High School Track
Winfield-Mt. Union, WACO, Columbus, and Van Buren County will participate in the Sigourney Co-Ed meet tonight.
New London will host the Co-Ed Chris Selby Invitational tonight with Danville, West Burlington/Notre Dame, Mediapolis, and Wapello making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant and Central Lee will compete in the Keokuk Relays tonight.
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team celebrated their senior night with a dominant 8-1 win over Fort Madison last night. Seniors Bethany Drury and Aurdrey Richmond shutout their singles opponents, while seniors Hali Crane and Hannah Villaplaza also collected wins in their singles match. The Panthers also swept the doubles matches. The Panthers will have a rematch against the Bloodhounds tonight on the road.
The boys’ team followed suit with a sweep of Fort Madison. Max Heater, Lou Schimmelpfennig, Elijah Rynders, and the team of Dane Cook and Heater did not allow their opponents to win a game in the impressive performance. The Panthers will travel to Davis County tonight.
The Fairfield boys’ team defeated Burlington 8-1 last night. The Fairfield boys’ team will hit the road tonight for a rematch against Burlington.
High School Golf
Winfield-Mt. Union swept Hillcrest Academy last night with the boys’ team winning 168-180, while the girls’ team won via forfeit. Justin Knipfer led the boys’ team, shooting a 40 (+4) through nine holes as Ashlyn Bender and Ella Kann each carded a 54 for the girls’ team.
The Winfield-Mt. Union and Wapello boys’ teams will participate in the West Liberty tournament today.
The Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team defeated New London last night 186-213, while the New London girls’ team avenged their loss with a 208-233 win over the Crusaders. For Holy Trinity Catholic, Luke Hellige and Brock Sheetz each finished with a 45, while Elizabeth Griffin led the girls’ team with a 51.
Holy Trinity Catholic will make the trip to WACO today.
New London will square off against Burlington Notre Dame at home tomorrow, April 30th.
The SEC boys’ teams met up at Washington to close out the regular season meets amongst the conference and Washington claimed the top spot as a team, shooting 161, and individually as Drew Conrad carded a 35. Fairfield finished a close 2nd place with a team score of 169 as Xavier Kessel took home a 39. Mt. Pleasant and Fort Madison tied for 3rd place with a team score of 176.
The Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield boys’ teams will participate in the Oskaloosa Invite today.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host a tournament on Friday, May 2nd.
Wapello walked away with a pair of victories against Columbus yesterday with the boys’ team coming out on top 201-242 and the girls’ team winning 216-229. Barrett Garrison led the boys’ team with a nine-hole score of 46, while the girls’ team had Emma Gerhardt card a 50.
The Wapello girls’ team will compete against WACO on Thursday on the road.
Columbus will take on Louisa-Muscatine at home today.
Danville split their matchup against Central Lee last night with the boys’ team losing 188-148 and the girls’ team narrowly winning 235-246. In the boys’ meet, the Hawks claimed the top four spots with Carson Morrison claiming a nine-hole score of 35, while Alex Holtkamp carded a 42 for the Bears. In the girls’ meet, Eastin Chipman led the field for Danville with a 52, as Marie Young took home a 57 for the Hawks.
Danville will travel to Flint Hills Golf Course on Thursday to face off against Holy Trinity Catholic.
The Central Lee girls’ team will compete in the Keokuk Invite on May 5th.
Mediapolis will face off against Burlington Notre Dame today on the road.
High School Soccer
Burlington Notre Dame swept Columbus last night as the boys’ team clobbered the Wildcats 9-1 and the girls’ team won 1-0. Daisy Hazell had the lone goal in the girls contest as Reese Richardson notched 12 saves.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will play their make-up game against Quincy Notre Dame tonight at home at 5:30 pm. The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will make the trip to Highland on Thursday, May 1st, at 5 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team was able to avoid their first conference loss of the season when Dylan White scored a goal with two minutes left in the game to tie Fairfield 1-1. The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team snapped their three-game losing streak last night, sneaking past Fairfield 2-1.
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Washington on Thursday with the girls’ team at home and the boys on the road.
The Fairfield girls’ team will face off against Fort Madison on the road on Thursday at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team handed WACO a 4-0 loss last night. The Bulldogs will take on Central Lee on Friday, May 2nd, at 7 pm at home.
The WACO boys’ team will host Washington tomorrow, April 30th, at 4:30 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will face off against Fort Madison on the road tonight at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will travel to Fairfield tonight at 5 pm.
The Central Lee girls’ team will make the trip to Albia tonight with gametime at 5 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will play Hillcrest Academy on the road at 6:30 pm tonight and the girls’ team will take on Monmouth-Roseville at home at 5 pm.
High School Soccer Rankings
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released their second round of rankings for boys’ soccer and Burlington Notre Dame remained at the #4 slot after going 2-0 last week, including knocking off previously unbeaten Central Lee 5-0. The Nikes are averaging four goals per game, while Taylor Lundgren is saving 83.7% shots on goal.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team was able to outstride Northeast Community College last night in a 17-11 final to collect their sixth consecutive win and their 41st of the season. The Blackhawks will host Marshalltown Community College tomorrow, April 30th, for a doubleheader.
The softball team starts their Region 11 tournament as the #3-seed tomorrow in a best-of-three series against Iowa Western with the winner advancing to the championship game.
This Day in Sports History
1934 – Pittsburgh is the last major league baseball city to play a home game on a Sunday, as the Pirates host the Cincinnati Reds.
1961 – ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” debuts.
1981 – MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is the first lefty to strike out 3,000 batters.