High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield will host Mt. Pleasant tonight at 4:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Muscatine on Thursday, August 20th, at 9 am.
High School Volleyball
WACO will be holding a scrimmage tonight with Central Lee also participating at 6:15 pm.
Danville will host a scrimmage tomorrow, August 18th, with Van Buren County, New London, and Wapello making the trip at 5 pm.
West Burlington and Burlington Notre Dame will scrimmage tomorrow at West Burlington at 4 pm.
Washington will scrimmage West Liberty on Friday, August 21st, on the road at 4:30 pm.
High School Football
Fairfield will host a scrimmage against Sigourney-Keota on Friday, August 21st, at 7 pm.
Washington will scrimmage Muscatine on Friday at 5:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will face off against Fort Madison on Friday at 6:30 pm for a scrimmage at home.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will square off against Burlington at Bracewell Stadium at 5 pm for their Fall Fest Scrimmage on Friday.
Central Lee will host Wapello for a scrimmage on Friday at 6 pm.
Columbus will scrimmage Cardinal at 7 pm at home on Friday.
Van Buren County will travel to Albia for a Powerade Scrimmage on Friday at 6 pm.
High School Cross Country
The Iowa Track Coaches Association will be releasing the preseason team and individual rankings today for the upcoming 2026 season. In the final rankings of last season, southeast Iowa had six individuals ranked within the top 30 and four teams finished within the top 15 of their respective classes.
Danville
The Bears have a couple Fall Sports Parent Meetings scheduled. High school volleyball parents will congregate tonight at 6 pm in the high school gym, while junior high volleyball parents will meet on August 26th at 5:30 pm at the junior high gym.
Meet the Players Night
Winfield-Mt. Union will be holding their Meet the Players Night on Wednesday, August 19th, following backpack night at 5 pm. The fall sport participants will be announced at 6:30 pm starting with Cross Country.
Meet the Panthers will be held on Friday, August 21st, at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex starting at 6:30 pm with a Booster Club Announcement. Teams will be introduced after the update with cross country leading the pack followed by girls’ tennis, football, volleyball, and cheerleading. The cheerleaders will perform at 6:50 pm and the football team will scrimmage Danville at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will compete against Heartland Community College on Thursday, August 20th, on the road with the men playing first at 2 pm.
The volleyball team will compete in the Opening Weekend Tournament in Rockford starting on Thursday with game one against Elgin Community College at 2:30 pm.
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.