Sports, October 8th

High School Football

Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to take on Keokuk on Friday, October 11th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. 

Columbus will face off against Van Buren County on Friday at 7 pm. 

Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie on the road on Friday at 7:30 pm. 

Mediapolis will compete against Davis County on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road. 

WACO will hit the road to take on English Valleys on Friday at 7 pm. 

Danville will be tested on the road against #4 Lisbon at 7 pm on Friday.  

New London will compete against Moravia on the road on Friday at 7 pm. 

West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Albia on Friday at 7:30 pm. 

Winfield-Mt. Union will host Mormon Trail on Friday at 7 pm.

Wapello will travel to Pekin on Friday at 7 pm.

Fairfield will take on South Tama on Friday at 7 pm at home. 

High School Volleyball

#12 West Burlington will square off against New London tonight at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Mediapolis will travel to Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7 pm. 

Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Highland tonight at 7:30 pm.

Van Buren County will celebrate their senior night tonight at 7:30 pm against #3 Holy Trinity Catholic. 

Central Lee will take on Danville tonight at home to celebrate their senior night at 7:30 pm. 

Wapello will square off against Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will be gearing up for the first round of the Southeast Conference tournament at Keokuk tonight at 5 pm. 

WACO will face off against Lone Tree tonight at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Columbus will take on Highland on Thursday, October 10th, at 7:30 pm at home.

High School Cross Country

Hillcrest Academy hosted their invitational last night and Pella, split up into two teams, swept both the gold and silver as a team in the boys’ and girls’ races. Looking at the girls’ varsity race, Fairfield finished in 6th place as a team followed by Mt. Pleasant in 7th place. The Trojans were led by Caroline Van Pelt’s 30th place finish with a time of 22 minutes and 41 seconds, while Quintrie Lee was the top Panther with a 15th place time of 21 minutes and 33 seconds.

For individual runners, WACO’s Josie Dykstra took 18th place with a time of 21 minutes and 47 seconds, while Kenna Small of Wapello grabbed 31st place with a time of 22 minutes and 46 seconds.

Shifting towards the boys’ varsity race, Jude Dykstra of WACO was the top finisher outside of Pella as the Warrior finished with a 6th place time of 17 minutes and 14 seconds. Mt. Pleasant’s Locken Henderson was not far behind as he crossed the finish line with a time of 17 minutes and 49 seconds, good enough for 8th place. Wapello’s Will Parsons anchored the team with a 61st place time of 21 minutes and 54 seconds. 

In terms of team results, Fairfield, led by Gabe Tejada’s 21st place finish, collected 132 points for 5th place and Mt. Pleasant grabbed 8th place with 183 points. 

Mediapolis and Columbus will be co-hosting the Mike Jay Invitational with Danville, Van Buren County, WACO, Central Lee, Winfield-Mt. Union, New London, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mt. Pleasant, West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Wapello all competing on Thursday, October 10th.

High School Cross Country Rankings

The Iowa Track Coaches Association (IATC) released their latest edition of the individual rankings with four runners being ranked within the top 15 in their respective classes.

Starting with the Class 3A boys’ rankings, Washington’s Tyler Alderton dropped three spots to be ranked #22 in the state. The Demons had one meet last week, their own invitational, and Tyler Alderton grabbed the gold by six-tenths of a second with a time of 16 minutes and 43 seconds. 

In Class 2A, Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis jumped up one spot in the rankings to #12 after an idle week for the Bulldogs.

The boys’ Class 1A remains ultra competitive with three runners ranked in the top 15 and four runners ranked overall. Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge continues to lead the charge as he shifted one spot back to #7 after a bye week.

Jackson Shacklet of Danville climbed back into the top 10 to #9 after a time of 16 minutes and 24 seconds earned him 6th place at a tough Williamsburg meet last Tuesday.

Rounding out the top 15 is Ty Muniz of Columbus. The Wildcat took 6th place last Saturday with a time of 16 minutes and 47 seconds. Lastly, WACO’s Jude Dykstra tumbled back five spots to #19 after collecting a bronze at the Washington Invitational and a 2nd place finish at the Winfield-Mt. Union Invitational with two times above the 17-minute threshold. 

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team will compete against Western Iowa Tech Community College tomorrow, October 9th, at 6 pm on the road. 

College Football

#11 Iowa State will travel to West Virginia on Saturday, October 12th, at 7 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.

Iowa will host Washington on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.

This Day in Sports History

1975 – The San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, 109-107, in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome.

1995 – Miami Dolphin Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton’s NFL career completions record.

2018 – Boston Red Sox Brock Holt becomes the first MLB player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game during Boston’s 16-1 Game 3 rout of the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series at Yankee Stadium.