High School Track
The Mt. Pleasant and Mediapolis girls’ teams will travel to Washington to participate in an invitational tonight.
Central Lee, Wapello, Van Buren County, Columbus, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will travel to compete in the Gardner-Wilson Relays at Louisa-Muscatine High School tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield, and Mediapolis boys’ teams will compete in the Ike Ryan Relays at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont High School tonight.
Winfield-Mt. Union will celebrate their senior night today at the Pankoke Relays with Danville, New London, and WACO making the trip.
The Fairfield girls’ team will compete in the Golden Hawk Relays tonight at Mid-Prairie High School.
The 115th Drake Relays will get underway for our local high school athletes today. 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.
The field events this afternoon will be our focus for today with Kylee Hill of Burlington throwing the discus and Washington’s Greyson Hartman heaving the shot put. The high jump will feature three members of the Southeast Conference in Fairfield’s Eli Zillman and Ryan Giberson along with Kenden Bowie of Fort Madison. Lastly, Mt. Pleasant’s Avin Truong will be competing in the long jump.
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team defeated Fort Madison last night 8-1 to improve to 4-0 on the season. Lou Schimmelpfennig and Elijah Rynders shutout their opponent to win their singles showdown, while Max Heater glided to an 8-2 final against James Janic. The team of Dane Cook and Rynders escaped with a narrow 8-6 win in their doubles match.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Keokuk tonight with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.
The Fairfield girls’ team will face off against Maharishi tonight at home, while the boys’ team will attempt to host Mt. Pleasant tomorrow, April 25th.
High School Golf
Wapello hosted their invite yesterday and the Highland girls’ team dominated their way to a nearly 30-stroke lead, while the Hillcrest Academy boys’ team handled business, shooting a 330 for the victory. Emmalin Marshall’s nine-hole score of 92 led the Arrows to a 2nd place team score of 414. Columbus grabbed 3rd place followed by Burlington Notre Dame and Winfield-Mt. Union took 6th place with a team score of 474.
On the boys’ side, the Wolves slotted themselves into 2nd place with a solid team score of 358. In a distant 3rd place was Wapello with a team score of 404 as Barrett Garrison carded an 87. Columbus and Danville, separated by a stroke, finished in 4th and 5th place, respectively. Danville’s Mattix Furnald turned in an 83 for the nine-hole course.
WACO will face off against Columbus today at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to compete against Louisa-Muscatine tonight.
Wapello will take on Columbus on Monday, April 28th, at home.
Danville will make the trip to Central Lee on Monday to play at the Green Acres Country Club.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to compete in the Oskaloosa Invite today.
The Fairfield girls’ team will hit the road to participate in the Golden Hawk Invitational today.
Mediapolis will host Holy Trinity Catholic today.
The Van Buren County and Burlington Notre Dame boys’ teams will participate in the Davis County Invitational today.
The Fairfield boys’ team will host an invite tomorrow, April 25th, with Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County making the trip.
New London will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union tomorrow on the road.
High School Soccer
The WACO boys’ team will take on Highland on the road tonight at 5 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will square off against Wapello tonight on the road with girls’ teams playing first at 5 pm with the boys game to follow.
Fairfield will take on Burlington tonight at 5 pm with the girls’ team at home and the boys’ team on the road.
Columbus will host Central Lee at the Muscatine Soccer Complex tonight with the girls’ teams playing at 5 pm and the boys’ teams to follow at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Fort Madison tonight with the boys at home and the girls on the road.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will take on Monmouth-Roseville tomorrow, April 25th, on the road at 5 pm. The Mediapolis boys’ team will travel to WACO on Monday, April 28th, at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will travel to Hillcrest Academy tomorrow at 5 pm.
High School Girls’ Wrestling
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) first sanctioned girls’ wrestling for the 2022-23 season, then followed that up with the addition of two classes in last year’s state tournament. As the sport continues to rapidly grow, the IGHSAU approved the implementation of a girls wrestling state dual tournament for the 2026-27 season.
The tentative date for the dual state qualifying meets is January 18th, 2027, with state to follow on January 22nd. The number of classes and the venue will be announced at a later time. The state dual tournament will commence before the individual state qualifying meets, similar to Iowa high school boys’ wrestling.
Southeastern Community College
The softball team ends the regular season with a bitter taste, getting swept by Indian Hills Community College on the road. The ICCAC Player of the Week, Jeliane Stewart, nearly brought the Blackhawks back herself in game one, swatting a three-run shot in the top of the sixth to go down a run; but, the offense could not capitalize on the Freshman’s sixth home run in seven games as they went down 4-3. Game two was a struggle in the circle, allowing double-digit runs for the first time since April 12th in a 13-3 final.
The baseball team swept Des Moines Area Community College in front of the home crowd yesterday, slugging the Bears 13-3 in game one and sneaking away with game two 13-10. The Blackhawks will travel to Southwestern Community College on Saturday, April 26th, for the first two games of a three-game series.
This Day in Sports History
1956 – AL umpire Frank Umont is the first to wear glasses in a regular season game.
1963 – Future Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game for Boston as the Celtics beat the LA Lakers, 112-109, in Game 6 for their 5th straight NBA Championship.
1981 – Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2,000 more than any other jockey at the time.