High School Football

WACO will kick off the season with a week zero matchup against Central City this Friday, August 23rd, at home at 7 pm. The Warriors defeated the Wildcats 48-12 back in 2022, where Louden Huisenga rushed for a touchdown and totaled five tackles. Head coach Chad Edeker talked about the upcoming matchup,

“And you know, we know most of the eight-man formations that we’re going to see. So we can put that out there now and then that week against Central City, we’ll just, you know, just fine tune it and make sure we know what we’re going to do against them. It’s gonna be a tough one for us though, because they got a new coach this year, so. They had run a sort of unique, very similar to us. They ran an off-balanced power formation, which we knew pretty well the last couple of years, and they got a new coach. So, we don’t know exactly what they’re going to run. So, we got to have all our bases covered.”

Winfield-Mt. Union will scrimmage Midland on Friday at 5 pm at home. 

Central Lee will take on Keokuk on Friday at 6:30 pm for a scrimmage at home.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Danville on Friday at 7:30 pm for a home scrimmage. 

High School Volleyball

Mt. Pleasant will travel to WACO tonight for a scrimmage at 5:30 pm. Head coach Logan Wall discussed what she learned during her first year at the helm and how she’s applying it to year two,

“Yes, that was definitely a learning year. And every year there’s going to be something new that I’ll be learning, never going to be perfect. But you know, coaching as a head coach, there’s a lot of a lot of hats to juggle. However, two things that I took away from last year is we have to have good communication with our players, with parents, with our community, and then just trying to build those positive relationships with the student athletes, that’s going to go a long way, you know. They only have four years at the high school level and so, just really trying to create a positive relationship with them and so that’s kind of that’s kind of where I’m at and what I’ll continue to do this year and just now they know my expectations and so and they do a good job of following them. And so this year has been a smooth transition into a new season.”

West Burlington will host a scrimmage tomorrow, August 20th, at 4 pm.

New London and Danville will compete in a scrimmage on Thursday, August 22nd, at Burlington Notre Dame.

Central Lee will host a scrimmage on Friday, August 23rd, at 5 pm.

Meet the Players Nights

New London’s “Meet the Players” night will be on Friday, August 23rd, at 5:30 pm with cross country and volleyball introductions and scrimmage taking place in the Charles Lorber Gym. On the football field, cheer and football will have their introductions with a football scrimmage against Wapello to follow.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s “Meet the Players” will take place on Wednesday, August 21st, at 6:30 pm.

Mt. Pleasant will have their “Meet the Panthers” night on Friday starting with an intrasquad volleyball game at the high school gym at 5 pm. 

Fairfield will have their “Meet the Trojans” on Friday with introductions taking place on the track at 6:35 pm. Volleyball and football will have intrasquad scrimmages at 7 pm. 

High School Cross Country

Fairfield will practice at 8 am today and Friday, August 23rd, then Tuesday through Thursday practice will start at 3:30 pm.

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team will travel to Rockford, Illinois on Friday, August 23rd, for their opening weekend tournament with their first matchup against Kansas City Kansas Community College.

College Football

The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season on Saturday, August 31st, at home against Illinois State at 11 am.

Iowa State will take on North Dakota on August 31st at 2:30 pm at home.

This Day in Sports History

1909 – The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world’s most famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500.

1921 – Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb is the fourth to get 3,000 hits against the Boston Red Sox, the youngest ever.

1941 – Baseball umpire Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on the field holding an umbrella to get a rainout.

High School Football

WACO will kick off the season with a week zero matchup against Central City this Friday, August 23rd, at home at 7 pm. The Warriors defeated the Wildcats 48-12 back in 2022, where Louden Huisenga rushed for a touchdown and totaled five tackles. 

Winfield-Mt. Union will scrimmage Midland on Friday at 5 pm at home. 

Central Lee will take on Keokuk on Friday at 6:30 pm for a scrimmage at home.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Danville on Friday at 7:30 pm for a home scrimmage. Besides the return of starting quarterback Jaden Bauer, the Bears will be featuring some new names running the football,

“So, we have what new we have a brand-new backfield” said head coach Cody Thompson. “You know our our whole backfield graduated last year. So, Drake Bielser he’s going to be a junior, but he didn’t see hardly any varsity time this year, he’s very explosive. Talented kid and you know, I think he’s really going to help us move the needle in the run game and then also in the backfield, there’s going to be a sophomore. Tatem Sherwood. He’s another kid that all he’s been showing up all summer. He’s a vocal guy, but he’s got that potential to really help us offensively and defensively at linebacker and running back.”

High School Volleyball

Mt. Pleasant will travel to WACO on Monday, August 19th, for a scrimmage at 5:30 pm. Head coach Logan Wall talked about one of the seniors who could help make a difference this season,

“Well, I think Sonya Simon, she was on varsity last year and could have had some JV minutes and I think we kind of missed out on some of those opportunities, but she’s stepping up into a new role possibly as a setter this year. And so, she’s really taken that on and had some leadership qualities and you know, her being a senior and switching roles on the team can be difficult, but she’s taking it in stride, so we’re excited to see that…”

West Burlington will host a scrimmage on Tuesday, August 20th, at 4 pm.

New London and Danville will compete in a scrimmage on Thursday, August 22nd, at Burlington Notre Dame.

Central Lee will host a scrimmage on Friday, August 23rd, at 5 pm.

Meet the Players Nights

New London’s “Meet the Players” night will be on Friday, August 23rd, at 5:30 pm with cross country and volleyball introductions and scrimmage taking place in the Charles Lorber Gym. On the football field, cheer and football will have their introductions with a football scrimmage against Wapello to follow.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s “Meet the Players” will take place on Wednesday, August 21st, at 6:30 pm.

Mt. Pleasant will have their “Meet the Panthers” night on Friday starting with an intrasquad volleyball game at the high school gym at 5 pm. 

Fairfield will have their “Meet the Trojans” on Friday with introductions taking place on the track at 6:35 pm. Volleyball and football will have intrasquad scrimmages at 7 pm. 

High School Cross Country

Fairfield will practice at 8 am on Monday, August 19th, and Friday, August 23rd, then Tuesday through Thursday practice will start at 3:30 pm.

High School Wrestling

Mt. Pleasant will be holding a wrestling camp today for Mt. Pleasant students for Kindergartners through high school seniors for free at 10 am in the wrestling room. 

College Football

The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season on Saturday, August 31st, at home against Illinois State at 11 am.

Iowa State will take on North Dakota on August 31st at 2:30 pm at home.

This Day in Sports History

1957 – Baseball player Richie Ashburn fouls and hits fan Alice Roth twice in the same at-bat playing for the Philadelphia Phillies. The first hit breaks her nose and the second one hits her while she is on the stretcher. She makes a full recovery.

1963 – Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Met to hit for the cycle.

1987 – Muhammad Ali is elected to “Ring” magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame.

High School Football

WACO will host a scrimmage today against Springville starting at 3 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will scrimmage Midland on Friday, August 23rd, at 5 pm at home. 

Central Lee will take on Keokuk on August 23rd at 6:30 pm for a scrimmage at home.

Mt. Pleasant will face off against Danville on August 23rd at 7:30 pm for a home scrimmage. Bears’ head coach Cody Thompson talked about who his leaders are going to be for the season,

“So, some kids have been really good for us over the summer that have really stepped up and lead and they did some of it last year we’re Jaden Bauer, he’s our returning quarterback this year, Landon Seibert, Kessler Whaley, Deken Huff, those guys. Those guys are all seniors that that have been very consistent over the summer, and I think have potential to be leaders, one of our more vocal leaders is going to be a junior Byers Nealey he’s returning all-district Linebacker. You know, he was good last year. He’s been great this year. Very vocal. Helped, you know, helps teach the kids and really just he works his butt off and he wants to be good, and he helps everybody prepare to be that and he’s going to be one of our bigger vocal leaders this year.”

High School Volleyball

WACO will practice tonight from 3:30 to 6 pm.

Van Buren County will have their practice starting at 4:30 pm. 

Mt. Pleasant will travel to WACO on Monday, August 19th, for a scrimmage at 5:30 pm. Head coach Logan Wall talked about what the Panthers have been focusing on to get ready for the season,

“Definitely reviewing those fundamentals, but just gelling as a team, I feel like last year we had some changes in the lineup and so that kind of threw us for a loop right there at the beginning of the year and the beginning of the season. And so, we really just try to get girls in the gym and getting get us gelling as a team and working together we have good returning athletes coming in and so we’ve just been working on that cohesiveness and trying to just up our game from last year.”

West Burlington will host a scrimmage on Tuesday, August 20th, at 4 pm.

New London and Danville will compete in a scrimmage on Thursday, August 22nd, at Burlington Notre Dame.

Central Lee will host a scrimmage against Keokuk on Friday, August 23rd, at 5 pm.

Meet the Players Nights

New London’s “Meet the Players” night will be on Friday, August 23rd, at 5:30 pm with cross country and volleyball introductions and scrimmage taking place in the Charles Lorber Gym. On the football field, cheer and football will have their introductions with a football scrimmage against Wapello to follow.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s “Meet the Players” will take place on Wednesday, August 21st, at 6:30 pm.

Mt. Pleasant will have their “Meet the Panthers” night on Friday, August 23rd, starting with an intrasquad volleyball game at the high school gym at 5 pm. 

High School Cross Country

New London will practice this week with a 9 am start time. Junior high runners are encouraged to join the high school practices for extra conditioning as their first practice is scheduled for Friday, August 23rd, at 4 pm. 

Fairfield will continue having practice at 7:45 am at Waterworks for the week.

Van Buren County will start their practice at 4 pm at the track.

High School Wrestling

Mt. Pleasant will be holding a wrestling camp tomorrow for Mt. Pleasant students for Kindergartners through high school seniors for free at 10 am in the wrestling room. 

College Football

The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season on Saturday, August 31st, at home against Illinois State at 11 am.

Iowa State will take on North Dakota on August 31st at 2:30 pm at home.

Award Watch List

The pillars of this year’s Iowa squad have been added to the Lombardi Award watch list, the award is given to the college player who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL coach Vince Lombardi.

Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson represent the defense for the Hawkeyes with 281 combined total tackles last season and Logan Jones aims to move the offensive line as the starting center. The trio made the All-Big Ten team in some capacity last season.

Rocco Becht will have lofty expectations under center for Iowa State this year after being added to the Manning Award watch list, the award is given to the nation’s top quarterback. His 26 total touchdowns last season is the second-most in a single season in school history.

This Day in Sports History

1743 – Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton publishes “Rules of the Ring,” the earliest boxing code.

1954 – American brand management company Authentic Brands Group first publishes the magazine “Sports Illustrated.”

2022 – The Philadelphia Phillies picks up an 11-4 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds. They become the 9th team with 10,000 franchise victories (and last of those founded in 19th century); they were the first to lose 10,000, in 2007.