High School Track and Field
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Meet was hosted by WACO last night and the girls’ team defended their home turf and set a new school record in the process of winning the North title by four points (139 to 135) over Pekin, while Mediapolis swept the South Division by over 30 points and the Columbus boys’ team took home another North banner with 172 points.
Starting with the girls’ North Division, WACO’s Bren Graber had a nice night as her time of 1 minute and 8 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles broke a school record and secured 2nd place in the event; in the field events, she pulled off the upset in the high jump, winning with a leap of 5 feet and 1 inch. The Warriors also grabbed victories in the 4×400 and the 4×800 meter relays.
Columbus had Ella Howell win the gold medal in the 400-meter dash with the only sub-one minute time and the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 7 seconds.
On the boys’ side for the North Division, Columbus was led by Lamar Ceant as the junior won the 100-meter dash, the 110-meter hurdles, and helped the Wildcats take the shuttle hurdle relay.
WACO finished in 4th place with 98 points but claimed five events. Jude Dykstra sprinted to the win in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes. Garrett Landau outpaced the field in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 43 seconds. In the field events, Hayden Shelman snatched the long jump with a mark of 20 feet and 8.25 inches. The Warriors also won the 4×800 meter and distance medley relays.
Winfield-Mt. Union had Colin Anderson toss the shot put a winning distance of 47 feet and 3.5 inches.
Moving over to the South Division for the girls’ teams, Mediapolis generated 176 points compared to Van Buren County’s second place total of 145 points. The Bullettes’ Avery Dietz crossed the finish line first in the 800-meter run. Bryn Wright won the 1500-meter run with a mark of 5 minutes and 9 seconds. In the field events, Avery Crear won the high jump, Evie Schmidgall took the long jump, and Payton Harris won the discus. The distance medley relay squad also won.
Van Buren County had Adalyn Snowgren take the 3000-meter run by over 20 seconds. Aubrey Loeffler snatched the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 13 seconds. The Warriors claimed the 4×100, the 4×200, and the 4×800 meter relays.
Danville’s Alaina Gourley took the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.76 seconds, while the Bears nabbed the sprint medley relay with a time of 1 minute and 55 seconds. West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Kaylee Webb sprinted to the win in the 100-meter dash, while Meadow Bennett took the 200-meter dash. The Falcons also won the shuttle hurdle and 4×400 meter relays.
On the boys’ side, Mediapolis dominated to the tune of 161 points. Simon Wendel swept the long distance events. Henry Luttenegger nabbed the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.42 seconds. The Bulldogs handled the relays, winning the 4×100, the 4×800, and shuttle hurdle relays.
Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge decimated the competition, claiming the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run. Kayden Simmons won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds, while Jace Duncan won the 400-meter hurdles. The Warriors nabbed the sprint medley and 4×400 meter relays.
Danville’s distance medley team won with a time of 3 minutes and 43 seconds, while Trevon Herman threw the shot put 41 feet and 4.25 inches for the win. New London won the 4×200 meter relay, while London Franklin claimed the long jump with a leap of 21 feet. Central Lee’s Jack Benner won the discus with a toss of 127 feet and 10 inches.
Danville, New London, WACO, Wapello, Van Buren County, and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Sigourney for the State Qualifying meet on Thursday, May 14th.
In the Southeast Conference meet last night, the Washington boys’ team reclaimed the conference crown, while the Mt. Pleasant girls’ team defended their conference championship for their 12th banner in the last 14 years.
On the boys’ side, Washington racked up 147 points followed by Fairfield with 129 points. Helping the Demons finish atop the standings was Andrew Rees’ time of 4 minutes and 34 in the 1600-meter run. Greyson Hartman swept the throwing events with tosses of 64 feet and 7.5 inches in the shot put and 186 feet and 6 inches in the discus. The distance medley team captured the win.
Fairfield’s Spencer McCready raced to a win in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds. Eli Zillman flew 6 feet and 6 inches for the victory. The Trojans took the 4×200 meter relay.
Mt. Pleasants’ Silas Hulett claimed the 3200-meter run with a mark of 9 minutes and 53 seconds.
On the girls’ side, the Panthers secured 183 points, nearly 20 more points than Washington.
Avery Fedler was nearly unstoppable for the Panthers as the freshman won the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.7 seconds, the 800-meter run with a mark of 2 minutes and 21 seconds, and the 1500-meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 54 seconds. Delaney Anderson glided to the victory in the 100-meter hurdles. Izzy Sloat leapt 17 feet and 1.25 inches to cruise to the win in the long jump. The Panthers snatched the 4×100 and 4×200 meter relays.
Leighton Messinger claimed the 400-meter hurdles for Washington. The Demons took the distance medley relay.
Mt. Pleasant will host the State Qualifying Meet on Thursday with Fairfield and Washington making the trip.
High School Soccer
The Fairfield boys’ team shutout Washington last night, 3-0. Oliver Siemsen scored two goals for the Trojans.
Washington will take on Keokuk on Monday, May 11th, with the boys’ team at home and the girls’ team hitting the road with kickoff at 5 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Fort Madison on Monday with the boys playing at 4:30 pm at home, while the girls will travel for a 5 pm start time.
The Central Lee girls’ team lost to Mid-Prairie last night, 7-0. The Hawks will compete against Canton on Tuesday, May 12th, at 5 pm at home.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team has claimed back-to-back Southeast Conference titles after tying Fort Madison last night, 3-3. Dylan White continued his ridiculous season with two more goals and an assist, while Josh Aguma added the other goal.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team fell to Bloodhounds, 11-0, as Hadley Wolfe netted five goals.
The Mt. Pleasant and Danville boys’ teams will travel to Centerville for the Big Red Classic tomorrow, May 9th.
Mediapolis will stay at home tonight with the girls’ taking on Fort Madison at 5 pm and the boys’ game against Highland to follow at 7 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will make the trip to Hillcrest Academy at 5 pm tonight.
The Danville boys’ team will travel to Central Lee tonight at 5 pm.
The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will travel to Wapello tomorrow at 10 am, while the boys’ team will host Williamsburg tomorrow at 10:30 am.
Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will celebrate senior night on Monday with the girls’ team leading off the night at 5 pm against Centerville.
The WACO boys’ team will travel to Columbus on Tuesday at 5 pm.
High School Golf
The Van Buren County girls’ team lost to Fairfield yesterday, 219-226. Ella Bentler led the Trojans with a card of 48. The Fairfield girls’ team will participate in the Centerville Triangular on Monday, May 11th.
The Washington boys’ team will compete in the Elite Showdown today at Legacy Golf Course.
The Washington girls’ team will compete in the Tigerette Invitational today.
The WACO girls’ team will travel to English Valleys for a meet today.
The Central Lee boys’ team will host a tournament tomorrow, May 9th, with Van Buren County and Holy Trinity Catholic competing.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls’ teams will compete in their conference meet on Monday.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host the Class 1A Sectional qualifier for Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, and Wapello on Wednesday, May 13th.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, and Columbus will meet in Tipton for the Class 2A Sectional Qualifier on Wednesday.
Mt. Pleasant will gear up for their Class 3A Sectional Qualifier in Fairfield on Wednesday.
High School Boys’ Tennis
The Southeast Conference tournament was held in Fairfield last night and the Trojans’ Bowen Zhang captured the singles title, while the team of Sawyer Fulton and Max Heater won the doubles championship in an all-Mt. Pleasant title bout.
In the singles bracket, Zhang outdid Burlington’s Patrick Morgan for the championship by narrow scores of 7-5 and 6-4. Additionally, Max Craver dug his way through the consolation bracket to win 5th place over Mt. Pleasant’s Carter Gehling, while Grayson Walker for Mt. Pleasant defeated Keokuk’s Caleb Mondon in the 7th place bout, 8-6.
The team of Fulton and Heater cruised through the doubles bracket, while the team of Isaiah Lange and Charlie Syfert surprised everyone as the #6-seed and upset the #3 and #2-seeds to earn a chance at a championship but fell to their teammates 6-1 in both sets.
Zhang, Morgan, and Fort Madison’s Rowan Benda took home All-Conference honors in the singles and the teams of Fulton and Heater, Lange and Syfert, and Pranit Ruia & Caelan Chang of Fairfield, who snatched the bronze, earned All-Conference honors.
Southeastern Community College
The baseball team earned the #1-seed and a bye in the Region 11 Division II tournament; they will take on Des Moines Area Community College today at 3:30 pm at Merchants Park in Carroll, Iowa.
The softball team will take on Iowa Western Community College in a best of three-game series on Sunday, May 10th, at noon on the road for the Region 11 championship.
College Baseball
The Iowa baseball team will travel to Nebraska tonight with first pitch at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1878 – Paul Hines made baseball’s first unassisted triple play.
2000 – Jason and Jeremy Giambi (Oakland) became the 10th set of brothers to hit home runs in the same game.
2012 – Josh Hamilton (Texas Rangers) became the 16th major league baseball player to hit four home runs in one game.