Sports, October 11th

High School Football

Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to take on Keokuk tonight 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 tonight at 7 pm. 

Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie on the road tonight at 7:30 pm. 

Mediapolis will compete against Davis County tonight at 7:30 pm on the road. 

WACO will hit the road to take on English Valleys tonight at 7 pm. 

Danville will be tested on the road against #4 Lisbon at 7 pm tonight.  

West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Albia tonight at 7:30 pm. 

Winfield-Mt. Union will host Mormon Trail tonight at 7 pm.

Wapello will travel to Pekin tonight at 7 pm.

Fairfield will take on South Tama tonight at 7 pm at home. 

New London will travel to Moravia tomorrow, October 12th, at 2 pm.

High School Volleyball

New London fell to Burlington Notre Dame in straight sets last night 25-12, 25-22, and 25-13. The Nikes will compete at a tournament hosted by Danville on Thursday, October 17th, starting at 5 pm.

Mediapolis swept Van Buren County last night 25-20, 25-17, and 25-19. Maddy Carter tabbed 13 kills and two blocks in the winning effort. The Bulldogs will square off against Fort Madison on Thursday at 5 pm to start off their quad. 

Central Lee gave #2 Holy Trinity Catholic a scare after tying the match at one set apiece but the Crusaders celebrated their senior night with a 3-1 win (25-18, 21-15, 25-21, and 25-13). The Hawks had Taylor Jones collect 14 kills; the Crusaders were led by Presley Myers’ 15 kills and Anna Bendlage’s 20 assists and four aces. 

Holy Trinity Catholic will participate in a tournament tomorrow at Pella. 

Central Lee, Van Buren County, and New London will compete in a tournament tomorrow at Davis County. 

Winfield-Mt. Union won their senior night against Hillcrest Academy last night 3-1 (17-25, 25-19, 25-19, and 25-21). Kellee Milks led the team with 12 kills as Madisen Kellogg dished out 42 assists in the win. The Wolves will take on Lone Tree on the road on Tuesday, October 15th, at 7:30 pm.

Wapello dumped Lone Tree in straight sets (25-13, 25-4, and 25-16) last night. Mila Jordan walloped 17 kills, while Annaka Greiner collected 38 assists and four aces in the win. The Arrows will face off against Louisa-Muscatine on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on the road. 

WACO took down Louisa-Muscatine for a senior night victory last night. The Warriors will travel to Pekin on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. 

Columbus won a five-set nail-biter against Highland last night (25-11, 33-35, 21-25, 25-20, and 16-14) as Daniela Diaz filled the stat sheet with 36 assists, two blocks, and two aces in the win. The Wildcats will face off against Hillcrest Academy in a road matchup on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

Danville battled against Keokuk last night with the match needing five sets to decide a winner after Danville took the first and third sets 26-24 and 25-22, while the Chiefs won the second and fourth sets 25-18. Despite Camryn Atterberg’s 11 kills and two aces, the Bears would exit with the win in the fifth set 15-9. 

#14 West Burlington will square off against Danville on Tuesday at 7:30 pm in a road matchup. 

Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will travel to Oskaloosa tomorrow for a tournament. 

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the postseason brackets yesterday and for a breakdown of our local matchups, follow this link: IGHSAU Postseason Brackets

High School Cross Country

Mediapolis and Columbus co-hosted the Mike Jay Invitational last night and the Keokuk girls’ team won with 55 team points, while the Danville boys’ team took the gold with 58 points.

In the girls’ race, Alaina Gourley’s second place finish with a time of 20 minutes and 14 seconds led Danville to a 2nd place finish overall with 70 points as Abby Arnett was the next Bear to finish in 11th place. 

Central Lee took 4th place with Evelyn Adkins’ 12th place finish anchoring the Hawks with a time of 22 minutes and 8 seconds. Mediapolis finished right behind in 5th place as Mia Steniner grabbed 22nd place. 

Mt. Pleasant’s Quintrie Lee had her best finish of the year, collecting a time of 21 minutes and 2 seconds, which was good enough for fifth place. Overall, the Panthers finished in 6th as a team.

Iris Garza led Columbus with a fourth place time of 20 minutes and 56 seconds as the Wildcats finished in 7th place. 

For individual runners, Kaitlyn Kipp of West Burlington/Notre Dame took home the bronze with a time of 20 minutes and 42 seconds. WACO’s Josie Dykstra finished in sixth place. The duo of Kayley Snowgren and Rylee Phillips took ninth and tenth place, respectively, for Van Buren County. Kenna Small of Wapello finished in 16th place. Lastly, Irelynn Kelly of New London raced to a 52nd place finish. 

Moving over to the boys’ race, Danville’s Jackson Shacklett collected the gold with a time of 16 minutes and 33 seconds. Ty Muniz of Columbus was a mere ten seconds behind as he grabbed second place overall with the team finishing in 4th place. 

Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis was the final runner to finish with a sub-17 minute time as he took the bronze along with his squad with 78 points. Van Buren County finished above the Bulldogs with 76 points as Lincoln Bainbridge raced to a fourth place time of 17 minutes and 4.2 seconds.

Mt. Pleasant had Locken Henderson finish in 11th place with a time of 17 minutes and 39 seconds as the Panthers took 6th as a team. Central Lee was led by Leo Thomas’ 29th place finish with the team grabbing 7th place. West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Liam Haeger finished in 28th place, but the team finished behind the Hawks in 8th place. 

Kohlby Newsom tallied a fifth place time of 17 minutes and 4.3 seconds as the Winfield-Mt. Union finished in 9th place. Lastly, Tanner Williams of Holy Trinity Catholic grabbed 59th place with the Crusaders taking 11th place as a team. 

Wapello’s Will Parsons raced to a 51st place finish, while New London’s Nathan Bergman finished in 60th place. 

Danville, Central Lee, Columbus, Holy Trinity Catholic, WACO, Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, Wapello, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will compete on Tuesday, October 15th, at Cedar Crest Country Club for their conference meet. 

Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will compete in their conference meet on Thursday, October 17th, at Keokuk. 

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team will host a triangular today with Wilbur Wright College and Illinois Central College making the trip. 

College Football

#11 Iowa State will travel to West Virginia tomorrow, October 12th, at 7 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.

Iowa will host Washington tomorrow at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.

This Day in Sports History

1925 – The New York Giants lose their first NFL game, 14-0, to the Providence Steam Rollers at the Cycledrome.

1927 – New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig is named American League MVP; despite hitting an MLB record 60 home runs, Babe Ruth as a former winner is not eligible–a rule that was changed in 1931.

2020 – NBA Finals: the LA Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win a record equaling 17th title; the MVP goes to LeBron James; first to win the award with three different teams.