High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant had their home opener canceled yesterday due to the rain.
Fairfield had their matchup against Fort Madison postponed last night. The Trojans will host Mt. Pleasant on Monday, August 17th.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Keokuk today at 4:30 pm.
High School Volleyball
WACO will be holding a scrimmage on Monday, August 17th, with Central Lee also participating at 6:15 pm.
Danville will host a scrimmage on Tuesday, August 18th, with Van Buren County, New London, and Wapello making the trip at 5 pm.
West Burlington and Burlington Notre Dame will scrimmage on Tuesday at West Burlington at 4 pm.
High School Football
Fairfield will host a scrimmage against Sigourney-Keota on August 21st at 7 pm.
Washington will scrimmage Muscatine on August 21st at 5:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will face off against Fort Madison on August 21st at 6:30 pm for a scrimmage at home.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will square off against Burlington at Bracewell Stadium at 5 pm for their Fall Fest Scrimmage on August 21st.
Central Lee will host Wapello for a scrimmage on August 21st at 6 pm.
Columbus will scrimmage Cardinal at 7 pm at home on August 21st.
Van Buren County will travel to Albia for a Powerade Scrimmage on August 21st at 6 pm.
Danville
The Bears have a couple Fall Sports Parent Meetings scheduled. High school volleyball parents will congregate on Monday, August 17th, at 6 pm in the gym, while junior high volleyball parents will meet on August 26th at 5:30 pm at the junior high gym.
Meet the Players Night
Winfield-Mt. Union will be holding their Meet the Players Night on Wednesday, August 19th, following backpack night at 5 pm. The fall sport participants will be announced at 6:30 pm starting with Cross Country.
Meet the Panthers will be held on Friday, August 21st, at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex starting at 6:30 pm with a Booster Club Announcement. Teams will be introduced after the update with cross country leading the pack followed by girls’ tennis, football, volleyball, and cheerleading. The cheerleaders will perform at 6:50 pm and the football team will scrimmage Danville at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will take on Graceland University on Sunday, August 16th, on the road with the women leading off at 1 pm.
The volleyball team will compete in the Opening Weekend Tournament in Rockford starting on Thursday, August 20th, with game one against Elgin Community College at 2:30 pm.
The men’s soccer team was picked to finish 3rd in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Coaches Poll. The Blackhawks finished runner-up in the conference last year under first-year and ICCAC Coach of the Year Henrique Vieira. SCC is ranked 18th in the national poll.
College Football
University of Iowa’s Jayden Montgomery was named to the Butkus Award watch list. Montgomery started seven games last year and collected 44 tackles and two pass breakups. He is a three-time Coaches Appreciation Award honoree. He looks to join Jack Campbell as the other Hawkeye to win the Butkus Award.
This Day in Sports History
1936 – The first basketball competition for a Gold Medal was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8.
1976 – A charity softball game began for the Community General Hospital in Monticello, NY. The teams played for 54 hours and raised $4,000. The final score was Gager’s Diner’s 491 to Bend ‘n Elbow Tavern’s 467.
1987 – Mark McGwire set the record for home runs by a rookie when he connected for his 49th home run of the season.