High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant and Danville competed at the Williamsburg Invitational last night and the Panthers girls’ team finished in 16th place, while the boys’ team finished one spot ahead of Danville in the team scores in 17th with the Bears taking 18th place.
On the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler took home the bronze medal with a time of 18 minutes and 55 seconds, while Quintrie Lee grabbed 16th place with a mark of 20 minutes and 17 seconds. Alaina Gourley of Danville snatched a time of 20 minutes and 20 seconds for 17th place.
On the boys’ side, Mt. Pleasant’s Silas Hulett put together a solid time of 17 minutes and 13 seconds, nearly breaking into the top 10, ultimately claiming 12th place. Isaac Shinn of Danville took home 49th place with a time of 18 minutes and 33 seconds.
Van Buren County swept their Invitational last night to put an exclamation mark on their senior night. Lincoln Bainbridge and Kayley Snowgren each finished in 1st place for the Warriors.
Fairfield and WACO participated in the Washington Invitational last night and the WACO boys’ team snatched 2nd place as a team with 59 points, while Fort Madison swept the team titles.
The WACO boys’ team was paced by Jude Dykstra as he captured 2nd place with a time of 16 minutes and 26 seconds, while Garrett Landau and Locken Henderson’s top 10 finishes helped the Warrior team score.
Brice Boatright and John Miller of Fairfield finished in 20th and 21st place, respectively, to lead the Trojans as they finished in 6th place as a team.
On the girls’ side, WACO had two runners claim a spot in the top 10 as Josie Dykstra clocked a 5th place time of 19 minutes and 51 seconds, while Macie Carter finished in 7th place with a time of 20 minutes and 44 seconds.
Fairfield’s Alex Jo Steward’s 14th place time of 22 minutes and 13 seconds aided the Trojans’ 5th place team finish with 100 points.
WACO will run at the Bud and Bonnie Williams Invitational tomorrow, October 2nd, in Iowa City.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host their Invitational tomorrow with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, and Wapello participating.
Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite on Saturday, October 4th.
High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant fell in their senior night contest with Burlington in straight sets (14-25, 19-25, and 23-25). The Panthers will look to regroup for the Southeast Conference Tournament with day one slated to start on Monday, October 6th.
Fairfield collected their fourth conference victory of the season last night in a dominant sweep of Keokuk by scores of 25-10, 25-18, and 25-12. Leah Helmick and Natalie Steele were unstoppable at the net, combining for 23 kills, while Faith Jones stuffed the stat sheet with 42 assists, two blocks, and an ace.
Burlington Notre Dame will host a rematch against Holy Trinity Catholic tomorrow, October 2nd, at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will square off against Danville tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Columbus tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will head to Highland tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
New London will host Mediapolis tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington will square off against Central Lee tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield will be sending four Trojans to the Class 1A State Singles and Doubles tournament slated to start today in Iowa City.
Poojita Mukadam will start her day at 10 am with a matchup against Charlotte Schwabe of Kuemper Catholic, while Natalie Steele will take on North Polk’s Harika Cakinberk.
The team of Ria Ross and Sriya Yammanur will compete against Annie Elbert and Claire King of Wahlert Catholic for their first round showdown.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will clash with Fort Madison on Friday, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Washington on Friday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Wilton at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie at home at 7 pm on Friday.
Mediapolis will take on West Liberty on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Wapello will host Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will attempt to get back in the win column on Friday at 7 pm in a home showdown against English Valleys.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to HLV/TC on Friday at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team picked up a sweep over conference foe Southwestern Community College last night in convincing fashion: 25-20, 25-11, and 25-16. The Blackhawks will get another conference showdown tomorrow, October 2nd, in a road matchup against Des Moines Area Community College at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will take on Hawkeye Community College today at home.
The men’s basketball team will be traveling to Waukee for the ICCAC Men’s JUCO Jam on Sunday, October 5th. The Blackhawks will take on Lake Region State at 11 am to start their day.
College Football
#14 Iowa State will take on Cincinnati on Saturday at 11 am on the road. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
Iowa is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1903 – First Baseball World Series game ever played; the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7-3 at Huntington Avenue; Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run and Cy Young was the losing pitcher.
1932 – Babe Ruth called his shot in the 5th inning of Game three of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs. Yankees go on to win the game 7-5.
2004 – Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler’s 84-year-old MLB single-season record; Ichiro ends the season with 262 hits.