Author: Nathan Bloechl

Prep Volleyball: Holy Trinity Wins Tournament: 

No. 5 Holy Trinity overpowered Wapello 21-10, 21-1 in the championship match to claim a first place finish at their home tournament last night.

Wapello and Holy Trinity met in the championship after going 3-0 in pool play, with the Crusaders knocking off Burlington, Winfield-Mount Union and Fort Madison.

Wapello edged Keokuk, Danville and Central Lee in pool play to earn their trip to the finals.

Winfield-Mount Union went 2-1, as did Central Lee.

Danville finished 0-3.

Volleyball action resumes in the area tonight with matches in the Southeast Conference.

Fairfield will battle Burlington, Washington is at Fort Madison, while Mount Pleasant will host Keokuk in a homecoming matchup.

All of those matchups will get underway at 7:15 p.m.

Prep Cross Country: 4th Annual Mount Pleasant Meet Tonight: 

The fourth annual Mount Pleasant cross country meet is set to run today, with a wetter course than expected.

The race will be held at Mount Pleasant High School, with varsity boys’ starting at 5:00 p.m.

Varsity girls’ will run following the boys’ race at approximately 5:30 p.m.

As per usual, there will be two divisions of teams this evening.

Comprising the large school division will be Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Oskaloosa and Washington.

In the small school division it will be Central Lee, Columbus, Holy Trinity, Lone Tree, Louisa-Muscatine, Mediapolis, Mid-Prairie, WACO, Wilton and Winfield-Mount Union.

College Football: Wesleyan Moves Game to Mapleleaf: 

The Iowa Wesleyan football team will now play their weekend contest against Valley City State at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex, the school has announced.

The game was originally being prepared to be played at Bracewell Stadium in Burlington.

This will just be second of three games to be played at Mapleleaf this year, with the other being the homecoming matchup against Crown.

Wesleyan, 0-4, will be seeking win number one this weekend.

Kickoff Saturday is set for 1:00 p.m.

Due to contractual obligations with Iowa and Iowa State there will be no radio for this weekend’s matchup.

Prep Football: Latest Radio Iowa Football Poll Announced:

The latest Radio Iowa Football Poll has been announced.

Two area teams remain inside the top-10:

8-Player

1. Montezuma (5-0), LW #1 vs SE Warren
2. CAM (Anita) (4-0), LW #2 @ #4 Audubon
3. Easton Valley (4-0), LW #3 vs Central City
4. Audubon (4-0), LW #4 vs #2 CAM (Anita)
5. Remsen St. Mary’s (4-0), LW #5 @ St. Edmond
6. Newell-Fonda (4-0), LW #6 vs Kingsley-Pierson
7. Janesville (4-0), LW #7 @ #10 Turkey Valley
8. WACO (5-0), LW #8 @ New London
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0), LW #9 @ GMG
10.Turkey Valley (4-0), LW #10 vs #7 Janesville

Class A

1. West Hancock (4-0), LW #1 @ North Union
2. Woodbury Central (4-0), LW #2 @ Lawton-Bronson
3. Grundy Center (2-1), LW #3 @ AGWSR
4. North Linn (4-0), LW #4 vs Soyuth Winneshiek
5. Riverside (Oakland) (4-0), LW #5 @ AHST
6. Logan-Magnolia (3-1), LW #6 vs Missouri Valley
7. North Tama (4-0), LW #7 vs Nashua-Plainfield
8. Mason City Newman (3-1), LW #8 vs #9 North Butler
9. North Butler (4-0), LW #10 @ #8 Newman Catholic
10.Earlham (3-1), LW (X) @ St. Albert

Class 1A

1. Van Meter (4-0), LW #1 @ West Central Valley
2. Iowa City Regina (4-0), LW #2 @ Wilton
3. Underwood (4-0), LW #3 @ MVAOCOU
4. Pella Christian (4-0), LW #4 @ #6 Sigourney-Keota
5. Dike-New Hartford (4-0), LW #6 vs East Marshall
6. Sigourney-Keota (4-0), LW #7 vs #4 Pella Christian
7. West Sioux (3-1), LW #8 vs Western Christian
8. Cardinal (Eldon) (4-0), LW #9 vs Van Buren
9. Dyersville Beckman (4-0), LW #10 @ Postville
10.Waterloo Columbus (3-1), LW (X) @ Cascade

Class 2A

1. Southeast Valley (4-0), LW #1 @ #4 Estherville Lincoln Central
2. Waukon (3-1), LW #2 @ Oelwein
3. Spirit Lake (4-0), LW #3 @ #6 OABCIG
4. Estherville Lincoln Central (3-1), LW #4 vs #1 SE Valley
5. West Marshall (3-1), LW #7 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
6. OABCIG (3-1), LW #5 vs #3 Spirit Lake
7. West Lyon (2-2), LW #10 @ Sheldon
8. Greene County (3-1), LW (X) @ Clarinda
9. Unity Christian (3-1), LW (X) vs Okoboji
10.Pocahontas Area (3-1), LW #6 vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

Class 3A

1. Harlan (4-0), LW #1 vs Saydel
2. West Delaware (3-1), LW #2 @ Center Point-Urbana
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (4-0), LW #3 vs Carroll
4. Solon (4-0), LW #4 vs West Burlington
5. Humboldt (4-0), LW #5 vs Ballard
6. Nevada (4-0), LW #7 vs Gilbert
7. Independence (4-0), LW #8 @ South Tama
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1), LW #10 vs Sioux Central
9. Mount Vernon (3-1), LW (X) @ Benton
10.Davenport Assumption (2-2), LW #6 vs Central DeWitt (Thur)

Class 4A

1. North Scott (4-0), LW #1 vs Iowa City Liberty
2. Indianola (4-0), LW #2 vs Perry
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3-1), LW #2 vs CR Washington
4. Bondurant-Farrar (4-0), LW #7 vs Carlisle
5. Lewis Central (2-2), LW #4 @ CB Jefferson
6. Fort Dodge (4-0), LW #6 @ Webster City
7. Fort Madison (4-0), LW #8 @ Mount Pleasant
8. Waverly-Shell Rock (3-1), LW #5 @ Waterloo East
9. Norwalk (3-1), LW #9 @ Boone
10.Newton (4-0), LW #10 vs Pella

Class 5A

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (4-0), LW #2 vs Dubuque Senior (Thur)
2. Ankeny (3-1), LW #3 vs DSM Roosevelt
3. Southeast Polk (3-1), LW #1 vs Waterloo West
4. WDM Valley (3-1), LW #4 @ Marshalltown
5. Iowa City High (4-0), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
6. Urbandale (3-1), LW #7 vs DSM East
7. Cedar Falls (3-1), LW #9 @ Muscatine
8. Linn-Mar (4-0), LW (X) vs CR Jefferson
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie (3-1), LW (X) @ Ottumwa
10.Dowling Catholic (1-3), LW #5 vs C.B. Abe Lincoln

Prep Football: Mount Pleasant Earns First Win, Winfield Victorious, Other Prep Finals:

Mount Pleasant got touchdowns from Payton and Dylon Hagans and Carson Coleman as they survived for a 24-20 win over West Burlington Notre Dame last Friday at Bill Nelson Field.

Leading 14-12 at the halftime break, Mount Pleasant sophomore Jurha Turner intercepted West Burlington Notre Dame quarterback Clayton Vandenberg, setting up Coleman’s one yard plunge to extend the lead to 21-12.

Midway through the fourth quarter, the Panther defense bellied up against West Burlington’s offense forcing a turnover on downs,  then converting a 37-yard field goal to go up 24-12 with 3:00 to play in the game.

On the ensuing drive, however, the Falcons would counter and fast with Vandenburg going through the air for his second long score, this time from 72 yards to cut the lead to four following a successful two-point play.

After the onside kick was recovered by the Panthers, Mount Pleasant was able to bleed the clock out to earn win number one.

Now 1-3, the Panthers will take the next week to prepare for Fort Madison.

The No. 8 (4A) Bloodhounds will be the homecoming opponent of Mount Pleasant.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

You can listen on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.

Other area/district finals:

• English Valleys 39, New London 34
• No. 8 (8P) WACO 42, Iowa Valley 6
• Winfield-Mount Union 51, HLV 24
• Wapello 35, Pekin 0
• Fort Madison 23, Washington 19
• No. 2 North Scott 20, No. 3 Xavier 8
• Oskaloosa 49, Keokuk 7
• Lisbon 40, Columbus 0
• Burlington 42, Ottumwa 0
• No. 2 Iowa City Regina 34, Mediapolis 0

College Football: Wesleyan Falls in Second Half Collapse, Other Statewide Finals:

The Iowa Wesleyan football team led 32-16 into the third quarter, but saw the Trinity Trojans score 33 consecutive points from that point on to snake a a 49-32 win over the Tigers Saturday at Bracewell Stadium.

Wesleyan signal caller Gavin Esquivel was picked off five times, including three times in the second half that allowed the Trojans to get back into the game.

Esquivel finished 25-of-49 for 254 yards and three scores.

Hezekiah Hunter paced Wesleyan pass catchers with 116 yards on eight snags.

Amir Dunn led the defense with 12 tackles.

Now 0-4, the Tigers will begin conference action next Saturday back at Bracewell Stadium against Valley City State University.

Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

Other statewide finals from Saturday:

• No. 5 Iowa 30, Kent State 7
• No. 14 Iowa State 48, UNLV 3
• UNI 44, St. Thomas (MN) 3
• North Dakota 38, Drake 0
• Coe 42, Simpson 22
• Central 37, Nebraska Wesleyan 7
• Dubuque 28, Luther 2
• Loras 55, Buena Vista 34
• Grand View 47, MidAmerica Nazarene 21

College Football: AP Top 25 Remains the Same:

The latest AP Top 25 poll has been released and Iowa and Iowa State remained locked into their spots.

The Hawkeyes remain No. 5, while Iowa State stayed at No. 14.

Oklahoma moved one spot down to No. 4 while Penn State moved up four spots to No. 6.

Entering this week’s poll in terms of regional foes were Michigan State at No. 20 and Kansas State at No. 25.

Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan all remain in the Top 25 at 10, 18 and 19 respectively.

Men’s College Golf: Iowa Wesleyan Back on the Course:

The Iowa Wesleyan men’s golf team, who feature two Mount Pleasant alums in Trace White and Brevin Wilson, are back on the course today when they travel to Oskaloosa for the William Penn Tournament.

The Tigers opened their season last week at the Graceland Tournament, securing a 5th place finish.

Trace White led the squad with an 82, which was good for 13th.

Wilson shot an 84, which placed him 20th.

The two-day tournament starting today will be played at the Oskaloosa Golf Course.