Postseason Volleyball
In Class 1A Region 2, Burlington Notre Dame will host WACO at 7 pm tonight. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Lone Tree at home tonight at 7 pm. The winner will take on #2 Holy Trinity Catholic on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 7 pm in Fort Madison.
Wapello will face off against New London tonight at home at 7 pm.
In Class 2A Region 2, Van Buren County will take on Cardinal on Wednesday at 7 pm at home.
In Region 3, Columbus will battle with Danville at home at 7 pm tonight with the winner advancing to play #14 West Burlington.
Class 3A Region 5 will have Washington hosting Mediapolis tomorrow, 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 tomorrow at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Postseason Football
WACO will travel to Central City on Friday, October 25th, with kickoff scheduled for 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will get a rematch with Montezuma on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Danville will compete against Bellevue on the road at 7 pm on Friday.
Columbus will take on Maquoketa Valley on Friday at 7 pm in a road matchup.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Centerville on Friday at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will hit the road on Friday at 7 pm to face off against Northeast.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will end the regular season on Friday, October 25th, at 7:30 pm at home against Assumption. Head coach John Bowlin is excited for the opportunity this team has to end the regular season,
“Big game for us. I mean we know assumption is going to bring it. There are three teams really fighting to get into that postseason. So, we’ve got to take care of what we can do and just our guys having this opportunity, you know, it’s been a long time since they’ve been able to play for something like that, so it speaks a lot to what they’ve done since last year. I mean, just the work and leadership these guys have brought to us. So, we’re going to let it all out on Friday and you know we’ll take all the shots we can and, you know, see where we end up. But it’s a lot of fun to be playing for something more at the end of the year and you know, like I said, just proud of our guys for earning that opportunity.”
Fairfield will close out the season at home on Friday at 7:30 pm against Grinnell.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield 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 competed in their Triangular over the weekend, splitting their matchups with a four set loss to Kansas City Kansas Community College (22-25, 25-23, 25-27, 18-25) and a sweep of East Central College (25-22, 25-10, 25-19). The Blackhawks will travel to Iowa Lakes Community College on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 7 pm.
College Football
#10 Iowa State threw two interceptions, including a pick-six, and allowed UCF to rush for over 350 yards, but somehow still exited their conference matchup undefeated when Rocco Becht pushed his way into the endzone for a one-yard touchdown with 30 seconds left in the 4th quarter to down the Knights 38-35. Becht finished with three touchdowns in the contest (two on the ground) as Carson Hansen rallied his way to 91 rushing yards and two scores of his own. The Cyclones will be awarded with a bye week.
Iowa’s defense struggled to stop Michigan State over the weekend as the Hawkeyes fell to the Spartans 32-20. Kaleb Johnson continued his superb season, tallying 147 total yards and his 13th rushing touchdown of the season. The Hawkeyes will be searching for a win on Saturday at home against Northwestern at 2:30 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1964 – Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia becomes the first athlete to successfully defend his Olympic marathon title.
1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
2007 – Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas set an NFL record for most points scored in a game (no touchdowns) with 26 in a 38-36 win over the Texans at Reliant Stadium, Houston.