girls’ 100m Hurdle Prelims: Kenna Lamm, Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

10:25 a.m. — Boys’ 4×200 Relay Finals: Cole Lipper, Kadin Salek, Andrew McPherson, Anthony Isley (Mediapolis)

11:35 a.m. — Boys’ Shot: Cooper Pullis (Mount Pleasant)

11:45 a.m. — Girls’ Long Jump: Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

12:15 p.m. — Boys Distance Medley Finals: Chase Williamson, Will Davidson, Reean Seberg, Isaiah Albright (Mount Pleasant)

12:45 p.m. — Girls’ 4×100 Relay Prelims: Bailey Jalas, Karsyn Lamm, Josie Gilmore, Kenna Lamm (Mount Pleasant)

1:05 p.m. — Boys’ 4×100 Relay Prelims: Mediapolis (44.75)

2:10 p.m. — Boys’ 4×400 Relay Prelims: Mediapolis (3:31.26)

Boys’ Golf: Panthers Finish Third in District Meet:

The Mount Pleasant boys’ golf team finished third at Thursday’s district golf meet hosted by Notre Dame at Flint Hills Golf Club.

The top two teams were Solon and Monticello, who have both moved on to the Class 3A State Golf Meet.

Mount Pleasant finished 30 strokes behind Monticello for third.

Brevin Wilson led the way for the Panthers with an 82, he narrowly missed out on an individual trip to the state meet missing the cut by just one stroke.

Nick Matheney added and 83, while Reece Kempker carded an 85.

Girls’ Track: Freshman Phenom Furnald Jumps into Fifth

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 1:05 am CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Des Moines — Remember this name: Kenna Furnald.

Today the young Danville Bear showed why so many are excited about her future.

Furnald lept 15 feet, 6 1/4 inches placing her fifth in a loaded Class 1A long jump field, earning herself a medal.

“Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to make the finals” Furnald exclaimed.

“So when I made it I was so excited and maybe even surprised.” 

Her best jump this year was 16 feet, 1 3/4, but with the weather being what it was the Danville wunderkind was smiling ear-to-ear about her performance

“I was nervous about [the weather] but the rain stopped for a brief moment and that helped me.” 

Again just a freshman, there’s no doubt in Furnald’s mind that she belongs on this stage.

Now, she wants to be back.

“I am so glad I was able to make this field. I am going to take this experience and grow and hopefully be back in the coming years.”

If today was any sign — she might not have to hope.

Boys’ Track: Allen Roars, Finishes Fourth in 1A Shot

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 12:53 am CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Des Moines — Carter Allen said he didn’t really know what to expect when got into the shot put ring today.

Sure, the Drake Relays qualifier and fifth seed had medal hopes, but on a wet, rainy and slick day, anything could happen.

Allen though, well, he removed all doubt.

The terrific New London Tiger threw 50 feet, 8 3/4 inches placing him fourth in the Class 1A shot put field, earning himself a medal in the process.

“I am came in fifth so I am really happy about the finish, especially in these conditions.” Allen said.

Even with the pressure of a packed crowd, Allen said he wasn’t nervous.

Being around the competition of the Drake Relays helped, but the composure the young New London man showed today seems all natural.

“I wasn’t really nervous, it’s a great environment — I don’t really get nervous. Being at Drake helped a lot, getting used that to competition helped quite a bit.” said a smiling Allen.

He now holds the honor of being the first medalist in boys’ shot put in New London track history, an honor he won’t take lightly moving forward.

“It’s so awesome to be the first — an incredible feeling.”