Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant will be having a Meet the Players night this Friday, August 19th. Introductions for Cheerleaders, Cross Country, Football, and Volleyball will begin at 7:15 pm. The Freshmen and Sophomore football teams will scrimmage at 7:40 pm, followed by a Varsity scrimmage to conclude the night.
Winfield Mt. Union
Winfield Mt. Union will be hosting a meet the players event for this Thursday, August 18th. The event is scheduled from 5 to 8 pm, with player introductions of the Fall Sports Teams taking place at 7 pm on the football field.
New London
Football is back in Southeastern Iowa this Friday as the New London Tigers start their 2022-23 season at home against the Moravia Mohawks. The Tigers finished last season with a record of 4-4 with a playoff appearance. KILJ will have the call with Coach Bennett and I heading to New London. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 pm.
Iowa Wesleyan Soccer
Iowa Wesleyan’s fall sports will officially get underway this week as both the men’s and women’s soccer teams have games scheduled.
The Men’s team travels to Southeastern Community College August 19th to kick off the season. Their first home game is August 21st against North Iowa Area Community College.
The Women’s team begins their season traveling to face off against William Penn University on August 20th. Their first home game will take place August 27th when St. Mary-Of-The-Woods College travels into town.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods will be meeting with the top 20 players in the world who haven’t left to join the LIV circuit. The meeting is taking place to ensure that the PGA Tour continues to put on the best product for professional golf.
This meeting comes on the heels of a temporary restraining order placed on three players who had joined LIV Golf but wanted to compete in the FedEx Cup playoff by a federal judge in San Jose, California.
Woods was not a fan of the decision some of the major players made to switch over to LIV Golf. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position,” said Woods.
This Day in Sports History
1948 – Babe Ruth died at the age of 53.
1954 – Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off the presses.
1981 – Cal Ripken Jr. got his first major league hit.
1996 – In Monterrey, Mexico, the New York Mets played the San Diego Padres. The Padres won the game 15-10. It was the first-ever regular season major league game to be played outside the United States and Canada.