Postseason Volleyball
For the Class 1A Region 2 championship, #3 Holy Trinity Catholic advanced to their fourth consecutive state tournament appearance after fighting back to sweep Calamus-Wheatland (25-12, 27-25, and 28-26). After a dominating first set by Presley Myers, the Warriors thundered out to leads of seven in the second set and twelve in the third set. Nevertheless, in the first instance of resistance against the Crusaders in the postseason, the team did not flinch as head coach Melissa Freesmeier was enthusiastic to see,
“It makes you feel good. We were down. We were down big, and we came back, and we just kept coming after them and we told them in the timeout. We got to keep swinging. All right? Don’t just try to put the ball in play. We gotta keep swinging and we came up huge. I think Adalyn had five straight kills and you know, she just kept going and she has that ability to take over a game, but our defense was digging up balls and was able to keep that opportunity alive but proud of all of our kids tonight. They stepped up and did the little things and we got the victory after being down and said two and three, but proud of the way our kids just stayed in it and had the opportunity to win it.”
Adalyn Kruse tabbed 11 of her 19 kills in the third set comeback, but Myers led the squad with 20 kills in the match and the junior still hasn’t gotten sick of the going to state,
“No, I mean we work all season to go to the state tournament and it’s, you know, it’s a really short, you know, three days, but it’s like it’s one of the best feelings. You know, you’re ever going to feel, and you only have a short four years of high school to experience it. So you know, it’s totally worth it to work your butt off and miss out on some stuff all throughout the season, so you’re prepared to make it to the state tournament and I’m so excited to go next week and to just show all the incoming freshmen and everything like what it’s all about. So, they can look forward to it next year too.”
Holy Trinity Catholic will take on BCLUW in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday, November 5th, at 8:25 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 8:05 pm.
The other Class 1A matchups include: Ankeny Christian will face off against Don Bosco, Riverside will compete against North Tama, and Saint Ansgar will take on Janesville.
In Class 2A Region 3, #14 West Burlington hung in for the first set against #3 Beckman Catholic last night, but ultimately could not keep up, losing in straight sets (21-25, 14-25, and 17-25). The Falcons ended the season with a 37-7 record.
The state tournament matchups for Class 2A will be Denver versus Boyden-Hull, Dike-New Hartford will take on Aplington-Parkersburg, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont will compete against Regina Catholic, and Beckman Catholic will face off against South Hardin. The tournament will begin at 2 pm on Tuesday for Class 2A.
Class 5A will start off the tournament with Pleasant Valley facing off against Waukee on Monday, November 4th, at noon. Ankeny Centennial will take on Cedar Falls, Dowling Catholic will compete against Indianola, and Ankeny will tango with Waukee Northwest.
Postseason Football
WACO will travel to #3 Don Bosco tomorrow, November 1st, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
#10 West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on #8 Anamosa on the road tomorrow night.
Mediapolis will get a district rematch against Mid-Prairie on the road at 7 tomorrow.
In Class 3A, #5 Mt. Vernon will host Carroll and Assumption will hit to the road to take on #3 Wahlert Catholic with both games scheduled for 7 pm tomorrow.
High School Cross Country
The Class 3A state meet is scheduled for tomorrow, 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 meets will run on Saturday, November 2nd. For the Class 2A boys’ race, Mediapolis will have a trio of runners competing in Mason Lindeen, Will Schmidgall, and Simon Wendell. On the girls’ side, Hannah Fruehling and Kaitlyn Kipp will run for Notre Dame/West Burlington.
For Class 1A, the Danville, Van Buren County, and Columbus boys’ teams will be competing along with the Danville girls’ team. For the qualifying individuals, Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom and WACO’s Jude Dykstra will participate in the boys’ race, while the duo of Rylee Phillips and Kayley Snowgren of Van Buren County will run in the girls’ race.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team finished the regular season on a six-game winning streak after defeating Ellsworth Community College in four sets last night. The Blackhawks await their opponent for the First Round of the Region 11 tournament slated for Wednesday, November 6th.
College Football
Iowa will take on Wisconsin on Saturday, November 2nd, at 6:30 pm at home. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.
#11 Iowa State will be back in action this Saturday at 2:30 pm at home against Texas Tech. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1950 – The Big Cat, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points in his debut for the Washington Capitols.
1994 – Tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California.
2003 – Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii. She would return to surfing less than a month later.