High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant held the Southeast Conference championship meet last night and the Panther girls’ team put two runners in the top three, while the boys’ team finished in 3rd place overall.
Starting with the girls’ race, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler turned in her season best time of 18 minutes and 42 seconds for the conference individual title, which was 24 seconds faster than Avery Rump of Fort Madison. The freshman has fit right in to this conference filled with ranked runners,
“It feels awesome. So much respect to them. There are so many great athletes in our conference and it’s so fun to be able to get to race against all of them. And it’s a lot of pride knowing that I get to win this conference and represent this amazing conference well.”
Also turning in one of her best times of the season was Quintrie Lee for the Panthers. Lee finished with the bronze medal with a time of 20 minutes and 15 seconds. Panther girls’ head coach Lyle Murray talked about his team’s performance after the meet,
“Yeah, I thought they ran well. Avery Fedler ran a great race. She really poured it on that final lap. I thought Quintrie Lee had the race of the night. She set a big, attainable goal and she knocked it out of the park. I mean she was just rolling. One of the smartest races I’ve seen out of our kids this year, Nelle Peterson, senior, gave all she had. Summer had a great race. I think another season best. It would have been nice to have a team score. We had a kid come up sick at the end of the day and that’s just life unfortunately. So, but, no, overall, I’m happy.”
Alex Jo Steward finished in 12th place for Fairfield with a time of 22 minutes and 43 seconds. The Trojans claimed 5th place with 77 points.
On the boys’ side, Washington’s Andrew Rees turned in a title winning performance with a mark of 16 minutes and 39 seconds. Grabbing 9th place and a medal was Mt. Pleasant’s Silas Hulett with a time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds. For the Panthers, Ben Leishman finished just outside the top 10 with a 12th place time of 18 minutes and 41 seconds.
Brice Boatright anchored Fairfield with a time of 18 minutes and 47 seconds, which was good enough for 15th place. The Trojans took 5th place. Fort Madison swept the team conference championships, collecting less than 30 points for both teams.
The Class 3A boys’ and girls’ state qualifying meets are set to run on Wednesday, October 22nd. Mt. Pleasant, Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Washington will travel to Williamsburg, while Fairfield will head to Pella.
The Classes 1A and 2A boys’ and girls’ state qualifying meets are scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd. Pekin will be hosting Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union, while Van Buren County will travel to Central Decatur for Class 1A. Additionally, Columbus will journey to North Linn.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will make the trip to Regina Catholic for Class 2A.
High School Volleyball
Columbus fell to Washington in four sets (16-25, 18-25, 25-21, 22-25) last night to finish the regular season with a 10-15 record. Jessica Del Rio led the Wildcats with 15 kills.
Fairfield celebrated their senior night with a dominant sweep of Albia last night 25-15, 25-21, and 25-4. Faith Jones tabbed 26 assists and six aces for the Trojans.
Mediapolis held their tournament yesterday and collected two wins and nearly knocked off #2 Holy Trinity Catholic. The Bulldogs defeated Fort Madison in the tiebreaker set 15-12 before sweeping Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. However, after taking set one against the Crusaders 25-21, the Bulldogs were unable to keep that momentum going losing the next two sets 25-8 and 15-7. Josie Hutcheson collected 25 kills through the three matches.
Postseason Volleyball
Regional Volleyball for Classes 1A and 2A starts on Monday, October 20th, at 7 pm, while Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A will begin on Tuesday, October 21st.
In Class 1A Region 2, #2 Holy Trinity Catholic has the top seed and a bye into the second round. The Crusaders will play the winner between Winfield-Mt. Union and Pekin with the Wolves acting as the host.
Burlington Notre Dame will take on WACO at home on Monday. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. The winner will play the winner between Wapello and New London on Wednesday, October 22nd.
In Class 2A Region 8, Danville will host Cardinal on Monday at 7 pm. The winner will advance to play Regina Catholic on Wednesday. Van Buren County will take on West Burlington at home on Wednesday to draw out the top half of the bracket.
Class 3A Region 2 will feature a Southeast Iowa Super Conference showdown between Mediapolis and Central Lee with the Bulldogs acting as the hosts.
Fairfield will travel to West Liberty in Class 3A’s Region 7 bracket.
Lastly, in Class 4A Region 1, Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
High School Football
#8 Mt. Pleasant returns home to square off against #3 Solon at 7:30 pm tonight with the winner claiming the District Championship. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis will host Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will take on #4 Iowa Valley tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Fairfield will compete against Keokuk at home tonight at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will tangle with #6 Mid-Prairie at 7 pm tonight.
Second place for Class A District 5 will be up for grabs when Danville travels to Wapello tonight at 7 pm.
Columbus will host Pekin at 7 pm tonight.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Belle Plaine tonight at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will remain at home for a matchup against Western Iowa Tech tomorrow, October 18th, with the women playing first at 4 pm.
The volleyball team will host a triangular tomorrow.
College Football
Iowa will face off against Penn State tomorrow, October 18th, at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State is on a bye week.
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