High School Track and Field
The Columbus boys’ team dominated at the Mike Kautz Invite last night, accumulating 250 points to Keota’s second place total of 80 points. The Columbus girls’ team managed to get second place as a team.
Lamar Ceant picked up a pair of gold medals, winning the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles. Fritz Figaro also swept the throwing events with a toss of 143 feet and 9 inches taking the discus and a heave of 44 feet and 6.5 inches winning the shot put. Additionally, the Wildcats claimed the sprint and distance medleys, along with the 4×100, 4×200, 4×400, 4×800, and shuttle hurdle relays.
On the girls’ side, Ella Howell outpaced the field in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute and 2 seconds, while Isabella Forbes grabbed the win in the discus with a toss of 107 feet and 4 inches. The Wildcats also claimed the distance medley relay.
The Fort Madison girls’ team will host the Pen City Relays tonight 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 tonight with Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, and Van Buren County making the trip.
The Wapello boys’ team will host their Relays tonight 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 tonight.
High School Soccer
Mt. Pleasant split their conference showdown with Fairfield last night with the girls’ team losing 10-0 on the road and the boys’ team holding on to win a 3-2 home thriller against the Trojans. Emma Metcalf netted four goals in the girls’ game.
The Panther boys’ team had to overcome a 2 to 1 deficit midway through the second half but with the wind to their backs Dylan White, Isaiah Lange, and Asa Rose were able to find the back of the net to escape with the win. Panther boys’ head coach Rocco Russo has been pleased with the confidence shown by his offense,
“Yeah, our guys feel confident in their shot, and all that starts with passing the ball and making good passes and finding the guy that can take the shot. We’ve got about five or six guys that are not scared to pull the trigger, and when they do, things can happen, especially on a windy day like this.”
Mt. Pleasant will clash with Washington on Thursday, April 16th, with the girls’ at home playing at 4:30 pm and the boys’ traveling to play at 5 pm.
Central Lee will play at home tonight with the girls’ team taking on Fort Madison at 5 pm and the boys’ team squaring off against Fairfield at 7 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team tied West Branch last night, 2-2.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Mediapolis tonight with the girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will face off against Fort Madison at home tonight at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ teams will travel to WACO tonight at 5 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will travel to Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday at 7 pm.
High School Golf
Central Lee split their contest with Holy Trinity Catholic yesterday with the girls’ team falling, 221-252, and the boys’ team coming out on top, 152-196. Elizabeth Griffin finished the round with a 48 for the Crusaders, while Marie Young led the Hawks with a score of 52.
On the boys’ side, Central Lee turned in the top five scores with Caleb Larson’s 35 leading the way. Max Kruse’s score of 44 was the best for the Crusaders.
Danville will host their Invite today with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, Wapello, and WACO attending.
The Southeast Conference held their third meet of the season and the Washington boys’ team continued their season excellence, finishing on top with a team score of 159, while the girls’ side boasted their third top team in Keokuk, winning by 13 strokes over Fort Madison.
On the boys’ side, Rajan Roth collected his third gold medal for Washington with a round of 37 followed by his teammate Drew Conrad with a score of 39. Fairfield’s Andrew Myers also carded a 39 to help the Trojans grab 2nd place. The Panthers finished in 3rd place as a team with Brody Engle’s score of 40 being good enough for 5th place.
For the girls’ teams, Mt. Pleasant took 3rd place with a team score of 216 as Sophia Walderbach’s score of 49 gave her 4th place followed by Vanessa Kessel of Fairfield’s 50, as the Trojans grabbed 4th place. Washington finished in 5th place as a team as Lucy Sands was the only Demon to finish in the top 10 with an 8th place card of 53.
The Fairfield boys’ team will compete in the Albia Invite today, while the girls’ team will travel to participate in the Redette Invite.
The Southeast Conference will meet back up on Thursday, April 16th, with Mt. Pleasant hosting the boys’ teams and the girls’ teams heading to Keokuk.
Van Buren County swept New London yesterday with the girls’ team sneaking by with a 238-243 final and the boys’ team pulling off an over 30-stroke victory, 162-193. Sophia Jirak paced the field with a score of 52 for the Warriors, while Katelyn Allen finished in 2nd place with a round of 56 for the Tigers. The New London boys’ team was led by Archer Bonnesen who finished with a 43.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete in the Mohawk Classic on Thursday.
Winfield-Mt. Union swept Columbus yesterday as the girls’ team for the Wildcats was unable to accumulate a team score, while the Wolves handled business on the boys’ side, winning 164-205. Leading the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team was Ashlyn Bender’s round of 44.
Nick Sparrow led the course for the boys’ teams, giving the Wolves a score of 39 (+4), while no one on the team shot over 9-over par. Kai Allec’s 45 was tops for the Wildcats.
The Wapello girls’ team will host their Invite tomorrow, April 15th, with Burlington Notre Dame, Columbus, Danville, New London, and Winfield-Mt. Union also competing.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete in the Golden Hawk Invitational today.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant snapped a five-game losing streak against Fairfield last night, eking out a 5-4 victory over the Trojans. Sawyer Fulton and Max Heater collected wins over Bowen Zhang and Max Craver in the singles matches, but the Panthers showed their prowess in the doubles competition with a full sweep. Mt. Pleasant will host Burlington on Thursday, April 16th.
Fairfield will look to bounce back today against Fort Madison on the road.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will travel to Northeast Iowa Community College tomorrow, April 15th, for a doubleheader.
The softball team crushed Illinois Central College yesterday, shutting out the Cougars in game one, 16-0, and winning game two, 10-1. Kiera Klum nabbed eight RBIs between the two games. The Blackhawks will hit the road to play Iowa Western Community College on Saturday, April 18th.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will look to get back into the win column tonight at home against Bradley with first pitch at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball team will tangle with South Dakota at home tonight at 4 pm.
The Iowa softball team will return to conference play with a home series against Indiana on Friday, April 17th, at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1910 – US President William Howard Taft begins the tradition of throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of baseball season.
1969 – First regular-season MLB game played outside the United States; the Montreal Expos beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-7.
1996 – Detroit Red Wings win a then-NHL record 62 games.