High School Football
Mt. Pleasant’s goal was to dominate and they did just that, improving to 3-0 for the first time since 2008 in a 34-20 dismantling of Oskaloosa last night. The defense continually pressured the quarterback, tallying seven sacks and a couple bad throws, leading to interceptions by Jack Newman and Asa Rose.
The offense took advantage of the situations with Ramzy Davis piling into the endzone three times and Ryan Helling finding paydirt once. Yet, it was the connection of Grayson Walker and Isaiah Lange that saw the Panthers get on the board first as four of Walker’s passes and 70 of his 132 yards went to Lange, including his lone touchdown pass. Lange added 3.5 sacks on defense, bringing his two week total to seven. Panther head coach John Bowlin talked about how the team’s sophomores have stepped up to the challenge,
“You know we talked about that too, trying to get him the ball a little bit more on offense. You know, we were able to do that tonight and obviously. I think we’ve seen in the last two weeks what he can do on the defensive side. I think he had 3 1/2 sacks tonight. He’s a pretty special player and works really hard and he’s just going to keep getting better and better. He’s got a great attitude. You know, as well as these other guys do you know I said we got 2 sophomore running backs. And taking a big, big load of everything, a lot of guys on defense, Asa Rose stepping up on defense, Griffin Jones at corner, just, you know, really proud of them. And it’s nice to see that we’ve got some future to look forward to as well as right now.”
Mt. Pleasant will square off against fellow undefeated Central DeWitt on Friday, September 19th, at 7:30 pm at home. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Wapello’s undefeated season came to an end last night at the hands of Pekin, 52-14. New London will face off against Wapello on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Van Buren County broke into the win column last night after beating Cardinal 29-12.
WACO celebrated their Homecoming in style, crushing HLV/TC 48-7. The Warriors were unstoppable on the ground, rushing for 369 yards with Hayden Shelman ripping off 152 yards for two touchdowns and Niles Reichenbach collecting 121 yards and a score. Adam Stafford generated two points with a safety. WACO will host Fremont-Mills on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union secured their first victory of the season last night, scratching out a 28-26 win over English Valleys. The Wolves will host Wayne for their Homecoming on Friday at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame could not keep up with Keokuk last night, losing 34-14. The Falcons will welcome Mediapolis on Friday at 7 pm for their Homecoming.
For the second week in a row, Fairfield put up over 30 points but fell, this time to Mediapolis, 42-34. The Trojans will hit the road on Friday at 7:30 pm to play Knoxville.
Danville is above 0.500 after sneaking past Columbus last night 26-14. The Bears will take on Van Buren County in a road showdown on Friday at 7 pm.
Columbus will compete on Friday at 7 pm against North Linn.
Central Lee’s ballhawking defense shut down Fort Madison’s late comeback attempt, leading to a 14-7 win for the Hawks. Central Lee snatched four interceptions, including the game sealing interception by Colton Taft. The Hawks will travel to West Liberty on Friday with kickoff at 7 pm.
High School Volleyball
#1 Holy Trinity Catholic and Van Buren County will compete at the Redette Tournament in Centerville today.
Mt. Pleasant will participate in the Wilton Tournament today with Mediapolis and Winfield-Mt. Union also making the trip.
Fairfield will travel to Williamsburg to compete in a tournament today along with West Burlington and Columbus.
Danville will travel to New London on Tuesday, September 16th, at 7:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will host Central Lee on Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
WACO will make the trip to Columbus on Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will square off against Winfield-Mt. Union at 7:30 pm on the road on Tuesday.
High School Cross Country
New London will head to Oskaloosa for a meet on Tuesday, September 16th.
Wapello will compete in the English Valleys Invite on Tuesday.
Central Lee will host their Invitational on Tuesday with Winfield-Mt. Union and Van Buren County competing.
WACO, Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Danville, Fairfield, Holy Trinity Catholic, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will travel to Rodeo Park Trail for the Timm Lamb Invitational on Thursday, September 18th.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their senior night on Monday, September 15th, against Davis County.
Fairfield prepares to host the Class 1A Region 6 Individual tournament on Wednesday, September 17th.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will travel to Northeast Community College on Tuesday, September 16th, at 6:30 pm.
The women’s soccer team will stay at home to square off against State Fair Community College at 1 pm today.
The men’s soccer team will take on State Fair Community College at 3 pm today.
College Football
#14 Iowa State will travel to Arkansas State today at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
Iowa is hoping for a get-right game against UMass tonight at home with kickoff at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1958 – Braves Warren Spahn is the first lefty to win 20 or more games nine times.
1973 – US Congress passes and sends a bill to President Nixon to lift the NFL’s television blackout of sold out games.
2018 – “Thursday Night Football” Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; the first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history as Andrea Kremer calls the game with Hannah Storm.
