High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Burlington tomorrow, August 14th.
Burlington Notre Dame will make the trip to Davis County tomorrow.
Fairfield will face off against Fort Madison at home tomorrow.
High School Volleyball
New London and Danville will head over to Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow, August 14th, for a scrimmage.
High School Cross Country
Columbus will be holding a Run-A-Thon fundraiser at the Columbus Community High School Track on Thursday, August 21st, from 4 to 6 pm to raise money for new uniforms and warmups. If you would like to donate, then find a member of the Columbus cross country team.
Meet the Players Night
Mt. Pleasant will host their “Meet the Panthers” Night on August 19th at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex. The concession stand will be open for the night, starting at 6 pm. The booster club announcement will kick off the festivities at 6:30 pm followed by the introductions of the fall sport teams: cross country, girls’ tennis, football, volleyball, and the fall cheerleaders. The cheerleaders will perform at 6:50 pm, afterward the football team will stage a practice to finish the night.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hold their Meet the Players night on August 21st at 6:30 pm located at the Winfield-Mt. Union track. There will be a free will donation dinner starting at 5:50 pm.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union have each sent a team to the UNI-Dome over the past three years, claiming district titles in those respective years. For the Warriors, they are attempting to make it five straight winning seasons, having advanced past the first round of the playoffs in their last four trips. While the Wolves have made it to the playoffs the last three years.
With the season set to start in two weeks, tune in to KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, tonight at 6 pm for a new episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook as WACO head coach Chad Edeker and Winfield-Mt. Union head coach Scott McCarty talk about their preseason work and expectations for the upcoming season.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees clinched a playoff berth for the first time since entering the Prospect League in 2021 this past season and the team was awarded with four players named to the end of season Western Conference All-Star Team.
Cole Yearsley found a spot after leading the league in batting average at 0.416 and on-base percentage at a high clip of 0.558.
Kooper Schulte was an RBI machine in his rookie season with the Bees as he finished third in the league with 48 RBIs, while finishing first in triples and second in extra-base hits with 20 for the season.
Mason Schwalbach batted 0.392 in his 22 games where he accrued 20 RBIs in that span. He ended the season on a 14-game hitting streak.
Lastly, Kaelen Clarkson finished the year with a 2.75 ERA across eight starts for the Bees, striking out 29 batters. Clarkson was on a three-game win streak to end the regular season.
College Football
Iowa had seniors Gennings Dunker, Aaron Graves, and Logan Jones named to the Lombardi Award watch list. The award is given to the college player who best embodies the spirit of legendary head coach Vince Lombardi.
Dunker and Jones will be looking to pave the way for a Hawkeye rushing attack that gained 2,564 yards last year and allowed only 17 sacks for the season. Jones was named to the All-Big Ten First Team last year, while Dunker made the Second Team.
Graves will look to continue burying quarterbacks in the backfield after notching six sacks last season to go along with eight tackles for loss and three forced fumbles. He was named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention last season.
This Day in Sports History
1910 – The Brooklyn Superbas and the Pittsburgh Pirates play “the game of perfect symmetry” in baseball to tie 8-8 as both have 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit baseman, and 1 passed ball.
1932 – Yankees hurler Red Ruffing became the first MLB pitcher since 1906 to hit an extra-inning, game-winning home run in New York’s 1-0 win over the Senators in Washington.
1993 – Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 to wear his #24.