High School Track and Field
The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont boys’ team hosted a meet last night and Mt. Pleasant slated the highest of our local teams with a 6th place team finish, collecting 97 points. Kayle Brown won the high jump with a mark of 6 feet and 1 inch. Jaymisen Rich and Mason Frueh took the silver in the shot put and discus, respectively.
Mediapolis grabbed a victory in the 800-meter run with Will Schmidgall claiming a time of 2 minutes and 2 seconds.
The Washington girls’ team held their invitational last night and Mediapolis led our local teams with three gold medals followed by Mt. Pleasant with one. For the Bullettes, Avery Dietz claimed the 1500-meter run with a time of 5 minutes and 6 seconds, Payton Harris tossed the discus for a meet winning distance of 123 feet and 10.5 inches, and the squad took the distance medley relay with a time of 4 minutes and 29 seconds.
Mt. Pleasant’s Ella Ensminger won the shot put with a heave of 36 feet and 5 inches.
Mt. Pleasant and Central Lee will participate in the Keosippi Relays on Tuesday, April 28th.
Winfield-Mt. Union hosted the Pankoke Relays last night and the WACO boys’ team claimed the title with 110 points, while the WACO girls’ team finished as the runner-up, two points behind Keokuk’s 97.
On the boys’ side for WACO, Hayden Shelman won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.37 seconds and the long jump with a leap of 18 feet and 7 inches. Jude Dykstra outpaced the field in the 400-meter dash with a mark of 51.95 seconds and the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 2 seconds. Owen Lord glided to a victory in the 110-meter hurdles and the high jump with a leap of 5 feet and 8 inches.
New London grabbed a victory in the 1600-meter run with Riley Raines clocking a time of 4 minutes and 50 seconds, while Danville’s Ty Frazier won the 400-meter hurdles with the only sub-one minute time and Noah Horn claimed the 3200-meter run.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s Colin Anderson swept the throwing events, winning the shot put with a catapult of 46 feet and 7 inches and the discus with a throw of 124 feet.
On the girls’ side, Macie Carter of WACO swept the long distance events, taking the 1500-meter run with a mark of 5 minutes and 17 seconds and the 3000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 53 seconds. Additionally, Bren Graber claimed the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.98 seconds.
Danville’s Alaina Gourley sprinted to the win in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.97 seconds. The Bears also took the 4×800 and distance medley relays.
WACO, Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, and Columbus will compete in the Sigourney Co-Ed meet on Tuesday.
The Drake Relays started yesterday for our local athletes and Fairfield’s Eli Zillman took 4th place with a leap of 6 feet and 6 inches in the boys’ high jump. Burlington’s Kylee Hill snatched the gold medal in the girls’ shot put with a toss of 47 feet and 9.75 inches. Lastly, Chloe Glosser of Pekin claimed the bronze medal in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9 minutes and 39 seconds.
The Drake Relays will continue today with Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler competing in the 400 and 800-meter events. For a full list, then follow this link: Drake Relays Schedule
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team has posted back-to-back conference shutouts after defeating Burlington last night, 3-0. Dylan White was unstoppable, netting the hat trick. The Panther girls’ team fell to #14 Burlington, 12-0.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will compete in a triangular tomorrow, April 25th, in Muscatine. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Keokuk on Monday, April 27th, at 5 pm.
Washington swept Keokuk in dominant fashion last night with the girls’ team winning 7-0 and the boys’ team coming out on top 8-0. The Demons will take on Fort Madison on Monday with the boys on the road and the girls at home with both games starting at 5 pm.
Fairfield split their evening with Fort Madison, as the girls’ team lost 6-0 and the boys’ team snuck past the Bloodhounds 2-1. The Trojans will face off against Burlington on Monday at 5 pm with the boys on the road and the girls at home.
Burlington Notre Dame will square off against Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union tonight with the girls’ teams starting at 5 pm.
Central Lee will host Wapello tonight with the night starting at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Hillcrest Academy tonight at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will face off against Highland at home tonight at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will host Monmouth-Roseville, while the boys’ team will hit the road to compete against Keokuk tonight with both games starting at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Wapello boys’ team took down Columbus yesterday, 176-196. Wyatt Marlette led the course with a nine-hole score of 41 followed by Columbus’ Kason Dopler, who carded a 44.
Wapello will host WACO on Monday, April 27th.
Winfield-Mt. Union traveled to Lone Tree for a meet yesterday and the boys’ team finished in 2nd place in the quad behind Washington, while the girls’ team claimed the runner-up position with a team score of 232.
On the boys’ side, Washington’s Kaleb Orr led the field with a round of 35 (-1), the only score to finish under par for the course. Winfield-Mt. Union had Grant Anderson produce the best card with a score of 40.
The girls’ team saw Kellee Milks and Ella Kann each take home a round of 53 for the Wolves.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will participate in the West Liberty Invitational on Tuesday, April 28th.
The Mt. Pleasant and Washington girls’ teams competed in the Oskaloosa Invite yesterday and the Panthers finished in 8th place with a team score of 402, while the Demons took 14th place.
The Southeast Conference girls’ teams will meet up in Burlington on Monday.
The Fairfield boys’ will hold an invitational today with Mt. Pleasant participating.
The WACO boys’ team will compete in the Sigourney Tournament today.
High School Boys’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant swept Keokuk last night, 9-0. Sawyer Fulton, Max Heater, and Grayson Walker each defeated their singles opponent 8-1, while Charlie Syfert and Matthew Del Valle shutout their doubles opponent. The Panthers will host Fort Madison on Monday, April 27th.
Fairfield will travel to Burlington on Monday.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will look to get back in the win column at home tomorrow, April 25th, against Northeast Community College in a doubleheader at 1 pm.
The softball team will look to bounce back at home tomorrow in a doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College at 1 pm.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will travel to Indiana tonight at 5 pm.
The Iowa softball team will take on Nebraska tonight at 5:30 pm on the road.
The Iowa State softball team will start their series against Kansas tonight at 5 pm.
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.