High School Volleyball
Burlington Notre Dame handled business at the New London Tournament over the weekend, as the Nikes did not drop a set against the hosts, Louisa-Muscatine, or English Valleys twice in their four-game run.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will be gearing up for day one of the Southeast Conference Tournament slated to start tonight at Burlington.
#2 Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Van Buren County at 7:30 pm at home tomorrow, October 7th.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Mediapolis tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
New London will square off against West Burlington tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home for their senior night.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Highland tomorrow at 7 pm.
Wapello will tangle with Hillcrest Academy at home tomorrow at 6:30 pm.
Central Lee will take on Danville tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
WACO will host Lone Tree tomorrow at 7 pm.
Columbus will travel to Highland on Thursday, October 9th, at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
The Columbus boys’ team competed at the Dan Hutson/Steve Johnson Invitational over the weekend and finished in 27th place with 703 points. Ryan Villa led the squad with a time of 17 minutes and 49 seconds, which was good enough for 96th place. The Wildcats will have their senior night on Thursday, October 9th, when they hold the Mike Jay Invitational with New London, WACO, and Winfield-Mt. Union making the trip.
Wapello and Fairfield will run at the Hillcrest Academy Invitational tonight.
Mediapolis will host their Invitational on Thursday with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mt. Pleasant, and Wapello participating.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will stay on the road to take on Keokuk on Friday, October 10th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis will tangle with Mid-Prairie on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Van Buren County will welcome Wapello to town on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will host Springville on Friday at 7 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Fort Madison on Friday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to regroup for their road showdown with West Liberty at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will compete against Wilton at 7 pm on Friday on the road.
Danville will take on Pekin on Friday at home to celebrate their senior night at 7 pm. After two straight bye weeks, Bear head coach Cody Thompson is excited to get back to action against an undefeated Panther squad,
“You know, I really think having a big matchup, you know, that the first week back has been beneficial, you know because we’re not looking past everybody. You know, we’re looking right to what’s next. That part has been good to help drive our kids, and you know, like we used it as a good opportunity to teach them, you know, a little bit better on the film breakdown and how to do all those things themselves. And you know, again, we use a lot of time still to focus on ourselves and clean up our mistakes because that was kind of the biggest thing we were seeing throughout the year, is we’d be in good position and then we’d find a way to to get in our own way or, you know, go backward.”
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team ended their tournament run at Rock Valley College with a 2-2 record after sweeping College of Lake County and losing to Harper College in four sets over the weekend. The Blackhawks will host Kirkwood Community College at 7 pm on Wednesday, October 8th.
The men’s soccer team and Northeast Community College finished the game tied at one over the weekend.
The women’s soccer team lost a 1-0 nailbiter against Northeast Community College over the weekend. Both soccer teams will travel to St. Louis Community College on Wednesday, October 8th.
College Football
#22 Iowa State dug themselves into a 24-point hole in the first half and the Cyclones could not climb out, falling to Cincinnati 38-30. Rocco Becht did everything he could, throwing for 314 yards and scoring four total touchdowns. The Cyclones will stay on the road as they look to regroup against Colorado at 2:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
Iowa will travel to Wisconsin on Saturday for kickoff at 6:05 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1920 – The first brothers to oppose each other in the World Series as Cleveland’s Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits while his brother, Jimmy, plays 3rd base for Brooklyn.
1926 – Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to hit three home runs in a World Series game as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5, in Game four at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis.
1945 – Tavern owner “Billy Goat” Sianis buys a seat for his goat for Game 4 of the Baseball World Series, but is escorted out and casts the infamous “Billy Goat” curse on the Chicago Cubs.