High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to play Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will make the trip to Pekin tonight at 7 pm.
New London will host Mediapolis tonight at 7 pm.
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Burlington Notre Dame at 7 pm at home tonight.
Washington will hit the road to face off against Pella Christian tonight at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Williamsburg tonight at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington will fly to Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
Danville will host Van Buren County tonight at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will clash with WACO tonight at 7 pm on the road.
The first round of the Southeast Conference Tournament will begin on Monday, October 5th, at 5 pm at Fairfield.
High School Cross Country
Notre Dame/West Burlington and Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite on Saturday, October 3rd, at 11:30 am.
Columbus, Danville, New London, Van Buren County, WACO, and Winfield-Mt. Union will participate in the Mike Jay Invitational on Monday, October 5th, at 4:30 pm.
Hillcrest Academy will host their Invitational on Monday with Fairfield, Wapello, and Washington making the trip.
High School Girls’ Tennis
The Class 1A Region 8 Team tournament semifinals took place yesterday and Fairfield advanced to the regional championship after shutting out Oskaloosa, 5-0. Natalie Steele, Ria Ross, Sriya Yammanur, Faeven Gebremariam, and Kinzley Dunkin did not drop a set in their respective matches. Keokuk was eliminated by Assumption, 5-0.
The Trojans will square off against the Knights on Saturday, October 3rd, at Fairfield.
The Individual State Tennis brackets have been released and here’s the matchups for Fairfield in Class 1A. Natalie Steele of Fairfield will face off against Chloe Palmer of St. Edmond for her first round matchup. In the doubles bracket, Faeven Gebremariam and Sriya Yammanur will clash with Central DeWitt’s Greenley Grell and Claire McGarry, while Kinzley and Mareyn Dunkin will team up against Charley Dilulio and Lea Patrick of Assumption.
The tournament will be held at Waukee Northwest on October 7th and 8th, starting at 10 am.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Homecoming tomorrow, October 2nd, at 7:30 pm against Fort Madison. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will square off against Washington at home tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mediapolis will take on West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will be tested on the road against Wilton at 7 pm tomorrow.
Central Lee will fly to Mid-Prairie tomorrow with kickoff at 7:15 pm.
Danville will tangle with ACGC at the Lacey Sports Complex in Oskaloosa tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will compete against English Valleys on the road at 7 pm tomorrow.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host HLV-TC tomorrow at 7 pm for their Homecoming.
Columbus will welcome Wapello to town tomorrow for Senior Night at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will celebrate their Homecoming tomorrow at 7 pm against Highland.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Danville was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook with special guests senior Colin Vaughan and junior Alivia Bauer joining the program. After losing their first game of the season, the Bear football team has rattled off four straight victories but over the next three weeks they will be challenged by ACGC and Pekin, who have a combined record of 10-1. Vaughan talked about what the team has been focusing on heading into those showdowns,
“We’ve really been focusing on winning first down and turning the ball over, winning the turnovers in the game. That helps us win games. Stopping the run. We’ve been focusing on the run for ACGC, for Pekin, those run-heavy teams.”
The volleyball team is experiencing a youth movement with three sophomores consistently in the starting lineup. Yet, the Bears have managed to knock off two ranked teams this year, including Burlington Notre Dame twice, where Bauer has tabbed 43 kills in those three victories. The junior mentioned that the wins were instrumental in inspiring this young team,
“They were very big for us, for our school and for our team, especially. Over these past few years, we’ve been struggling with finishing the game and just knowing we beat two ranked teams and finishing the game was a huge confidence boost for our team and just letting us know we can do this.”
If you would like to listen to last night’s episode, then follow this link: Danville Episode
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will host Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday, October 3rd, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
The volleyball team will hit the road to play Central Community College-Columbus tomorrow, October 2nd, at 4 pm.
College Football
#14 Iowa will host #5 Ohio State on Saturday, October 3rd, at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State will take on West Virginia at home on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
This Day in Sports History
1903 – First Baseball World Series game ever played; the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7-3 at Huntington Avenue; Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run and Cy Young was the losing pitcher.
1932 – Babe Ruth called his shot in the 5th inning of Game three of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs. Yankees go on to win the game 7-5.
2004 – Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler’s 84-year-old MLB single-season record; Ichiro ends the season with 262 hits.