High School Track and Field
The Eastern Iowa Track Festival ran over the weekend and a handful of our local teams made the trip and a pair of runners finished atop the podium.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team saw Avery Fedler take home the gold medal in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 15.2 seconds, which is a Blue Oval mark. She also grabbed the bronze medal in the 400-meter dash. Additionally, the team of Jayden Yoder, Kynlee White, Meadow Carter, and Taylor Williamson claimed 4th place in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds.
Lincoln Bainbridge of the Van Buren County boys’ team put together a clinic with a 1st place finish in the 400-meter dash (48.2 seconds) and the 800-meter run (1 minute and 54 seconds). As the anchor for the 4×400 meter relay team along with Kayden Simmons, Jace Duncan, and Jeran Troxel, Bainbridge helped the Warriors grab 2nd place with a time of 3 minutes and 27 seconds. Duncan also snatched the silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles. The girls’ team’s best finish was in the distance medley with the team of Aida Troutman, Aubrey Loeffler, Ava Loeffler, and Rory Philips running to an 8th place mark.
The Mediapolis boys’ team had a strong showing with Simon Wendel’s pace of 9 minutes and 38 seconds in the 3200-meter run was good enough for 5th place and Lathan Keller leaping to a bronze medal in the high jump with a height of 6 feet and 2 inches. The distance medley team also took 4th place, while the girls’ 4×800 meter relay team finished in 7th place.
The Washington girls’ team had Iris Dahl claim 4th place in the 1500-meter run and helped the 4×400 meter relay team take 3rd place with a time of 4 minutes and 9 seconds.
The Danville boys’ team sent their sprint medley team of Drake Biesler, Byers Nealey, Ty Frazier, and Noah Horn and the Bears sprinted to a time of 1 minute and 36 seconds, which was good enough for 5th place.
Columbus will head to Lone Tree for a meet tonight.
WACO will hold their Relays tonight with Van Buren County competing.
The Fort Madison girls’ team will host the Pen City Relays tomorrow, April 14th, with Central Lee, Danville, Fairfield, Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, New London, Van Buren County, Washington, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating.
The Fairfield boys’ team will hold a track meet tomorrow with Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, and Van Buren County making the trip.
The Wapello boys’ team will host their Relays tomorrow with Danville, Mediapolis, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union traveling to the meet.
The New London and WACO boys’ teams will take part in the Lisbon Opener tomorrow.
High School Soccer
Wapello was blanked by West Branch over the weekend, losing 5-0 in the girls’ game and 10-0 in the boys’ contest. The Wapello boys’ team will travel to Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday, April 16th, at 7 pm.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team fell in both of their games at the Hudson Classic over the weekend, losing 6-1 to Decorah and 5-0 to the hosts. The Wildcats will travel to Mediapolis tomorrow, April 14th, with the girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm.
Washington will get back to conference play tonight with a showdown against Burlington with the girls’ team at home and boys’ team on the road and both games starting at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on West Branch tonight at 6:30 pm at home.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Fairfield tonight with the boys’ playing at home at 4:30 pm and the girls’ team competing on the road at 5 pm.
Central Lee will play at home tomorrow with the girls’ team taking on Fort Madison at 5 pm and the boys’ team squaring off against Fairfield at 7 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will face off against Fort Madison at home tomorrow at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ teams will travel to WACO tomorrow at 5 pm.
High School Golf
Central Lee will host Holy Trinity Catholic today.
The Southeast Conference will compete against one another today with the girls’ teams going to Fort Madison and the boys’ teams traveling to Washington.
Van Buren County will hit the road to face off against New London today.
Columbus will look to bounce back today at home against Winfield-Mt. Union.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete in the Golden Hawk Invitational tomorrow, April 14th.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield will travel to Mt. Pleasant tonight.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team picked up the series victory over Indian Hills Community College, winning game one 2-1 and game two 12-2, but lost their 19-game winning streak in the series finale, 11-9. The Blackhawks swatted five home runs throughout the series, as Isaac Flamino picked up his sixth win of the season on the mound. SCC will travel to Northeast Iowa Community College on Wednesday, April 15th, for a doubleheader.
The softball team will travel for a doubleheader against Illinois Central College today.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team was swept by #14 USC over the weekend, losing 6-3 and 8-2. The Hawkeyes will look to get back into the win column tomorrow, April 14th, at home against Bradley with first pitch at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball couldn’t sneak out with the rubber match, falling 9-2 to #19 Oklahoma State yesterday. The Cyclones will tangle with South Dakota at home tomorrow at 4 pm.
The Iowa softball team dropped their final three games of the Dr. Christine Grant Classic over the weekend, losing to Georgia Tech, 8-0, and being swept by South Dakota State 3-2 in extras and 7-4 to end the Classic. The Hawkeyes will return to conference play with a home series against Indiana on Friday, April 17th, at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1957 – The Boston Celtics won their first NBA Championship. They beat the St. Louis Hawks 125-123 in Game 7.
1997 – Eldrick “Tiger” Woods became the youngest and the first African-American to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par with a tournament-record score of 270.
2016 – The Golden State Warriors ended the regular season with a record of 73-9. This beat the NBA record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.