High School Track
Mt. Pleasant will host the Panther relays tonight 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 tonight 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 tonight.
The 115th Drake Relays will get underway for our local high school athletes on Thursday, April 24th. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be giving updates throughout the multi-day event. For a full list of all of our local athletes competing, follow this link: Drake Relays Roster
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team captured a 5-4 win over Burlington Notre Dame last night in a road matchup. Bethany Drury defeated Micah Svoboda in the #1 singles match, while Lila Cook and Hannah Villaplaza defeated their opponents in their singles showdown. The team of Hali Crane and Zoey Carlsen won their doubles match 8-3 and the team of Cook and Villaplaza combined to win the meet in an 8-6 final.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will play Maharishi at home tonight, while the boys’ team will travel to Fairfield.
The Fairfield girls’ team shut out Fort Madison last night 9-0. The Trojans will face off against Maharishi on Thursday, April 24th, at home.
High School Golf
The boys’ teams of the SEC traveled to Washington yesterday for a conference showdown and the home squad finished in 1st place with a team score of 156 followed by Fort Madison with a 168 and Mt. Pleasant carding a 169 for 3rd place. The Panthers were led by Brody Engle, who carded the fourth best score of the course in a 39, and Merrick Lamm’s 41. Fairfield finished in 4th place with a team score of 189 as Brice Boatright shot a 43. Washington’s Carson Brown had the best round with a 35 (-1).
The Fairfield boys’ team will host an invite on Friday, February 25th, with Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County making the trip.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to compete in the Oskaloosa Invite on Thursday, April 24th.
The Fairfield girls’ team will hit the road to participate in the Golden Hawk Invitational on Thursday.
Mediapolis took on Wapello and WACO yesterday for their triangular and the Wapello girls’ team outpaced the field, shooting a 197, while the Mediapolis boys’ team handled business, carding a 167. Emmalin Marshall led the Arrows with a 9-hole score of 46, while Payton Gerling shot a 57 for the Bulldogs.
On the boys’ side, the Bulldogs had all six golfers finish in the top six with Max Griffin nabbing a 40 for the 9-hole course. Barrett Garrison took home a 47 for Wapello.
Wapello will host an invite tomorrow, April 23rd, with Danville, Columbus, and Winfield-Mt. Union competing.
WACO will face off against Columbus on Thursday at home.
The Columbus boys’ team will participate in the Wildcat Invitational today.
The Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ team will participate in the Lee County Classic tomorrow at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Park along with Central Lee.
Mediapolis will host Holy Trinity Catholic on Thursday.
New London will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union on Friday on the road.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team dropped their first game of the season against Burlington last night, losing 4-0. The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team survived being down a man for the entire second half to defeat the Grayhounds 2-1. Akbar Wilson notched both goals for the Panthers. Mt. Pleasant will square off against Fort Madison on Thursday, April 24th, with the boys at home and the girls on the road.
The Mediapolis boys’ team squashed Highland last night 5-0. The Bulldogs will travel to WACO on April 28th at 5 pm. The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on Keokuk tonight at 5:30 pm at home.
The Fairfield girls’ team fell to Keokuk last night 4-2 as Jalyiah Gardner netted two for the Chiefs. The Fairfield girls’ team will host Knoxville tonight at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will make the trip to Burlington on Thursday at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team got back into the win column last night, defeating Columbus 3-2. The Warriors will take on Highland on the road on Thursday at 5 pm.
Columbus will host Central Lee at the Muscatine Soccer Complex on Thursday with the girls’ teams playing at 5 pm and the boys’ teams to follow at 7 pm.
Central Lee will host Wapello tonight with the girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm.
The #4 Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will take on Danville tonight 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 handled business yesterday against St. Louis Community College, sweeping the visitors 5-2 in game one and 3-1 in game two. Jeliane Stewart clobbered her fifth home run in three games, tabbing three RBIs in the first showdown, while Anna Woods was dominant in the circle in game two, striking out nine in a complete game performance. The Blackhawks will close out the regular season tomorrow, April 23rd, in a road doubleheader against Indian Hills Community College.
The baseball team fell to Black Hawk College yesterday 7-0. The Blackhawks are back at home tomorrow in a doubleheader against Des Moines Area Community College with game one at 3 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1876 – Philadelphia native Tim McGinley of the Boston Red Caps scores baseball’s National League’s 1st run, in Philadelphia, as his team wins 6-5.
1954 – NBA adopts a 24-second shot clock and the 6 team-foul rule.
1969 – Robin Knox-Johnston ends his 312 days of non-stop sailing to become the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.