High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Keokuk tomorrow, August 21st.
Fairfield will stay on the road to compete against Burlington tomorrow.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to West Liberty on Friday, August 22nd, for a scrimmage.
The season will officially get underway on Monday, August 25th, around the state of Iowa and WACO will ring in the new season by hosting a tournament with Columbus, Van Buren County, and Burlington Notre Dame making the trip.
High School Cross Country
Columbus will be holding a Run-A-Thon fundraiser at the Columbus Community High School Track tomorrow, August 21st, from 4 to 6 pm to raise money for new uniforms and warmups. If you would like to donate, then find a member of the Columbus cross country team.
Meet the Players Night
Mt. Pleasant hosted their “Meet the Panthers” event last night, which gave the community the opportunity to see who will be representing the fall sports teams and an inside look at football practice for the Panthers. The first teams introduced were the girls’ and boys’ cross country teams, a week after their annual team camp: a chance to build on times and team camaraderie according to boys’ head coach Mitch Anderson,
“Yeah, we, we love having that. It’s one of the most fun things we do all season long… It’s a chance for them to bond when we have them exclusively, which doesn’t really happen once you know the school year gets going. So yeah, it’s a great experience and a great way to kick off the season.”
For girls’ head coach Lyle Murray, there’s some exciting talent on the roster to keep an eye on for the season,
“I think on the girls’ side, Quintrie Lee coming back, you know, she state qualified last year. Nelle Peterson is our lone senior and she’s been just a, you know, steady presence all the way through. And then Avery Fedler coming up from 8th grade, you know, we know how well she did at the middle school level and we’re excited to see how well she can do at the high school level.”
Both cross country teams will start the season in Williamsburg for an invitational on September 2nd.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hold their Meet the Players night tomorrow, August 21st, at 6:30 pm located at the Winfield-Mt. Union track. There will be a free will donation dinner starting at 5:50 pm.
Danville will host their Meet the Players on Friday, August 22nd, with the volleyball and football teams scrimmaging against Mt. Pleasant.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s soccer team will kick off the year tomorrow, August 21st, against Black Hawk College on the road.
The volleyball team will get the season started with the Opening Weekend Tournament, starting on Friday, August 22nd, with their first opponent being Schoolcraft College.
The men’s soccer team will square off against Oakton Community College on Friday at home.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will start the season in Ireland on Saturday, August 23rd, with a showdown against #17 Kansas State at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call with the pregame show at 9 am.
Two Cyclones were added to award watch lists yesterday as Caleb Bacon eyes the 2025 College Football Comeback Player of the Year and Rocco Becht tacks another watch list to his preseason total with the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is presented annually to the top senior or upperclassman quarterback who is on track to graduate with their class.
Bacon was sidelined after a season-ending injury in the opening game last year. The walk-on linebacker earned a scholarship after his play in the 2023 season saw him collect the second most tackles on the team with 60, along with three sacks, six tackles for loss, and a forced fumble.
This Day in Sports History
1900 – Great Britain beats France by 158 runs in Paris; cricket’s only appearance at an Olympic Games.
1919 – Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for .505 average). The longest in minor league history.
1920 – The American Professional Football Association forms with Jim Thorpe as president; later becomes the National Football League (NFL).