High School Cross Country
New London participated in the Oskaloosa Invite last night. Zayden Lawrence and Zane Long led the boys’ team, finishing in 65th and 66th place, respectively. On the girls’ side, Irelynn Kelly collected a time of 30 minutes and 7 seconds for 78th place.
Wapello made the trip to English Valleys last night and the boys’ team was anchored by Will Parsons’ 16th place time of 21 minutes and 32 seconds, while Elizabeth Parsons was the first to finish for the Arrows on the girls’ side with a time of 38 minutes and 30 seconds.
WACO, Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, New London, Danville, Fairfield, Holy Trinity Catholic, Central Lee, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will travel to Rodeo Park Trail for the Timm Lamb Invitational tomorrow, September 18th.
High School Volleyball
#1 Holy Trinity Catholic got off to another slow start, dropping the first set to Mediapolis last night 25-16, before responding to take the next three sets 25-23, 25-17, and 25-21. Bryn Wright finished with 33 assists, while Josie Hutcheson nabbed nine kills and two aces.
Mediapolis will travel to the Lisbon Invitational on Saturday, September 20th.
#1 Holy Trinity Catholic will host New London tomorrow, September 18th, at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County and West Burlington engaged in an epic five-set thriller last night with the Warriors coming out on top 16-14 in the tiebreaker. Kayley Webb had an otherworldly 35 kills for the Falcons.
Van Buren County will travel to Central Lee tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant picked up their second conference victory of the season last night after defeating Fort Madison in four sets (25-19, 26-28, 25-18, 25-16). The Panthers will participate in the Ottumwa Invitational on Saturday.
Fairfield battled back from a two-set to one deficit against Burlington last night, winning the fourth set 26-24 and the fifth set 16-14. Leah Helmick went off for 20 kills, while Faith Jones collected 52 assists. The Trojans will host Williamsburg tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame held off Central Lee last night, defeating the Hawks in four sets (28-26, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22). Taylor Jones tried to will the Hawks to victory last night with 15 kills and seven blocks.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Danville tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
WACO was swept by Columbus last night (25-5, 25-12, 25-15). The Wildcats were incredible from the service line, snatching 15 aces as a team with Jessica Del Rio leading the team with four for the night.
WACO will head back home to take on Highland tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union kept it close against Wapello last night but was ultimately swept by the Arrows by scores of 25-23, 25-16, and 25-18. Mila Jordan was unstoppable as she tabbed 17 kills, two blocks, and three aces in the winning effort.
Wapello will square off against Columbus tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield prepares to host the Class 1A Region 6 Individual tournament today with Mt. Pleasant making the trip. Panther head coach Martha Peterson believes her team can ride a wave of momentum through today’s postseason meet,
“I mean, we’re playing the tennis that you want to be playing when you head off to Regionals. I’ve actually been taking a little look at our region over the last couple of days and Fairfield’s obviously going to be a tough team and Knoxville is also a part of our region. They, I believe, have only dropped a few matches all season. So outside of those two, I think we can really compete with everybody else in our region and it all just comes down to sort of luck of the draw. We will see who we draw if we draw a tough opponent like Fairfield, obviously that’ll be a tough draw in the first round, but we could make it into the second or third round depending on where we fall in those brackets. So it’ll be a fun day.”
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will square off against fellow undefeated Central DeWitt on Friday, September 19th, at 7:30 pm at home. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
New London will face off against Wapello on Friday at 7 pm at home.
WACO will host Fremont-Mills on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Wayne for their Homecoming on Friday at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will welcome Mediapolis on Friday at 7 pm for their Homecoming.
Fairfield will hit the road on Friday at 7:30 pm to play Knoxville.
Danville will take on Van Buren County in a road showdown on Friday at 7 pm.
Columbus will compete on Friday at 7 pm against North Linn.
Central Lee will travel to West Liberty on Friday with kickoff at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team narrowly fell to Northeast Community College last night in four sets (24-26, 25-21, 27-29, 24-26). The Blackhawks will compete at John Wood Community College on Saturday, September 20th.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will host Northwest Iowa Community College on Saturday, September 20th, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
College Football
Iowa will travel to Rutgers on Friday, September 19th, at 7 pm.
#12 Iowa State is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1920 – National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join the American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922.
1931 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets the single season record with 65 enroute to 67 doubles.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets the NL rookie record with his 8th shutout of the season.