High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield had two singles players and a doubles team compete in day one of the state tournament and three of the four were able to advance to day two of the competition.
The doubles team of Ria Ross and Sriya Yammanur started out hot, shutting out Annie Elbert and Claire King of Wahlert Catholic in the first set, but could not maintain that momentum falling 6-2 in the next two sets to move to the consolation bracket.
The pair would regroup by winning two straight tiebreakers over Bishop Heelan’s Maria Ernesti and Kate Kelly then Ellie Cole and Taylin Walter of Clarinda to advance to the consolation bracket semifinals. The Trojans will compete today against Kaylee Kuehl and Livi Schnieder of Boone.
In the singles bracket, Natalie Steele was competitive in the first round but lost the tiebreaker 7-6 to move to the consolation bracket. She would respond by defeating Layla Hargis of Clarinda in a sweep and knocking off Lea Patrick in a third set tiebreaker. Steele will face off against Kaitlyn Bjork of Decorah today with the winner advancing to the 5th place match.
Lastly, Poojita Mukadam was also ushered to the consolation bracket after falling to Kuemper Catholic’s Charlotte Schwabe in three sets (6-4, 2-6, 2-6). She would take down Ava Breems of Pella Christian in a sweep, surrendering just five points, but her tournament run would end in the next round in straight sets at the hands of Harida Cakinberk of North Polk.
High School Volleyball
Burlington Notre Dame will host a rematch against #2 Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will square off against Danville tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Columbus tonight at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will head to Highland tonight at 7:30 pm.
New London will host Mediapolis tonight at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington will square off against Central Lee tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
WACO will travel to Hillcrest Academy tonight at 6:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will be gearing up for day one of the Southeast Conference Tournament slated to start on Monday, October 6th.
High School Cross Country
WACO will run at the Bud and Bonnie Williams Invitational tonight in Iowa City.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host their Invitational tonight with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, and Wapello participating.
Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite on Saturday, October 4th.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will clash with Fort Madison tomorrow, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Panther head coach John Bowlin knows no one is going to hand his team a victory,
“Our goal is 1-0 every week and we definitely will not take anybody lightly. So, you know, I think these kids are hungry and know kind of what our goals are and where we want to be at the end of the year. So, we’ve got to be prepared and you know, take nothing lightly. It’s going to be a big game. They’ve got a good line, it’s going to come down to our D-line, really got to seal the gaps and bring some pressure there and shut their run game down.”
Fairfield will travel to Washington tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Wilton at 7 pm tomorrow.
Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie at home at 7 pm tomorrow.
Mediapolis will take on West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Wapello will host Columbus tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will attempt to get back in the win column tomorrow at 7 pm in a home showdown against English Valleys.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to HLV/TC tomorrow at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s soccer team keeps rolling as they snuck out with their sixth consecutive victory yesterday, defeating Hawkeye Community College 3-2. Yota Ishikawa, Simeon Semelier, and Gregory Zuniga each netted a goal in the winning effort.
The women’s soccer team was shut out by Hawkeye Community College yesterday 3-0.
Both teams will travel to Northeast Community College on Saturday, October 4th, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
The volleyball team will get another conference showdown tonight in a road matchup against Des Moines Area Community College at 7 pm.
The men’s basketball team will be traveling to Waukee for the ICCAC Men’s JUCO Jam on Sunday, October 5th. The Blackhawks will take on Lake Region State at 11 am to start their day.
College Football
#14 Iowa State will take on Cincinnati on Saturday at 11 am on the road. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
Iowa is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1916 – Pitching in his 3rd start in 5 days, Philadelphia Phillies right hander Grover Cleveland Alexander ties the MLB record with his 16th shutout of the year in a 2-0 win versus the Boston Braves.
1950 – Bob Shaw of the Chicago Cardinals sets an NFL record with 5 touchdown receptions in a 55-13 win against the Baltimore Colts.
1994 – Miami head coach Don Shula faces off against Cincinnati head coach and his son David in the first-ever NFL meeting between father and son; the Dolphins defeat the Bengals, 23-7.