High School Track
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Central Lee, New London, Danville, and Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ teams will travel to West Burlington on Monday, March 31st, for the Falcon Relays.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will participate in the Ruriatan Relays on Monday at Pekin.
The Wapello Coed relays are scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st, with Columbus in attendance.
The Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, WACO, Winfield-Mt. Union, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Mt. Pleasant girls’ teams will meet up in Burlington for the Falcon Relays on Tuesday.
High School Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will start the season against Davis County on Thursday, April 3rd. The boys’ team will host Davis County, while the girls’ team will hit the road.
Fairfield will face off against Fort Madison on Thursday with the boys’ team at home and the girls on the road.
High School Golf
Van Buren County will square off against Central Lee on Monday, March 31st, at the Riverview Club.
New London will host a quad on Tuesday, April 1st, with Columbus and WACO making the trip.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Highland on Thursday, April 3rd.
Mediapolis will take on Danville at the Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Club on Thursday.
Wapello will travel to Louisa-Muscatine on Thursday.
High School Soccer
The Danville boys’ team will compete against Keokuk at home at 5 pm on Monday, March 31st.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will take on Burlington at home on Monday at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will host Sigourney Keota on Monday at 5 pm.
The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against West Branch on Monday at 5 pm at home.
The Wapello girls’ team will host Northeast on Monday at 5 pm and the boys’ team will play Prince of Peace at home at 7 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will take on Assumption with the girls’ team playing on Monday at 5 pm at home and the boys’ competing on Tuesday, April 1st, at 5:30 pm on the road.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will square off against Danville at home on Tuesday at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will make the trip to Mediapolis.
Columbus will tangle with Washington on Tuesday with the road showdown starting at 5 pm with the girls’ team and the boys’ team playing at 6:30 pm.
The Central Lee boys’ team will travel to Fairfield on Thursday, April 3rd, at 5 pm.
High School Basketball
The 2025 Pizza Ranch All-Star Game is scheduled for today at Dallas Center-Grimes High School with three of our local players and a coach making the trip to compete.
On the girls’ Southeast team, WACO’s Ella Huisenga, who ranked 2nd on the team in points and 1st in rebounds, earned a spot and accompanying her will be her coach Lisa Graber. The Southeast squad will face off against the Northwest team for the first round at 10:45 am.
On the boys’ Southeast team, a pair from the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division will join forces in West Burlington’s Mason Watkins and Luke Hellige of Holy Trinity Catholic. Watkins and Hellige both finished within the top 10 in the state in points per game and as their respective program’s all-time leading scorer. The Southeast and Northwest will square off for their first round matchup at noon.
Southeastern Community College
The softball team will remain at home to face off against Indian Hills Community College on Wednesday, April 2nd, for a doubleheader.
The baseball team started off their road three-game series against Northeast Community College with a pair of wins yesterday 14-6 in game one and 20-4 in game two. Michael Farina was unstoppable at the plate, finishing 7 for 10 with two home runs, three doubles, and nine RBIs between the two contests. Abrahan Rios went deep in both games as he collected eight RBIs. The series will continue today at noon.
College Basketball
Iowa’s Payton Sandfort will compete at the State Farm College Dunk and Three-Point Championships on April 3rd. Sandfort tallied 1,619 points in his career, the 11th most in program history, and made the second-most three-pointers all-time with 271. He is just the seventh Hawkeye to compete in the event and will look to become the second one to win it after Peter Jok in 2017.
March Madness
The KILJ bracket challenge, sponsored by The Press Box and Wiley’s Interior Furnishings and Design, is officially underway with nearly 50 brackets submitted with the top three set to receive prizes.
The standings have been updated through the first two rounds. For a look at the top 10 breakdown, follow this link: KILJ Bracket Challenge Standings
The standings will be updated after the Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship matchup.
This Day in Sports History
1976 – 38th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan, 86-68; first time 2 teams from same conference (Big Ten) play in title game.
1984 – NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis.
1996 – The Cleveland Browns choose a new name for their relocated team – the Baltimore Ravens.