Postseason Volleyball
Regional Volleyball for Classes 1A and 2A starts tonight at 7 pm, while Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A will begin tomorrow, October 21st.
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 tonight. 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 tonight 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.
Class 3A Region 2 will feature a Southeast Iowa Super Conference showdown between Mediapolis and Central Lee with the Bulldogs acting as the hosts.
Fairfield will travel to West Liberty in Class 3A’s Region 7 bracket.
Lastly, in Class 4A Region 1, Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk tomorrow at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant travels to Fairfield on Friday, October 24th, at 7:30 pm with a playoff spot on the line. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Washington will travel to Keokuk on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Postseason Football
Mediapolis will venture to Centerville on Friday, October 24th, to start their postseason journey.
#6 Mid-Prairie will take on North Fayette Valley on Friday at 7 pm at home.
WACO will travel to #6 Edgewood-Colesburg on Friday for their first round matchup at 7 pm.
#4 Iowa Valley will host Moravia, who got in as a wildcard team, at 7 pm on Friday.
In Danville’s third consecutive trip to the postseason, the Bears will get a chance to host a playoff game with Maquoketa Valley making the trip on Friday at 7 pm. Bears head coach Cody Thompson talked about what makes this team special,
“I think our team is very physical, very determined. You know that every team puts in work over the summer, but you know, the drive these guys have and the effort they’ve been giving, and they are a very talented bunch. You know as a team we have guys that mesh really well together. You know, I feel like we have some good leaders on our team, and I think we’re going to be a tough out for anybody.”
Wapello will hit the road to face off against Lynnville-Sully at 7 pm on Friday.
Columbus will attempt to avenge their mid-season loss against North Linn on Friday at 7 pm in their first-round road postseason matchup.
Pekin will host Earlham at 7 pm on Friday.
High School Cross Country
The Class 3A boys’ and girls’ state qualifying meets are set to run on Wednesday, October 22nd. Mt. Pleasant, Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Washington will travel to Williamsburg, while Fairfield will head to Pella.
The Classes 1A and 2A boys’ and girls’ state qualifying meets are scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd. Pekin will be hosting Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, New London, WACO, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union, while Van Buren County will travel to Central Decatur for Class 1A. Additionally, Columbus will journey to North Linn.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will make the trip to Regina Catholic for Class 2A.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s soccer team scored three second-half goals to knock off Western Iowa Teach 4-3 over the weekend. Louey Franks netted two of the four goals.
The women’s soccer team lost a tough one to Western Iowa Tech, 1-0. Both teams will travel to North Iowa Area Community College on Wednesday, October 22nd, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
The volleyball team dropped both games of their triangular over the weekend, getting swept by Indian Hills Community College and losing a five-set thriller to Sauk Valley Community College (25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 21-25, 4-15). Aviana West finished the weekend with 21 kills. The Blackhawks will make the trip to Ellsworth Community College tomorrow, October 21st, at 6:30 pm.
College Football
Iowa added salt to Penn State’s wounds over the weekend, handing the Nittany Lions their third straight loss in a tense 25-24 victory. Mark Gronowski led the Hawkeyes on the ground with 130 rushing yards and two scores. The Hawkeyes will compete at home against Minnesota for the Floyd of Rosedale on Saturday, October 25th, at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State is back in action on Saturday as they look to upset #11 BYU at home at 3:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1963 – Jim Brown sets a then-NFL single-season rushing record: 1,863 yds.
1996 – MLB Atlanta Braves Andruw Jones is the youngest player to homer in the World Series.
2004 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 deficit to beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. The first team in MLB history to do so.