High School Track
Winfield-Mt. Union, WACO, Columbus, and Van Buren County will participate in the Sigourney Co-Ed meet on Tuesday, April 29th.
New London will host the Co-Ed Chris Selby Invitational on Tuesday with Danville, West Burlington/Notre Dame, Mediapolis, and Wapello making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant and Central Lee will compete in the Keokuk Relays on Tuesday.
The 115th Drake Relays will conclude today with multiple local 4×100 meter relay teams set to compete today. Here’s a look at what happened yesterday.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom took home 10th place with a time of 1 minute and 55 seconds in the 800-meter run. Kylee Hill of Burlington took 4th place in the shot put with a heave of 43 feet and 6.75 inches. Danville’s Alaina Gourley grabbed 16th place in the 400-meter dash. Lastly, the Mt. Pleasant middle school team of Delaney Anderson, Lindsay Hart, Elodie Rawson, and Avery Fedler finished with the gold in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4 minutes and 12 seconds, eight seconds faster than 2nd place.
High School Tennis
In a battle of the undefeateds, the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team fell to Fairfield last night 8-1. Lou Schimmelpfennig collected the lone win for the Panthers after winning the 10-point tiebreaker.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will celebrate their senior night on Monday, April 28th, against Fort Madison, while the boys’ team will travel to face off against the Bloodhounds.
The Fairfield girls’ team will get a rematch with Burlington, their closest win of the season, on Monday in a road showdown. The boys’ team will play at home.
High School Golf
New London split with Winfield-Mt. Union in their showdown yesterday with the girls’ team winning 215-222 and the boys falling 202-161. Justin Knipfer and Grant Anderson each carded a 39 for the Wolves, while Izzy Lemley shot a 47 for the Tigers in the boys’ match. Emma Busby took home a 45 for the New London girls’ team, while Ashlyn Bender finished with a 49 for the Wolves.
Winfield-Mt. Union will tangle with Hillcrest Academy on Monday, April 28th, at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host New London on Monday.
WACO will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Monday on the road.
The SEC girls’ team will make the trip to Burlington on Monday, while the SEC boys’ teams will meet up at Washington.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to compete in a triangular on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.
Wapello will take on Columbus on Monday at home.
Danville will make the trip to Central Lee on Monday to play at the Green Acres Country Club.
Mediapolis will face off against Burlington Notre Dame on Tuesday, April 29th, on the road.
High School Soccer
The Mediapolis girls’ team hasn’t allowed a goal in three consecutive games as they defeated Monmouth-Roseville 3-0 last night. The Bulldogs will face off against Fort Madison on the road on Tuesday, April 29th, at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team tied Hillcrest Academy last night 1-1. The Bears will travel to Fairfield on Tuesday at 5 pm.
The Central Lee girls’ team fell to Canton last night 6-0. The Central Lee girls’ team will make the trip to Albia on Tuesday with gametime at 5 pm.
The #4 Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team handed Central Lee their first loss of the season last night in a 5-0 final. The Nikes will compete against Highland on Monday, April 28th, at 6 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will compete in the Assumption Invitational today.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will participate in a tournament at Muscatine today with game one at 9 am. Head coach Rocco Russo talked about what he hopes to see from his team heading into the second half of conference play,
“Here into the season, we’re going to keep trying to keep our kids healthy. We’re playing a lot of soccer right now. We got a tournament on Saturday. We’re gonna go play 2 good teams this Saturday. So, we’re going to try to be smart with our boys, going to watch some film tomorrow. We’re going to come out here and run around a little bit, go up there on Saturday and try to do some work and then come back Monday and start round two with conference play.”
The Mediapolis boys’ team will travel to WACO on Monday at 5 pm.
Fairfield will tangle with Mt. Pleasant on Monday with the boys on the road and the girls at home.
The Wapello boys’ team will play Hillcrest Academy on the road at 6:30 pm on Tuesday and the girls’ team will take on Monmouth-Roseville on Tuesday at home at 5 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will travel to Southwestern Community College today for the first two games of a three-game series.
The softball team starts their Region 11 tournament as the #3-seed on Wednesday, April 30th, in a best-of-three series against Iowa Western with the winner advancing to the championship game.
This Day in Sports History
1931 – Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner. The mistake costs him the AL home run crown as he and Babe Ruth tie for the season.
1935 – Frank Boucher is given NHL’s Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently after winning it 7 times in 8 years.
1941 – A tradition begins, the Chicago Cubs are the first to play an organ at a baseball stadium.