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