High School Soccer
In the boys’ Class 1A Substate 6 postseason bracket, Mediapolis lost to West Branch in decisive fashion 6-0. The Bulldogs ended the season with a 12-4 record and as SEISC champions.
In the girls’ Class 1A Region 1 bracket, Central Lee was unable to contain Assumption last night, falling 8-0. The Hawks finished the season with a 6-5 record.
In the girls’ Class 2A Region 8 backet, Burlington Notre Dame was shutout by Iowa City Liberty 3-0 last night. The Nikes ended the season with a 7-9 record.
In the bottom half of the bracket, Burlington and Fort Madison battled back-and-forth last night and the Grayhound defense prevailed, keeping the Bloodhounds off the board in the second half to win 2-1. Fort Madison finished the season with an 11-4 record.
Burlington will take on Iowa City Liberty tonight at 5:30 pm on the road for the region 8 championship.
High School Tennis
Jana Isanta of Mt. Pleasant will participate in the girls’ Class 1A State Singles tournament tomorrow, May 24th, in Iowa City.
The boys’ Class 1A state singles tournament got underway yesterday and Fairfield’s Rumin Luo started off his tournament run with a first round victory over Christian Jensen of Lewis Central 6-3 in both sets. Pella’s Jack Briggs defeated Luo in the quarterfinals 6-2 and 6-1, sending Luo to the consolation bracket.
In the second round of the consolation bracket, Luo defeated Pella’s Ben Van Gorp with ease 6-2 in set one and a shutout in set two. Luo will face off against Mason Reicks of Kuemper Catholic today in the consolation semifinals.
High School Golf.
The girls’ Class 1A state meet will take place at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown today continuing into tomorrow, May 24th, with New London eyeing a team title.
The Class 2A state meet will take place at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone today with Olivia Hines of Mediapolis competing as an individual and Mid-Prairie participating as a team.
High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant struggled against Clear Creek Amana last night, losing 10-0. Carson Andreasen and Cooper Coleman both singled in the loss. The Panthers will travel to play Muscatine tomorrow, May 24th, at 7 pm.
New London fell to Burlington last night 17-3. Logan Messer led the offense with four RBIs for the Grayhounds, while Noah Krieger picked up the complete game win after tallying eight strikeouts. The Tigers will hit the road to face off against Van Buren County tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
Mediapolis bested Wilton last night 5-2. Grady Gunn and Jackson Hutcheson led the offense for the Bulldogs with two RBIs apiece. Kyler Crow worked 5.1 innings and tallied 10 strikeouts in the win. Mediapolis will compete against Danville tomorrow on the road at 5:30 pm.
West Burlington will host Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
Central Lee will compete against Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 5:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Hillcrest Academy tonight at 5:30 pm.
High School Softball
Central Lee defeated Mt. Pleasant last night 14-4. Elaina Barlow pitched the complete game and registered a game high three RBIs as the freshman slapped a double. The Hawks will host Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to face off against Mid-Prairie tomorrow at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will travel to take on New London at 7 pm tomorrow.
West Burlington will participate in a tournament on Saturday, May 25th, at Louisa-Muscatine.
Winfield-Mt. Union will compete against Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7 pm at home.
Mediapolis will face off against Danville tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Last night was our season finale of the Southeast Iowa Playbook and Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom was our special guest. The junior had three top ten finishes in last week’s state track meet. Through the trials of improving, Newsom talked about the biggest lesson he’s learned through athletics,
“You’re not going to get what you want unless you actually go out and look for it. Like, yes, you have the practices that you have to go to, but you also got to focus more outside of just those practices you got to make sure you’re getting the right food in you and you make sure you are doing the right recovery so you can be as good as you were yesterday, the next day.”
The Southeast Iowa Playbook will be back for the 2024-2025 school year. You can listen to last night’s episode following this link: Southeast Iowa Playbook Episodes
Southeastern Community College
SCC baseball will head to Oklahoma to compete in the 2024 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series on Saturday, May 25th. The Blackhawks earned the #7-seed and will face off against #10 South Arkansas Community College in the first round at 4 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1873 – First Preakness Stakes: George Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland.
2001 – Marco Siffredi becomes the first person to snowboard down Mount Everest via the Norton Couloir (some share record accreditation with Stefan Gatt).
2021 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Ocean Course Kiawah Island: Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in history (50); wins his 6th major by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen.