Mt. Pleasant Football
In what was an emotional night for everyone involved as the game was dedicated to Lucas and Noah, two Keokuk teenagers who were involved in a car crash last weekend, the Chiefs got the best of the Panthers in front of their home crowd, 45-29. It was a defensive effort to start the game until the Chiefs started the scoring off with a long touchdown pass from Brenton Hoard to Diego Garcia. Mt. Pleasant responded by driving 86-yards to tie the game up with a 3-yard Payton Walker touchdown run. Keokuk immediately took the lead on a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Emerson Glasgow and they did not look back. The Panthers best opportunity came at the start of the third quarter when they recovered an onside kick. Only down ten, 17-7, and down at the ten, the Panthers coughed up the ball. This was the start of a quarter that resulted in three total turnovers for the Panthers. Unfortunately, another game where mistakes determined the outcome for Mt. Pleasant. Zerek Venghaus had a 13-yard rushing touchdown for his second of the season; the last touchdown was a 75-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Richtman to Bowen Davis in the fourth quarter. Despite the score not being in favor of the Panthers, Coach Striegel was proud of the resilience shown by the kids and wanted to pass along love to everyone in both communities.
Other High School Scores
WACO demolished English Valleys, 49-0, with their two leaders combining for five total touchdowns. Simeon Reichenbach rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown, while Isaac Oswald threw for 139 yards and two touchdowns and added two more on the ground.
New London has now won two straight after defeating Winfield-Mt. Union on the road, 50-44. The Wolves put up 28 points in the fourth quarter to try and make a late comeback but the Tigers had done enough to walk away with the victory. Cam Buffington finished with 234 total yards and four touchdowns, but it was not enough as the Tigers have now won seven games straight against the Wolves.
Fort Madison moved to 3-0 on the season after defeating Fairfield in a close game, 16-13. Clear Creek Amana handled Washington, 31-6, in front of the Demons home crowd.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union went 3-1 at the Wilton Tournament today. They lost their first game against Wilton in straight sets, but rattled off victories over Mediapolis, 2 sets to 1, Burlington, and Mount Pleasant, both in straight sets. Their next game will be at home on Tuesday, September 13th, against Hillcrest Academy at 6:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame competed in a tournament at North Scott earlier today.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
Tigers volleyball lost in straight sets to St. Mary of the Woods and Waldorf in a Tri-Match earlier this afternoon. Maddie Saia led in kills with 8 against St. Mary of the Woods, and led in kills against Waldorf finishing with 7. The Tigers next game is Monday, September 12th, against Harris-Stowe State University at home at 6 pm.
Men’s and women’s cross country teams finished 6th out of 10 teams at the Fighting Bee Invitational today. In the Women’s 5000 meter run, the top finishers for the Tigers was Lily Garnsey, who ran a time of 22:23, and Faith Younce, who finished with a time of 22:29, they came in 19th and 20th, respectively. In the Men’s 8000 meter run, the top finisher for the Tigers was Logan Lucas who finished in 27th with a time of 30:14. The next finishers for Iowa Wesleyan were Daron Jackson and Kenny Tucker, they finished in 39th and 40th, respectively. Both teams will compete at the Grand View Viking Invitational September 24th.
Men’s soccer lost to Midland University this afternoon, 1-0. Francisco Javier Saldana led the Tigers in shots on goal with three. Both teams were level with shots on goal with seven, but Midland had more opportunities with 26 shots compared to the Tigers’ 10. Their next game will be September 14th when they face off with the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis.
Women’s soccer looks to make it two straight wins when they face off with Culver-Stockton College on the road tomorrow, September 11th. The game is scheduled to start at 1 pm.
The Tiger Football team got their first win of the season in dominant fashion against Westminster College, 41-6. They will be back at home next Saturday, September 17th, playing Finlandia University at noon.
Men’s and Women’s golf continue the Klocke Classic tomorrow, September 11th.
This Day in Sports History
1922 – New York Yankees play their farewell home games in Polo Grounds, win both games of doubleheader against Philadelphia Athletics; move to Yankee Stadium the following season.
1950 – Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium.
1929 – Arnold Palmer was born.