High School Track
Mt. Pleasant, Wapello, WACO, and Fairfield will compete in the Demon Relays tonight.
New London, Danville, Mediapolis, and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to West Burlington/Notre Dame to compete in the Co-Ed Falcon Relays tonight.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will participate in the Pekin Invitational tonight, while the girls’ team will travel to clash in the Eddville-Blakesburg-Fremont Burdell Hensley Invitational.
High School Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will compete against Fort Madison tonight with the boys at home and the girls on the road.
Fairfield will face off against Burlington tonight with the boys on the road and the girls at home.
High School Golf
Winfield-Mt. Union will compete against Columbus today at home.
Wapello will take on Highland today on the road.
Danville will face off against Burlington Notre Dame today at Flint Hills Golf Course.
Central Lee will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic today.
The next boys’ SEC meet will take place today at Fort Madison, while the girls’ teams will make the trip to Fairfield.
Mediapolis will square off against Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow, April 11th, at home.
WACO will travel to Hillcrest Academy tomorrow.
New London will host Central Lee on April 15th.
High School Soccer
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Hillcrest Academy tonight at 6 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will square off against Tipton tonight at home with gametime at 5:30 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will host Highland tonight at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Fairfield tonight with the boys’ team making the trip west at 5 pm and the girls’ team playing at home at 4:30 pm.
Columbus will face off against Mid-Prairie at the Muscatine Sports Complex tonight with the girls’ team playing first at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will take on Mediapolis tonight at home with gametime at 5:30 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will take on Monmouth-Roseville on the road tonight at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will travel to Solon tomorrow, April 11th, at 5:30 pm.
Central Lee will be back in action tomorrow at 5 pm with the girls’ team facing off against Washington at home and the boys’ team competing against Sigourney Keota on the road.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Danville was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook, featuring seniors Reagan Henkelvig, who’s on the track and field team, and New London’s Colin Pealer, who is a part of the Danville soccer squad. Henkelvig picked one of the lessons she has learned throughout the years to pass along to next group of seniors,
“I just try to be very encouraging for people to go out and try new things because like I mentioned earlier, I’ve always been involved with a whole lot of different activities at my school and, you know, its high school and you’re able to do it and it’s free to do it before you end up looking back and regretting not doing it.”
For Pealer, he’s been trying to improve his leadership ability and sometimes that means not allowing your emotions to distract you from the game,
“I’d say the most important lesson is always that the next play matters the most. If you mess up, you always have to focus on pushing forward and bouncing back from that, rather than dwelling on it too much because it’s going to affect your performance. And just like always, keeping a level head and being able to keep that mindset that you can push further.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: Danville Episode
Southeastern Community College
The softball team will square off against Iowa Western Community College at home on Saturday, April 12th, in a doubleheader with game one at 1 pm.
The #4 baseball team will travel to Des Moines Area Community College today.
This Day in Sports History
1947 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black player of the 20th century to sign an MLB contract; Brooklyn GM, Branch Rickey announces Dodgers had bought Robinson’s contract from Montreal Royals.
1964 – Demolition begins in Upper Manhattan, New York City on the Polo Grounds sports stadium (home to MLB Giants, 1891-1957, Mets, 1962-63, and NFL Jets, 1960-63) to clear the way for a housing project.
1979 – J. R. Richard of the Houston Astros pitches a complete game but sets an MLB record by throwing six wild pitches in a 2-1 win over the LA Dodgers at the Astrodome.