High School Football
It felt like Mt. Pleasant was taking years of frustration out on Fort Madison last night as the Panthers demolished the Bloodhounds on their Homecoming night 61-0. The offense was firing on all cylinders with Grayson Walker finding Brody Clark, Kaden Schadt, and Merrick Lamm for touchdowns through the air and the three-headed attack of Ryan Helling, Griffen Jones, and Ramzy Davis collected nearly 300 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Panther head coach John Bowlin talked about his three talented running backs,
“All three of them have kind of a little bit of a different style of running as well you know, Ramsey is kind of our kind of our bruiser. Helling, he’s got a little bit of both in him. He’s got some speed, but he runs the ball really hard and Jones, he runs the heck out of the ball when he gets on the edge. It’s extremely tough to stop him. He’s obviously our fastest kid on the field so trying to find some ways to get him the football other than just between the tackles as well. So, we worked on a little bit of that tonight and he broke one on a jet tonight. That was good to see.”
For the final score of the game, Charlie Syfert connected with Carter Gehling for a 27-yard touchdown. The Panthers will stay on the road to take on Keokuk on Friday, October 10th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield fell to Washington last night 42-30. The Trojans will travel to Fort Madison on Friday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame was no match for Wilton last night, losing 36-14. The Falcons will look to regroup for their road showdown with West Liberty at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee was shutout last night 56-0 by #8 Mid-Prairie. The Hawks will compete against Wilton at 7 pm on Friday on the road.
Mediapolis snuck out with a 16-14 victory over West Liberty last night. Parker Holsteen captured 166 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the winning effort. The Bulldogs will tangle with Mid-Prairie on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Wapello defeated Columbus last night 40-27. Rowen Atkinson tossed four touchdowns in the win with three of them going to Justyn Faulkner. Van Buren County will welcome Wapello to town on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO’s 45-point second half nearly saw the Warriors complete the epic comeback, but the effort ended two points short, resulting in a 54-52 loss to English Valleys last night. WACO will host Springville on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union outpaced HLV/TC last night 50-34. The Wolves are on a bye week.
Danville will take on Pekin on Friday at home to celebrate their senior night at 7 pm.
High School Volleyball
New London will host a tournament today with Burlington Notre Dame, Winfield-Mt. Union, and West Burlington making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will be gearing up for day one of the Southeast Conference Tournament slated to start on Monday, October 6th.
#2 Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Van Buren County at 7:30 pm at home on Tuesday, October 7th.
Wapello will tangle with Hillcrest Academy at home on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
Central Lee will take on Danville on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on the road.
WACO will host Lone Tree on Tuesday at 7 pm.
Columbus will travel to Highland on Thursday, October 9th, at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite today.
Mediapolis will host their Invitational on Thursday, October 9th, with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mt. Pleasant, and Wapello participating.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team split their first two matchups yesterday at the tournament in Rock Valley, getting swept by the hosts before bouncing back to take down Highland Community College in five sets. The Blackhawks will continue the tournament today against Harper College and College of Lake County.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will travel to Northeast Community College today with the women playing first at 1 pm.
The men’s basketball team will be traveling to Waukee for the ICCAC Men’s JUCO Jam tomorrow, 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 today 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
1873 – The Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as the Argonaut Rowing Club rugby-football squad; the oldest existing pro sports team in North America still using its original name.
1895 – The first US Open Men’s Golf, Newport Golf Club: Horace Rawlins wins the inaugural event.
1996 – Left wing Mike Donnelly becomes the first player in NHL history to play for all three New York teams (Sabres, Rangers & Islanders) when he suits up for the NY Islanders in a 1-0 loss in Los Angeles.