High School Track

Central Lee will compete in the Grayhound Invite today.

Mt. Pleasant will host their relays on Tuesday, April 22nd, with Danville, Mediapolis, and the girls’ teams of New London, Central Lee, WACO, Wapello, Winfield-Mt. Union, and West Burlington/Notre Dame making the trip.

The WACO boys’ team will host the Warrior Relays on Tuesday with Central Lee, New London, Wapello, Van Buren County, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating.

Fairfield will compete in the Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa on Tuesday. 

High School Tennis

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, April 21st, while the boys’ team will travel to Fairfield on Tuesday, April 22nd. Girls head coach Martha Peterson touts a young team eager to learn the game,

“You know, they’re getting to the point where they know what they want to work on. They just were telling me they want to work on aiming their shots a little bit more. So, we are getting to the point where we can start to work on some of those advanced skills, not just getting it over the net.”

The Fairfield girls’ team will host Fort Madison on Monday, while the boys’ team will hit the road today for the Pella Invite. 

High School Golf

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host the next SEC meet on Monday, April 21st, while the boys’ teams of the SEC will travel to Washington. 

The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete in a triangular along with Burlington Notre Dame on Monday at the Bloomfield County Club. 

Wapello will host an invite on Wednesday, April 23rd, with Danville, Columbus, and Winfield-Mt. Union competing. 

The Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ team will participate in the Lee County Classic on Wednesday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Park along with Central Lee.

Mediapolis will host a triangular on Monday with WACO and Wapello hitting the road to compete. 

New London will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union on Friday, April 25th, on the road. 

High School Soccer

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will compete at the Fort Madison Tournament today along with Mediapolis. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Burlington on Monday, April 21st, with the top of the conference up for grabs at 5 pm. 

The Fairfield girls’ team will hit the road to tangle with Keokuk at 5 pm on Monday.

The Columbus boys’ team will hit the road on Monday at 5 pm to face off with WACO. The Columbus girls’ team will host Central Lee at the Muscatine Soccer Complex on Thursday, April 24th, at 5 pm.

The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on Keokuk on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5:30 pm at home.

Central Lee will host Wapello on Tuesday with the girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm.

The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will take on Danville on Tuesday at home at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will face off against Quincy Notre Dame at 7 pm.

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The softball team dominated Marshalltown Community College in their doubleheader yesterday, allowing only four total hits between the two contests, winning game one 16-0 and taking game two 11-0. Lauren Summers crushed a home run in game one as she collected three RBIs along with Lydia Zaruba, who legged out a triple. Game two saw Kiera Klum and Ella Florey unleash the long ball, while also collecting three RBIs apiece. The Blackhawks will travel to Spoon River College today for a doubleheader with game one at 1 pm.

The baseball team handled business yesterday, sweeping Iowa Central Community College in their doubleheader, 14-4 in game one and 11-5 in game two. The Blackhawks will look for the series sweep today at home with first pitch at 1 pm.

This Day in Sports History

1897 – 1st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the world’s oldest annual marathon inspired by the success of the first marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

1971 – 75th Boston Marathon: Álvaro Mejía of Colombia wins in 2:18:45; Sara Mae Berman is the 1st woman to win for the 3rd straight year in 3:08:30 (unsanctioned).

1990 – Pistons & 76’ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 in fines.

Prep Track and Field- It was a busy Thursday night across southeast Iowa for high school Track and Field with multiple meet records falling at the Denny White Relays to the Fairfield girls’ team traveling West for the EBF Rocket Relays. Here’s a round-up of some of the highlights.

Denny White Relays

The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team enjoyed an easy stroll to the team title last night without the presence of reigning conference champion Washington infiltrating the meet. The Panthers put up 187 points with Fort Madison finishing in a distant second place with 109 points.

The boys’ team standings were a bit more contentious with the top six teams separated by only 15 points, but Washington escaped with the narrow win with 82 points followed by Mediapolis and Fort Madison with 76 points and Fairfield with 75 points.

In total there were 12 new meet records set by the time the last starter gun rang out over Mt. Pleasant. Alex Scott was involved in three of those three record changes for the Panther girls’ team.

Scott reset her own record from a year ago in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.58 seconds. She was then joined by Kynlee White, Kiyah Sanders, and Taylor Williamson to break the 4×200 meter relay record with a mark of 1 minute and 46 seconds; moreover, that squad set another record in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 49.77 seconds.

Other notable records to fall on the girls’ side, Fort Madison’s distance medley team of Olivia Buckner, Alaina Schwerin, Mara Smith, and Avery Rump cleared the old time by six seconds with a time of 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

Rump would also claim the 1500-meter run time, resetting her old record from two years ago with a mark of 5 minutes and 10 seconds.

The girls’ discus event would see two throwers break Mt. Pleasant’s Savannah Slobodnik’s mark from last year in Brylie Lorence, who threw 119 feet and 3 inches, and Kylee Hill, who now owns the meet record, who heaved the disc 129 feet and 2 inches.

On the boys’ side, Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom, Lane Genkinger, Cruz Hagmeier, and Sheaden Adams reset the sprint medley time with a mark of 1 minute and 36 seconds.

The Southeast Conference performed well in the relays as Fort Madison had their 4×800 team of Peyton Lambert, Mason McLey, Nolan Guzman, and Riley Tripp beat Washington’s 2008 time with a new mark of 8 minutes and 9 seconds.

Additionally, Keokuk’s 4×200 meter relay squad of Tramell Smith, Kurt Joy, Ryan Bair, and Drew Campbell set a new mark of 1 minute and 30 seconds. That record had stood since Fairfield set in back in 1999.

Josh Anderson of Washington bettered his times from last year in the 101-meter dash and the 401-meter dash for the wheelchair.

Fairfield’s Gabe Tejada has continued his spectacular senior season with a meet record time of 1 minute and 57 seconds in the 800-meter run.

Mt. Pleasant will see a handful of these teams again on Tuesday, April 22^nd, when they host their Panther Relays.

EBF Rocket Relays

The Fairfield girls’ team made the trip west to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont to compete in the Rocket Relays and collected 98 points in the process for a narrow 3^rd place finish for their team.

Lilly Bergren continued to showcase her skill in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.71 seconds. That success led to a 1^st place finish in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 10 seconds.

Elyse Setterstrom grabbed another win for the Trojans in the discus with a heave of 111 feet and 2 inches.

Fairfield will head back the same direction on Tuesday to compete in the Ottumwa Don Newell Classic.

Central City Co-Ed Meet

Columbus ventured to Central City last night for a Co-Ed meet and the boys’ team dominated with 208 points, a century mark better than second place Central City. The girls’ team finished in 4^th place with 56 points.

Lamar Ceant grabbed two gold medals with the win in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.51 seconds and the 110-meter hurdles with a mark of 14.78 seconds.

The Wildcats will compete in a meet at Louisa-Muscatine on Thursday, April 24^th.

W-MU Relays

The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team hosted their relays last night and Van Buren County took home the team trophy with 129.5 points, while Danville finished in 3rd place with 113 points. For Van Buren County, Aida Troutman won the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.03 seconds and Kayley Snowgren paced the field in the 3000-meter run. The Warriors won the 4×100 and 4×800 meter relays.

For Danville, Delaney Newberry captured the win in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.96 seconds. Alaina Gourley took home two golds with a victory in the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run. The Bears took the 4×200, 4×400, and sprint medley relays.

WACO collected 77 points for 5th place as the Warriors won the shuttle hurdle relay. Winfield-Mt. Union’s two wins occurred in the 100-meter hurdles with Josie Nelson finishing with a time of 16.53 seconds and the long jump with Kynlee Buffington leaping 16 feet and 3 inches.

Coming Up

The 115^th Drake Relays are rapidly approaching with the meet starting on Thursday, April 24^th. Stay tuned to KILJ for a roster of our local athletes making the trip to Des Moines.