Mt. Pleasant Football

The Mt. Pleasant Panthers football season starts this Friday on the road against the Fairfield Trojans. The Panthers are looking to avenge their 1-8 season last fall with Junior Payton Hagans looking to lead the team. KILJ will be on the call with Coach Bennett and I heading to Fairfield. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm.

New London Football

The New London Tigers fell to the Moravia Mohawks last Friday in a week zero matchup 38 to 26. The game featured two big defensive plays for the Tigers, including a fumble recovery deep in Mohawk territory and a safety to take a two-point lead into the 4^th quarter. Overall, the game had four ties and two lead changes. Unfortunately, the Mohawk’s offense was too much, and they ran away with the game deep in the 4^th quarter. Dom Lopez and Reen Seberg scored two touchdowns a piece and seniors Boden Pickle and Trent Wilkerson each had a sack. The Tigers next matchup will be against Tri-County on September 2^nd at New London.

New London Volleyball

Tomorrow, August 23rd, the New London Tigers Freshmen/Sophomore Volleyball team will be competing in a 5 team round robin at New London High School. The other teams in attendance will be Danville, Burlington, West Burlington Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union. The Round Robin is scheduled to start at 5 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Meet the Players is tonight, August 22nd from 5 to 7 pm. It will coincide with Back-to-School Supply Night, so player introductions will begin at 7 pm. There will also be a supper and kids carnival running throughout the scheduled time.

Winfield-Mt. Union Football

The Wolves scored points in a frenzy against Audubon their week zero opponent last Saturday. Star running back Cam Buffington went off for 273 yards and 5 touchdowns, while adding 11 tackles with an interception on the defensive side of things. Junior Cole Mills threw for 110 yards and a touchdown in the 68-36 victory. Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Moravia this Friday.

WACO Shines in Week 0 Matchup

WACO scored first and did not let go of the lead as they defeated Southeast Warren 42-20 Saturday evening. Isaac Oswald threw for 3 touchdowns on just 8 passes with Simeon Reichenbach rushing for 87 yards and 3 touchdowns of his own and added a 41-yard receiving touchdown. WACO, who was ranked 4^th in the Des Moines Register’s preseason Top 10, will start their season at home against Springville.

Iowa Wesleyan Soccer

The men’s soccer team fell to North Iowa Area Community College yesterday, August 21^st, 8 to 3. Their next home game is August 25^th against St. Ambrose University.

The women’s soccer team will face off against North Iowa Area Community College today, August 22^nd at 3 pm.

Iowa Wesleyan Fall Sports

Volleyball and Football being this Saturday for the Tigers as Volleyball will have a double header against Monmouth College and Knox College at 10:30 am and 12 pm, respectively, while the Tigers will get their football season under way against Tabor College at 1 pm.

This Day in Sports History

1950 – Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.

1951 – 75,052 people watched the Harlem Globetrotters perform. It was the largest crowd to see a basketball game.

1989 – Nolan Ryan became the first major league pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.

New London Football

The New London Tigers and Moravia Mohawks went back-and-forth all night on Friday, but it was the Mohawks who bested the Tigers, 38 to 26. Moravia got the scoring going with a 24 yard pass from Shane Helmick to Riley Hawkins. The Tigers had a slow start offensively, but after a muff punt led to short field position for the Tigers Dom Lopez piled in for the 1 yard touchdown. Jackson McDaniel responded by taking the kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, but Reen Seberg tied the game up at 12 with his own 1 yard touchdown. 

Both teams scored a touchdown in the second quarter, as Lopez notched his second 1 yard touchdown of the game and Helmick connected with McDaniel for a 31 yard touchdown pass. Then everything grinded to a halt as the game was under a lightning delay for over an hour. When the game did resume neither offense could gain a rhythm until Seberg plunged into the endzone from 2 yards out to give the Tigers the 24-18 lead. The lead was short lived as 16 seconds later Hawkins had streaked his way to the endzone on a perfect throw from Helmick for the 65 yard equalizer. But the Tiger defense forced Helmick to commit an intentional grounding penalty in his own endzone resulting in a safety giving the Tigers the 26 to 24 lead heading into the 4th quarter.

However, they could not capitalize on the momentum and the long passes kept working for the Mohawks, as on 4th down and long, Helmick found Hawkins for the 3rd time and that gave Moravia a 32 to 26 lead after converting the only successful try of the game for either team. McDaniel would score again for the Mohawks from 20 yard out on a sweep to give us the final score 38 to 26. 

Lopez and Seberg each had two rushing touchdowns and Boden Pickle and Trent Wilkerson each finished with a sack. The Tigers will get a week off as Calamus-Wheatland cancelled their Varsity season. They face off against Tri-County September 2nd at New London.

New London Volleyball

Next Tuesday, August 23rd, the New London Tigers Freshmen/Sophomore Volleyball team will be competing in a 5 team round robin at New London High School. The other teams in attendance will be Danville, Burlington, West Burlington Notre Dame, and Winfield-Mt. Union. The Round Robin is scheduled to start at 5 pm.

WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union Start Week Zero

Today, Saturday, August 20th, WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Martensdale-St. Marys for a four-team football showcase. Winfield-Mt. Union, who was ranked 9th in the Des Moines Register’s preseason rankings, will face off against Audubon at 2 pm. WACO, who was slotted in at number 4 of those same rankings, will battle against Southeast Warren to end the night as they will look to continue their dominant stretch, as they went 10-1 last fall.

Winfield-Mt. Union

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Meet the Players has been postponed. The new date will be August 22nd from 5 to 7 pm. It will coincide with Back-to-School Supply Night, so player introductions will begin at 7 pm. There will also be a supper and kids carnival running throughout the scheduled time.

Adaugo Nwachukwu Takes Home the Bronze

Adaugo Nwachukwu won the bronze medal for Team USA at the U20 World Championships August 19th. Wrestling in the Women’s Freestyle at 62 kg, Nwachukwu dominated the match notching a 10-0 win over U23 Asian runner-up Bermet Nuridin Kyzy from Kyrgyzstan. She will be a sophomore for Iowa Wesleyan this upcoming season.

Iowa Wesleyan Soccer

Iowa Wesleyan’s fall sports will officially get underway this weekend as both the men’s and women’s soccer teams have games scheduled.

The Men’s team first home game is August 21st against North Iowa Area Community College.

The Women’s team begins their season traveling to face off against William Penn University today, August 20th at 10 am. Their first home game will take place August 27th when St. Mary-Of-The-Woods College travels into town.

This Day in Sports History

1900 – Great Britain beats France by 158 runs in Paris; cricket’s only appearance at an Olympic Games.

1920 – American Professional Football Association forms; Jim Thorpe installed as president; later to become the National Football League (NFL).

1938 – NY Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & final grand slam in 11-3 win over Philadelphia A’s at Shibe Park