High School Volleyball
Van Buren County participated at a tournament in Centerville over the weekend and finished 0-3, losing to Cardinal, Mormon Trail, and Pleasantville. The Warriors will head back home to face off against West Burlington tomorrow, September 15th, at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant, Winfield-Mt. Union, Burlington, and Mediapolis all traveled to the Wilton Tournament over the weekend and the Grayhounds took the hosts to the brink but finished the day with a 4-1 record, while Wilton went undefeated.
Mediapolis collected a 3-2 record with sweeps of Winfield-Mt. Union and Highland, then a three-set win over Mt. Pleasant (21-17, 16-21, and 15-9). The Bullettes pushed Burlington to three sets but fell in the tiebreaker 15-7. Addi Steffener nabbed 65 assists and four aces over the weekend, while Avery Crear claimed 21 kills.
The Panthers defeated Highland (21-12, 21-18) and Winfield-Mt. Union (21-18, 21-18) in straight sets and nearly took down Burlington but lost the tiebreaker set 15-5. The Wolves left the weekend without a win.
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate senior night tomorrow at 7:15 pm against Fort Madison.
Central Lee will take on Mediapolis at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Columbus tomorrow at 7 pm.
West Burlington, Fairfield, and Columbus competed at the Williamsburg Tournament over the weekend and the Falcons recorded two wins in five matches, sweeping Columbus (21-14 and 21-6) and beating Des Moines Christian in three sets (17-21, 21-16, and 15-13). Fairfield struggled getting swept by West Liberty, Beckman Catholic, and Des Moines Christian; however, the Trojans did pick up a three-set victory over Des Moines Lincoln, as Natalie Steele tabbed 10 kills and two aces in the match.
Fairfield will hit the road to play Burlington tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
Danville will attempt to regroup at home tonight against Keokuk at 7 pm.
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic will participate in the Knoxville Quad tonight.
New London will head back home to play Holy Trinity Catholic tomorrow at 7 pm.
Washington will host Keokuk tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
Wapello will host Hillcrest Academy on Thursday, September 17th, at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Notre Dame/West Burlington ran at the Monticello Meet over the weekend and the Nike boys’ team managed a 4th place finish as two runners finished inside the top 15. Cavin Denney led the boys’ team with a 7th place time of 17 minutes and 10 seconds, while Matthew Oleson claimed a time of 17 minutes and 25 seconds for 12th place.
On the girls’ side, the Nikes also had two runners grab a spot inside the top 15 with Hannah Ritter crossing the finish line in 20 minutes for 11th place and Kaitlyn Kipp nabbing 15th place with a time of 20 minutes and 31 seconds.
The Timm Lamb Invitational will take place on Thursday, September 17th, with Columbus, Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, Notre Dame/West Burlington, New London, Van Buren County, WACO, Washington, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating at 4:30 pm.
Wapello will make the trip to West Liberty for an invite tonight at 5:30 pm.
Central Lee will host the Hawk Invitational tomorrow, September 15th, with New London, Van Buren County, and Winfield-Mt. Union competing at 5 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to play Central DeWitt on Friday, September 18th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Panther head coach John Bowlin talked about what his team will be working on to spoil the Sabers’ Homecoming,
“Definitely ball security, eliminating the penalties, snap count. We gotta do a better job on that. I thought in the second half, our snap count really gave us some problems, let them tee off on us a little bit. So changing some things up there, and really just cleaning up the mistakes. We had quite a few penalties. I don’t know how many we had tonight, but it felt like a whole lot in that second half. So just cleaning those things up and not getting yourself behind the chains. It’s a lot easier when you can be efficient on the offensive side of the ball.”
Washington will face off against Oskaloosa on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will head to Mediapolis on Friday with kickoff at 7 pm.
Fairfield will attempt to bounce back in their Homecoming matchup against Knoxville on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Danville will welcome Van Buren County to town for their Homecoming on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will head to Fremont-Mills on Friday at 7 pm
Winfield-Mt. Union will attempt to get back into the win column on Friday at Wayne with kickoff at 7 pm.
Central Lee will host West Liberty on Friday at 7 pm.
Columbus will take on North Linn at home on Friday at 7 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield will head to Burlington tonight at 4:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Davis County tonight at 4:30 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will look to bounce back on Wednesday, September 16th, against Iowa Central Community College at 6 pm on the road.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams took on Jefferson College on Saturday and the men’s team snuck away with a 1-0 victory, while the women’s team fell 9-0. Joshua Barboza had the game-winning goal for the Blackhawks. The men’s team followed it up with a 6-0 swatting of East Central College yesterday. Barboza added another goal to his season total.
The women’s soccer team will play Madison College on the road on Wednesday at 4 pm, while the men’s team will square off against Central Community College-Columbus on Saturday, September 19th, at 3:30 pm at home.
College Football
Another year, another game-winning field goal to decide the Cy-Hawk Series, and this time it was #18 Iowa that ended up on top, beating Iowa State, 16-13. Caden Buhr nailed three field goals for the night, hitting from 45, 32, and the game-winning 42-yarder. Cam Buffington rounded up 15 tackles for the Hawkeyes. Jaylen Raynor threw for 117 yards and a touchdown for the Cyclones.
Iowa will remain at home to face off against UNI on Saturday, September 19th, at 3 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
Iowa State will attempt to bounce back with a home matchup against Bowling Green on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
This Day in Sports History
1975 – Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott’s record, playing in 242 MLB games as a teen.
1978 – MLB Atlanta Brave Jim Bouton (38) beats the San Francisco Giants, his first win since 1970.
1991 – San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushed for an NCAA record 386 yards and scored seven touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34.