High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Keokuk tonight.
Fairfield will stay on the road to compete against Burlington tonight.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to West Liberty tomorrow, August 22nd, for a scrimmage.
The season will officially get underway on Monday, August 25th, around the state of Iowa and WACO will ring in the new season by hosting a tournament with Columbus, Van Buren County, and Burlington Notre Dame making the trip.
High School Cross Country
Columbus will be holding a Run-A-Thon fundraiser at the Columbus Community High School Track tonight from 4 to 6 pm to raise money for new uniforms and warmups. If you would like to donate, then find a member of the Columbus cross country team.
Meet the Players Night
Winfield-Mt. Union will hold their Meet the Players tonight at 6:30 pm located at the Winfield-Mt. Union track. There will be a free will donation dinner starting at 5:50 pm.
Danville will host their Meet the Players tomorrow, August 22nd, with the volleyball and football teams scrimmaging against Mt. Pleasant at 7 pm.
High School Football
WACO will hold an intrasquad scrimmage tomorrow at home at 7 pm.
Wapello will hold a sports drink scrimmage tomorrow at home at 5:30 pm. The cost of admission is a bottle of sports drink for the team to use throughout the season.
Columbus will travel to Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow at 6 pm for a scrimmage.
Van Buren County will host a scrimmage against Albia tomorrow with the JV starting at 5:15 pm. The cost of admission will be a Gatorade.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Mt. Pleasant was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook as they celebrated their “Meet the Panthers” night on Tuesday, introducing the fall sports teams to the community.
To get ready for the season, we were able to talk to head football coach John Bowlin, head girls’ tennis coach Martha Peterson, and girls’ and boys’ head cross country coaches Lyle Murray and Mitch Anderson, respectively.
With only one player returning with varsity experience to the tennis courts, but a new ensemble of eager competitors, coach Peterson has been encouraged by the motivated practices,
“Yeah. I mean, I think there’s something to be said for some unknowns. You know, when everybody can look around and go, oh, it’s pretty obvious who our top six are. I think it does sort of sap the motivation out of some, but I think they all know that these are spots to be fought for. We’re trying to do our challenge matches which is where we get to see that head-to-head competition between any two certain girls. We’re trying to do as much of that outside of practice time as possible because our time really is so limited and so valuable when we step out on the court as a team. But there’s no question that with a lot of girls that are more evenly matched, I think that it’s translating into them being much more motivated to show where they think they deserve to be on the team.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: Mt. Pleasant Episode
Southeastern Community College
The women’s soccer team will kick off the year today against Black Hawk College on the road.
The volleyball team will get the season started with the Opening Weekend Tournament tomorrow, August 22nd, with their first opponent being Schoolcraft College.
The men’s soccer team will square off against Oakton Community College tomorrow at home.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will start the season in Ireland on Saturday, August 23rd, with a showdown against #17 Kansas State at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call with the pregame show at 9 am.
Iowa’s Logan Jones was named a USA Today Preseason Second Team All-American yesterday. The senior earned First Team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-America last year as an anchor to an offensive line that helped the Hawkeyes rush for 2,564 yards. Iowa will host UAlbany on August 30th at 5 pm to kickoff the season.
This Day in Sports History
1931 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to hit 600 career home runs as New York defeats the St. Louis Browns, 11-7 at Sportsman’s Park.
1967 – MLB Kansas City Athletics utility player Ken Harrelson becomes one of baseball’s first free agents when he is abruptly released by the team, after he reputedly refers to team owner Charlie Finley as “a menace to baseball.”
1982 – Milwaukee Brewers’ relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes the first pitcher in MLB history to get save #300.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 12:53 p.m., the Mount Pleasant Police Department responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of West Washington Street and South Marion Street.