Postseason High School Volleyball
#4 Holy Trinity Catholic will venture up to West Liberty High School to take on Dunkerton for the Class 1A Region 2 championship tonight at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Senior Presley Myers discussed what has made this year’s team so special,
“This is the best team I’ve ever played on. The girls are just amazing. We’re so, so close, you know, inside and outside of volleyball. That’s really what makes us so good is we’re so close. We trust each other, you know. We know how to communicate because we’re so close with one another. Yeah. It’s gonna be really hard leaving the team behind next year.”
Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A held their regional championships last night and the state brackets have been constructed with Classes 4A and 5A playing on Monday, November 3rd, and Class 3A getting started on Tuesday, November 4th. Here’s the breakdown.
In Class 5A, #1 Waukee Northwest will start off the day on Monday with a noon game against #8 Indianola. #2 Ankeny Centennial will face off against #7 Iowa City West and #4 Dowling Catholic will battle with #5 Ankeny. Rounding out the quarterfinals will be #3 Pleasant Valley attempting to avoid the upset against #6 Valley.
For Class 4A, #1 Clear Creek Amana enters as the favorite as they are tasked with playing #8 Sergeant Bluff-Luton. #7 Marion will look to knock off #2 Sioux Center. #4 Dallas Center-Grimes will square off against #5 North Scott and #3 Pella will take on #6 Norwalk to round out the quarterfinals.
Class 3A will begin at 10 am on Tuesday with #1 Western Christian taking on #8 Mt. Vernon. #2 Davenport Assumption will compete against #7 Mid-Prairie. #4 Cherokee and #5 Humboldt will tangle, while #3 Red Oak will face off against #6 Kuemper Catholic.
Southeast Conference Volleyball
The Southeast Conference (SEC) released their All-Conference teams for volleyball yesterday and Washington’s Leighton Messinger successfully defended her Conference Player of the Year honor after leading the SEC with 320 kills on a 0.271 kill efficiency. Messinger was joined by fellow Demon Layla Green on the 1st Team after leading the conference with a 0.318 kill efficiency.
Rounding out the 1st Team was Burlington’s Daphne Brown and Lily Newell, Fairfield’s Natalie Steele and Faith Jones, and Mt. Pleasant’s Alex Scott. Despite missing six matches, Scott finished fourth in the conference in kills and finished her career with 686 kills and 136 aces.
Addison Clark of Mt. Pleasant was placed on the 2nd Team after finishing second in the conference in kills. She collected 640 career kills and two 2nd Team All-SEC nods. Abby Carthey and Jenna Schwartz were named All-SEC Honorable Mentions.
Postseason High School Football
In Class 3A, Mt. Pleasant was placed in Pod C where they will travel to West Delaware for their first playoff game in 15 years on Friday, October 31st, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Solon will get to host Benton on Friday at 7 pm.
For Class 2A, Mediapolis will get a rematch against district-foe Mid-Prairie in a road showdown on Friday with kickoff at 7 pm.
In Class A, Pekin will take on North Linn at home on Friday at 7 pm in a rematch of last year’s first-round postseason matchup.
For Eight-Player, Iowa Valley will be looking to continue their undefeated season when the Tigers face off against Janesville on Friday at 7 pm at home.
High School Cross Country
The state meets for Classes 2A and 3A are scheduled for Friday, October 31st, while Class 1A will run on Saturday, November 1st, at Fort Dodge.
For a full breakdown of who will be running at state, follow the links:
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will close out the regular season with a home match against Central Community College tonight at 7 pm.
The men’s soccer team will host Central Community College in the Region 11 semifinals today.
College Football
Iowa State will host Arizona State on Saturday, November 1st, at noon. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
Iowa is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1989 – Ozzie Newsome ended his NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions.
1995 – Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers became the NFL’s career leader in receiving yards with 14,040 yards.
2018 – Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks the NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in a Warriors’ 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago.