High School Track
It was a record attendance for the 2025 State Track and Field meet this past weekend with over 40,000 tickets sold over the three-day event. Southeast Iowa displayed their talent on Championship Saturday early on as Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom captured the gold medal in the 800-meter run in a personal best time of 1 minute and 53 seconds to end his senior season.
Then, in the penultimate event of the day, New London’s London Franklin zoomed past Lisbon on the anchor leg to win the championship in the 4×100 meter relay with a season best time of 42.5 seconds. The team of Franklin, Cale Westerbeck, Gavin Strawhacker, and Brigham Porter also took home the silver in the 4×200 meter relay. New London finished tied for 5th with Columbus in team scoring with 30 points apiece.
For a full breakdown of Saturday’s events for our local teams and the scoring, follow the link: Day Three Recap
High School Tennis
Fairfield’s Rumin Luo earned the #3-seed in the boys’ Class 1A State Singles Tournament. His first round matchup will be against Ethan Valtman of Newton today.
High School Golf
The boys’ Class 1A state golf meet will take place at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo today and tomorrow, May 28th with Hillcrest Academy competing as a team.
Central Lee will contend for the boys’ Class 2A state championship starting today at Gates Park Golf Course in Waterloo.
Washington’s Drew Conrad will tee off today at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls for the boys’ Class 3A state meet.
The girls’ Class 1A state meet will be held at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown with New London’s Emma Busby and Wapello’s Emmalin Marshall making the trip, starting on Thursday, May 29th, and concluding on Friday, May 30th.
High School Soccer
In the boys’ Class 1A Substate 5 bracket, Danville will take on (14-1) West Liberty tonight at 7 pm in a road showdown.
The Central Lee boys team will travel to Mediapolis tonight at 7 pm.
In the boys’ Class 2A Substate 5 bracket, #6 Burlington Notre Dame will take on Assumption tonight at 7 pm at home.
It will be a Southeast Conference battle in the boys’ Class 2A Substate 6 semifinals as Mt. Pleasant will get to host Fairfield tonight at 5 pm.
In the girls’ Class 1A Region 3 bracket, Assumption will take on Washington tomorrow, May 28th, at 7 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will host Mid-Prairie tomorrow at 7 pm.
In the girls’ Class 2A Region 4 bracket, Fort Madison will square off against Burlington on the road tomorrow at 7 pm.
High School Baseball
West Burlington will travel to Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 5:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant is back on the road tonight against Clear Creek Amana for first pitch at 7 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Moravia tonight at 5:30 pm.
Mediapolis will face off against New London on the road at 7 pm tonight.
Burlington Notre Dame starts their season tonight with a home opener against Danville with first pitch at 5:30 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against Mt. Pleasant tomorrow, May 28th, at 5:30 pm at home.
Central Lee will compete against Fairfield tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Wapello will look to right the ship against Hillcrest Academy on Thursday, May 29th, at 5:30 pm on the road.
High School Softball
Mediapolis and Columbus met up for a Memorial Day showdown and the Bulldogs started the season off with a 7-2 road victory. Payton Harris did it all from pitching a nine-strikeout complete game in the circle, to clobbering a solo home run at the plate.
New London will host Mediapolis tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will tangle with Columbus tonight at 7 pm at home.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to compete against Oskaloosa tonight at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will fly to Van Buren County tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will contend with Highland tonight at 7 pm at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic will take on Danville tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Fairfield will face off against Van Buren County tomorrow, May 28th, at 7 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will square off against West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team staved off elimination in the NJCAA Division II World Series after Jackson Petsche launched a three-run seventh inning blast to lead the Blackhawks past South Mountain Community College 5-2. SCC will get a rematch against Kellogg Community College today with first pitch at 10 am.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees open the season at home against the Quincy Baseball Club with gametime at 6:30 pm.
The Clinton LumberKings will face off against the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp tonight at 6:30 pm at home.
This Day in Sports History
1960 – Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises an oversized catcher’s mitt used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney.
1968 – George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles.
1981 – Lenny Randle tries to blow a ground ball foul but the umpire says no.