High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield tomorrow, 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.
Danville will host Lynnville-Sully tomorrow at 7 pm.
New London will square off against Easton Valley tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Central City tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Central Lee will take on Van Buren County tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on Wapello tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
Mediapolis will travel to compete against Columbus tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to take on Coon Rapids-Bayard on Saturday, August 31st, at 3 pm.
High School Volleyball
Fairfield will host WACO and Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in a triangular match tonight with the Trojans and Rockets starting off the night at 5:45 pm.
West Burlington will compete in a quad tonight at Burlington with Danville and Wapello also competing.
Central Lee will hit the road to take on Fort Madison at 7:30 pm tonight.
Mt. Pleasant will participate in a triangular tonight at Ottumwa with their first game at 6:30 pm. Head coach Logan Wall discussed some names to look out for as the season gets underway,
“We have a great senior class. They’re just well-rounded student athletes. They’re very positive and lots of them show some leadership qualities. This will be some of their first time on varsity, but I think they can really step into that role. Obviously, we have, you know, Alex Scott coming back. She’s an all-conference player. We have Addison Clark. She’s coming back from an injury from last year. And so, we’re excited to see what she can add to our team. We have Kynlee White coming back. We’ve got Myah Starr coming back. We’ve got Sonya Simon. So, we have a lot of returning players that we’re counting on to show some leadership qualities and you know, just have a well-rounded team this year.”
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Keokuk tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Van Buren County will hit the road on Saturday, August 31st, to compete in a tournament at Central Lee with the day starting at 9 am.
Holy Trinity Catholic and Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Bondurant-Farrar on Saturday for a tournament.
Mediapolis will get their season rolling on Tuesday, September 3rd, at Wapello for a tournament.
High School Cross Country
Van Buren County will have their first meet tonight at Albia, starting at 4:30 pm. The Iowa Association of Track and Field and Cross Country has the boys team ranked #19 in Class 1A.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will host the Jimmy John’s Tournament, starting tomorrow, August 30th, against Allen County Community College at 2 pm.
Freshman Taryn Stephens received ICCAC Athlete of the Week honors in DII volleyball after her work in last weekend’s opening tournament. The Burlington Notre Dame alum finished the weekend with 114 digs and eight service aces. Overall, she provided nine points to the offense, while averaging 5.18 digs per set.
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. This is the second matchup between these two squads with the Hawkeyes defeating the Redbirds 31-14 in 2015.
Iowa State will take on North Dakota on Saturday 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
1885 – Boxing’s first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds is fought between American boxers John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1977 – MLB St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb’s 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as the Padres win 4-3.
2022 – St. Louis Cardinal slugger Albert Pujols hits career home run 694 off of a major league record 450th different pitcher in 13-4 win over Reds in Cincinnati.