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.
Mt. Pleasant Volleyball
The Panthers will be participating in a Volleyball tournament on Thursday, August 25th with the host school being Ottumwa. The other school that will be in attendance is Davis County.
The Panthers first home game will be September 1st against Albia. The game will start at 7 pm.
New London Volleyball
Today, 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 Volleyball Tournament
WACO hosted a volleyball tournament and dominated their three pool games, finishing 3-0. The Warriors defeated Columbus in two sets, 21-9 and 21-17. They followed that with a 3-set match against Centerville, winning sets 1 and 3 by scores of 21-13 and 15-6. To conclude the tournament for the Warriors they won two quick sets against Louisa-Muscatine, 21-5 and 21-6.
In Pool B, it was a three-way tie for the top spot with Van Buren, Wapello, and Sigourney all finishing 2-1 as each team took a turn in beating the other, Pekin rounded out the Pool with an 0-3 record. The tournament consisted of only Pool Play, so no Championship round was played.
WACO’s next game will be September 1st, as they go on the road to play Hillcrest Academy at 6:30 pm.
High School Football
A preview for this week of football, WACO will be at home this Friday as they clash with Springville at 7 pm. WACO made it to the Quarterfinals last fall, and they tout a very talented team this year with seniors Isaac Oswald and Simeon Reichenbach. They both showed out in the teams Week Zero matchup as Oswald tossed three touchdown passes, while Reichenbach did him one better, running for three touchdowns and receiving one.
Winfield-Mt. Union will be traveling to face off against the Moravia Mohawks with kickoff set for 7 pm. The Wolves will be leaning on Cam Buffington as he rushed for 275 yards and 5 touchdowns last Saturday in their Week Zero matchup against Audubon. The Mohawks defeated the New London Tigers last Friday in a close game, 38 to 26. The Tigers do not have a game this week as Calamus-Wheatland had to forfeit their Varsity season.
Iowa Wesleyan Fall Sports
Volleyball and Football begin 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. It is the first ever meeting between the two teams. The game will be broadcasted on KILJ.
This Day in Sports History
1933 – First televised boxing match — 6-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Lauri Raiteri; aired by BBC-TV.
1947 – 1st Baseball Little League World Series, Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Maynard Midgets beat Lock Haven All Stars, 16-7
1970 – U.S. swimmer Gary Hall broke three world records at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) outdoor swimming meet, held in Los Angeles, CA.
1989 – Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.