High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield tonight 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 tonight at 7 pm.
New London will square off against Easton Valley tonight at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Central City tonight at 7 pm at home.
Central Lee will take on Van Buren County tonight at 7 pm at home.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on Wapello tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Mediapolis will travel to compete against Columbus tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to take on Coon Rapids-Bayard tomorrow, August 31st, at 3 pm.
High School Volleyball
Fairfield hosted a triangular match last night and split their contests. The Trojans swept WACO 25-16 in set one and 25-12 in set two to begin the night. Claire Thompson led the team with four kills, while Ally Rinner tallied three kills for the Warriors. However, the script was flipped against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont as the Trojans fell 25-13 and 25-12. Faith Jones totaled 20 assists across the two contests.
The Warriors dropped their contest against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 25-10 in set one and 25-5 in set two. Kinsey Hildebrand finished with 11 assists through the two games as Carlee Lunsford led the offense against the Rockets with two kills.
Fairfield will travel to Burlington on Tuesday, September 3rd, at 7:15 pm.
WACO will face off against Cardinal on Thursday, September 5th, at 5:30 pm at WACO in the first game of a quad with New London and Fairfield making the trip.
West Burlington and Danville made the trip to Burlington for a quad and the Falcons exited with an undefeated record. The Falcons swept the Bears 25-17 and 25-18 and Wapello 27-25 and 25-11. Burlington put up a fight after falling in the first set 25-23 by winning the second set 25-23; nevertheless, West Burlington would pick up the win with a 15-5 score in the final set.
Van Buren County and West Burlington will hit the road tomorrow, August 31st, to compete in a tournament at Central Lee with the day starting at 9 am.
Central Lee dropped the first set against Fort Madison last night 25-18, but the Hawks put it together and cruised past the Bloodhounds 3-1 with scores of 25-20, 25-15, and 25-21. Kenna Sandoval collected 18 assists and two aces, while Kylie Fortune led the team with three aces and tied Taylor Jones with 12 kills apiece.
Winfield-Mt. Union started the year off with a resounding win against Keokuk, sweeping the Chiefs 25-23, 25-14, and 25-22. Kellee Milks led the team with 11 kills and five aces as Madisen Kellogg finished with 18 assists. The Wolves will look to move to 2-0 on Tuesday at 7:30 pm at home.
Mt. Pleasant split their season opener last night in Ottumwa, falling to the hosts in straight sets 25-11 and 25-15; but rallying back from a first set loss to Davis County 26-24 to win game two 2-1 with a 15-11 final in the third set. The Panthers rallied late in the final two sets, winning the final six points in the second set and six of the final seven points in the final set, including a pair of kills to end the game for Addison Clark. Mt. Pleasant will travel to Grinnell for a tournament tomorrow with the first game starting at 9 am.
Holy Trinity Catholic and Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Bondurant-Farrar tomorrow for a tournament.
Mediapolis will get their season rolling on Tuesday at Wapello for a tournament.
Danville will compete in a tournament at Burlington Notre Dame on Saturday, September 7th.
High School Cross Country
Van Buren County traveled to Albia last night for their first meet of the season and the boys’ and girls’ teams each had two top ten finishers. On the girls’ side, Rylee Philips raced to a 5th place finish with a time of 22 minutes and 56 seconds to lead the team and Kayley Snowgren grabbed a time of 23 minutes and 43 seconds, good enough for 9th place.
The boys’ team took 2nd place with 50 points as Lincoln Bainbridge’s 2nd place time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds paced the squad. Landry Loeffler secured 6th place with a time of 18 minutes and 49 seconds for the Warriors.
Van Buren County, Danville, New London, and Fairfield will travel to Ottumwa to compete in a meet on Thursday, September 5th, at 5:30 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will host the Jimmy John’s Tournament, starting today against Allen County Community College at 2 pm.
College Football
The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season tomorrow, 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 tomorrow at 2:30 pm at home. Tune in to KILJ 98.5 FM or AM 1130 to listen to the game.
Drake’s game against the Quincy Hawks was ruled a no contest last night after severe weather paused the game at halftime with the Bulldogs leading 10-0. Luke Bailey found Tim Nesslage in the endzone for the only touchdown of the game. Drake will compete against Eastern Washington next Saturday, September 7th, at 6 pm on the road.
This Day in Sports History
1913 – The Phillies lead the Giants 8-6 in top of 9th when fans in the centerfield bleachers try to distract the Giants and the Umpire forfeits the game to the Giants, which leads to a riot. The forfeit is later overruled.
1984 – Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into a record 33rd double play en route to 36.
1997 – The first WNBA Championship: the Houston Comets beat the NY Liberty. Cynthia Cooper led the postseason, averaging 28 points per game.