High School Track
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Central Lee, New London, Danville, and Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ teams will travel to West Burlington today for the Falcon Relays.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will participate in the Ruriatan Relays tonight at Pekin.
The Wapello Coed relays are scheduled tomorrow, 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 tomorrow.
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 today at the Riverview Club.
New London will host a quad tomorrow, 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 tonight.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will take on Burlington at home tonight at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team will host Sigourney Keota tonight at 5 pm.
The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against West Branch tonight at 5 pm at home.
The Wapello girls’ team will host Northeast tonight 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 tonight at 5 pm at home and the boys’ competing tomorrow, April 1st, at 5:30 pm on the road.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will square off against Danville at home tomorrow at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will make the trip to Mediapolis.
Columbus will tangle with Washington tomorrow 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 commenced over the weekend with three players and a coach representing southeast Iowa. WACO’s Ella Huisnega and head coach Lisa Graber represented the Southeast team for the girls and their first round matchup was close but the Northwest squad snuck out with the win 76-72. In their consolation game against the Southwest girls’, Ella Huisenga snatched two points in an 86-77 loss.
On the boys’ Southeast team, the duo of West Burlington’s Mason Watkins and Holy Trinity Catholic’s Luke Hellige helped the squad pour on points in a 115-78 win over the Northwest team in the first round. The championship game was another high-scoring affair, but the Northeast team got the job done in a 110-98 final, despite Watkins’ 21 points. Hellige scored two points in each contest. Watkins’ 37 combined points nabbed him a spot on the All-Tournament team.
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 had their matchup against Northeast Community College over the weekend postponed. The Blackhawks will host Kirkwood Community College on Wednesday in a doubleheader.
College Basketball
Iowa’s Payton Sandfort will compete at the State Farm College Dunk and Three-Point Championships on Thursday, 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 gearing up for a tight finish with only four teams left in the bracket. It is the first time since 2008 and just the second time ever that the Final Four consists of all #1 seeds.
The standings will be updated by the end of the day.
This Day in Sports History
1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is founded to set rules in amateur sports; it became the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910.
1975 – 37th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky, 92-85; 10th title under coach John Wooden, the most ever by one coach. He had announced his retirement 2 days earlier.
1998 – The Milwaukee Brewers become the first team since the inception of the American League in 1901 to switch leagues; Brewers lose their first NL game, 2-1 to the Braves in Atlanta.