High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Homecoming on Friday, October 4th, against Washington at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Head coach John Bowlin knows confidence and preparation will be the keys to success this week,
“We get to go home. That’s awesome. It’s homecoming. Should be a lot of fun. You know, our guys just got to go get their heads right and we gotta bounce back from these last two weeks and know that we can compete, and we will compete. And now you know, get healthy next week hopefully and get a few guys back and, you know, take it one week at a time. So, we got to learn from this and just keep going for that next ‘W’. So, I know we’ll be excited for Friday night and you know, we’ll be ready.”
Danville will travel to Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will celebrate their senior night on Friday at 7 pm against New London.
Mediapolis will host Mid-Prairie on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will hit the road to compete against Louisa-Muscatine at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will celebrate their homecoming on Friday at 7:30 pm against West Burlington/Notre Dame.
Fairfield will take on Williamsburg on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Wapello will host Lisbon at 7 pm on Friday.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm at home.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Columbus at 7:30 pm tonight.
WACO will participate in a quad tonight at Lone Tree starting at 5:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their senior night at 7:15 pm tonight against Fairfield.
Holy Trinity Catholic will take on Burlington Notre Dame on Thursday, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm at home.
West Burlington will compete against Central Lee on Thursday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will face off against New London on Thursday at home at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will travel to Danville on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will tango with Highland at home on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Winfield-Mt. Union, Columbus, Wapello, New London, and West Burlington/Notre Dame made the trip north to participate in the Clear Creek-Amana Clipper Classic last night and here’s how the teams competed.
In the boys’ race, Columbus’ Ty Muniz led the charge with a 6th place finish, collecting a time of 17 minutes and 31 seconds, which helped the Wildcats finish in 4th place as a team with 90 points. Cade Storm and Ryan Vila were the next Wildcats’ to finish as they grabbed 19th and 20th place, respectively.
Winfield-Mt. Union finished in 5th place as a team with 159 points as Kohlby Newsom’s 15th place time of 18 minutes and 29 seconds headlined the team’s results.
Jared Glendening, Liam Haeger, and Gabe Andrus took 35th through 37th place, respectively, as West Burlington/Notre Dame finished in 6th place as a team with 170 points.
New London’s Nathan Bergman raced to a 54th place time of 21 minutes and 22 seconds, while Will Parsons of Wapello was their top finisher in 65th place with a time of 22 minutes and 21 seconds.
For the girls’ race, Kaitlin Kipp of West Burlington/Notre Dame took the bronze with a time of 21 minutes and 23 seconds, while Hannah Fruehling also finished with the 7th best time at 22 minutes and 6 seconds.
Iris Garza led Columbus with a 15th place finish of 22 minutes and 49 seconds, which helped the team finish in 4th place. Wapello’s Kenna Small headlined the team’s 6th place finish with a 23rd place time of 23 minutes and 45 seconds.
Irelynn Kelly led New London with a time of 29 minutes and 41 seconds, which was good enough for 53rd place.
Van Buren County will host Holy Trinity Catholic, Central Lee, and New London tonight.
Mt. Pleasant, WACO, and Fairfield will travel to Washington today.
Danville will travel to Williamsburg tonight.
Mediapolis will participate in a meet hosted by Winfield-Mt. Union on Thursday, October 3rd.
High School Cross Country Rankings
The Iowa Track Coaches Association released their latest individual rankings yesterday and no runners were knocked out of the top 30 after a week of racing.
In Class 3A, Washington’s Iris Dahl fell back three spots to be ranked 23rd this week, while Tyler Alderton shuffled into the top 20 to be ranked 19th after a 2nd place finish at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational.
Even after nabbing the gold at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational, Class 2A’s Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis slid two spots in the rankings to be placed at 13th as he also took 2nd at the Burlington Invitational last Thursday.
In Class 1A, Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge leapfrogged three runners to enter this week ranked 6th after a 1st place finish at the Burlington Invitational. Jude Dykstra of WACO’s personal-best run at Mt. Pleasant saw him fly up the list from 27th to 14th. Danville’s Jackson Shacklett tumbled down the rankings to 16th. Lastly, Ty Muniz of Columbus entered the week ranked 27th.
On the girls’ side of Class 1A, Danville’s Alaina Gourley’s 6th place finish at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational was not enough to see her move up in the rankings as she actually fell a couple spots to be ranked 26th.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will stay at home to compete against North Iowa Area Community College tomorrow, October 2nd, at 7 pm.
College Football
#16 Iowa State is back at home on Saturday, October 5th, at 6:30 pm, taking on Baylor. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the broadcast.
Iowa will square off against #3 Ohio State on the road at 2:30 on Saturday. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
This Day in Sports History
1903 – First Baseball World Series game ever played; the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7-3 at Huntington Avenue; Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run and Cy Young was the losing pitcher.
1932 – Babe Ruth called his shot in the 5th inning of Game three of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs. Yankees go on to win the game 7-5.
2004 – Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler’s 84-year-old MLB single-season record; Ichiro ends the season with 262 hits.
