High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield on Friday, August 30th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Head coach John Bowlin talked about the upcoming matchup with their rival,
“Yeah, I mean, we’re excited obviously just to play football for real. But you know, anytime you play a foe, you know we it’s great that we still have these rivalries here in Southeast Iowa and you know we can all, all kids, both teams can get up for it. And you know they’re going to be ready. We’re on their turf and I know that is never easy there. They’re going to be ready to go. And you know, we got to match the energy and go bring it on Friday night.”
Danville will host Lynnville-Sully on Friday at 7 pm. The Bears showed off their air attack last Friday in their scrimmage against Mt. Pleasant with their returning quarterback Jaden Bauer and receivers Kessler Whaley and Landon Seibert, which head coach Cody Thompson is going to continue to roll with,
“So, the chemistry between our quarterback and two of our receivers is pretty good. They’ve grown up playing together. They had some good action together last year and that was just kind of what we got, what we got in the groove with tonight. We just kind of rolled with it.”
New London will square off against Easton Valley on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Central City on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Central Lee will take on Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm at home.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on Wapello on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.
Mediapolis will travel to compete against Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to take on Coon Rapids-Bayard on Saturday, August 31st, at 3 pm.
High School Volleyball
Holy Trinity Catholic and West Burlington will travel to Mediapolis tonight at 4:30 pm for a scrimmage with Fort Madison, Wapello, and West Liberty also participating.
WACO will be hosting a tournament tonight at 5 pm with Burlington Notre Dame, Columbus, Pekin, Centerville, and Van Buren County also competing.
West Burlington will compete in a quad on Thursday, August 29th, at Burlington with Danville and Wapello also competing.
Central Lee will hit the road to take on Fort Madison at 7:30 pm on Thursday.
Mt. Pleasant will participate in a triangular on Thursday at Ottumwa with their first game at 6:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Keokuk on Thursday at 7:30 pm at home.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team finished the opening weekend tournament with an even 3-3 record after picking up wins against Southwestern Illinois College and Oaktown Community College over the weekend. McKenna Marlow led the way against Southwestern Illinois College with nine kills, while Maddie Jones picked up 17 assists.
The Blackhawks will host the Jimmy John’s Tournament, starting on Friday, August 30th, against Allen County Community College at 2 pm.
College Football
The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season on Saturday, August 31st, at home against Illinois State at 11 am. Tune in to KILJ 105.5 FM to listen to the game.
Iowa State will take on North Dakota on August 31st at 2:30 pm at home. Tune in to KILJ 98.5 FM or AM 1130 to listen to the game.
This Day in Sports History
1903 – Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game, the most at the time.
1947 – Dodgers’ Dan Bankhead, MLB’s first African-American pitcher, homered in his first MLB at bat in a 16-3 loss to Pittsburgh, at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NYC.
1971 – Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.