High School Track
Danville, Columbus, New London, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to WACO for their state qualifying meet on Thursday, May 15th.
Mt. Pleasant will host their state qualifying meet on Thursday with Fairfield and West Burlington/Notre Dame participating.
Mediapolis will travel to Monticello, Van Buren County will go to Wayne, and Central Lee will make the trip to PCM for their state qualifying meets on Thursday.
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will venture to Fairfield on Monday, May 12th, for individual regionals.
The Fairfield boys’ team will host the District singles and doubles tournament on Wednesday, May 14th, with Mt. Pleasant making the trip.
High School Golf
The New London girls’ team was defeated by Wapello yesterday 223-212. The Arrows were led by Emma Gerhardt’s 47 as Emmalin Marshall carded a 48.
The Central Lee boys’ team will host a tournament today with Van Buren County and Holy Trinity Catholic competing.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls’ tournament is scheduled for Monday, May 12th.
The Fairfield girls’ team will compete on Monday against Centerville at home.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will compete in their SEC tournament on Wednesday, May 14th.
In Class 1A, Winfield-Mt. Union will host their Sectional meet on Wednesday with Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, and Wapello making the trip.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, Columbus, and Van Buren County will make the trip to Pella for their Class 2A sectional meet.
The Mt. Pleasant and Burlington Notre Dame boys’ teams will head to Washington, while the Fairfield boys’ team will make the trip to Knoxville for their Class 3A District Qualifiers on Wednesday.
High School Soccer
The Mediapolis girls’ team crushed Wapello last night 7-0. The Bulldogs will face off against Canton on Monday, May 12th, at 4:30 pm at home.
Columbus will compete against Wapello on Monday with the girls playing first at 5 pm with the boys’ game to follow.
The WACO boys’ team fell to #6 Burlington Notre Dame last night 8-2.
The boys’ SEISC tournament is slated to start on Tuesday, May 13th.
The Central Lee boys’ team will face off against Hillcrest Academy today at home at 10:30 am.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Fort Madison on Monday with the girls’ team at home and the boys on the road.
Fairfield will compete against Burlington on Monday with the boys at home and the girls on the road.
The Central Lee girls’ team will host Burlington Notre Dame on Monday with game time at 5 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team advanced in the Region 11 tournament as the Blackhawks handled Des Moines Area Community College 10-2. Maddux Frese pitched a complete game, allowing only two runs on four hits and striking out nine on the mound. The Bears had former Van Buren County star Jackson Manning swat a two-run homer. The Blackhawks will take on Northeast Community College today at 3:30 pm with the winner advancing to the Region 11 championship game scheduled for tomorrow, May 11th, at noon.
This Day in Sports History
1870 – Jem Mace defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes and neither is struck by a punch.
2018 – Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe’s record for successive set wins on a single surface (49 on carpet) with 6-3, 6-4 win over Diego Schwartzman at the Madrid Open (clay).
2023 – Boston Red Sox reliever Kenley Jansen becomes the seventh MLB pitcher to earn 400 career saves, in a 5-2 victory over the Braves in Atlanta.