High School Volleyball Rankings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their second rankings of the season and first of the regular season. Despite a loss, Holy Trinity Catholic still sits atop the Class 1A standings. 

That one loss was at the hands of Class 3A’s #9 Wilton, who is undefeated through their first seven games of the season, at the Arrow Tournament on Tuesday. The Crusaders actually won the first set before the Beavers snatched the second set and scraped past in a close third set, 15-12. Adalyn Kruse led the night with 24 kills, while Olivia Bendlage collected 20 kills.

The other #1 teams: Waukee Northwest in Class 5A, Clear Creek Amana in Class 4A, Class 3A’s Western Christian, and Denver of Class 2A also kept their rankings with Waukee Northwest and Denver holding on to undefeated records in the process. 

High School Volleyball

Mt. Pleasant will attempt to bounce back tonight against Albia on the road at 7:15 pm. 

WACO will host a quad tonight with Fairfield and New London making the trip. 

Wapello will face off against Pekin on the road tonight at 7:30 pm.

Columbus will look for their first victory of the season tonight at Lone Tree with game time at 6:30 pm.

Central Lee will take on Keokuk tonight at 7:30 pm at home. 

Burlington Notre Dame will host the Nike Invitational on Saturday, September 6th, with Danville, Van Buren County, New London, Wapello, and West Burlington making the trip.

Winfield-Mt. Union will compete in the English Valleys Tournament on Saturday.

High School Cross Country

Central Lee will join Notre Dame/West Burlington and Holy Trinity Catholic at the Keokuk Invite tonight.

Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Fairfield, and New London will head to the Wildwood Meet tonight.

Mt. Pleasant will be heading to Central College for a meet on Saturday, September 6th. 

High School Football

Mt. Pleasant will travel to take on Knoxville tomorrow, 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. After struggling to run the ball last week against a vaunted Mediapolis defense, Panther head coach John Bowlin wants to get back to controlling the line of scrimmage,

“Obviously, our O-line play, running the ball. We got to fix some things there. Just being a little more physical, I think we had a lot of opportunities. We just didn’t execute so it comes down to execution when doing your job every time that’s going to be a big, big focus for us. Like I said, we don’t know a lot about Knoxville, but a new opponent for us is fun… I know we’ll be ready to roll and we came out pretty healthy, so that’s also a big bonus for us.”

Mediapolis will attempt to bounce back tomorrow against Keokuk at home at 7 pm.

WACO will have an early season rivalry matchup against Winfield-Mt. Union tomorrow at 7 pm on the road. 

West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to start the season 2-0 when they travel to Fort Madison tomorrow at 7:30 pm.

Danville will face off against Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow at 7 pm at home. 

Columbus will take on Van Buren County tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.

Wapello will host Highland tomorrow at 7 pm. 

Central Lee will clash with Albia tomorrow at 7 pm at home. 

New London will travel to Pekin tomorrow at 7 pm.

Fairfield will face off against Centerville tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.

High School Girls’ Tennis

Fairfield will take on Mt. Pleasant tonight at home. 

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team cruised past Iowa Lakes Community College last night, sweeping the Lakers 25-23, 25-11, and 25-18. The Blackhawks will compete in the Kirkwood Tournament starting tomorrow, September 5th.

The women’s soccer team will stay on the road to take on Lincoln Land Community College today.

The men’s soccer team will host Illinois Central College on Saturday, September 6th.

College Football

The Cy-Hawk game is scheduled for Saturday, September 6th, at 11 am. For the Cyclone broadcast, tune in to KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130, while KILJ 105.5 FM will have the Hawkeye broadcast.  

This Day in Sports History

1937 – 15-year-old cyclist Doris Kopsky becomes the first Amateur Bicycle League of America women’s national champion in 4:22.4 in Buffalo, NY.

1950 – NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosted the Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; the winner was Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.

1994 – Tom Tupa scores the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati.

Williamsburg, IA- A lot can be said about placing high expectations upon an incoming class and most of it does not benefit the student-athletes as the jump from junior high to high school is not an easy one. Yet, the Mt. Pleasant girls’ cross-country team could have a star on their hands.

The hype surrounding Avery Fedler has been seen all over the United States, as her track exploits took her to wins at the Blue Oval in Des Moines and silver-medal finish in Seattle over the summer. She left her mark in her first bit of high school action.

The competition was stiff at the Williamsburg Invitational last night, as the #1 team in Class 2A, Mid-Prairie, was in attendance touting three runners ranked in the top eight individually: #2 Rachel Hostetler, #6 Kendal Landstrum, and #8 Brooklyn Stutzman.

The Golden Hawks competed how most expected as the team won the meet with an incredible 29 points compared to PCM Monroe who generated 77 points.

In terms of placing, you could not have asked for better with Stutzman taking 2^nd place with a time of 19 minutes and 22 seconds, while Hostetler and Landstrum settled for 3^rd and 4^th place, respectively.

Yet, it was a Panther atop the leaderboard, and it was not necessarily close. The freshman turned in a 1^st place time of 19 minutes and 7 seconds—15 seconds faster than second place.

Additionally, Fedler was not the only underclassmen for Mt. Pleasant entering the season with lofty goals. Quintrie Lee, who qualified for state last season, nabbed 11^th place with a time of 21 minutes and 19 seconds. Senior Nelle Peterson’s 36^th place finish helped the Panthers finish in 6^th place as a team.

Danville has their own freshman making waves for the Bears as KoraRae Stott claimed 27^th place with a time of 23 minutes and 14 seconds. The anchor for the Bears is still #4 Alaina Gourley as she turned in a time of 21 minutes and 53 seconds, which was good enough for 17^th place.

The Bears managed 7^th place as a team. Mediapolis was led by Avery Dietz’s 28^th place time of 23 minutes and 27 seconds.

On the boys’ side, #13 Mediapolis had something to prove with three runners with state experience returning to the roster and they produced as the Bulldogs finished in 5^th as a team.

Simon Wendel led the team with a time of 16 minutes and 49 seconds, which gave the senior the bronze. Will Schmidgall clocked just outside the top ten with a time of 17 minutes and 56 seconds, while Mason Lindeen took 29^th place.

Silas Hulett marked the third Panther of the night to finish within the top 11 as the junior nearly beat his personal best from last season with a time of 17 minutes and 49 seconds to cross in 10^th place. Ben Leishman was next for Mt. Pleasant with a 48^th place finish.

Danville will be relying on the Shinns this season as sophomore Eli actually outpaced senior Isaac with a 37^th place time of 19 minutes and 59 seconds, while Isaac finished in 41^st place with a mark of 20 minutes and 23 seconds.

The season is just getting under way—first meet for Mediapolis and Mt. Pleasant—so runners are still trying to find their pace and improve their conditioning. Nevertheless, it was an impressive showing by the big names of Southeast Iowa.