High School Volleyball
Day one of the Southeast Conference (SEC) is in the books and Washington finished the night undefeated as they look to repeat as conference champions, sweeping Mt. Pleasant, Fort Madison, and Keokuk. Burlington also went undefeated as they look to redeem their loss from last year’s championship game.
Fairfield finished the night with a 2-1 record, defeating Keokuk (25-18, 25-15) and Mt. Pleasant (25-15, 25-22) in straight sets, while falling to the Grayhounds in a sweep (18-25, 15-25). Elyse Setterstrom collected 18 kills for the night, while Faith Jones tabbed 57 assists and five aces. The SEC tournament will continue on Monday, October 13th, at Keokuk.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will travel to Oskaloosa for a tournament on Saturday, October 11th.
#2 Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Van Buren County at 7:30 pm at home tonight.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Mediapolis tonight at 7:30 pm.
New London will square off against West Burlington tonight at 7:30 pm at home for their senior night.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Highland tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will tangle with Hillcrest Academy at home tonight at 6:30 pm.
Central Lee will take on Danville tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
WACO will host Lone Tree tonight at 7 pm.
Columbus will travel to Highland on Thursday, October 9th, at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Wapello and Fairfield participated in the Hillcrest Academy Invitational last night and it was the Washington boys’ team that grabbed the team title with 53 points. The Fairfield boys’ team finished in 6th place with 170 points as they were led by Clae Cass’s 27th place time of 19 minutes and 54 seconds. Wapello’s Will Parsons finished in 41st place.
On the girls’ side, Fairfield grabbed 5th place with 103 points as Alex Jo Steward anchored the Trojans with a time of 22 minutes and 57 seconds, which was good enough for 16th place. Kenadee Helscher turned in a 33rd place time of 24 minutes and 37 seconds for Wapello.
Columbus 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.
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.
High School Football Rankings
The Iowa High School Athletic Association updated their top 10 lists for Classes 2A, 1A, A, and Eight-Player, while releasing the first RPI rankings for Classes 5A, 4A, and 3A for the season, and one of our local teams found their way into the top 10.
In Class 5A, Waukee Northwest’s take down of two top 10 teams placed the Wolves atop the list, while Xavier sits atop the Class 4A rankings with a win differential of 25 points per game. Burlington’s 5-1 start has the Grayhounds ranked #13.
In Class 3A, Clear Lake owns the #1 spot above fellow undefeateds West Delaware and Solon. Mt. Pleasant, fresh off a 61-0 dismantling of Fort Madison, was ranked 9th in the RPI with a 5-1 record. The Panthers have averaged over 200 rushing yards over their last three contests. For the other District 4 opponents: Keokuk and Washington sit at #21 and #22, while Fairfield is at #28 and Fort Madison is ranked at #34.
Kuemper Catholic is still #1 in Class 2A, West Lyon is on top of the Class 1A rankings, Class A’s MMCRU kept their #1 ranking, and Bishop Garrigan is the favorite in Eight-Player.
For a full breakdown of our local teams, follow this link: IHSAA Football Rankings: Week 6
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will host Kirkwood Community College at 7 pm tomorrow, October 8th.
The men’s soccer and women’s soccer teams will travel to St. Louis Community College tomorrow.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will stay on the road as they look to regroup against Colorado on Saturday, October 11th, 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
1916 – Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; the most lopsided score in the history of US college football.
1984 – Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as the NFL’s career rushing leader.
2012 – New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas’ NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass at 48 when he connects with Devery Henderson in Saints 31-24 win over San Diego at the Superdome.