High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield competed at the Grinnell Tournament over the weekend, which included the two conference rivals meeting twice and the Panthers exiting with the win in both matches. Mt. Pleasant finished the tournament with a 3-2 record, being swept by Grinnell (13-21, 11-21) and Clear Creek Amana (8-21, 9-21), while returning the favor against Carlisle (21-16, 22-20). Fairfield would also sweep Carlisle (21-17, 21-14), setting up a pair of showdowns with the Panthers.
Mt. Pleasant would set the tone, winning the first set 21-9 before clawing out a 22-20 set two victory and sweep of game one. The Trojans would not go down easy in game two, splitting the first two sets before Mt. Pleasant again kept Fairfield at arms-length to win the deciding set 15-13.
Mt. Pleasant will open conference play tomorrow, September 2nd, on the road against Washington at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will host Fort Madison tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame had a successful weekend at Quincy, sweeping Pleasant Hill, Payson-Seymour, and Galesburg twice to end the tournament with a 4-1 record, losing to East St. Louis (16-25, 18-25). Emma Elmore was named to the All-Tournament team for the Nikes’ effort.
Central Lee hosted the Hawk Invitational over the weekend and split their matches, defeating West Burlington 15-7 in the third set tiebreaker and sweeping Pekin (21-6, 21-19) before losing to Mid-Prairie (6-21, 8-21) and Burlington in a grueling match 26-28 and 22-25. Kenna Sandoval tallied 57 assists, leading to Taylor Jones and Nora Lampe each notching 15 kills apiece.
Van Buren County had some success, outlasting Keokuk in the third set to win the tiebreaker 15-8, but was swept by Durant and Burlington to end their Hawk Invite. West Burlington squashed Pekin 21-6 and 21-9, but fell to Mid-Prairie and Burlington in straight sets.
The Arrow Tournament will take place at Wapello High School tomorrow with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Columbus, Holy Trinity Catholic, and Mediapolis participating.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
WACO will host a quad on Thursday, September 4th, with Fairfield and New London making the trip.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant 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 will have an early season rivalry matchup against Winfield-Mt. Union on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame 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 will take on Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Wapello will host Highland on Friday at 7 pm.
Central Lee will clash with Albia on Friday at 7 pm at home.
New London will travel to Pekin on Friday at 7 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Centerville on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Cross Country
Central Lee competed at the Prairie Invitational over the weekend and the girls’ team collected 12th place with 347 points, while the boys’ team finished in 14th place with 370 points. Macy Anderson claimed 65th place with a time of 23 minutes and 36 seconds for the girls’ team and Orion St. Clair paced the boys’ team with a 70th place time of 19 minutes and 6 seconds. The Hawks will join Notre Dame/West Burlington and Holy Trinity Catholic at the Keokuk Invite on Thursday, September 4th.
Danville will compete at the Williamsburg Invitational tomorrow, September 2nd, along with Mt. Pleasant and Mediapolis.
Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Fairfield, and New London will head to the Wildwood Meet on Thursday.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Burlington at home tomorrow, September 2nd.
Fairfield will take on Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, September 4th, at home.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team finished the Jimmy John’s Tournament with a 2-2 record after splitting their weekend games. The Blackhawks were swept by Mineral Area College to start the day by scores of 12-25, 18-25, and 23-25, but responded with a 16-kill performance by Aviana West leading to a four-set victory over Spoon River College (15-16, 16-25, 25-16, 25-19). West led the team with 24 kills over the two contests, followed by Taryn Havener’s 21 kills and Jacque Adair’s 19 kills. Maddie Jones notched 54 assists. The Blackhawks will host Iowa Lakes Community College at 7 pm on Wednesday, September 3rd.
The women’s soccer team lost a close match against Metropolitan Community College over the weekend 1-0. The Blackhawks will stay on the road to take on Lincoln Land Community College on Thursday, September 4th.
The men’s soccer team traded their weekend matchups, shutting out Metropolitan Community College 3-0 on Saturday and enduring a second half collapse against Johnston County Community College that featured three unanswered goals leading to a 4-2 loss. Joshua Barboza scored two goals over the weekend slate. The Blackhawks will host Illinois Central College on Saturday, September 6th.
College Football
#22 Iowa State faced no jetlag from their trip to Ireland back to the states, walloping South Dakota 55-7 and broke a couple records in the process. Rocco Becht completed a school record 95% of his passes on his way to 278 yards and three touchdowns. Yet, the real highlight of the game occurred when Kyle Konrardy nailed a 63-yard field goal right before halftime to break the school and Jack Trice Stadium record.
It was not pretty, but Iowa took down UAlbany over the weekend 34-7. Xavier Williams led the Hawkeye ground attack, gaining 122 of the team’s 323 rushing yards and scoring one of the team’s three touchdowns.
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
1946 – First US Open for Women’s Golf, Spokane CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural Open and it’s the only one played in match play format; takes it over Betty Jameson.
1964 – San Francisco Giants reliever Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in the MLB; on his debut, the Osuki native throws a scoreless inning in a 4-1 loss v New York Mets.
1984 – Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State passes for a Division I-AA record 536 yards and nine touchdowns in a 86-0 rout of Kentucky State. Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards and five touchdowns and breaks his own Division I-AA record for receiving yards.
MOUNT PLEASANT—The Midwest Old Threshers Reunion marked its 75th anniversary with the crowning of the 2025 Miss Sweet 16, continuing a tradition that began in 1968.