By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Washington — The Mount Pleasant boys’ golf team will be at Washington Golf and Country Club this morning, as they compete in sectional action.
Also golfing in Washington today will be Clear Creek-Amana, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, ND-WB, Solon and Washington.
Teams and individuals advancing from today’s sectional meet will compete in districts next Thursday at Flint Hills Golf Course.
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Mount Pleasant — Mitch Anderson’s Mount Pleasant boys’ track team qualified two individual events and two relays as they took fourth at yesterday’s State Qualifying Track Meet at Mount Pleasant High School.
Anderson saw his sophomore hurdler Bryce Wilson save his best for last, winning the 110m hurdles in a season fastest 15.25, defeating top-seeded Clear Creek-Amana Harrison Rosenberg on his way to an automatic qualification.
Just a sophomore, Wilson hasn’t even come close to his peak, yet.
Senior thrower Cooper Pullis was on fire yesterday in the shot put ring.
Pullis won with a throw of 51 feet, 8 1/2 inches to qualify automatically.
Also earning qualification to the State Track and Field Championships were two Panther relay teams.
First, the shuttle hurdle team of Will Davidson, Jack Johnson, Morgan Van Nyhuis and Wilson came from behind late, thanks to a huge surge by Wilson, to capture runner up honors.
That quartet ran 1:04.16.
The final relay team was the Panthers’ distance medley team who ran 3:46.01 to earn a second place finish.
Comprising that group was Chase Williamson, Will Davidson, Reean Seberg and Isaiah Albright.
In other boys’ track around the area last night:
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Mount Pleasant — It was yet another record setting performance for Mount Pleasant junior Jadan Brumbaugh, who broke her own school record yet again throwing a monstrous 44 feet, 10 1/2 inches.
Brumbaugh, the Drake Relays champion, has her sights set on on a state championship now.
Mount Pleasant also saw Cristina Carthey, Karsyn Lamm, Grace Kelley and Abby Blint qualify.
Carthey ran 5:24.11 for second place in the 1,500m.
Lamm, who was the third-seed, came from behind with a late surge to nip top-seeded Kelsey Pacha of Fairfield. Lamm ran 15.80.
Blint was another runner up for the Panthers, this time in the 3,000m run. Blint ran 11:43.06 to earn an automatic qualification into the dance.
Meanwhile Grace Kelley, the Panther discus ace, threw 124 feet, five inches. That was good enough for a runner up finish behind Davenport Assumption’s Anna Wohlers.
Other girls track from around the area last night:
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Boys Track: Panthers Qualify Four for Blue Oval:
Mitch Anderson’s Mount Pleasant boys’ track team qualified two individual events and two relays as they took fourth at yesterday’s State Qualifying Track Meet at Mount Pleasant High School.
Anderson saw his sophomore hurdler Bryce Wilson save his best for last, winning the 110m hurdles in a season fastest 15.25, defeating top-seeded Clear Creek-Amana Harrison Rosenburg on his way to an automatic qualification.
Just a sophomore, Wilson hasn’t even come close to his peak, yet.
Senior thrower Cooper Pullis was on fire yesterday in the shot put ring.
Pullis won with a throw of 51 feet, 8 1/2 inches to qualify automatically.
Also earning qualification to the State Track and Field Championships were two Panther relay teams.
First, the shuttle hurdle team of Will Davidson, Jack Johnson, Morgan Van Nyhuis and Wilson came from behind late, thanks to a huge surge by Wilson, to capture runner up honors.
That quartet ran 1:04.16.
The final relay team was the Panthers’ distance medley team who ran 3:46.01 to earn a second place finish.
Comprising that group was Chase Williamson, Will Davidson, Reean Seberg and Isaiah Albright.
In other boys’ track around the area last night:
Girls Track: Panthers Qualify Five, Anticipate More:
It was yet another record setting performance for Mount Pleasant junior Jadan Brumbaugh, who broke her own school record yet again throwing a monstrous 44 feet, 10 1/2 inches.
Brumbaugh, the Drake Relays champion, has her sights set on on a state championship now.
Mount Pleasant also saw Cristina Carthey, Karsyn Lamm, Grace Kelley and Abby Blint qualify.
Carthey ran 5:24.11 for second place in the 1,500m.
Lamm, who was the third-seed, came from behind with a late surge to nip top-seeded Kelsey Pacha of Fairfield. Lamm ran 15.80.
Blint was another runner up for the Panthers, this time in the 3,000m run. Blint ran 11:43.06 to earn an automatic qualification into the dance.
Meanwhile Grace Kelley, the Panther discus ace, threw 124 feet, five inches. That was good enough for a runner up finish behind Davenport Assumption’s Anna Wohlers.
Other girls track from around the area last night:
Boys’ Golf: Sectional Golf Today at Washington:
The Mount Pleasant boys’ golf team will be at Washington Golf and Country Club this morning, as they compete in sectional action.
Also golfing in Washington today will be Clear Creek-Amana, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, ND-WB, Solon and Washington.
Teams and individuals advancing from today’s sectional meet will compete in districts next Thursday at Flint Hills Golf Course.
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Mount Pleasant — The 3A State Qualifying Track Meet is underway in Mount Pleasant.
Here’s a live look at automatic qualifiers as they come in at Mapleleaf.
Girls Sprint Medley:
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (1:50.14)
2.) Davenport Assumption (1:50.73)
5.) Mount Pleasant
Boys Sprint Medley:
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (1:35.39)
2.) Washington (1:35.53)
7.) Mount Pleasant
Girls 3000m Run:
1.) Carley Seely (Fairfield) — 11:36.01
2.) Abby Blint (Mount Pleasant) — 11:43.06
Girls High Jump:
1.) Miracle Ailes (Keokuk) — 5-04.00
2.) Josise Bentz (WBND) — 5.04.00
5.) Josie Gilmore (Mount Pleasant) — 4-10.00
Girls Shot Put:
1.) Jadan Brumbaugh (Mount Pleasant) — 44 feet, 10.5 inches
2.) Anna Wohlers (Assumption) — 38 feet, 3.5 inches
Boys Long Jump:
1.) Mikey DiPrima (Fort Madison) — 20 feet, 9 inches
2.) Jakob McGowan (Fort Madison) — 20 feet, 6.25 inches
7.) Reean Seberg (Mount Pleasant) — 18 feet, 8 inches
Boys 3200m Run:
1.) Lance Sobaski (Washington) — 10:06.63
2.) Brandon Barker (Clear Creek-Amana) — 10:16.81
7.) Gannon McNamee (Mount Pleasant) — 11:32.06
Girls 4×800
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (10:11.22)
2.) Davenport Assumption (10:16.45)
5.) Mount Pleasant
Boys 4×800
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (8:17.13)
2.) Davenport Assumption (8:22.37)
4.) Mount Pleasant
Girls Long Jump
1.) Miracle Ailes (Keokuk) — 17-02.50
2.) Kelsey Pacha (Fairfield) — 16-07.00
3.) Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant) — 16-01.00
Boys Shot Put
1.) Cooper Pulls (Mount Pleasant) — 51-08.50
2.) Ethan Eilers (WBND) — 50-02.75
6.) Nick Holtkamp (Mount Pleasant)
Boys 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (1:02.08)
2.) Mount Pleasant (1:04.16)
Girls 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (1:05.93)
2.) Fairfield (1:07.88)
3.) Mount Pleasant (1:08.01)
Girls Discus:
1.) Anna Wohlers (Assumption) — 133-05
2.) Grace Kelley (Mount Pleasant) — 124-05
Boys 100m Dash:
1.) Alex Figueroa (Clear Creek-Amana) — 11.24
2.) Simon Weitz (Assumption) — 11.25
11.) Colton Hutson (Mount Pleasant)
Girls 100m Dash:
1.) Miracle Ailes (Keokuk) — 12.54
2.) Alaina McConnell (Assumption) — 12.70
8.) Bailey Jalas (Mount Pleasant)y
Boys Discus:
1.) Tyler Maro (Assumption) — 165-04
2.) Ethan Eilers (WBND) — 153-01
6.) Cooper Pullis (Mount Pleasant)
Girls Distance Medley:
1.) Davenport Assumption (4:21.76)
2.) Clear Creek-Amana (4:25.14)
6.) Mount Pleasant
Boys Distance Medley:
1.) Clear Creek-Amana (3:37.58)
2.) Mount Pleasant (3:46.01)
Girls 400m Dash:
1.) Laney Fitzpatrick (Assumption) — 59.85
2.) Logan Kelley (WBND) — 1:04.36
7.) Jeneva Dykstra (Mount Pleasant)
Boys 400m Dash:
1.) Elijah Morris (Washington) — 50.53
2.) Dayton Davis (Fort Madison) — 51.71
Girls 4×200 Relay:
1.) West Burlington-Notre Dame (1:44.62)
2.) Davenport Assumption (1:46.60)
5.) Mount Pleasant
Boys 4x200m Relay:
1.) Fort Madison (1:31.97)
2.) West Burlington-Notre Dame (1:32.08)
7.) Mount Pleasant
Girls 100m Hurdles:
1.) Anna Dunlap (Fairfield) — 15.71
2.) Karsyn Lamm (Mount Pleasant) — 15.80
3.) Kelsey Pacha (Fairfield) — 15.83
Girls 800m:
1.) Laney Fitzpatrick (Assumption) — 2:25.97
2.) Abigail Kleese (Washington) — 2:28.76
11.) Jayden Housh (Mount Pleasant)
Boys 800m:
1.) Lance Sobaski (Washington) — 2:02.57
2.) T.J. Fitzpatrick (Assumption) — 2:05.38
3.) Gabe Feldmann (Mount Pleasant) — 2:11.48
Girls 200m Dash:
1.) Miracle Ailes (Keokuk) — 25.72
2.) Amiya Davis (WBND) — 25.89
5.) Kenna Lamm (Mount Pleasant)
Boys 200m Dash
1.) Alex Figueroa (Clear Creek-Amana) — 22.88
2.) Elijah Morris (Washington) — 22.99
11.) Josh Mueller (Mount Pleasant)
Girls 400m Hurdles:
1.) Raquel Schneider (Fort Madison) — 1:09.62
2.) Mallory Lyon (Fairfield) — 1:12.11
4.) Abby Blint (Mount Pleasant)
Boys 400m Hurdles:
1.) Gavin Zillyette (Clear Creek-Amana) — 56.23
2.) Jace Figeuero (WBND) — 56.45
6.) Nathan McWilliams (Mount Pleasant)
Girls 1500m Run:
1.) Skylar Hoffman (Assumption) — 5:20.82
2.) Cristina Carthey (Mount Pleasant) — 5:24.11
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Boys’ Tennis: Nguyen Takes Third at Districts:
Mount Pleasant senior David Nguyen earned wins in the first and second round before falling to eventual champion Abbot Haner of Keokuk on his way to a third place finish at the 2021 District Tennis Meet at Fairfield High School yesterday.
Nguyen opened his tournament with a win over Centerville’s Owen Williams 6-1, 6-1.
In the semifinals Nguyen took down familiar foe Levi Sissel of Fort Madison 6-3, 6-4.
That set Nguyen up with the top-seeded Haner who bested Nguyen 6-1, 6-2.
Haner went on to defeat Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Trenton Link 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the 2021 State Tennis Meet.
Nguyen, who then went to the consolation championship, took down Maharishi’s Romil Patel 3-6, 7-5, 10-7.
In doubles competition, Lincoln Henriksen and Jake Ensminger were defeated in the first round, losing to the team of Nguyen and Ross from Maharishi.
In the team race, Xavier — who finished with 29 points — auto qualified for the substate match.
They’ll play the winner of the Keokuk-Centerville who will meet this Saturday in a substate prelim match.
Prep Track: State Qualifying Track Today:
Area athletes will look to punch their tickets to next week’s 2021 State Track and Field Championships, which will begin Thursday in Des Moines.
In Class 3A, area athletes will compete in a loaded field today at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex in Mount Pleasant.
The Panthers, who have the luxury of racing on their home turf, will welcome in Davenport Assumption, Clear Creek-Amana, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Washington and West Burlington-Notre Dame in what should be one of the most competitive 3A qualifiers today.
In Class 2A, Mediapolis will compete at Tipton High School today. They’ll be joined by Louisa-Muscatine amongst others.
And, in Class 1A, area clubs will race at WACO High School.
Of course host WACO will be there alongside Columbus Junction, Danville, New London, Wapello and Winfield-Mount Union.
Racing around the state tonight will begin at 4:00 p.m.
Girls’ Golf: Panthers at Washington:
The Mount Pleasant girls’ golf team will travel to Washington Golf and Country Club today for a quintet today.
Joining the Panthers will be Burlington, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk and of course, host Washington.
The Demons are second only to West Des Moines Valley for the lowest nine-hole score and nine-hole average and are the proverbial frontrunners to hoist the state championship.
Golfing today will get underway at 3:00 p.m.
College Wrestling: UNI Inks Schwab to Extension:
(via Radio Iowa)
UNI Director of Athletics David Harris has announced the signing of a contract extension for head wrestling coach Doug Schwab through the 2027-28 season.
Schwab, the 2020 Big 12 Coach of the Year, has had 60 NCAA qualifiers and 17 All-Americans during his tenure. He has a dual record of 90-58.
The Panthers have finished in the top three at the Big-12 championship and have had two champions in three of the last four seasons and have had at least one All-American for each of the last eight seasons.
Schwab helped guide former Mediapolis’ standout Drew Foster to Big 12 titles in 2018 and 2019 on his way to the 2019 NCAA National Championship at the 184 weight class.
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Fairfield — Nick Matheney and Brevin Wilson were neck and neck for medalist honors — which in the end, really wasn’t all that bad — as the Mount Pleasant Panther boys’ golf team earned a conference championship crown at yesterday’s Southeast Conference Golf Meet in Fairfield.
Matheney finished one stroke better than that of Wilson to claim medalist honors but as it has been all season, it was about the team last night.
Matheney carded a four over-74, WIlson finished with a 75 while Reece Kempker ended his 18-hole afternoon with an 85.
Washington’s Roman Roth took third with a 77, while Isaac Vetter of Washington ended up 4th. Fairfield’s Jeremy Crile placed fifth.
The Demons placed second in the team standings, followed up by Fairfield, Keokuk and Fort Madison.
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Mount Pleasant — The Mount Pleasant girls’ golf team saw medalist honors split between Elli Liechty and Sami Wibben as they rolled to a win a the Mount Pleasant Invite at the Mount Pleasant Country Club yesterday.
Liechty and Wibben both shot 50’s, while Ryann Davidson carded a 52 to lead the Panthers.
Natalie Ames of Keokuk was runner-up with a 51, while Fort Madison was led by Ellie Schulte who shot a 57.
Mount Pleasant won the team scoring by 11 strokes, finishing with 205.
Keokuk ended with 216 and Fort Madison did not have enough players for a team score.
