Prep Cross Country: Danville-NL Boys’ Headed Back to State:
Danville-New London’s Ty Carr went 16:43 good for first place as the Bears earned a team trip back to the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge.
The Bears finished second in the team standings behind only Tipton, who finished with 33 team points. Danville-New London had 44.
Monticello placed third.
Alexander Julian placed fifth for the Bears, Julian ran 17:09, Rylan Martin placed seventh finishing 17:13.
Seth Bailey placed 13th for Danville-New London, running 17:52.
Mediapolis’ Owen Schmidgall and Solomon Zaugg just missed out on state appearances, finishing 16th and 17th respectively.
The top-15 qualifiers head to state.
Charlie Sieck of Starmont placed second while Tipton’s Clay Bohlmann rounded out the top-three.
The 1A and 2A State Cross Country Meet will be held on Saturday, October 30th in Fort Dodge.
Prep Cross Country: Columbus Advances to State, W-MU’s Hemsworth Heads to State:
The Columbus cross country team is heading to state after a second place finish at yesterday’s state qualifying cross country meet in Iowa City.
Regina won the event, with Columbus finishing 25 points better than that of the Wildcats.
Winfield’s boys’ placed fourth.
They were led by Game Hemsworth, who advanced as an individual to the 1A state meet.
Hemsworth ran 18:29.14.
Kohlby Newsom was the Wolves team runner-up, he missed the state meet by two spots finishing in 17th place in 19:15.30.
WACO was led by Wyatt Dennis’ 21st place marker.
On the girls’ side WACO was led by Hannah Dennis who placed 36th.
Winfield-Mount Union had two runners finish; Maggie Hutton and Olivia Martinez.
Prep Football: WACO Readies for Postseason Opener, Other Area Matchups:
The undefeated No. 5 WACO football team will look to get their postseason started in a big way tonight when they welcome in 5-3 Edgewood-Colesburg in a first round tilt.
WACO finished their regular season 8-0 and enjoyed an idle week last week in preparation for their home playoff scrap.
Simeon Reichenbach has been the offensive catalyst for the Warriors this year, rushing for over 1,000 yards and 19 total touchdowns.
Quarterback Isaac Oswald has only thrown the ball 69 times, but has tossed eight scores and ran for four more.
Jonah Clark has been his top target — with Clark hauling in three touchdowns. He’s also ran for two of his own.
The lynchpin of WACO’s success this year has been their defense, however.
The Warriors are yielding just 12.3 points per game, a total that’s one of the best in 8-Player.
Cael Funk has been Edgewood’s best player this year, throwing for 734 yards, rushing for 407 and totaling 19 touchdowns.
He’ll need to be on his best for the Vikings to pull an upset.
Tonight’s game will kick at 7:00 p.m. and you can listen on KILJ-FM with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m.
Other area matchups tonight in the first round of the playoffs:
- North Tama at Wapello
- Highland at Lynnville-Sully
- New London at No. 1 Montezuma
- Cardinal at West Branch
- Mediapolis at Pella Christian
Other area regular season finales:
- Keokuk at Solon
- No. 1 North Scott at Mount Pleasant
- Fairfield at Grinnell
- Fort Madison at Burlington
- Washington at West Burlington Notre Dame
Women’s College Basketball: Wesleyan Announces 21-22 Schedule:
The Iowa Wesleyan women’s basketball team have announced their 2021-22 schedule.
The Tigers will open up next week Wednesday at home against Waldorf University.
It will mark the first game back for head coach Steve Williamson who resumes his role at Iowa Wesleyan after a highly successful stint at William Penn.
Iowa Wesleyan will host ten home games this years and compete in 18 games on the road in their first year competing in the Continental Athletic Conference.
The Tigers will also host this year’s conference tournament, which is slated to be played February 24th-27th at Ruble Arena.