Author: Nathan Bloechl

Fort Madison — Mount Pleasant got a huge performance from sophomore Elsie Lange, who won the long jump, open 400m and helped guide the Panthers 4×400 relay team to a win culminating in a Panther win at the Timm Lamb Relays yesterday in Fort Madison.

Andi Scott, Kenna Lamm, Tristian Shull and Bailey Jalas teamed up for a win in the sprint medley, with a winning time of 1:57.58.

As usual Jadan Brumbaugh — an Iowa State recruit — was the victor of the shot put, winning with a toss of 46 feet, two inches.

She finished third in the discus, as well.

Kenna Lamm was a second place finisher in the 100m hurdles. Lamm was the runner-up to terrific Fairfield senior Anna Dunlap, who ran 15.60. Lamm finished with a time of 16.56.

In the Class B standings, Danville claimed gold with Mediapolis and Cardinal rounding out the top three.

The Bears earned wins in the long jump and 200m dash from Kenna Furnald.

Carissa Mackey cleared 4 feet, six inches in the high jump for first, while winning the 400m dash in 1:07.30.

Mediapolis, who took second, earned wins in the four relays — the 4×1, 4×2, 4×4 and distance medley.

Mount Pleasant — Aubrey Duncan and Brevin Wilson have been named the Continental Athletic Conference Golfers of the Week, the league has announced.

Duncan competed in the Carl Sandburg and Clarke Spring Invites where she took second and claimed medalist honors, respectively.

Duncan carded a two-day 168 in Galesburg while leading the team to a second-place finish. She then came back two days later to shoot an 80 to win the Clarke Spring Invite.

Wilson competed in the Clarke Spring Invite where he shot a 75 to finish in sixth.

Wilson and the Tiger men finished third yesterday at the William Penn Invite in Oksaloosa.

Wilson finished tied for 14th.

Trace White led Wesleyan carding a 75, which was good for second place overall.

Hannibal (Mo.) — The Iowa Wesleyan baseball team swept a pair of games yesterday in Hannibal, Missouri, defeating Hannibal-LaGrange 5-4 and 17-2.

In game one Riley Rankin had two hits, while Froymer Ortega scored two runs.

Wesleyan jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a first inning double by Julian Figueroa.

Javier Rivera was the winning pitcher for the Tigers, working four innings allowing four runs only three earned.

Carter Fletcher picked up the two inning save, striking out one.

In game two Wesleyan scored five runs in the first inning and eight in the second rolling to the easy victory.

The Tiger offense belted out 19 hits in the rout.

Jackson Van Roekel earned the win for the Tigers, hurling a sparkling 6.2 innings, yielding just two hits and two runs while striking out two.

Wesleyan improved to 15-26 with the sweep.

The team will play today against Culver-Stockton with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 p.m.

Iowa City — The University of Iowa, California, Clemson, and TCU headline the field for the 2022 Emerald Coast Classic.

The tournament will be held Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25-26, at Raider Arena on the campus of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida.

As part of the tournament, each of the four teams will also play two preliminary home contests prior to traveling to Florida.

Game matchups will be announced later this summer.

Mount Pleasant — The Iowa Wesleyan softball split a pair of games with Eureka yesterday, dropping game one 5-3, while picking up a game two win, 11-0.

It was nearly a sweep if not for a late game one rally by the Red Devils.

Eureka scored four times in the 7th while trailing 3-1 to come from behind for the win.

Wesleyan stranded 14 baserunners in game one while pounding out 13 hits.

Haiden Molter, Kara Krieger and Alexis Davis all had three hits while Nicole Shirrell had two.

Molter took the loss in the circle, working six innings allowing seven hits and five runs all earned.

In game two the Tigers rode a six-run 4th inning to a run rule win.

Wesleyan got a two-out two-run double in the first by Ivy Geerdes to open the scoring and never looked back.

Julia Hill had a pair of doubles and two runs batted in, while Kylie Topliff was perfect at the plate with walk and two RBI as well.

Abby Dameron was the winning pitcher, tossing a complete game shut-out allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out four.

The split moved Iowa Wesleyan to 4-21.

Wesleyan will be back in action on Wednesday, when they battle Waldorf in a doubleheader.

Game one will start at 2:00 p.m.

Mount Pleasant — Mount Pleasant broke the ice with goal from Charice Auwerda, one of four by the Panther freshman, and rode the hot start to a 10-1 win over Keokuk yesterday.

Elly Manning also scored four times for the Panthers, while Kiera Frazier and Eva Rounceville each tallied single markers.

Tori Wilson added an assist while Evelyn Escobar registered three saves.

Mount Pleasant, now 3-1, will play Burlington Thursday evening.

Other girls soccer finals:

• Fort Madison 2, Washington 1
• Tipton 3, Columbus/Winfield-Mount Union 0

Mount Pleasant — Keokuk rallied back for a 3-2 win over Mount Pleasant yesterday at East Lake Park, picking up their first win in the process.

The Chiefs scored twice in the second half after trailing 2-1 at recess.

Keokuk is now 1-3 while Mount Pleasant fell to 1-4.

The Panther will travel to Bracewell Stadium in Burlington to battle the Greyhounds on Thursday afternoon.

Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.