High School Track
Central Lee will compete in the Grayhound Invite today.
Mt. Pleasant will host their relays on Tuesday, April 22nd, with Danville, Mediapolis, and the girls’ teams of New London, Central Lee, WACO, Wapello, Winfield-Mt. Union, and West Burlington/Notre Dame making the trip.
The WACO boys’ team will host the Warrior Relays on Tuesday with Central Lee, New London, Wapello, Van Buren County, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating.
Fairfield will compete in the Don Newell Classic in Ottumwa on Tuesday.
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, April 21st, while the boys’ team will travel to Fairfield on Tuesday, April 22nd. Girls head coach Martha Peterson touts a young team eager to learn the game,
“You know, they’re getting to the point where they know what they want to work on. They just were telling me they want to work on aiming their shots a little bit more. So, we are getting to the point where we can start to work on some of those advanced skills, not just getting it over the net.”
The Fairfield girls’ team will host Fort Madison on Monday, while the boys’ team will hit the road today for the Pella Invite.
High School Golf
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host the next SEC meet on Monday, April 21st, while the boys’ teams of the SEC will travel to Washington.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete in a triangular along with Burlington Notre Dame on Monday at the Bloomfield County Club.
Wapello will host an invite on Wednesday, April 23rd, with Danville, Columbus, and Winfield-Mt. Union competing.
The Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ team will participate in the Lee County Classic on Wednesday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Park along with Central Lee.
Mediapolis will host a triangular on Monday with WACO and Wapello hitting the road to compete.
New London will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union on Friday, April 25th, on the road.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will compete at the Fort Madison Tournament today along with Mediapolis. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Burlington on Monday, April 21st, with the top of the conference up for grabs at 5 pm.
The Fairfield girls’ team will hit the road to tangle with Keokuk at 5 pm on Monday.
The Columbus boys’ team will hit the road on Monday at 5 pm to face off with WACO. The Columbus girls’ team will host Central Lee at the Muscatine Soccer Complex on Thursday, April 24th, at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on Keokuk on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5:30 pm at home.
Central Lee will host Wapello on Tuesday with the girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will take on Danville on Tuesday at home at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will face off against Quincy Notre Dame at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The softball team dominated Marshalltown Community College in their doubleheader yesterday, allowing only four total hits between the two contests, winning game one 16-0 and taking game two 11-0. Lauren Summers crushed a home run in game one as she collected three RBIs along with Lydia Zaruba, who legged out a triple. Game two saw Kiera Klum and Ella Florey unleash the long ball, while also collecting three RBIs apiece. The Blackhawks will travel to Spoon River College today for a doubleheader with game one at 1 pm.
The baseball team handled business yesterday, sweeping Iowa Central Community College in their doubleheader, 14-4 in game one and 11-5 in game two. The Blackhawks will look for the series sweep today at home with first pitch at 1 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1897 – 1st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the world’s oldest annual marathon inspired by the success of the first marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
1971 – 75th Boston Marathon: Álvaro Mejía of Colombia wins in 2:18:45; Sara Mae Berman is the 1st woman to win for the 3rd straight year in 3:08:30 (unsanctioned).
1990 – Pistons & 76’ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 in fines.