High School Track and Field

The 116th Drake Relays continued yesterday and four local athletes finished with a medal. Here’s a look at the highlights. 

In the boys’ 100-meter dash, Landry Haberichter of West Burlington/Notre Dame and Keokuk’s Ryan Bair continued their rivalry into the finals with the Chief turning in the 2nd best time of 10.55 seconds, while Haberichter claimed 4th place with a mark of 10.72 seconds.

In the girls’ 100-meter dash, Mylee Stiefel of Burlington finished in 5th place.

Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge had a successful day with a silver medal performance in the 800-meter run with a time of 1 minute and 52 seconds before snatching 5th place in the 400-meter dash later in the evening.

In the girls’ 800-meter run, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler’s time of 2 minutes and 11 seconds was good enough for 5th place. She also teamed up with Delaney Anderson, Kynlee White, and Alex Scott turning an 8th place time of 1 minute and 47.9 seconds in the sprint medley relay.

In the field events, Pekin’s Anna Hadley, with a toss of 147 feet and 7 inches, and Kylee Hill of Burlington, with a throw of 140 feet and 9 inches, finished in 3rd and 4th place, respectively, in girls’ discus. 

Lastly, Washington’s Greyson Hartman would have won the boys’ shot put with all three of his officially measured throws, but his best heave of the day was a mark of 65 feet and 0.5 inches.

For a full look at yesterday’s results, follow this link: Friday’s Results for Drake Relays

Mt. Pleasant and Central Lee will participate in the Keosippi Relays on Tuesday, April 28th.

WACO, Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, and Columbus will compete in the Sigourney Co-Ed meet on Tuesday.

New London will host the Chris Selby Co-Ed Invitational on Tuesday with Danville, Mediapolis, Wapello, and West Burlington/Notre Dame making the trip.

High School Soccer

The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team defeated Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union last night, 2-0. The Nike girls’ team will host Macomb at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will take on Danville at 7 pm on Tuesday, April 28th.

The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will face off against Hillcrest Academy on Tuesday at 5 pm on the road.

Central Lee split their night with Wapello as the girls’ team lost 3-2 and the boys’ team won big, 10-0. Kambrie Miller scored all three goals for the Arrows, while Evelyn Adkins netted both goals for the Hawks. Zach Estrada and Mason Sanders each collected a hat trick in the win. 

Central Lee will take on Albia at home on Monday, April 27th, with the girls’ team leading off the night at 5 pm.

The Wapello boys’ team compete at home against Sigourney-Keota on Monday at 5 pm, while the Wapello girls’ team will travel to Monmouth-Roseville on Tuesday at 5 pm.

The WACO boys’ team fell to Hillcrest Academy last night, 4-0. The Warriors will hit the road to play Mediapolis on Tuesday at 5 pm.

The Danville boys’ team has won back-to-back games after beating Highland last night, 5-4. Trevor Yaley snatched a hat trick in the victory. 

The Mediapolis girls’ team took down Monmouth-Roseville last night, 5-1. The Bullettes will play Burlington on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on the road. 

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will compete in a triangular today in Muscatine. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Keokuk on Monday at 5 pm.

Washington will take on Fort Madison on Monday with the boys on the road and the girls at home with both games starting at 5 pm.

Fairfield will face off against Burlington on Monday at 5 pm with the boys on the road and the girls at home.

High School Golf

The Fairfield boys’ team held their invite yesterday and the Chiefs earned the title with a team score of 315 followed by Van Buren County’s 316. Leo Jirak led the Warriors with a 2nd place card of 75, as Aiden Cooper and Will Cocherell also finished within the top 10.

Mt. Pleasant claimed 4th place with a team score of 325, while Fairfield rounded out the standings with a 333. Merrick Lamm shot a 78 to finish in 8th place for the Panthers, while the Trojans had Archer Kreuter claim 9th place with a round of 79.

The Southeast Conference boys’ teams will head to Keokuk, while the girls’ teams will meet up in Burlington on Monday, April 27th.

Van Buren County will host Mediapolis on Monday. 

The WACO and Burlington Notre Dame boys’ teams competed in the Sigourney Invite yesterday and the Nikes took 7th place with a team score of 341, while the Warriors snatched 9th place with a score of 362.

WACO’s Ian Maize carded a 79, which was good enough for 10th place, while Sam Yonker took 12th place for the Nikes. 

Wapello will host WACO on Monday.

Columbus will travel to Highland on Monday.

The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will compete in an invite on Monday at Cedar Creek Golf Course in Ottumwa.

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will participate in the West Liberty Invitational on Tuesday, April 28th. 

High School Boys’ Tennis

Mt. Pleasant will host Fort Madison on Monday, April 27th.

Fairfield will travel to Burlington on Monday.

Southeastern Community College

The baseball team will look to get back in the win column at home today against Northeast Community College in a doubleheader at 1 pm.

The softball team will look to bounce back at home today in a doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College at 1 pm.

College Baseball and Softball

The Iowa baseball team demolished Indiana last night, 12-2. Kooper Schulte scored two runs. The Hawkeyes will continue their road series with the Hoosiers today at 1 pm.

The Iowa softball team dropped both games of their doubleheader against #3 Nebraska yesterday, 9-1 in game one and 5-2 in game two. The Hawkeyes will look to avoid the sweep today at 1 pm.

The Iowa State softball team evened up their series with Kansas last night in a 4-1 final. Jessie Clemons gathered two RBIs in the win. The Cyclones will attempt to win the rubber match today at 2 pm on the road. 

This Day in Sports History

1950 – Chuck Cooper becomes the first African American to be drafted into the NBA (for Boston Celtics).

1974 – The NFL moves the goalposts and adopts a sudden-death playoff.

1978 – Phillie Phanatic makes first appearance.

Des Moines, IA- After sprinting through events Thursday in an attempt to avoid a round of strong storms, the Blue Oval enjoyed a pristine spring day in the second day of high school competition. The result was four of our local athletes earning a medal, including a 1st place finish in boys’ shot put.

Boys’ 100-Meter Dash

It has been an ongoing clash of talent between Keokuk’s Ryan Bair and West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Landry Haberichter, as the two finished in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively at state last season. In the preliminary, it was Haberichter who finished on top, in fact, the Falcon flew to the best time of 10.69 seconds, while Bair’s 10.71 seconds was enough for 5^th place and to advance to the finals. London Franklin of New London took 28^th place with a time of 11 seconds.

In the finals, Bair regained his edge and shaved nearly two-tenths of a second off his time, cruising to a silver medal time of 10.55 seconds. Haberichter fell back to 4^th place with a mark of 10.72 seconds.

Girls’ 100-Meter Dash

Despite her hiatus from the track, Burlington’s Mylee Stiefel roared to a 5^th place time of 12.08 seconds in the prelims to qualify for the finals. The Grayhound would stay consistent with another 5^th place finish, this time with a mark of 12.16 seconds.

Washington’s Jaedyn Moore claimed 23^rd place with a time of 12.51seconds, while Hillcrest Academy’s Rya Scott’s time of 12.53 seconds was good enough for 25^th place.

Boys’ 400 and 800-Meter Events

Lincoln Bainbridge of Van Buren County had a busy day. In his first event, the Warrior stayed near the top of the pack in the 800-meter run and snatched the silver medal with a time of 1 minute and 52 seconds.

Near the end of the night, Bainbridge would go on the full-lap sprint in the 400-meter dash and submit a time of 48.32 seconds for 5^th place. A solid day for Bainbridge, but he’s not done yet with the 400-meter hurdles Saturday afternoon.

Girls’ 400 and 800-Meter Events

In her second of three events of the day, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler displayed her speed and stamina with a 5^th place jaunt of 2 minutes and 11 seconds in the 800-meter run. As the only freshmen in the 400-meter dash, Fedler claimed 12^th place with a time of 57.57 seconds.

The Panther will look the set the pace in the 1500-meter run early Saturday evening.

Boys’ 110-Meter Hurdles

It was not the showing Columbus’ Lamar Ceant, last year’s Class 1A silver medalist, wanted at the Blue Oval as the Wildcat finished in 20^th place with a time of 14.71 seconds. His teammate Alex Rees claimed the 10^th best time of the meet at 14.36 seconds.

Boys’ 4×200 Meter Relay

The team of Kurt Joy, Jackson Bair, Jadyn Burton, and Ryan Bair for Keokuk finished in 21^st place with a time of 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Girls’ 4×200 Meter Relay

Washington had the team of Jaslyn Villa, Lauren Drahota, Leighton Messinger, and Jaedyn Moore run and the quartet clocked a time of 1 minute and 45 seconds for 20^th place.

Girls’ Sprint Medley Relay

Mt. Pleasant’s Delaney Anderson, Kynlee White, Alex Scott, and Avery Fedler nearly reset their school record time set just over a week ago at the Denny White Relays. Yet, the Panthers were just six-tenths of a second short as they claimed 8^th place with a mark of 1 minute and 47.9 seconds.

Boys’ Shot Put

A pair from the Southeast Conference (SEC) made an appearance in the ring with Uriah Brooks of Fort Madison taking 19^th place with a toss of 49 feet and 5.25 inches. But the showstopper was Washington’s Greyson Hartman as his first throw of 61 feet and 8.75 inches would’ve been a winner.

Yet, the Demon added on to it in the finals with a heave of 65 feet and 0.5 inches, which was more than five feet further than Morgan Cooley of East Union Afton’s 2^nd place throw of 59 feet and 11 inches. Hartman will look to add another gold medal in the discus Saturday morning.

Girls’ Discus

Pekin’s Anna Hadley and Burlington’s Kylee Hill both qualified for the finals and this time it was the Panther finishing on the podium and the Grayhound one spot away from the bronze medal. Hadley’s first throw of the finals was her best at 147 feet and 7 inches, just three inches short of the silver medal.

Hill never was able to reach the height of her first throw of the day at 140 feet and 9 inches, as she finished in 4^th place. Still, Hill walked away with the gold in the shot put in Thursday’s field events.

Girls’ High Jump

Unfortunately, Quin Smith of Winfield-Mt. Union was unable to clear the starting height of 5 feet and 1 inch, resulting in no ranking.

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