High School Track
WACO will host the Ekstrand Relays tonight with Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, Winfield-Mt. Union, and the Central Lee boys’ team all participating.
The Wapello girls’ team will host the Arrow Relays tonight for their senior night with Central Lee making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County will make the trip to Cardinal to compete in the Bob Gerard Relays tomorrow, May 2nd.
High School Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Fairfield tonight with the girls on the road and the boys at home.
High School Golf
Columbus will face off against Highland today at home.
Mediapolis will host Van Buren County today.
The Wapello girls’ team will compete against WACO today on the road.
Danville will travel to Flint Hills Golf Course today to face off against Holy Trinity Catholic.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Lone Tree today.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host a tournament tomorrow, May 2nd.
Burlington Notre Dame will make the trip to Van Buren County tomorrow.
The Central Lee, New London, and Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Monday, May 5th.
The Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.
High School Soccer
The WACO boys’ team’s offense could not keep up with Washington last night, losing 5-3. The Warriors are back in action on Tuesday, May 6th, against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.
Fairfield will face off against Fort Madison with the girls on the road and the boys at home tonight at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will make the trip to Highland tonight at 5 pm, while the girls’ team will play at Muscatine at 6:45 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Washington tonight with the girls’ team at home and the boys on the road.
Mediapolis will take on Central Lee tomorrow, May 2nd, at home with the girls playing first at 5 pm and the boys game to follow at 7 pm.
Wapello will celebrate their senior night tomorrow with the girls’ team competing against Cedar Valley Christian at 5 pm and the boys’ team taking on Danville at 7 pm.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Same channel, same time, different day, make sure you tune in to KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, tomorrow night, May 2nd, at 6 pm for a new episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook. Winfield-Mt. Union is our school of focus with senior Jake Edwards being our special guest.
Southeastern Community College
The softball team had their season snuffed out by Iowa Western Community College as the Blackhawks were swept in the Region 11 semifinals. Navy Clark pitched a fine first game, going six innings and allowing only two runs on five hits but the offense left five runners on base as Lauren Summers produced the lone RBI on a solo home run in the 2-1 loss.
Game two saw SCC take a 5 to 4 lead in the top of the fifth inning before Iowa Western scored six unanswered runs to advance to the championship game against Indian Hills Community College in a 10-5 final. Jeliane Stewart added another home run, bringing her season total to 18. The Blackhawks finished the season with a 29-14 record.
The baseball team will square off against Indian Hills Community College for a three-game series on the road tomorrow, May 2nd, to conclude the regular season.
This Day in Sports History
1884 – Catcher Moses Walker is acknowledged as the first African-American to play major league baseball joining the Toledo Blue Stockings.
1991 – A’s outfielder Rickey Henderson steals all-time MLB record 939th base in 7-4 win vs New York Yankees in Oakland. Finished his career with 1,406 steals.
1991 – Texas Rangers starter Nolan Ryan pitches an MLB record 7th no hitter; beats Toronto, 3-0. At 44, Ryan is the oldest to throw a no-hitter.