Author: Slaten Swords

High School Track

Fairfield hosted the Brookhart-Crew Relays last night and the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team extended their meet win streak to six after collecting 179 points as the Fort Madison boys’ team grabbed 151 points for the win. 

Starting with the Panther girls’ team, Alex Scott sprinted to the win in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.62 seconds, while Kynlee White continued that short distance speed with a gold medal time of 26.93 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Linzy Striegel grabbed the victory in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 11 seconds. The Panthers narrowly got the win in the 4×100 meter relay, while the team of Abi Shelangoski, Ellie Freeman, Scott, and White defeated Washington in the 4×200 meter relay. Additionally, the sprint medley team grabbed the win with a time of 1 minute and 55 seconds. In the field events, Izzy Sloat leapt 16 feet and 6 inches to win the long jump.

The Fairfield girls’ team finished in 4th place with 74 points as they were anchored by Lilly Bergren’s win in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.28 seconds. Bergren helped the Trojans take the shuttle hurdle relay by a five-second margin. 

West Burlington/Notre Dame’s lone win occurred in the distance medley relay with the team of Ady Lamm, Jilian Nickel, Kaitlyn Kipp, and Kaylee Webb, sporting a time of 4 minutes and 28 seconds. 

On the boys’ side, Fairfield collected 137 points for 2nd place. Dayson Workman took the gold in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.8 seconds. In the 800-meter run, Gabe Tejada’s time of 1 minute and 56 seconds dominated the field for the win. Dylan Adam won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.97 seconds. The Trojans ran away with the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 2 seconds. In the field events, Eli Zilman flew 6 feet and 6 inches for the gold in the high jump.

Mt. Pleasant’s 102 points was good enough for 4th place, while West Burlington/Notre Dame grabbed 73 points. The Panthers finished in 2nd place in six events. For the Falcons, Landry Haberichter outran Julian Dear of Fort Madison for the win in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.2 seconds. This led to a win in the 4×100 meter relay. 

Columbus had their Wildcat Relays last night and the boys’ team soared to another 1st place finish for the season with 188 points. Lamar Ceant took victories in the 200-meter dash and the 110-meter hurdles, while Ty Muniz outpaced the field in both long distance events. The Wildcats also won the 4×100, 4×800, and shuttle hurdle relays.

Wapello’s Rowen Atkinson grabbed the win in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.5 seconds. Kolton Small swept the throwing events with a 1st place toss of 146 feet and 2 inches for the discus and a winning heave of 47 feet and 3 inches in the shot put. 

On the girls’ side, Kenna Small of Wapello took 1st place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 46 seconds. Columbus had Isabella Forbes win the shot put with a throw of 33 feet and 8 inches. 

WACO and Danville made the trip to Highland last night to compete in their invitational and the Danville boys’ team had the highest finish of our local teams with a 4th place mark of 68 points. 

For the Bears, the distance medley squad took home an easy with a time of 3 minutes and 37 seconds–12 seconds faster than 2nd place. WACO’s Isaac Rich was the best individual finisher with a time of 11.74 seconds in the 100-meter dash, which was good enough for the silver. 

On the girls’ side, Danville grabbed 1st place in the sprint medley relay with a time of 1 minute and 57 seconds, while WACO took the distance medley relay with a mark of 4 minutes and 50 seconds–winning the heat by one-hundredth of a second.

The Southeast Conference Meet is scheduled for Thursday, May 8th, at Fairfield. 

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet is set for Thursday with WACO acting as the host. 

High School Tennis

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team battled Burlington last night with the two squads splitting their single matches with Max Heater, Dane Cook, and Lou Schimmelpfennig picking up the wins. Unfortunately, it was the Grayhounds who executed the narrow 5-4 win as the team of Heater and Cook collected the lone win in doubles. 

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team fell to Burlington last night 9-0. 

Fairfield swept Keokuk last night with the boys’ team shutting out the Chiefs 9-0 and the girls’ team winning 7-2. 

Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant will compete in the SEC Tournament on Thursday, May 8th, with the boys’ teams traveling to Fairfield, while the girls’ teams will make the trip to Burlington.

High School Golf

The Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, and New London girls’ teams ventured to Keokuk for an invitational yesterday and the hosts exited with the win with a team score of 365 followed by New London with a 397 and Mt. Pleasant finished with the bronze with a score of 403. 

The Panthers were led by Sophia Walderbach’s 18-hole score of 93 as Izzy Zihlman carded a 99. Central Lee’s Marie Young shot a 100 as the Hawks collected a score of 462. 

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will compete in their SEC tournament on May 14th. 

The New London, Burlington Notre Dame, Danville, and Fairfield girls’ teams will participate in the Grayhound Invite today at the Flint Hills Golf Course.

The Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Fairfield boys’ teams competed in the Washington Invitational yesterday and the Bulldogs finished the highest out of the group with a team score of 352, which was good enough for 12th place. The rest of our local teams were bunched up as Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant took 13th and 14th place, respectively, and New London and Danville grabbed 16th and 17th place, respectively. Archer Kreuter led the Trojans with a round of 85. 

The Van Buren County girls’ team will host a triangular today.

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference and Southeast Conference boys’ tournaments are scheduled for tomorrow, May 7th. 

High School Soccer

Mediapolis split their matchup against Burlington Notre Dame last night with the girls’ team defeating the Nikes 5-1, while the #6 Notre Dame boys’ team jumped back into the win column in a dominant 7-2 final. 

The Mediapolis boys’ team will tangle with Hillcrest Academy on Thursday, May 8th, at home at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will take on Wapello on Friday, May 9th, on the road.

The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will square off against Danville tomorrow, May 7th, at home at 4:30 pm.

The Central Lee boys’ team will play on Thursday, May 8th, against Albia on the road at 5:30 pm.

The Wapello girls’ team fell to Benton last night 8-0. Wapello will travel to West Branch tonight with the girls playing first at 5 pm followed by the boys’ game.

The Danville boys’ team’s first half offense paved the way for the 3-2 victory over Columbus last night. Colin Pealer netted two of the goals in the winning effort. 

Columbus will battle Centerville tonight with the girls’ team playing first at 5:30 pm on the road.

The Fairfield boys’ team cruised past Washington last night 5-0 as Binh Truong notched two goals and two assists for the Trojans.

The Fairfield boys’ team will face off against Ottumwa tonight at 4:30 pm at home.

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team defeated Keokuk last night 2-1 as Addison Peck netted the game winner. The Panthers will take on Burlington on Thursday with the boys’ team on the road and the girls’ team at home. 

The WACO boys’ team is back in action tonight against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The baseball team received the #1-seed and a first-round bye for the ICCAC Region 11 tournament. The Blackhawks will face off against the winner between Ellsworth and Des Moines Area Community College on Friday, May 9th, at 3:30 pm. 

This Day in Sports History

1953 – MLB St. Louis Browns Alva “Bobo” Holloman throws a no-hitter against the visiting Philadelphia A’s in his first career start, winning 6-0. He is one of just two pitchers in the modern era to complete this feat.

1954 – English athlete Roger Bannister becomes the first to run a sub-4 minute mile, recording a time of 3:59:4 at Iffley Road Track, Oxford.

1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. Wood threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.

West Burlington, IA- The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) released their ninth edition of the Division II baseball rankings and Southeastern Community College’s busy but successful week led to Blackhawks moving up one spot to #3 in the land.

The offense has been on full display during this recent 10 game surge. In their last nine wins, the Blackhawks have produced double digit runs in seven games. Furthermore, the beginning of last week kept that fervent pace, scoring 17 runs in back-to-back contests.

SCC’s series win over Indian Hills Community College this past weekend cemented their regular season record at 45-11 overall and 29-4 against ICCAC opponents. Against other ranked Region 11 teams, the Blackhawks tout a 6-0 record with a winning difference of at least four runs.

The downside is against non-familiar ranked opponents SCC is 0-5 with a run differential of -17, including an extra innings loss to #14 Black Hawk College.

Nevertheless, SCC occupies the #1-seed in the Division II Region 11 tournament, earning the Blackhawks a first-round bye. They will play either defending champions Des Moines Area Community College or Ellsworth Community College on Friday, May 9^th, at 3:30 pm at Merchants Park in Carroll, Iowa.

Prep Tennis- Boys’ high school tennis for the 2025 season is slowly coming to an end with postseason play scheduled to start next Wednesday, May 14^th, for District singles and doubles play and Substate set for Saturday, May 17^th. Aptly, the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released the postseason assignments.

Class 1A-Districts

Fairfield will be hosting three other Southeast Conference (SEC) schools in Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Mt. Pleasant. Assumption, Ballard, Camanche, and Central DeWitt will also be making the trip. If Wednesday’s event gets rained out, it will be rescheduled for Thursday, May 15^th.

For a full look at the Class 1A District assignments, follow this link: Class 1A District Team Assignments

Class 2A-Districts

Burlington will be tasked with a road trip for their District showdown as Ottumwa will be hosting the Grayhounds, along with Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Iowa City West, and Muscatine.

For a full look at the Class 2A District assignments, follow this link: Class 2A District Team Assignments

Class 1A-Substate

Mt. Pleasant will be placed in Substate #7 with fellow SEC foes in Fort Madison and Keokuk in the grouping. Assumption, Camanche, Grinnell, Oskaloosa, and Xavier will also join the fray.

Fairfield will compete in Substate #8, along with Albia, Centerville, Chariton, Clarke, Knoxville, and Pella.

The first and second round will take place on Saturday, May 17^th, with the finals scheduled for Wednesday, May 21^st.

For a full look at the Class 1A Substate assignments, follow this link: Class 1A Substate Team Assignments

Class 2A-Substate

Burlington will be participating in Substate #7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Iowa City West, Muscatine, North Scott, and Ottumwa will also be in the grouping.

For a full look at the Class 2A Substate assignments, follow this link: Class 2A Substate Team Assignments

High School Track

Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington/Notre Dame will participate in the Brookhart-Crew Relays at Fairfield tonight.

Columbus will host the Wildcat relays at Louisa-Muscatine, due to their field renovation, tonight with Wapello in attendance. 

The Van Buren County Co-Ed meet is scheduled for tonight with New London and Central Lee making the trip.

WACO and Danville will travel to Highland for an Invitational tonight.

High School Tennis

Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington tonight with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.

The Fairfield boys’ team participated in the Ottumwa Invitational over the weekend and finished in 1st place. The Trojans handled the 2nd place Bulldogs 6-3 in their showdown. The Trojans will take on Keokuk tonight with the boys’ team at home and the girls’ team hitting the road.

High School Golf

The Mediapolis and Danville girls’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational today.

The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will face off against WACO today at home.

The Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, New London, and Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite today.

The Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational today at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th. 

High School Soccer

The #4 Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team traveled to Assumption over the weekend and dropped both of their games. Wahlert Catholic managed just four shots on goal compared to the Nikes’ nine, but the Golden Eagles were the only ones to find the back of the net in a 1-0 loss for Notre Dame.

Game two pinned the Nikes against Class 1A’s #5 St. Albert and the Falcons had the offense firing on all cylinders in the 6-2 win. Alessandro Markomichelakis and Carson Kuechmann each notched a goal in the loss. 

Mediapolis will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road tonight with the girls playing first at 5 pm and the boys’ game to follow.

The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against Canton on the road tonight at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will play on Thursday, May 8th, against Albia on the road at 5:30 pm.

The Wapello girls’ team will travel to Benton at 5 pm tonight. 

The Columbus boys’ team will compete against Danville tonight at 7 pm at home and the girls’ team will battle Centerville tomorrow, May 6th, at 5:30 pm on the road.

Fairfield will compete against Washington tonight with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk tonight with the girls on the road at 5 pm.

The WACO boys’ team is back in action tomorrow against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The baseball team bounced back to win the series against Indian Hills Community College to wrap up their regular season over the weekend. Game one of the weekend doubleheader saw the offense jump on the Warriors immediately with four runs in the top of the first inning, eventually going on to take it 9-3. Joey Ward led the way with four RBIs. 

Game two needed some heroics as the Blackhawks found themselves trailing 3 to 2 entering the 8th inning, despite Owen Sikkink smacking a solo home run earlier in the game. Jace Figuereo, as a pinch hitter, collected a clutch two-RBI single to push SCC to a 4-3 victory. 

SCC received the #1-seed and a first-round bye for the ICCAC Region 11 tournament. The Blackhawks will face off against the winner between Ellsworth and Des Moines Area Community College on Friday, May 9th, at 3:30 pm. 

This Day in Sports History

1904 – Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in “modern” baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.

1973 – 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 – fastest Kentucky Derby ever.

1995 – Last basketball game at Boston Garden; Celtics eliminated from playoffs by Orlando Magic, 95-92.

Mt. Pleasant, IA- “The Great Ones Adjust” is the calling card for a basketball camp taking place next month, June 5th through the 7th, at Mt. Pleasant High School for boys and girls, ages 5 to 18. The camp will also feature some notable Iowa Wesleyan University alumni players and coaches.

The three day camp, which is scheduled to run from 8 am to 12 pm, will work on basic fundamentals, footwork, ball handling, and mental toughness. Helping cement those pillars of competition will be former IWC players Marquise Lewis, Joseph Evans, and Jeff Harper, who also played professionally.

Additionally, Alan Magnani, the all-time winningest coach in IWC men’s basketball history, will also be supplying his services to the camp.

For information and to register, you can contact Coach Harper at 208-890-4172 or go to this link: Camp Registration. The camp will cost $150 per person.

High School Track

Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County made the trip to Cardinal yesterday to compete in the Bob Gerard Relays and the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team ran away with the victory, collecting 197 points, while the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team took 2nd place with 146 points behind Pekin.

On the girls’ side, Alex Scott sprinted to the gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.24 seconds. Alexis Wagner took the win in the 400-meter dash with a mark of 1 minute and 3 seconds. Quintire Lee finished in 1st place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Taylor Williamson hopped to the win in the 100-meter hurdles, while Linzy Streigel claimed the gold in the 400-meter hurdles. The Panthers collected wins in the 4×100, 4×200, 4×400, sprint medley, and the shuttle hurdle relays. In the field events, Izzy Sloat grabbed the victory in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet and 5 inches, while Ella Ensminger tossed the shot 38 feet and 3 inches to win the event.

The Van Buren County girls’ team finished in 2nd place with 123 points. Kayley Snowgren outsprinted the field in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 31 seconds. Rylee Phillips outmaneuvered the field in the 1500-meter run.

On the boys’ side for Mt. Pleasant, Griffen Jones sprinted to a time of 11.14 seconds to win the 100-meter dash. In the field events, Kaden Schadt leapt 5 feet and 8 inches to win the high jump. 

Van Buren County, who finished in 3rd place with 127 points, had Lincoln Bainbridge grab the win in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.25 seconds and the 400-meter dash with a mark of 54.52 seconds. Kayden Simmons won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.5 seconds. The Warriors took home the gold in the 4×400 and the distance medley relays.

Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington/Notre Dame will participate in the Brookhart-Crew Relays at Fairfield on Monday, May 5th. 

Columbus will host the Wildcat relays at Louisa-Muscatine, due to their field renovation, on Monday with Wapello in attendance. 

The Van Buren County Co-Ed meet is scheduled for Monday with New London and Central Lee making the trip.

WACO and Danville will make the trip to Highland for an Invitational on Monday.

High School Tennis

Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington on Monday, May 5th, with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.

The Fairfield boys’ team will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational today, while the girls’ team will participate in the Grayhound Invite.

High School Golf

The Mediapolis and Danville girls’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday, May 5th.

The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will face off against WACO on Monday at home.

The Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, New London, and Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Monday.

The Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th. 

High School Soccer

Mediapolis swept Central Lee last night with the girls’ team thundering past the Hawks 6-0 and the boys’ team shutting out Central Lee 3-0. The Bulldogs will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, May 5th, with the girls playing first at 5 pm and the boys’ game to follow.

The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against Canton on the road on Monday at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will play on Thursday, May 8th, against Albia on the road at 5:30 pm.

The Wapello girls’ team had their senior night spoiled by Cedar Valley Christian, losing 5-2. The Arrows will travel to Benton at 5 pm on Monday. 

The Fairfield girls’ team was outdueled by Columbus last night with the Wildcats winning 5-3. 

The Columbus boys’ team will compete against Danville on Monday at 7 pm at home and the girls’ team will battle Centerville on Tuesday, May 6th, at 5:30 pm on the road.

Fairfield will compete against Washington on Monday with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.

The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will face off against Wahlert Catholic today at Assumption High School.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk on Monday with the girls on the road at 5 pm.

The WACO boys’ team is back in action on Tuesday, May 6th, against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.

Southeast Iowa Playbook

Winfield-Mt. Union was our school focus for this week’s episode with special guest senior Jake Edwards joining the program. Edwards was a key contributor to the state football and basketball teams from a year ago and the community played a key part in his motivation,

“It means a lot, you know, coming from a small school where, heck, I don’t even think we have like 200 kids in our school and just 1000 people total in the town. Everybody knows your name. Like you’ll be walking down the street and it’ll just be like, ‘hey, Jake, good game’ and stuff like that. So, to know that everybody cares, and everybody wants to see you succeed. And it means a lot.”

If you missed last night’s episode, then follow the link: Winfield-Mt. Union Episode

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The baseball team endured a marathon yesterday against Indian Hills Community College, but exited on the wrong side of 14-inning final, losing 3-2. Michael Farina went 4 for 5 at the plate, nabbing an RBI. The Blackhawks will look to sweep the doubleheader today to win the series.

This Day in Sports History

1910 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

1936 – New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits.

2023 – MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins New York Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 win over the Cardinals in St. Louis.

Wapello, IA- Wapello golf has been on a tear for both the boys’ and girls’ teams with the boys’ team having won their past three showdowns, while the girls’ team has put together six wins out of seven matchups after both teams picked up the win against WACO last night.

Girls’ Meet

The Arrows put together their third best score of the season in their 215-283 final. Emma Gerhardt continues to be the anchor for this squad as her 47 led the team. Emmalin Marshall has proved to be an excellent battery mate as she posted a 52.

Boys’ Meet

The Wapello boys’ team cruised to a 30-stroke win over the Warriors 179-209 behind Wyatt Marlette’s 43 led the squad. Barrett Garrison, who typically has turned in the best score of the bunch, finished with a 45, the third best score of the team as Carter Ball carded a 44.

Up Next

The next team matchup for Wapello will be May 9^th at New London, while the WACO girls’ team will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, May 5^th. However, the boys’ teams will meet back up on Wednesday, May 7^th, for the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament.

High School Track

WACO hosted the Ekstrand Relays last night and the Fairfield boys’ team and Washington girls’ team ran away with the Class A team titles, while the Class B winners were the Sigourney boys’ team and the Lone Tree girls’ team with 108 points.

Starting on the boys’ side for Class A, Fairfield won eight events on their way to the team win. Ousman Saine took the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.76 seconds. Gabe Tejada outsprinted the field in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.57 seconds and the 800-meter run by just two-tenths of a second. Ryan Giberson captured the 110-meter hurdles gold with a time of 15.81 seconds, while Dylan Adam snatched the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.43 seconds. Those wins paved the way for the Trojans to take the shuttle hurdle relay. In the field events, Eli Zillman leaped 21 feet and 3 inches to win the long jump, while Giberson outleapt his state champion teammate to capture the high jump with a height of 6 feet and 6 inches.

Mediapolis proved to be stronger in packs as the Bulldogs won the 4×200 meter relay with a time of 1 minute and 31 seconds, the 4×400 meter relay with a mark of 3 minutes and 33 seconds, and the distance medley relay. Simon Wendel outpaced the field in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10 minutes and 6 seconds.

Central Lee’s best finisher was Kegan Damico in the 400-meter hurdles with a silver medal time of 59.32 seconds. Danville’s Noah Horn took 2nd place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.7 seconds.

On the boys’ Class B side, WACO finished in 2nd place as a team. The Warriors pieced together wins in the sprint medley relay with a time of 1 minute and 38 seconds and the distance medley relay with a mark of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom won the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.43 seconds and the 800-meter run with a time of 1 minute and 59 seconds. Cruz Hagmeier hopped his way to the win in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.89 seconds. Lastly, Cooper Buffington lobbed the shot 39 feet and 2.75 inches to win the event.

New London’s 4×100 meter relay team continued their success, grabbing 1st place with a time of 43.47 seconds. The 4×200 meter relay team followed the formula, winning their event by three seconds.

On the girls’ side for Class A, Danville’s Alaina Gourley sprinted to the gold in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.34 seconds. She grabbed her second gold of the night in the 800-meter run with a mark of 2 minutes and 21 seconds. The Bears won the 4×400 and sprint medley relays.

Fairfield’s Lilly Bergren took the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.21 seconds. Avery Crear grabbed Mediapolis’ lone win in the high jump with a leap of 4 feet and 10 inches as the Bulldogs finished in 2nd place in six events.

For Class B, Kynlee Buffington of Winfield-Mt. Union took home the win in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.32 seconds. Josie Nelson sprinted to the win in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.38 seconds. WACO snatched the win in the distance medley relay and the shuttle hurdle relay. Bren Graber took the gold in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 10 seconds.

The Wapello girls’ team celebrated their senior night at the Arrow Relays last night and finished in 5th place with 63 points, while Central Lee nabbed 87 points for 4th place. 

For Wapello’s Kate Lanz, she grabbed a trio of golds, winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.59 seconds, the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.52 seconds, and the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute and 4 seconds. Central Lee’s Aubrey Weber swept the throwing events with a throw of 32 feet and 8.5 inches in the shot put and a toss of 99 feet and 5 inches for the discus.

Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County will make the trip to Cardinal to compete in the Bob Gerard Relays tonight.

Columbus will host the Wildcat relays at Louisa-Muscatine, due to their field renovation, on Monday, May 5th, with Wapello in attendance. 

The Van Buren County Co-Ed meet is scheduled for Monday with New London and Central Lee making the trip.

WACO and Danville will make the trip to Highland for an Invitational on Monday.

High School Tennis

Mt. Pleasant was swept by Fairfield last night with the girls’ team falling 9-0 and the boys’ team losing 6-3. Lou Schimmelpfennig picked up the lone singles win for the boys’ team, while the teams of Dane Cook and Max Heater and Elijah Rynders and Sawyer Fulton won their doubles matches. 

Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington on Monday, May 5th, with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.

The Fairfield boys’ team will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational tomorrow, May 3rd, while the girls’ team will participate in the Grayhound Invite.

High School Golf

On a contentious afternoon at Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Club, Mediapolis turned in a pair of victories against Van Buren County by a combined five strokes with the boys’ team winning 172-176 and the girls’ team taking their meet 216-217. Kohen Stotlar and Max Griffin each carded a 41 for the Bulldogs, while the girls’ team was led by Cardin Miller and Katelyn Wischmeier’s score of 52.

The Mediapolis and Danville girls’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday, May 5th.

Burlington Notre Dame will make the trip to Van Buren County today. 

The Wapello boys’ team defeated WACO yesterday 179-209 as Wyatt Marlette took home a 43 in the winning effort.

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team cruised to victory over Lone Tree yesterday 164-216, while the girls’ team won via forfeit. Justin Knipfer led the boys’ team with a 39, while Ashlyn Bender carded a 47 for the girls’ team.

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th. 

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host a tournament today with Columbus making the trip.

The Central Lee, New London, and Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Monday.

The Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.

High School Soccer

The Mt. Pleasant and Washington girls’ teams put on a defensive clinic for 64 minutes until a Demon foul gave Charice Auwerda a direct free kick that she put top shelf to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Mt. Pleasant avoided disaster when Eli Heaton, who made some phenomenal saves throughout the game, saved a goal outside the box, prompting a red card and for an injured Bizzie Richtman to enter the net as the backup goalie for the final four minutes of the contest; a spot she knew she had to step up in,

“I mean, I was really struggling with my hip, but I just knew that like my teammates were kind of counting on me and it’s really a team sport. It’s not like a personal sport. And I know that if I wasn’t going to go in, then I don’t know who else would and I just knew that I had to step up.”

Richtman made three key saves in the final four minutes to give the Panthers the 1-0 win. After a gauntlet of a week featuring multiple injuries, this victory proved to be a confidence booster,

“I think it comes back to just like all of our team just working together this past couple like days, we’ve been really working really, really hard in practice and we’ve all kind of realized that we’ve had to individually step up to step up as a team and I mean props to our coaches too. They’ve been really pushing us in practices and changing up some drills to make things harder to make us better.”

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team followed suit after putting up 21 shots on goal against Washington leading to goals from Jonah Zimmer and Jack Newman, claiming a 2-0 win for the Panthers.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk on Monday, May 5th, with the boys at home and the girls on the road.

Fairfield was swept by Fort Madison last night with the boys’ team losing 4-0 and the girls’ team falling 5-0. The Trojans girls’ team will compete against Columbus tonight at 5 pm.

The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team shutout Highland, 3-0 last night. The Nike boys’ team will face off against Wahlert Catholic tomorrow, May 3rd, at Assumption High School.

Mediapolis will take on Central Lee tonight at home with the girls playing first at 5 pm and the boys game to follow at 7 pm.

Wapello will celebrate their senior night tonight with the girls’ team competing against Cedar Valley Christian at 5 pm and the boys’ team taking on Danville at 7 pm.

The WACO boys’ team is back in action on Tuesday, May 6th, against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.

Southeast Iowa Playbook

Same channel, same time, different day, make sure you tune in to KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, tonight at 6 pm for a new episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook. Winfield-Mt. Union is our school of focus with senior Jake Edwards being our special guest.

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The baseball team will square off against Indian Hills Community College for a three-game series on the road today to conclude the regular season.

This Day in Sports History

1970 – Diane Crump is the first woman jockey at the Kentucky Derby.

2012 – Barcelona football player Lionel Messi breaks the European goal-scoring record with 68 goals.

2015 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Manny Pacquiao on points in 12 rounds in a world welterweight unification fight, shattering all financial records for a boxing match.