High School Track
Mt. Pleasant and Van Buren County made the trip to Cardinal yesterday to compete in the Bob Gerard Relays and the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team ran away with the victory, collecting 197 points, while the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team took 2nd place with 146 points behind Pekin.
On the girls’ side, Alex Scott sprinted to the gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.24 seconds. Alexis Wagner took the win in the 400-meter dash with a mark of 1 minute and 3 seconds. Quintire Lee finished in 1st place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Taylor Williamson hopped to the win in the 100-meter hurdles, while Linzy Streigel claimed the gold in the 400-meter hurdles. The Panthers collected wins in the 4×100, 4×200, 4×400, sprint medley, and the shuttle hurdle relays. In the field events, Izzy Sloat grabbed the victory in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet and 5 inches, while Ella Ensminger tossed the shot 38 feet and 3 inches to win the event.
The Van Buren County girls’ team finished in 2nd place with 123 points. Kayley Snowgren outsprinted the field in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 31 seconds. Rylee Phillips outmaneuvered the field in the 1500-meter run.
On the boys’ side for Mt. Pleasant, Griffen Jones sprinted to a time of 11.14 seconds to win the 100-meter dash. In the field events, Kaden Schadt leapt 5 feet and 8 inches to win the high jump.
Van Buren County, who finished in 3rd place with 127 points, had Lincoln Bainbridge grab the win in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.25 seconds and the 400-meter dash with a mark of 54.52 seconds. Kayden Simmons won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.5 seconds. The Warriors took home the gold in the 4×400 and the distance medley relays.
Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington/Notre Dame will participate in the Brookhart-Crew Relays at Fairfield on Monday, May 5th.
Columbus will host the Wildcat relays at Louisa-Muscatine, due to their field renovation, on Monday with Wapello in attendance.
The Van Buren County Co-Ed meet is scheduled for Monday with New London and Central Lee making the trip.
WACO and Danville will make the trip to Highland for an Invitational on Monday.
High School Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington on Monday, May 5th, with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.
The Fairfield boys’ team will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational today, while the girls’ team will participate in the Grayhound Invite.
High School Golf
The Mediapolis and Danville girls’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday, May 5th.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will face off against WACO on Monday at home.
The Mt. Pleasant, Central Lee, New London, and Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Monday.
The Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, New London, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete in the Washington Invitational on Monday at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th.
High School Soccer
Mediapolis swept Central Lee last night with the girls’ team thundering past the Hawks 6-0 and the boys’ team shutting out Central Lee 3-0. The Bulldogs will take on Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, May 5th, with the girls playing first at 5 pm and the boys’ game to follow.
The Central Lee girls’ team will face off against Canton on the road on Monday at 5 pm, while the boys’ team will play on Thursday, May 8th, against Albia on the road at 5:30 pm.
The Wapello girls’ team had their senior night spoiled by Cedar Valley Christian, losing 5-2. The Arrows will travel to Benton at 5 pm on Monday.
The Fairfield girls’ team was outdueled by Columbus last night with the Wildcats winning 5-3.
The Columbus boys’ team will compete against Danville on Monday at 7 pm at home and the girls’ team will battle Centerville on Tuesday, May 6th, at 5:30 pm on the road.
Fairfield will compete against Washington on Monday with the girls’ team on the road and the boys’ team at home.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will face off against Wahlert Catholic today at Assumption High School.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Keokuk on Monday with the girls on the road at 5 pm.
The WACO boys’ team is back in action on Tuesday, May 6th, against Sigourney Keota at 5 pm on the road.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Winfield-Mt. Union was our school focus for this week’s episode with special guest senior Jake Edwards joining the program. Edwards was a key contributor to the state football and basketball teams from a year ago and the community played a key part in his motivation,
“It means a lot, you know, coming from a small school where, heck, I don’t even think we have like 200 kids in our school and just 1000 people total in the town. Everybody knows your name. Like you’ll be walking down the street and it’ll just be like, ‘hey, Jake, good game’ and stuff like that. So, to know that everybody cares, and everybody wants to see you succeed. And it means a lot.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow the link: Winfield-Mt. Union Episode
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team endured a marathon yesterday against Indian Hills Community College, but exited on the wrong side of 14-inning final, losing 3-2. Michael Farina went 4 for 5 at the plate, nabbing an RBI. The Blackhawks will look to sweep the doubleheader today to win the series.
This Day in Sports History
1910 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
1936 – New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits.
2023 – MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins New York Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 win over the Cardinals in St. Louis.