High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Homecoming on Friday, October 4th, against Washington at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Danville will travel to Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will celebrate their senior night on Friday at 7 pm against New London.
Mediapolis will host Mid-Prairie on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will hit the road to compete against Louisa-Muscatine at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will celebrate their homecoming on Friday at 7:30 pm against West Burlington/Notre Dame.
Fairfield will take on Williamsburg on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Wapello will host Lisbon at 7 pm on Friday.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm at home.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union and Columbus went back-and-forth all night, but the Wildcats won the five-set thriller 25-21, 20-25, 27-25, 21-25, and 15-11. Daniela Diaz finished with 34 assists, two kills, a block, and two aces in the winning effort. The Wildcats will take on Highland on October 10th at 7:30 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will compete in a tournament at New London on Saturday, October 5th.
WACO traveled to Lone Tree last night and fell to Lions in three sets (23-21, 18-21, 10-15), while being swept by Keota (21-18, 21-16). Courtney Waterhouse led the team with 10 kills, while Morgan Meyer tabbed 13 assists. The Warriors will host Hillcrest Academy tomorrow, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant had their senior night celebration spoiled last night against Fairfield 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19). The Panthers started off on the right foot with senior Zoey Atkinson notching a kill, two aces, and a block in the first set, but Fairfield’s defense started flying around, finishing the night with eight total blocks. Trojan head coach Vicki Rebling said her team has focused on communication heading into last night’s matchup,
“We started off a little slow, it seemed like we needed to get used to each other a little bit. Our feet weren’t moving all that well. So, more communication, we always talk about and practice our mouth moves our feet. So, the more we can talk about every ball, the more our feet start to react and we get to the spots that we need to get to.”
Mt. Pleasant captured the second set after Sonya Simon, Alex Scott (3), and Atkinson combined for five aces; however, miscommunication and errors curtailed any momentum that the Panthers were gaining as head coach Logan Wall talked about after the game,
“I felt like we played well. I felt like we served well. We just got down and couldn’t find our momentum back out of some of those, those ruts. Yeah, sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn’t.”
Addison Clark led the Panthers with 11 kills with Fairfield’s Elyse Setterstrom finishing with a game high 12 kills. Despite the loss, coach Wall was more than happy to celebrate this class of seniors,
“Yeah, the senior class have really been great leaders. They don’t necessarily lead on the court, but they have gelled our team together off the court and they’re just a good group of girls and they have their sights set high for after high school. You know, a lot of them are going into the medical field and things like that. And so really just trying to mold young women that are inspired to do well out in society.”
Fairfield will square off against Williamsburg tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will be gearing up for the first round of the Southeast Conference tournament on Tuesday, October 8th, at 5 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will take on Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
West Burlington will compete against Central Lee tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will face off against New London tomorrow at home at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will travel to Danville tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will tango with Highland at home tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant, WACO, and Fairfield participated in the Washington Invitational last night and the Fort Madison girls’ team edged out a one-point victory over Marion, while the Demon boys’ team dominated with Tyler Alderton winning the race and the rest of the top five runners finishing within the top 10.
Starting with the girls’ race, Washington’s Iris Dahl finished in 2nd place with a time of 20 minutes and 23 seconds, as Avery Rump of Fort Madison claimed 4th place.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team finished in 5th place with 178 points followed by Fairfield with 180 points. The Panthers were led by Quintrie Lee’s 10th place finish with a time of 21 minus and 1 second. Alex Jo Steward grabbed 16th place for the Trojans.
WACO finished in 8th as a team with Josie Dykstra taking 11th place with a time of 21 minutes and 3 seconds. Katelyn Kobliska was the top runner for Burlington as she finished in 45th place.
In the boys’ race, Fairfield totaled 134 points for 4th place, followed by Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, and WACO, respectively. Aaden Regur was the top runner for the Trojans as he grabbed 18th place. Burlington was headlined by Sam Kotleba and Aaron Morehead as they took 13th and 14th place, respectively.
Mt. Pleasant had Locken Henderson finish within the top 10 in 7th place with a time of 17 minutes and 37 seconds. Lastly, WACO’s Jude Dykstra grabbed the bronze with a time of 17 minutes and 1 second.
Mt. Pleasant, WACO, Wapello, and Fairfield will travel to Hillcrest Academy on Saturday, October 7th.
Danville traveled to Williamsburg yesterday and the girls’ team placed 11th out of 17 teams with 301 points, while the boys’ team clinched 6th place out of 19 teams with 191 points.
In the girls’ race, Alaina Gourley led the charge for the Bears with a 10th place time of 19 minutes and 48 seconds. Abby Arnett was the next to finish for Danville with a time of 22 minutes and 2 seconds, which placed her in 60th.
In the boys’ race, Jackson Shacklett notched a time of 16 minutes and 24 seconds, nabbing him 6th place overall. Nick Powell and Isaac Shinn finished one after the other in 34th and 35th place, respectively.
Danville, Columbus, and Van Buren County will compete at Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Course on October 10th.
Van Buren County hosted their invitational last night with both their boys’ and girls’ teams dominating as they each finished the team golds and the individual golds. Rylee Phillips with a time of 21 minutes and 36 seconds took 1st place followed by Kayley Snowgren grabbing the silver. Lincoln Bainbridge, Landry Loeffler, and Kayden Farris all got on the podium with the trio finishing 1st through 3rd place, respectively.
Mediapolis, Central Lee, Holy Trinity Catholic, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Wapello will participate in a meet hosted by Winfield-Mt. Union tomorrow, October 3rd.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will stay at home to compete against North Iowa Area Community College tonight at 7 pm.
College Football
#16 Iowa State is back at home on Saturday, October 5th, at 6:30 pm, taking on Baylor. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the broadcast.
Iowa will square off against #3 Ohio State on the road at 2:30 on Saturday. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
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.