High School Track and Field
All meets scheduled for last night were canceled due to the weather.
Columbus will travel to the Liberty Co-Ed invitational tomorrow, April 4th.
Mt. Pleasant and Washington will venture north to the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational on Tuesday, April 7th.
Mediapolis will host the Dave Aamodt Relays on Tuesday with Danville, West Burlington/Notre Dame, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union making the trip.
The WACO Relays are scheduled for Tuesday with Van Buren County, New London, and Columbus competing.
The Fairfield girls’ team will hold their own meet on Tuesday with Central Lee flying over, while the Fairfield boys’ team will participate in the Dennis Anderson Relays.
High School Soccer
All games scheduled for last night were canceled.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Columbus on the road on Monday, April 6th, with the girls playing first at 5 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will head down the road to compete against Burlington on Monday with game one at 5:30 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will square off against Fairfield on Monday on the road at 5 pm.
Central Lee will contend with Keokuk for their home opener on Monday with game one at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will stay at home to face off against Cedar Rapids Washington on Monday at 6 pm.
The Washington girls’ team will travel to Oskaloosa on Monday at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will host Hillcrest Academy on Tuesday, April 7th, at 5 pm.
Wapello will take on Cedar Valley Christian on Tuesday at home with the girls leading off the night at 5 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will hit the road to play Tipton on Tuesday at 5 pm, the boys’ team will host Danville on Thursday, April 9th, at 7 pm.
High School Golf
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will start their conference play on Monday, April 6th, with the girls’ teams heading to Washington and the boys’ teams playing in Fairfield.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Burlington Notre Dame on Tuesday, April 7th, at home.
Wapello will host Louisa-Muscatine on Tuesday.
Mediapolis will travel to Danville on Tuesday.
Columbus will take on Hillcrest Academy at home on Tuesday.
Van Buren County will travel to Central Lee on Tuesday.
WACO will compete against Lone Tree on Tuesday at home.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will attend the Wapello Invite on Wednesday, April 8th. Konner Kinneberg talked about what his goals are for the rest of the season,
“I’m really hoping to shoot under 70 this year. I’ve gotten pretty close over the summer and shot a few rounds under par. We had our first meet, which I didn’t really play the best. I shot 80. We actually got third as a team and I got fifth individually. It was a really good milestone to hit for our first meet. It was a really good starting score that I’m hoping to take down a few times.”
While Max Edwards is hoping to use the momentum from his great start to propel his way through the year,
“My goal going into the season was to consistently break 90. As Konner said, we had our first meet and I shot an 81. I’d say that’s a pretty good tone setter. Now I’m thinking to consistently be low 80s. With that tone setter, low 80s is something that’s in range for me to get. Then break 40 for the first time on nine holes.”
High School Boys’ Tennis
Fairfield will look to start the season tomorrow, April 4th, at the Ottumwa Invitational.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Keokuk for their home opener on Tuesday, April 7th.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team will host Iowa Lakes Community College today in a doubleheader.
The softball team will hit the road for a doubleheader today against St. Louis Community College.
March Madness
The KILJ bracket challenge, sponsored by The Press Box, is officially underway with 60 brackets submitted with the top three set to receive prizes.
Here’s an updated look at the top 10 brackets and a recap of the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight: KILJ’s Bracket Challenge Standings. The Final Four is slated to start tomorrow, April 4th, with game one at 5:09 pm between #2 UConn and #3 Illinois.
Standings will be updated before the championship game.
College Baseball and Softball
The Iowa baseball team will host Minnesota today.
The Iowa softball team will travel to Oregon for a three-game series starting tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa State softball team will take on #14 Arizona on Sunday, April 5th, in a home doubleheader.
College Basketball
Audi Crooks, the Iowa State women’s basketball star, plans to finish her collegiate career elsewhere after announcing on her social media yesterday that she had entered the transfer portal. The three-year starter finished second in scoring this past season and averaged nearly 23 points and eight rebounds per game as a Cyclone. She became the ninth Cyclone to enter the portal, which includes Addy Brown and Jada Williams.
This Day in Sports History
1988 – Mario Lemieux wins the NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky’s 7 year streak.
1994 – The first roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) was announced.
2019 – San Antonio coach Greg Popovich is ejected after an NBA record low 63 seconds in the Spurs 113-85 loss in Denver; received two technical fouls in a verbal confrontation with a referee.