High School Volleyball
West Burlington ended the regular season with an eight-game winning streak and a senior night victory sweep over Van Buren County last night (25-21, 25-23, 25-19). Senior Baylee Woodsmall had 41 assists, while Kaylee Webb laced 18 kills, two blocks, and two aces in the winning effort. Clara Box collected 11 kills for the Bulldogs.
West Burlington finished the regular season with an 18-15 record, while Mediapolis tallied a 14-15 record.
WACO fell to Pekin last night in four sets (15-25, 25-17, 18-25, 14-25) to finish the regular season with a 6-17 record.
Columbus defeated Hillcrest Academy last night in four sets (25-23, 25-18, 24-26, 25-14). Senior attackers Kennedy Woepking (19 kills) and Jessica Del Rio (13 kills) combined for 32 kills, while Del Rio notched eight aces for the night. The Wildcats head to Washington tomorrow, October 16th, at 7:15 pm.
Wapello’s senior night was a success as they captured a dominant four set victory over Louisa-Muscatine, surrendering just 31 points in their three set wins (25-16, 21-25, 25-7, 25-8). Mila Jordan was unstoppable with 18 kills and three aces, both team highs. The Arrows finished the regular season with a 23-11 record.
Fairfield will celebrate their senior night tomorrow at 7:15 pm against Albia.
Danville will host an Invite tomorrow with Burlington Notre Dame and Mt. Pleasant making the trip.
Mediapolis will host a tournament tomorrow at 5 pm with #2 Holy Trinity Catholic participating.
Postseason Volleyball
Regional Volleyball for Classes 1A and 2A starts on Monday, October 20th, at 7 pm with a majority of our teams competing within the same regional.
In Class 1A Region 2, #2 Holy Trinity Catholic has the top seed and a bye into the second round. The Crusaders will play the winner between Winfield-Mt. Union and Pekin with the Wolves acting as the host.
Burlington Notre Dame will take on WACO at home on Monday. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. The winner will play the winner between Wapello and New London on Wednesday, October 22nd.
In Class 2A Region 8, Danville will host Cardinal on Monday at 7 pm. The winner will advance to play Regina Catholic on Wednesday. Van Buren County will take on West Burlington at home on Wednesday to draw out the top half of the bracket.
High School Cross Country
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference ran last night and the WACO boys’ team claimed the conference championship with 73 points, while the Van Buren County girls’ team collected the title with 59 points.
Starting on the boys’ side, WACO’s Jude Dykstra grabbed the individual conference championship with a time of 16 minutes and 47 seconds, while Locken Henderson turned in a 7th place time of 17 minutes and 36 seconds.
Mediapolis had Simon Wendel and Will Schmidgall anchor the Bulldogs with Wendel finishing with a silver medal time of 17 minutes and 3 seconds and Schmidgall taking 4th place, but the team finished back in 5th place.
Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge clocked a time of 17 minutes and 10 seconds, which was good enough for 3rd place. The Warriors took 4th place as a team. Columbus did not have a runner finish in the top 10 but a strong team performance put the Wildcats in 3rd place, Victor Tovar led the charge with a 12th place finish.
Notre Dame/West Burlington’s Cavin Denney collected an 8th place time of 17 minutes and 40 seconds, while Isaac Shinn of Danville took 15th place with a time of 18 minutes and 15 seconds.
On the girls’ side, Van Buren County was led by Kayley Snowgren’s time of 21 minutes and 25 seconds, which was good enough for 9th place.
Central Lee finished in 4th place as a team followed by Danville, Columbus, and Mediapolis, respectively. Aubree Bunnell of Central Lee rounded out the top 10 with a time of 21 minutes and 40 seconds. The Bears got a 7th place finish by Alaina Gourley with a time of 21 minutes. Lastly, Iris Garza claimed 12th place with a time of 21 minutes and 57 seconds for the Wildcats.
Individually, WACO’s Josie Dykstra took home the silver with a time of 20 minutes and 10 seconds, while Hannah Ritter of Notre Dame/West Burlington grabbed 5th place with a time of 20 minutes and 46 seconds.
The Class 1A and 2A boys’ and girls’ state qualifying meet is scheduled for October 23rd.
Mt. Pleasant will host the Southeast Conference meet tomorrow, October 16th.
High School Football
#8 Mt. Pleasant returns home to square off against #3 Solon at 7:30 pm on Friday, October 17th, with the winner claiming the District Championship. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis will host Central Lee on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will take on #4 Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Fairfield will compete against Keokuk at home on Friday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will tangle with #6 Mid-Prairie at 7 pm on Friday.
Second place for Class A District 5 will be up for grabs when Danville travels to Wapello on Friday at 7 pm.
Columbus will host Pekin at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Belle Plaine on Friday at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will host Iowa Central Community College today with the women playing first.
The volleyball team will take on Iowa Central Community College tonight at 7 pm at home.
College Football
Iowa will face off against Penn State on Saturday, October 18th, at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1884 – Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn pitches his 60th win of the season for the MLB Providence Grays in 8-0 win over the Quakers at Philadelphia.
1925 – MLB World Series: the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Senators 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field for 4-3 series victory; the Pirates became the first team to recover from 3–1 deficit in a 7-game series.
1988 – Oklahoma broke its own NCAA record for most net rushing yards in a game, going for 768 yards on the ground in a 70-24 win over Kansas State.