High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to take on Keokuk tomorrow, October 11th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Columbus will face off against Van Buren County tomorrow at 7 pm.
Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie on the road tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mediapolis will compete against Davis County tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
WACO will hit the road to take on English Valleys tomorrow at 7 pm.
Danville will be tested on the road against #4 Lisbon at 7 pm tomorrow.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Albia tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Mormon Trail tomorrow at 7 pm.
Wapello will travel to Pekin tomorrow at 7 pm.
Fairfield will take on South Tama tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
New London’s road game against Moravia has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 12th, at 2 pm.
High School Volleyball
New London will look for a win on their senior night tonight against Burlington Notre Dame at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis will compete against Van Buren County tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Danville will host Keokuk tonight at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7:30 pm for the Crusaders’ senior night.
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7:30 pm at home for their senior night.
Wapello will face off against Lone Tree tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
WACO will face off against Louisa-Muscatine tonight at home at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will take on Highland tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will travel to Oskaloosa on Saturday, October 12th, for a tournament.
West Burlington will square off against Danville on Tuesday, October 15th, at 7:30 pm in a road matchup.
High School Volleyball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their seventh edition of the 2024 volleyball rankings and Holy Trinity Catholic continues to climb up the ranks.
Starting in Class 2A, West Burlington, despite winning the New London tournament and not dropping a set in their last five games, fell two spots in the rankings to #14. Taryn Snodgrass is 3rd in the state in assists with 884, while Carli Cline leads the state in digs by nearly 200 with 630 for the season. Add in Brenna Beggs, Jayonna Hiley, and Madelyn Hamelton, who have all tallied at least 230 kills for the season, and this team is a tough one to beat.
Holy Trinity Catholic cannot stop winning since their own classic, causing their move up to #2 in Class 1A. The Crusaders have won their past 12 contests, including the conference championship, while losing only one set. Presley Myers is a fearsome presence at the net with a team leading 185 kills and 57 blocks. With the Crusaders catching fire at the right time and plenty of tournament experience, they will look to make another deep run in the postseason.
High School Cross Country
Mediapolis and Columbus will be co-hosting the Mike Jay Invitational with Danville, Van Buren County, WACO, Central Lee, Winfield-Mt. Union, New London, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mt. Pleasant, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Wapello all competing tonight.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Winfield-Mt. Union was the school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook with special guests seniors Pacey Schlee and Lane Genkinger. For Pacey, her leadership style looks to set the foundation for the younger members of her team to build upon when they become leaders,
“I definitely try to lead by example every day at practice. You know, working hard, not giving up in the game and I always try to give the younger ones advice to, you know, let them know what they can do better and just try to show them, like, how they should be as leaders when they get to their senior year too. Yeah. Just try to remind them that it’s supposed to be fun, and, in the end, the wins and losses don’t matter as long as you had a good time with your team.”
Lane is looking to shock the state as the playoffs rapidly approach and his motivation is built out of selflessness,
“My family. Because we never really had much and going to state for any athletic activity, whether it’s basketball or track, anything, going to state is pretty big here. So, my dad’s one of my biggest supporters and he just tries to make it to everything and sometimes he couldn’t cause of work. So, I just always try to push to Let him know that I’m doing it for you, Dad, and he can go out and talk to other people and say, yeah, that’s my kid.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then you can follow this link: Winfield-Mt. Union Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team fell to Western Iowa Tech Community College last night 3-2. The Blackhawks will host a triangular tomorrow, October 11th, with Wilbur Wright College and Illinois Central College making the trip.
College Football
#11 Iowa State will travel to West Virginia on Saturday, October 12th, at 7 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
Iowa will host Washington on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.
This Day in Sports History
1916 – In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the first owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3.
1960 – Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for a Canadian Football League-record 287 yards.
1979 – Nordiques’ Real Cloutier becomes the third player to score a hat trick in their first game.