High School Track and Field
The Washington boys’ team hosted the Steve Roth Relays last night with a handful of our local teams competing. Here’s a look at the results.
In Class A, Mt. Pleasant’s top finishers was a 4th place time of 1 minute and 7 seconds for the shuttle hurdle relay and Kaden Schadt’s leap of 5 feet and 10 inches claiming him 4th place, as well.
For Class B, Landry Haberichter snatched the gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.85 seconds. Kellan Porter soared to a 1st place leap of 6 feet in the high jump. Mediapolis grabbed the gold in the sprint and distance medley relays. Mediapolis grabbed the gold in the sprint and distance medley relays.
Fairfield was led by Ethan Bisgard’s 1st place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.02 seconds and Spencer McCready’s gold medal time of 15.81 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles. That proficiency in the hurdles helped the Trojans win the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1 minute and 7 seconds. In the field events, Eli Zillman claimed the long jump with a leap of 19 feet and 5 inches.
In the C Class, Columbus collected six gold medals as a team with Lamar Ceant responsible for half of them, as he won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and the 110-meter hurdles. Ryan Villa paced his way to a win in the 3200-meter run, while the Wildcats swept the throwing events, winning the shot put with a throw of 45 feet and 7.5 inches from Fritz Figaro and Rolando Villegas taking the discus with a heave of 121 feet and 3 inches.
WACO was led by Jude Dykstra as he claimed the gold in the 800-meter run and then helped the 4×800 meter relay team to the win. Hayden Shelman topped the effort with a leap of 20 feet and 5 inches to win the long jump.
Lastly, Danville’s Ty Frazier grabbed the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.47 seconds, while the Bears’ sprint medley took the gold medal. Winfield-Mt. Union’s sole win occurred in the shuttle hurdle relays.
The Mt. Pleasant, New London, Winfield-Mt. Union, Central Lee, Mediapolis, and Danville boys’ teams will head to West Burlington for the Falcon Relays on Monday, March 30th.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete in the Ruritan Relays on Monday.
The West Burlington girls’ team will hold the Falcon Relays on Tuesday, March 31st, with Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, WACO, and Winfield-Mt. Union making the trip.
Wapello will host their Co-Ed Relays on Tuesday with Columbus participating.
High School Soccer
The Mediapolis boys’ team will travel to Burlington on Monday, March 30th, at 5 pm.
The Danville boys’ team will hold their home opener on Tuesday, March 31st, at 6 pm against Mt. Pleasant.
Columbus will take on Washington on Tuesday at 5 pm on the road.
Burlington Notre Dame will face off on the road against Assumption at 5:30 pm on Tuesday.
High School Golf
Burlington Notre Dame will host the Nike Invitational on Tuesday, March 31st, with Mt. Pleasant, Van Buren County, Winfield-Mt. Union, along with the Danville and Central Lee boys’ teams making the trip.
Mediapolis will face off against Wapello on Tuesday.
High School Basketball
Talent from all over the state will be heading to Dallas Center-Grimes High School for the 2026 Pizza Ranch All-Star Games tomorrow, March 28th, with seven local players and two coaches making the trip for the southeast Iowa squad.
On the girls’ side, the Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) will be represented by Mediapolis’ Grace Holsteen and Madison Kellogg of Winfield-Mt. Union. Holsteen was named SEISC-South Player of the Year, while Kellogg battled through injury to lead her team with 14.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Joining Kellogg will be her Wolves head coach Mendy McCreight.
Joining the pair will be Kendra Boatman of Keokuk and Mylee Stiefel of Burlington. The two have both taken home Conference Player of the Year awards during their high school careers.
On the boys’ side, Washington’s Collin Stark will be patrolling the sideline with three local players running the court. Burlington Notre Dame’s Shay Stephens, the SEISC-South Player of the Year, will be flanked by two-time Southeast Conference Player of the Year in Keokuk’s Jaxon Clark and All-Substate talent Max Griffin of Mediapolis. Clark and Stephens have each tabbed at least one season double-double, which is scoring at least 500 points and securing 250 rebounds.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team extended their win streak to five games after demolishing Carl Sandburg College yesterday, 17-2. Jake Miller led the team with three RBIs. The Blackhawks will compete in a three-game series against Iowa Central Community College on the road with game one on Saturday, March 28th, at 1 pm.
The softball team will host Southwestern Community College tomorrow, March 28th, for a doubleheader.
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 first two rounds of the tournament: KILJ Bracket Challenge Standings.
Standings will be updated before the Elite 8, the Final Four, and the championship game.
College Basketball
The #2-seed Iowa State men’s team will matchup against #6 Tennessee tonight at 9:10 pm.
The slipper still fits for the #9-seed Iowa men’s team after taking down #4 Nebraska last night, 77-71, to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1987. Bennett Stirtz dropped 20 points in the winning effort. The Hawkeyes will look to continue the story tomorrow, March 28th, at 5:09 pm against #3 Illinois.
This Day in Sports History
1871 – First international rugby union match – Scotland beats England 1-0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.
1939 – First NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Oregon beats Ohio State, 46-33; Ohio State forward Jimmy Hull is named tournament Most Outstanding Player.
1951 – 13th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas, 68-58; Wildcats’ third title; a 16-team field is introduced.