High School Track and Field
Central Lee competed in the Grayhound Invite over the weekend and the girls’ and boys’ teams both finished in 4th place with the girls’ team picking up 55 points and the boys’ team collecting 58 points.
The girls’ team had a pair of victories as Allison Gruntmeir glided to the win in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 20 seconds, while the Hawks took the 4×100 meter shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 19 seconds.
On the boys’ side, Evan Fogarty claimed the 100-meter dash by one-hundred of a second and Brett Cook won the 400-meter dash with a mark of 55.55 seconds.
Central Lee will hold their Hawk Relays tonight with Van Buren County, New London, and the Danville boys’ team participating.
Mt. Pleasant will get another chance to host tomorrow, April 21st, with Danville, Mediapolis, Washington, and the Central Lee, New London, WACO, Wapello, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ teams competing.
Fairfield will travel to the Ottumwa Don Newell Classic tomorrow.
The Drake Relays are set to start on Thursday, April 23rd, for our local high athletes with Eli Zillman of Fairfield competing in the boys’ high jump and Washington’s Greyson Hartman throwing the boys’ discus. For a full look at the slate for our local athletes, follow this link: Start List for 116th Drake Relays
High School Soccer
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team traveled to Assumption over the weekend and left without scoring a goal, losing to the hosts 7-0 and tying Wahlert Catholic, 0-0. The Nikes will stay on the road to play Quincy Notre Dame tomorrow, April 21st, at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team participated in the Fort Madison Invite and lost both of their matchups, falling 3-1 to Davenport West and getting shutout by the Bloodhounds 10-0.
Central Lee will hit the road to play Mediapolis tomorrow with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Fort Madison tonight with the boys at home starting at 4:30 pm and the girls on the road at 6:30 pm.
Washington will square off against Fairfield tonight with the boys’ team on the road and the girls’ team at home with both games starting at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will host Hillcrest Academy tomorrow at 5 pm.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will square off against Highland tomorrow on the road at 5:30 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will take on Wapello at home tomorrow at 6 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Hillcrest Academy on Friday, April 24th, at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Washington boys’ team competed in the Dutch Masters in Pella this past weekend and the team finished in 11th place, while Rajan Roth’s score of 82 was good enough to tie for 9th place. The Demons will get back to conference golf on April 27th in Keokuk.
The Southeast Conference girls’ teams will have their fifth conference meet of the season today with Mt. Pleasant acting as the hosts.
Mediapolis will square off against Holy Trinity Catholic today on the road.
New London will travel to Central Lee today.
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Louisa-Muscatine today at home.
Burlington Notre Dame will host a triangular today with Danville and Van Buren County making the trip.
WACO will face off against Columbus on the road today.
The Fairfield boys’ will hold an invitational on Friday, April 24th, with Mt. Pleasant participating.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk on Thursday, April 23rd, on the road.
Fairfield will host Fort Madison today.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team swept Des Moines Area Community College over the weekend, winning game one 20-2 and taking the doubleheader yesterday, 6-5 and 8-4. The Blackhawks will square off against Kirkwood Community College on Wednesday, April 22nd.
The softball team struggled over the weekend as their 8-game win streak was snapped as they went 1-3, losing both of their games to Iowa Western Community College, 8-2 and 6-4, before splitting their doubleheader to Southwestern Community College yesterday, winning game one 10-0 and losing game two 9-8. The Blackhawks will look to bounce back at home on Saturday, April 25th, in a doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College at 1 pm.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team claimed their series against Maryland, taking the first two games 14-4 and 5-2, before losing the finale, 16-5. Kooper Schulte had an RBI double in game two. The Hawkeyes will stay at home to take on Western Illinois tomorrow, April 21st, at 6 pm.
The Iowa State softball team claimed the rubber match on Saturday against BYU, 9-6. McKenna Andrews swatted a two-run homer in the victory.
The Iowa softball team dropped a contentious series to Indiana over the weekend, sneaking away with the finale 4-2 after losing the first two bouts 2-1 and 9-7. The Hawkeyes will travel to Iowa State tomorrow with first pitch at 4 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1916 – Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field) and beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.
1943 – Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg.
1988 – Baltimore Orioles set the record for the worst start to a season: 0-14 (will go 0-21).