By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Boys’ Golf: Phillips 4th After Day One:
New London senior Clayton Phillips heads into Day Two of the Class 1A Boys’ Golf Tournament in fourth place, shooting a seven-over 78 on Day One.
He’s just two strokes off the lead.
Hogan Henrich of Newell-Fonda and Lucas Gunderson carded a five-over 76 to lead the Class 1A field, while Trey Johnson of East Buchanan is third with asix-over 77.
Phillips registered his lone birdie on the first hole, then alternated par and bogey until hole six.
All told, Phillips ended his 18-hole day one with nine pars, eight bogeys and again the one birdie.
Day Two of the tournament will begin this morning at 9:00 a.m.
Boys’ Track and Field: Rich Named All-American:
Former Mount Pleasant track athlete Keegan Rich earned All-American status yesterday the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.
Rich, now jumping for Nebraska Wesleyan, jumped 22 feet, 9 inches for seventh.
The winner was Brockport State senior Egypt Page who cannonballed a 24 foot, 4.25 inch leap.
Sam Beatty, another Panther alum, is scheduled to compete in the men’s high jump this weekend as well.
Beatty is a member of the Central Dutch track team.
Prep Baseball Scoreboard (Thursday):
Mediapolis 12, Winfield-Union 2
Mediapolis led 3-0 after two innings and never looked back as the Bulldogs rolled to a win over Winfield-Mount Union last night.
The Bulldogs added four runs in the 4th and five in the 5th as they pulled away for the run rule victory.
The win was Mediapolis’ 13th consecutive against Winfield-Mount Union, who have not beaten the Bulldogs since June 12th of 2012.
The win brought Mediapolis back to .500 at 1-1, while Winfield-Mount Union dropped to 0-3.
Prep Softball Scoreboard (Thursday):
Winfield-Mount Union 14, Mediapolis 0
Jobey Malone had three hits and two runs scored as Winfield-Mount Union clubbed Mediapolis 14-0 in a Super Conference matchup yesterday.
Anna Anderson also had two hits and two runs batted in as Winfield jumped out a 10-0 lead after three innings.
Madie Anderson twirled a gem in the circle, pitching five innings allowing just one hit while striking out 12.
Winfield-Mount Union improved to 2-1.
Mediapolis fell to 0-3.
Girls’ Soccer: Panthers Open Postseason:
The Mount Pleasant girls’ soccer team will open their 2021 postseason push tonight when they play host to the Nikes of Notre Dame at East Lake Park in a Class 2A, Region 8 first round tilt.
The Panthers enter the postseason as champions of the Southeast Conference after finishing the regular season 9-2.
Notre Dame enters 10-6.
This will be the team’s second meeting this year, with Notre Dame winning the first just 11 days ago 3-0.
Danville track star Addison Parrott is the top offensive threat for the Nikes with 13 goals on the year.
Ava Rashid has made 87 saves between the pipes for Notre Dame, as well.
Mount Pleasant is paced offensively by Andrea Lopreato’s 26 goals.
Elly Manning is second with 12 goals and eight assists.
Tonight’s game will begin at East Lake Park at 5:00 p.m.
Prep Baseball (Friday):
It’s a busy night in the Super Conference, here’s a look at the baseball schedule this evening:
- Central Lee at New London (FM 105.5)
- Washington at Van Buren County
- Columbus at Mediapolis
- Cardinal at Notre Dame
- Winfield-Mount Union at Pekin
- Wapello at West Burlington
Central Lee-New London has been moved to a 6:00 p.m. start time from New London.
You can listen on FM 105.5.
The rest of the contests are slated for 7:00 p.m. starts.
Prep Softball (Friday):
The softball schedule in the Super Conference is just as busy as baseball, here’s the full schedule:
- Danville at Holy Trinity
- Columbus at Mediapolis
- Central Lee at New London
- Winfield-Mount Union at Pekin
- Wapello at West Burlington
All games, including Central Lee-New London, are scheduled for 7:00 p.m.