High School Football
Mt. Pleasant’s defense came to play in their 17-14 victory over Mediapolis last night. The Panthers rebounded from allowing a touchdown on Mediapolis’ opening drive that saw Quincy King and Gannon Gunn connect four times for 68 yards and the eventual touchdown. The Mt. Pleasant defense forced three turnovers with Jack Newman and Brody Clark each nabbing an interception, while Tate Dorothy had a strip sack to stump a late promising drive by Mediapolis. Panther head coach John Bowlin was impressed with his defense that surrendered less than 30 rushing yards on the game,
“Our D-line, we got about 7 guys that rotate there, they’re all very capable of doing a great job, so we knew they’d be a strong point for us, and we got to keep getting better and better at things. Obviously seeing our linebackers step up, filling some roles for, you know, we missed a couple of guys from last year. So those guys stepped in, had a great game, just big for us, but really, it’s great you can allow 5 yards, obviously, so it’s surprising, but that’s also expected that we completely shut down the run, do our job.”
Grayson Walker tossed for 143 yards and found Isiah Lange for a four-yard touchdown, while Griffen Jones plunged in from a yard out on a fourth-and-goal. Nathan Schmidgall scampered in for a Bulldog kick return touchdown.
The Panthers will travel to take on Knoxville on Friday, September 5th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis will attempt to bounce back on Friday against Keokuk at home at 7 pm.
WACO shutout Central City last night 49-0. Hayden Shelman finished with 141 total yards and four total touchdowns. The Warriors will have an early season rivalry matchup against Winfield-Mt. Union on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame snuck past Danville last night 19-13. The Falcons will look to start the season 2-0 when they travel to Fort Madison on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Danville will face off against Louisa-Muscatine on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Columbus was walloped by BGM 47-14 last night. The Wildcats will take on Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Van Buren County was clobbered by Central Lee 28-8 last night. The Hawks will compete against Albia on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Wapello steamrolled Louisa-Muscatine last night 34-12. Wapello will host Highland on Friday at 7 pm.
New London defeated Cardinal last night 36-32 in their first game back in Class A since 2017. The Tigers will travel to Pekin on Friday at 7 pm.
Fairfield fell to Benton last night 29-12. The Trojans will face off against Centerville on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Volleyball
Central Lee will host an invitational today with West Burlington and Van Buren County making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will participate in a tournament today at Grinnell.
Burlington Notre Dame will take on Quincy today at 9 am on the road.
The Arrow Tournament will take place at Wapello High School on Tuesday, September 2nd, with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Columbus, Holy Trinity Catholic, and Mediapolis participating.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Louisa-Muscatine on Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Central Lee will participate in the Prairie Meet today.
Danville will compete at the Williamsburg Invitational on Tuesday, September 2nd, along with Mt. Pleasant and Mediapolis.
Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Fairfield, and New London will head to the Wildwood Meet on Thursday, September 4th.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington at home on Tuesday, September 2nd.
Fairfield will take on Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, September 4th, at home.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team split their matches on day one of the Jimmy John’s Invite yesterday, falling to Allen County Community College 15-8 in the fifth set and sweeping St. Ambrose. The Jimmy John’s Invite will continue today with matchups against Mineral Area College and Spoon River College.
The women’s soccer team will stay on the road to take on Metropolitan Community College today at 2 pm.
The men’s soccer team is back in action today against Metropolitan Community College at 4 pm on the road.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will host South Dakota today at 2:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
Iowa will tangle with UAlbany tonight at 5:10 pm for their home opener. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1913 – The Phillies lead the Giants 8-6 in top of 9th when fans in the centerfield bleachers try to distract the Giants and the Umpire forfeits the game to the Giants, which leads to a riot. The forfeit is later overruled.
1984 – Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into a record 33rd double play en route to 36.
1997 – The first WNBA Championship: the Houston Comets beat the NY Liberty. Cynthia Cooper led the postseason, averaging 28 points per game.
