Girls’ State Golf- The Iowa Girls’ high school golf state tournament got underway today and here’s how our local teams are faring.

In Class 1A, New London has finished in 1^st place in both regional assignments to qualify as a team. The Tigers finished day one in 2^nd place after shooting 364, 13 strokes behind Grundy Center. Taylor Phillips leads the team and field after the first day shooting a 78 (+6).

Sophie Malott is tied for 12^th place after finishing 19 over par.  Emma Busby is tied for 21^st and Emma Nye is tied for 25^th.

Isabelle Nye shot 43 over par, which slotted her tied for 59^th. Lastly, Stevey Wintermeyer finished in 66^th place after shooting 123 for the course.

Olivia Hines of Mediapolis finished as the top individual in the regional finals to qualify for the Class 2A state tournament. Hines took 3^rd place in last year’s state tournament with a two-day score of 153 or 9 over par. Hines finds herself in a similar situation this year after shooting an 80 for round one placing her in 3^rd place 9 over par. In 1^st place is last year’s individual state champion Chloe Bolte of Sumner-Fredericksburg at 4 over par.

Washington finished day one tied for 3^rd place on the team leaderboard after shooting a 341 (+53). Gilbert is on top of the leaderboard with a team score of +44. Kaylin Long leads the way for the Demons after shooting a 78 on the day. Her 6 over par score leaves her tied for 3^rd place.

Makenna Conrad is tied for 10^th place with a score of 11 over par.

Mallary Johnson and Haley Mitchell shot a 90 on the day and finished in 24^th place.

Adalyn Long shot a 96 on the day to finish tied for 47^th and Maci Williams finished tied for 53^rd after finishing with the score of +26.

Champions will be decided tomorrow. Deerwood Golf Club is the exclusive sponsor for boys’ and girls’ state golf coverage here on KILJ.

High School Soccer

Fort Madison will compete against Pella for the Regional Championship tonight.

High School Golf

The New London girls’ team and Olivia Hines of Mediapolis will be competing in the state tournament with day one of the two day tournament starting today.

Deerwood Golf Club will be sponsoring KILJ’s coverage of the girls’ state golf meet.

High School Baseball

Mt. Pleasant and Clear Creek Amana were in a tight game throughout, but the Panthers would finish just short of the comeback in front of the opponent’s home crowd falling 3-2. Jake Ensminger had a solid outing on the mound for the Panthers as he tossed 5 innings with three runs coming across, but only two of the runs earned; additionally, he tallied five strikeouts while giving up only six hits.

Down 3 to 0 entering the 6th inning, the Panthers would utilize small ball and a controversial call to get Garrett Cook, who was running for Carson Andreasen who worked the walk, Payson Coleman, and Wyatt Woodsmall on base. Payton Hagans would pick up his first RBI of the season when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. A passed ball would score another run to make it 3 to 2. Unfortunately, the Clippers would shut out the Panthers the rest of the way to take the win as the Panthers left 11 runners on base in the contest. The Panther’s next game will be May 30th in a road doubleheader against Washington. KILJ will be on the call with pregame at 5:15 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against West Burlington tonight.

New London will take on Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm at home.

Danville will face off against Hillcrest Academy tonight at home.

Central Lee will travel to face off against Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow.

High School Softball

Mt. Pleasant fell to Central Lee 15-7 last night. Jolynn Martin, Sage Burchett, and Jayden Housh all went 2 for 4 in the game. Martin and Burchett each tallied a double with Martin tallying 3 RBIs, Burchett grabbed 2 RBIs, and Housh got 1 RBI. The Panthers will host Mid-Prairie tomorrow, May 26th.

Holy Trinity Catholic will host Pekin tonight.

Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against West Burlington today at 7 pm.

Danville will host Hillcrest Academy tonight with first pitch at 7 pm.

Central Lee will travel to face off against Holy Trinity Catholic tomorrow.

High School Tennis

For boys’ tennis, the Class 1A doubles champion was Jack Briggs and Joshua Roozenboom of Pella. The singles champion was Caden Branum of Decorah.

The Class 2A individual champion was Waukee Northwest’s Kaden Taylor winning 6-3 in both sets. The doubles champion was Kellan Croatt and Jake Nelson of Waukee Northwest.

The girls’ state individual tournament will start tomorrow and continue May 27th.

Iowa Wesleyan Athletics

The NAIA National Championship meet keeps going today and tomorrow for outdoor track and field. All Tiger competitors will begin competition today.

This Day in Sports History

1935 – Legendary American athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan; remembered as “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport.”

1986 – Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit.

1997 – Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become first father and son to win 100 games in Major League Baseball.

Mt. Pleasant- The Mt. Pleasant high school girls’ soccer team fell to Central DeWitt last night in the regional semifinal match 4-1. The Sabers put up three goals in the first half before Elly Manning cut into the deficit before halftime; nevertheless, the Sabers would score one more goal and fend off the Panthers attack.

The Panthers had a fine season with one of the highlights of the season coming against Washington on senior night. Up to that game, the Panthers and Demons had played in 7 straight games that ended in extra time or penalty shots. Elly Manning, the lone senior for the Panthers told her teammates before the game,

“It’s so nice I mean, obviously, I just wanted us to win. I told them before the game I don’t really care personally I just said for my senior night, let’s not go into overtime, let’s get it done, 80 minutes!”

Manning netted two goals in the 3-0 win over the Demons in front of the Panthers home crowd.

Charice Auwerda, a sophomore, led the team in goals with 24 and assists with 18. Manning finished second on the team in goals and assists (23 goals and 12 assists). Tori Wilson netted 10 goals, Hailey Parrott tallied 8 goals, Aurora Hummell grabbed 4 goals, and Mattisyn Wenke scored one goal. Eli Heaton had 68 saves on the season.

Auwerda and Manning ranked #1 and #2 in the Southeast conference in goals and assists, respectively.

The Panthers finished the season with an 11-6 record and a 6-4 conference record that ranked them 3^rd in the conference.