KILJ — Former UNI quarterback Will McElvain will have no problem of future suitors.
One day after announcing his intentions to transfer from Northern Iowa, McElvain picked up his first offer last night from Western Carolina.
McElvain was replaced as the starter of Mark Farley’s bunch by Michigan State transfer Theo Day.
A Des Moines Lincoln alum, McElvain was coached by now Fort Madison athletic director Ben Fry is in his prep days.
Prep Volleyball: No. 1 Notre Dame Rolls, Holy Trinity Upset, Mount Pleasant Claims SEC Crown:
No. 1 Notre Dame 3, No. 9 (3A) West Burlington 0
Class 1A’s top-ranked Notre Dame rolled to 25-12, 25-13 and 25-22 wins over West Burlington, sweeping the ninth-ranked Lady Falcons in the match of the year in southeast Iowa.
The sweep for the Nikes crowned them Super Conference South Division champions.
Josie Bentz paced the Notre Dame offense with 13 kills while Gabby Deery finished with 12.
Jenna Bentz had 32 assists and Megan Harrell had 10 blocks, as the Nikes had it all working.
McKenna Marlow had five kills for the Lady Falcons.
The win closes Notre Dame’s regular season at 33-8, they’ll be off until next Wednesday when they battle the winner of Lone Tree and English Valleys in a Class 1A second round scrap.
West Burlington, now 27-3, will take on Fairfield Thursday night.
Mount Pleasant Wins SEC Crown
The Mount Pleasant volleyball team went 4-1 over the two day Southeast Conference tournament, clinching the Southeast Conference crown officially last night.
The Panthers picked up a three set win over Keokuk before falling to Fairfield — their first round playoff opponent — in three sets.
That will be Mount Pleasant’s next matchup, set for October 19th, at Fairfield.
Match time is set for 7:00 p.m.
Central Lee 3, No. 5 Holy Trinity 1
Meghan Hopp drilled 23 kills as Central Lee snake bit Holy Trinity in a four-set upset win.
The Hawks earned 25-20, 25-18 wins to start the night before the Crusaders got hot for a 25-13 win in set three.
Set four proved to be all Central Lee with the Hawks punching for a 25-15 win.
Makala Morrison added 18 kills and 23 digs for Central Lee, in a robust effort.
Central Lee, now 16-10, has all the confidence before their Class 3A Region Quarterfinal tilt with No. 9 West Burlington next Monday.
Holy Trinity, who slipped to 32-8, will try to sharpen the knife Thursday in the Mediapolis tournament.
Winfield-Mount Union 3, Mediapolis 0
Per usual, Winfield-Mount Union used a balanced attack to ride past Mediapolis 3-0 last night in a Super Conference showdown in Winfield.
Bradie Buffingotn had eight kills while Melina Oepping added seven to go along with two blocks.
Lexie Arnold led the Bullettes with eight kills.
Winfield-Mount Union closed it’s regular season at 20-10.
Mediapolis fell to 11-21.
WACO 3, Van Buren County 0
WACO got into the 20 win mark, as they swept Van Buren County last night in Wayland.
Ellah Kissell led the Warriors’ front with 11 kills, Marie Farmer chipped in with seven.
Grace Coble provided the service with 20 assists.
WACO is now 20-12, Van Buren County dropped to 10-17.
Prep Cross Country: State Qualifying Assignments Released:
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released the upcoming state qualifying sites for all classes.
The announcements were made yesterday.
In Class 1A, Columbus, Highland, Hillcrest, Winfield-Mount Union, WACO and Holy Trinity will be traveling to Iowa City Regina.
Race day is set for Thursday, October 21st.
In Class 2A, the machine that is Danville-New London will be at Anamosa. Joining them there will be Louisa-Muscatine and Mediapolis, among others.
Central Lee will go to Williamsburg along with Cardinal.
Class 3A is much more cut and dry, with Mount Pleasant and Washington both traveling to Solon. West Burlington Notre Dame will be in Solon as well, with Keokuk and Fort Madison also joining in on the fun.
College Football: Hankins Named B1G Co-Defensive POW:
University of Iowa senior defensive back Matt Hankins has been named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
The announcement was made yesterday by the Big Ten Conference office.
Hankins was credited with five tackles in Iowa’s win over Penn State, including three solo stops and two assists, along with Iowa’s fourth and final interception of the day.
A native of Lewisville, Texas, Hankins has started 22 consecutive games and has 33 career starts.
The weekly honor is the first for Hankins, who becomes the fourth Hawkeye to earn conference accolades this season.
Iowa will celebrate their homecoming this Saturday when they play host to Purdue.
Kick is set for 2:30 p.m.
College Basketball: Mount Pleasant’s Ashton Named Assistant at Minnesota-Duluth:
The University of Minnesota Duluth men’s basketball team has hired former Mount Pleasant standout Jordan Ashton as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2021-22 season.
Ashton’s playing experience playing experience includes stops at Northwest Missouri State (2012-2014), Kirkwood Community College (2014-2015), Iowa State (2015-2016), and Northern Iowa (2016-2017). Ashton was awarded first team All-American during his time at Kirkwood Community College.
Most recently the top lieutenant for Alex Huisman at Iowa Wesleyan, Ashton helped guide the Tigers to 71.1 points per game.
Duluth opens their season November 12th against the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
College Football: Former UNI QB McElvain Picks Up First Offer:
Former UNI quarterback Will McElvain will have no problem of future suitors.
One day after announcing his intentions to transfer from Northern Iowa, McElvain picked up his first offer last night from Western Carolina.
McElvain was replaced as the starter of Mark Farley’s bunch by Michigan State transfer Theo Day.
A Des Moines Lincoln alum, McElvain was coached by now Fort Madison athletic director Ben Fry is in his prep days.
KILJ — The Mount Pleasant volleyball team will look to stay hot tonight when they take part in day two of the Southeast Conference tournament at Fairfield High School.
The Panthers went 3-0 dropping just one set on day one, sweeping both Fort Madison and Washington.
Tonight Mount Pleasant will link up with Keokuk and Fairfield.
The Trojans will be Mount Pleasant’s Class 4A-Region 3 First Round opponent one week from now.
The Panthers are 19-13 on the season while Fairfield is 9-19, yet the Trojans will host that tilt.
Get your popcorn ready, tonight’s action in the Super Conference will be Hollywood stuff.
At West Burlington tonight, powers collide when the Lady Falcons play host to 1A’s top ranked Notre Dame.
West Burlington enters play No. 9 in Class 3A and are 27-2 on the year.
Notre Dame, last year’s state champions, are 31-8.
West Burlington is paced by Sophia Armstrong and her 4.5 kills per set, while Gabby Derry leads Notre Dame with 4.0 kills per set.
Historically, West Burlington has won 12 of the last 18 against Notre Dame, but the Nikes have won two straight.
Tonight’s tilt will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Elsewhere, New London will travel to take on Cardinal this evening.
The Tigers are No. 13 in Class 1A this week and are 23-13 on the year, Cardinal is 4-24.
New London is looking for 20 consecutive wins against Cardinal — they’ve won 19 straight against the Comets.
They’ve also won four of five as they seem to be peaking at the right time.
Tonight’s game will start at 7:30 p.m.
In our other featured matchup, Winfield-Mount Union will play host to Mediapolis tonight.
The Lady Wolves are 19-10 on the year and have been playing some of the their best volleyball down the stretch — but as have Mediapolis.
Both teams have won their last five, so something will give tonight.
Mediapolis have won 19 of the last 20 fixtures between the two clubs, with Winfield-Mount Union breaking that streak last season in a 3-0 win.
Other area matchups:
Prep Football: WACO Up to No. 5, Fort Madison Drops Ou
KILJ — WACO has surged up to No. 5 in the latest Radio Iowa Football Poll, while Fort Madison has dropped out.
8-Player
1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10.Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA
Class A
1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10.Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley
Class 1A
1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10.South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme
Class 2A
1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji
Class 3A
1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon
Class 4A
1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East
Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10.Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central
Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0
Joc Pederson hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to lift the Braves to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night.
Ian Anderson helped guide the Braves second shut out in as many games.
Atlanta has taken a 2-1 series lead.
Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5
Tampa Bay rallied from down 5-0 but Boston’s Kike Hernandez hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Red Sox advanced past the Rays with a 6-5 win.
Boston will await the winner of Houston and Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series.
San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 0
Four Giant pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout as San Francisco took control of the series with a 1-0 win over the Dodgers last night.
Evan Longoria’s 5th inning solo home run proved to be the difference in the game.
Max Scherzer took the loss striking out 10 over seven innings for the Dodgers.
Prep Volleyball: SEC Tournament Day Two Tonight:
The Mount Pleasant volleyball team will look to stay hot tonight when they take part in day two of the Southeast Conference tournament at Fairfield High School.
The Panthers went 3-0 dropping just one set on day one, sweeping both Fort Madison and Washington.
Tonight Mount Pleasant will link up with Keokuk and Fairfield.
The Trojans will be Mount Pleasant’s Class 4A-Region 3 First Round opponent one week from now.
The Panthers are 19-13 on the season while Fairfield is 9-19, yet the Trojans will host that tilt.
Prep Volleyball: Notre Dame Meets West Burlington, New London at Cardinal, Mediapolis Battles Winfield:
Get your popcorn ready, tonight’s action in the Super Conference will be Hollywood stuff.
At West Burlington tonight, powers collide when the Lady Falcons play host to 1A’s top ranked Notre Dame.
West Burlington enters play No. 9 in Class 3A and are 27-2 on the year.
Notre Dame, last year’s state champions, are 31-8.
West Burlington is paced by Sophia Armstrong and her 4.5 kills per set, while Gabby Derry leads Notre Dame with 4.0 kills per set.
Historically, West Burlington has won 12 of the last 18 against Notre Dame, but the Nikes have won two straight.
Tonight’s tilt will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Elsewhere, New London will travel to take on Cardinal this evening.
The Tigers are No. 13 in Class 1A this week and are 23-13 on the year, Cardinal is 4-24.
New London is looking for 20 consecutive wins against Cardinal — they’ve won 19 straight against the Comets.
They’ve also won four of five as they seem to be peaking at the right time.
Tonight’s game will start at 7:30 p.m.
In our other featured matchup, Winfield-Mount Union will play host to Mediapolis tonight.
The Lady Wolves are 19-10 on the year and have been playing some of the their best volleyball down the stretch — but as have Mediapolis.
Both teams have won their last five, so something will give tonight.
Mediapolis have won 19 of the last 20 fixtures between the two clubs, with Winfield-Mount Union breaking that streak last season in a 3-0 win.
Other area matchups:
Prep Football: WACO Up to No. 5, Fort Madison Drops Out:
WACO has surged up to No. 5 in the latest Radio Iowa Football Poll, while Fort Madison has dropped out.
8-Player
1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10.Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA
Class A
1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10.Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley
Class 1A
1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10.South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme
Class 2A
1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji
Class 3A
1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon
Class 4A
1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East
Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10.Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central
Major League Baseball: Braves Win, Sox Advance, Giants Take Lead:
Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0
Joc Pederson hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to lift the Braves to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night.
Ian Anderson helped guide the Braves second shut out in as many games.
Atlanta has taken a 2-1 series lead.
Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5
Tampa Bay rallied from down 5-0 but Boston’s Kike Hernandez hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Red Sox advanced past the Rays with a 6-5 win.
Boston will await the winner of Houston and Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series.
San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 0
Four Giant pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout as San Francisco took control of the series with a 1-0 win over the Dodgers last night.
Evan Longoria’s 5th inning solo home run proved to be the difference in the game.
Max Scherzer took the loss striking out 10 over seven innings for the Dodgers.
Burlington 56, Mount Pleasant 3
Burlington got three rushing touchdowns from Bryant Williams as the Greyhounds scored 56 unanswered points for a 56-3 win over Mount Pleasant last Friday at Bracewell Stadium.
Williams finished with 192 yards on just 15 carries.
Mount Pleasant marched down the field on the game’s opening series on a 12-play series that resulted in a 21-yard field goal from Owen Vansickel.
From there, the Greyhounds would roll.
Burlington scored their fourth touchdown of the first half with just seconds remaining on a 74-yard passing touchdown from Kanyae Baker.
Mount Pleasant sent the Greyhounds up with two short fields in the first half, as well.
Payton Hagans fumbled which led to a score, then on the ensuing play from scrimmage for Mount Pleasant Carson Coleman was intercepted.
The second half was melted away from the running clock mercy rule.
Mount Pleasant fell to 1-6, they’ll battle Clinton this Friday.
Burlington improved to 5-2.
#6 (8P) WACO 47, Winfield-Mount Union 20
WACO clinched the district title in convincing fashion, with a 47-20 win over Winfield-Mount Union last Friday in Winfield.
Simeon Reichenbach put the game on ice for the Warriors with an interception and a touchdown rush to bring the line to a four score game.
John Rice caught a fourth quarter touchdown for the Warriors who stayed perfect at 8-0.
Isaac Oswald had his best day throwing the football, finishing 9-of-13 for 149 yards and three touchdowns.
Cam Buffington finished with 286 total yards and two scores in the loss.
Winfield slipped to 4-3.
The Warriors are guaranteed a spot in the eight-player playoffs, which will feature 16 teams from across the state.
New London 53, Lone Tree 8
New London got off the schinde with a dominant 53-8 win over Lone Tree last Friday.
The Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak — their first under head coach Mark McSorely.
The win evened their ledger at 3-3.
Joel Lacy had 12 carries for 85 yards and two scores while Josh Glendening carried the ball 14 times for 70 yards and two scores.
Boden Pickle had two receiving scores.
Lone Tree has now last back-to-back games after falling to Winfield-Mount Union a week prior.
New London kept their hopes alive for a postseason berth by way of RPI.
Other area finals:
