Postseason Football
On a cold night, WACO’s variety of smashmouth football shocked Central City last night as the Warriors smacked the Wildcats 39-16. A big reason for that success was WACO’s defense as the Warriors held one of the top rushing attacks in the state to less than 100 yards. Warrior head coach Chad Edeker talked about the win after the game,
“Oh, I thought our defense played great to hold those guys to 16 points. That’s awesome. I think, you know, I don’t know. Officially they have. I don’t think they much more than 100 yards rushing, probably total. Klostermann, heck of a back. He’s got 1800 yards in the season. Our kids did a great job of getting to the ball, getting multiple guys to the ball. You know, he’d spin and break one tackle and there be two guys standing ready to hit him. I thought we did a good job.”
The Warrior offense started humming in the second half as Trey Edeker rambled off a 68-yard rushing touchdown as he tallied three rushing touchdowns on the game, while Louden Huisenga claimed 146 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground in the win. Coach Edeker gave credit to the offensive linemen for the win last night,
“You know, our frontline: Rafe, Joel, Adam, Owen, Tyler. Those five guys, when we go to that, that, that double tight heavy set and just pound the ball they did a great job of down blocking and Trey kicked out and allowed and did a good job of reading it we don’t we don’t run it that much you know we just started running the last couple weeks and it’s worked and we try not to do in practice too much it’s physical it’s tough on our kids that to be that physical and they did a great job tonight running it.”
WACO will play on Friday, November 1st, for the second round of the playoffs. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union hung in with Montezuma but the Braves exited with the home win 61-54. The Wolves ended the season with a 5-4 record.
Danville lost to Bellevue last night 43-7. The Bears finished the season a 5-4 record.
Columbus was eliminated from the postseason last night by Maquoketa Valley 61-13. The Wildcats finished with a 4-5 record for the season.
#10 West Burlington/Notre Dame picked up their first postseason victory in program history after defeating Centerville last night 38-22. Quincy Collins rushed for over 250 yards and three touchdowns. The Falcons await their next opponent for the second round of the postseason.
Mediapolis pulled off the upset last night, defeating Northeast 21-6 to advance to the second round of the postseason.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant fell to Assumption last night 35-0. The Knights will advance to the postseason after finishing as the runner-up in the district. The Panthers finish the season with a 4-5 record.
Fairfield lost to Grinnell last night 45-27. The Trojans ended the year with a 2-7 record.
In other District four games, #7 Mt. Vernon destroyed Keokuk 62-7 and Washington handled Fort Madison 41-21. The Mustangs advanced to the postseason.
Postseason Volleyball
In Class 1A Region 2, Holy Trinity Catholic will host Wapello on Monday, October 28th, at 7 pm for the Regional Semifinal. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
In Class 2A Region 2, Van Buren County will travel to face off against #2 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at 7 pm on Monday.
In Region 3, #14 West Burlington will compete against Lisbon at home on Monday at 7 pm.
High School Cross Country
The Class 3A state meet is scheduled for Friday, November 1st, in Fort Dodge with both Washington teams and Mt. Pleasant’s Quintrie Lee making the trip.
The Class 1A and Class 2A state meet will run on Saturday, November 2nd.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team defeated Spoon River College last night in straight sets. The Blackhawks will continue their Triangular today with their first match at noon against Black Hawk College.
College Football
Iowa will be searching for a win today at home against Northwestern at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
#10 Iowa State is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1982 – Steve Carlton becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young awards.
1986 – Trailing 5-3 with 2 outs and no one on in the bottom of the 10th, the New York Mets rally to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, when Boston Red Sox infielder Bill Buckner misplays a ball at Shea Stadium in New York.
2005 – MLB World Series: Chicago beats Houston 1-0 in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park to sweep the Astros and win the White Sox their first title in 88 years; MVP: Chicago outfielder Jermaine Dye.