Prep Soccer- The Southeast Conference released their full list of season awards for both boys’ and girls’ soccer.

For the girls’, Burlington went undefeated in conference play and finished with a 12-6 record overall and had five 1^st Team All-Conference members: Hunter Pender, Kevynn Siefken, Jenna Hentzel, Josephine Blazic, Megan Hollerauer, and Emma Rohrer. Kingsley Miller and Lily Newell were Honorable Mentions for the Grayhounds.

Fort Madison finished in 2^nd place with a 7-3 conference record and defeated Burlington in the Regional semifinals during the postseason. The Bloodhounds finished with four 1^st Team All-Conference members: Taylor Johnson, Teagan Snaadt, Hadley Johnson, and Camille Kruse. Bailey Vaughn and Halle Menke were named to the Honorable Mention list.

Mt. Pleasant finished in 3^rd place in the conference with four 1^st Team All-Conference members: Charice Auwerda, Elly Manning, Sonya Simon, and Kiera Frazier. Tori Wilson and Bizzie Richtman were Honorable Mentions. Auwerda also took home the Conference Player of the Year honor. For a full breakdown of the Panther’s award winners follow the link: Panther SEC Awards.

Washington finished with a 0.500 record in conference play with Lindsey Diaz, Nicoll Torrijos, and Giselle Marcelino being named 1^st Team All-Conference. Making the Honorable Mention list for the Demons was Angeline Anderson and Audrey Anderson.

Camryn Atterberg and Jalyiah Gardner made 1^st Team All-Conference for Keokuk and Savannah Hollander was the lone Trojan to be named 1^st Team All-Conference. Kiersten McNally and Kyla Muston made the Honorable Mention list for the Chiefs and Ivy Larsen Kiera Bickham for Fairfield.

Switching gears to the boys’, Fort Madison lost to the eventual state winner, Iowa City Liberty, in the Regional Championship as they finished with the best conference record at 9-1. The Bloodhounds had five 1^st Team All-Conference members: Xander Wellman, Nathen Bowen, Jacob Shottenkirk, Leif Boeding, and Jacob Pothitakis. Nathaniel Swigart and Henry Graham were Honorable Mentions.

Burlington finished 8-2 in conference play and also had five All-Conference members: Braden Schoene, Eddy Valdez, Brennen Winke, Christian Snyder, and Cayden Lowary. Alex Schoeder and Teriq Brown were named Honorable Mentions.

Emanuel Raymundo, Brayan Arreola, Lane Schrock, and Randy Huertero earned 1^st Team All-Conference honors for Washington after a 6-4 conference record. Isaac Gentry and Angel Mata made the Honorable Mention list for the Demons.

Fairfield finished with a 4-6 conference record and an overall record of 6-9. Carter Moore, Bihn Troung, and Jaxen Allen earned 1^st Team All-Conference nods with Andrew Titze and Miles Siemsen being named Honorable Mentions.

Mt. Pleasant had Dylan White and Mario Carapia Segundo named 1^st Team All-Conference. White led the team in goals with 14—3^rd in conference—and tied for the lead in assists with 3. Rudy Ruiz Motta was 2^nd in the conference in saves with 115, landing him on the Honorable Mention list alongside Jackson Newman.

Erich Profeta was the lone Chief to make the 1^st Team All-Conference list as he led the conference with 240 saves on the season. Chase Eckland and London Wray made the Honorable Mention list.

High School Soccer

The boys’ and girls’ state tournaments are over and here are the state champions.

The girls’ Class 1A state championship featured one of the first upsets of the day as the #7 seed Bishop Heelan defeated last year’s runner-up Davenport Assumption 2-0.

The Class 1A boys’ state championship was decided in the second half when Western Christian netted two goals to defeat Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2-0.

The boys Class 2A state championship needed overtime and two rounds of penalty kicks to decide the final as Gilbert took down Davenport Assumption 3-2.

In a rematch of last year’s state championship for the girls’ Class 2A state championship, Dallas Center-Grimes repeated history by defeating Waverly-Shell Rock 2-0.

In the girls’ Class 3A state championship, Johnston and Valley traded goals in the first half then no goals were scored until the second round of penalty kicks as the Dragons came out on top 3 to 2 to win the crown 2-1.

The #6 seed Iowa City Liberty handled Norwalk 5-0 to walk away with the boys’ Class 3A state championship.

Lastly, the Class 4A state championship went to Johnston after the double-overtime winner to defeat Iowa City West 3-2.

Mt. Pleasant Track

The girls’ and boys’ teams announced their 2023 Track and Field special award winners after a successful season for both teams. 

For the girls’ team, Tristan Shull earned the Panther Award. Andi Scott was the leading scorer and Ava English grabbed the Comeback Award. Rellana Van Deuren and Savannah Slobodnik were named CO-Most Improved. Lastly, Abby Carthey nabbed the Newcomer Award.

For the boys’ team, the Shuttle Hurdle team of Avin Truong, Gavin Kerr, Will Davidson, and Bryce Wilson claimed a new school record. Truong also grabbed the Most Improved award. Jacob Richtman earned the Panther Award. Davidson along with being the leading scorer also broke school records in the 110 meter high hurdles and the 200 meter dash. Lastly, Jude Dykstra nabbed the Newcomer Award.

Mt. Pleasant Soccer

The Southeast Conference announced their conference awards for the boys and the Panthers nabbed four awards. Dylan White earned 1st team All-Conference after leading the Panthers in goals with 14 on the season. Mario Carpia Segundo was named 1st team All-Conference for his defensive play.

Rudy Ruiz Motta was an Honorable Mention after saving 115 shots between the posts. Jackson Newman earned an Honorable Mention for the Panthers. 

The Panthers finished 5th in conference with a 4-10 overall record.

High School Baseball

Mt. Pleasant will have a home doubleheader against Keokuk tonight.

Winfield-Mt. Union will host Lone Tree tomorrow, June 6th.

Danville will take on BGM today.

Central Lee will host Danville tomorrow.

New London will look to get back in the win column against Lone Tree tonight on the road.

High School Softball

Mt. Pleasant will host a doubleheader against Keokuk today.

Winfield-Mt. Union will host Lone Tree tomorrow, June 6th.

Danville will face off against Central Lee tomorrow.

Holy Trinity Catholic will take on Highland on June 7th.

New London will compete against Lone Tree tonight.

Iowa Baseball

The Hawkeyes were eliminated from the NCAA tournament yesterday after their second loss of the regional. On Saturday, the Hawkeyes lost to Indiana State 7-4 after the Sycamores scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning. Raider Tello, Sam Hojnar, Michael Seegers, and Kyle Huckstorf each collected an RBI in the game.

In this double elimination tournament, Iowa had to take on North Carolina once again yesterday. The contest took 13 innings, but the Hawkeyes scraped across a run in the top of the 13th inning off a Seegers RBI triple to win 6-5. Brennen Dorighi went 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs in the game.

The win meant a rematch against Indiana State later in the day. In another back-and-forth contest, the Sycamores would break away in the 7th inning to take the regional championship 11-8. Dorighi added 3 more RBIs to his total in the losing effort.

The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 44-16 record.

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Terry Haute, IN- The second game of the NCAA Baseball Championship tournament did not go according to plan for the Iowa Hawkeyes as they fell to Indiana State 7-4.

Iowa would get on the board first as Raider Tello picked up his first RBI of the game on a single to right field to make the score 1 to 0 in the top of the 1^st inning. Indiana St. would tie the game up with a solo home run by Adam Pottinger in the bottom of the 2^nd inning.

The Sycamores and Hawkeyes would trade runs in the bottom of the 3^rd with a sacrifice fly from Randal Diaz and an RBI single from Michael Seegers. The Hawkeyes would add two runs in the top of the 6^th inning with an RBI double by Sam Hojnar and a sacrifice fly from Kyle Huckstorf.

After scoring a run on a bases load walk in the bottom of the 8^th inning, the Sycamores had the bases loaded and two outs. That’s when Miguel Rivera and Grant Magill hit back-to-back two RBI doubles to make the score 7 to 4, the eventual final.

Connor Fenlong picked up the win on the mound for Indiana St. after 8 innings of work allowing 7 hits, 4 runs, two walks, and striking out 8. Jared Spencer pitched the last inning allowing just one walk.

Brody Brecht went 7 innings for the Hawkeyes allowing 2 runs on 2 hits, 4 walks, and 8 strikeouts. Jared Sampson was given the loss after allowing 4 runs and picking up one out on a strikeout. Luke Llewellyn grabbed the last two outs for Iowa, tallying a strikeout.

The Hawkeyes will face off against North Carolina tomorrow, June 4^th, at 11 am.

Des Moines, IA- The Iowa high school boys’ and girls’ state soccer tournaments are over and after a week full of weather delays, overtimes, and upsets here are the state champions.

The girls’ Class 1A state championship featured one of the first upsets of the day as the #7 seed Bishop Heelan over last year’s runner-up Davenport Assumption 2-0.

The Class 1A boys’ state championship was decided in the second half when Western Christian netted two goals to defeat Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2-0.

The boys Class 2A state championship needed overtime and two rounds of penalty kicks to decide the final as Gilbert took down Davenport Assumption 3-2.

In a rematch of last year’s state championship for the girls’ Class 2A state championship, Dallas Center-Grimes repeated history by defeating Waverly-Shell Rock 2-0 (the exact same score from last year’s game).

In the girls’ Class 3A state championship, Johnston and Valley traded goals in the first half then no goals were scored until the second round of penalty kicks as the Dragons came out on top 3 to 2 to win the crown 2-1.

The #6 seed Iowa City Liberty handled Norwalk 5-0 to walk away with the boys’ Class 3A state championship.

Lastly, the Class 4A state championship went to Johnston after the double-overtime winner to defeat Iowa City West 3-2.