High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fort Madison tonight at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Van Buren County will host #4 Lisbon tonight at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against HLV tonight at 7 pm on the road.
New London will take on English Valleys tonight at 7 pm at home.
Danville will host Columbus to end the season at 7 pm tonight.
Wapello will square off against Highland tonight at 7 pm at home to end the season.
Fairfield will travel to Solon tonight at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will compete against Davis County tonight at 7:30 pm in a road matchup.
Central Lee will face off against Mediapolis tonight at 7:30 pm for their regular season finale.
Postseason matchups for 8-Player and Classes A, 1A, and 2A will be released tomorrow, October 19th, at 10 am.
High School Volleyball
Mediapolis hosted a quad last night and the Bulldogs finished 1-2 with a sweep of Fort Madison (25-17, 26-24) but losses to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (7-25, 12-25) and #2 Holy Trinity Catholic (13-25, 22-25) in straight sets. Maddy Carter led the Bulldogs with 10 kills and six blocks as Bryn Wright tallied 37 assists.
Columbus fell to Washington in four sets last night (14-25, 23-25, 25-17, and 13-25). Aracely Garza tabbed a team leading three aces along with notching five kills in the loss.
Postseason Volleyball
Classes 1A and 2A will have their first round matchups start on Monday, October 21st, at 7 pm. Here’s a look at our local matchups.
In Class 1A Region 2, Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Lone Tree at home on Monday at 7 pm. The winner will take on #2 Holy Trinity Catholic on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 7 pm in Fort Madison.
Burlington Notre Dame will host WACO at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. The winner will take on the winner between Wapello and New London with the Arrows acting as the hosts against the Tigers.
In Class 2A Region 2, Van Buren County will take on Cardinal on Wednesday at 7 pm at home. Columbus will battle with Danville at home with the winner advancing to play #14 West Burlington.
Class 3A Region 5 will have Washington hosting Mediapolis on Tuesday, October 22nd, at 7 pm. Region 8 will see Fairfield travel to Wilton and Central Lee making the trip to West Liberty.
Lastly, for Class 4A Region 4, Mt. Pleasant will take on Fort Madison at home on Tuesday at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
High School Cross Country
The 2024 Southeast Conference championship meet is in the books and the Washington boys’ team ran away with another team title, while the Fort Madison girls’ team usurped Washington to take the team championship.
On the girls’ side, Washington’s Iris Dahl snatched the individual gold by over 20 seconds with a time of 19 minutes and 32 seconds as the Demons finished with 42 team points. The next four spots belonged to the Bloodhounds with Avery Rump grabbing the silver, followed by Mara Smith, Addison Rump, and Jordyn Marshall, respectively. The top five runners for Fort Madison all finished within the top seven.
Keokuk finished in 3rd place as a team with Hannah Karre racing to an 11th place time of 21 minutes and three seconds. Mt. Pleasant’s Quintire Lee had a phenomenal race as she was the only non-Demon or Bloodhound to crack the top 10 with a 6th place time of 20 minutes and 30 seconds. The Panthers, overall, finished in 4th place as a team with Bella Dodds grabbing 21st place. Lastly, Fairfield took 5th place as Alex Jo Steward and Caroline Van Pelt led the Trojans, finishing in 18th and 19th, respectively.
The boys’ race was a close matchup against two ranked programs in Washington and Fort Madison with the Demons edging out the victory, tabbing 28 total points compared to the Bloodhounds’ 33 points.
A big reason was Washington’s Andrew Rees turning in one his best performances to win the individual title with a time of 16 minutes and 23 seconds as Tyler Alderton finished behind him in 2nd place. Fort Madison was led by a trio that finished in 3rd through 5th place: Jacob Shottenkirk, Riley Tripp, and Mason McLey.
Burlington’s Aaron Morehead took 7th place with a time of 17 minutes and 20 seconds, which helped the Grayhounds finish in 3rd place. Fairfield finished in 4th place as a team as the Trojans were anchored by John Miller’s 16th place finish. Mt. Pleasant’s Silas Hulett led the Panthers with an 11th place time of 17 minutes and 45 seconds as Locken Henderson turned in a 17th place performance. Keokuk rounded out the team leaderboard with 167 points as Rollan Zetterlund finished in 26th place.
On the middle school front, Avery Fedler of Mt. Pleasant won the conference crown on the girls’ side and Kylan Parrish led the boys’ team with a 4th place finish.
The SEC–minus Burlington–will travel to Pella for their Class 3A state qualifying meet set for Wednesday, October 23rd, at 4 pm. Class 4A’s Burlington will also run on Wednesday at Pleasant Valley.
The state qualifying meets for Classes 1A and 2A will commence at 4 pm on Thursday, October 24th.
For Class 1A at Regina Catholic, Danville will run against Van Buren County as the two boys’ teams will enter the race ranked. Joining them will be Wapello, New London, and the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team.
WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip west to Pleasantville to compete, while Columbus will be on its own at North Linn.
In Class 2A, Central Lee and Notre Dame/West Burlington will make the trip to Monticello, while Mediapolis will follow the highly ranked Mid-Prairie teams to Pella Christian.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team ventured back into the win column last night in a four-set victory over Marshalltown Community College (25-19, 23-25, 25-22, and 25-20). The Blackhawks will host a triangular tomorrow, October 19th, with their first match against Kansas City Kansas Community College at 11 am.
College Football
#9 Iowa State will host UCF tomorrow, October 19th, at 6:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the broadcast.
Iowa will square off against Michigan State on the road tomorrow at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1953 – Willie Thrower becomes the first Black NFL quarterback in modern times.
1974 – Chicago Bulls Nate Thurmond, in his debut with the team, becomes the first in NBA history to complete a quadruple double: 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks.
2009 – Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter.