Girls XC: Panthers’ Blint, Wagner Shine as Mount Pleasant Places Second:
Mount Pleasant senior and returning state qualifier Abby Blint ran 20:32 to cruise into a first place finish by nearly a half minute at yesterday’s Southeast Conference meet in Burlington.
Blint, who had been sidelined for the last two weeks-plus, looked fresh and spry relative to the field.
She’s now the back-to-back Southeast Conference champion.
Her teammate and Alexis Wagner, a freshman, placed third yesterday.
Wagner ran 21:09 and looks like the next great Panther runner.
Belle Meador placed 15th overall for Mount Pleasant will Jenna Gilmore finished 18th. Jayden Housh went 25:23 for 24th.
Washington’s Quincy Griffis ran 21:06 which was good for the runner-up position, helping guide the Demons to the team title.
Lauren Horak finished sixth for the Demons.
Fort Madison placed third in the team standings, while Fairfield placed fourth.
Mount Pleasant will be off until next week when they compete at the State Qualifying meet in Solon.
Three of the top 12 teams in the state will be competing there with five ranked teams total.
Boys’ XC: Washington’s Sobaski Rolls, Mount Pleasant Third at SEC Meet:
Washington senior Lance Sobaski ran 16:32 helping guide the Demons to a sweep of the team titles at yesterday’s Southeast Conference Meet at Flint Hills Golf Course.
Mount Pleasant was led by sophomore Ben Carthey who paced the group with a 17:55 which was good for 7th.
Nathan McWilliams went 18:10 for 11th while Christian Bracht-Wagner finished 17th in a time of 18:36.
The Panthers placed third as a team, with Fairfield placing second.
Fort Madison wound up fourth, Burlington was fifth while Keokuk placed sixth.
Prep Volleyball: Wapello Wins SEISC North, Mepo Goes 1-2
Wapello 3, Lone Tree 0
Wapello got 12 kills from Lindy Massner as the Arrows swept Lone Tree to clinch their first undefeated Super Conference record since 2004.
The Arrows earned 25-21, 25-15 and 25-14 wins over Lone Tree.
The win moved Wapello to 25-10.
Lone Tree fell to 6-20.
Mediapolis Goes 1-2
Mediapolis went 1-2 at their home quadrangular last night.
The Bullettes took down Fort Madison in three sets while falling to No. 5 Holy Trinity and No. 11 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in two.
Mediapolis dropped to 11-21.
Their focus now shifts to their Class 2A, Region 8 second round matchup, where they will either get Van Buren County or Cardinal.
That tilt will be played at Mediapolis with first serve scheduled for 7:00 p.m. next Wednesday.
Prep Football: Mount Pleasant Hosts Clinton, New London, Winfield Vying for Postseason Opportunities:
A pair of 1-6 teams will meet up tonight at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex when Mount Pleasant welcome in Clinton.
The River Kings are coming of a 41-7 loss last week to 4A’s top-ranked North Scott, while Mount Pleasant dropped a 56-3 decision to Burlington.
The Panthers have been outscored 154-10 over the last three weeks.
Sophomore Payton Hagans leads the team with 342 rushing yards and five touchdowns, adding 159 yards through the air and a score.
Jai Jensen, quarterback for Clinton, has thrown 13 touchdowns and rushed for three more.
His top target is junior Addison Binnie who has caught 16 balls for 426 yards and six touchdowns.
Tonight’s game will kick at 7:30 p.m. and you can listen on FM 105.5 and kilj.com with pre-game coverage beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Elsewhere in eight-player drama will unfold as both Winfield-Mount Union and New London still have chances at the postseason.
Winfield-Mount Union’s mission is easy: beat English Valley and you’re in.
The Wolves, 3-2 in district play, would overtake English Valleys who are 4-1 in the district with a win.
New London is 3-3 overall and 2-3 in the district, but will need a lot to break their way to qualify for the postseason, though the Tigers are not mathematically eliminated.
Tonight they’ll get a matchup with HLV, who’s 0-5 in district action.
WACO, who is off this week, clinched their spot in the 8-player playoffs last week. They are also district champions.
Other area matchups tonight:
- Columbus at Alburnett
- Wapello at North Cedar
- Pekin at Highland
- West Burlington Notre Dame at Keokuk
- Mediapolis at Louisa-Muscatine
- Van Buren County at Sigourney
- Centerville at Central Lee
- Washington at Fairfield
- Burlington at Iowa City Liberty
- Fort Madison at North Scott