High School Volleyball
Danville got back into the win column last night, beating Keokuk in four sets. The Bears will stay at home to play #12 Burlington Notre Dame at 7:30 pm tonight.
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic competed against some of the best schools at the Knoxville Quad last night and managed to take down Class 1A’s #6 North Tama in a sweep but fell to Class 3A’s #15 Knoxville in two contentious sets: 28-26 and 25-22.
New London will head back home to play Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will head back home to face off against West Burlington tonight at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate senior night tonight at 7:15 pm against Fort Madison.
Central Lee will take on Mediapolis at home tonight at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Columbus tonight at 7 pm.
Fairfield will hit the road to play Burlington tonight at 7:15 pm.
Washington will host Keokuk tonight at 7:15 pm.
Wapello will host Hillcrest Academy on Thursday, September 17th, at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Central Lee will host the Hawk Invitational tonight with New London, Van Buren County, and Winfield-Mt. Union competing at 5 pm.
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.
High School Cross Country Rankings
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches (IATC) released the fourth edition of their team and individual rankings yesterday and five local teams and eight individuals were placed within the top 30.
For Class 1A, the Columbus boys’ team has been tested early and the Wildcats have answered the call, slotting in at #3 in the polls. On the girls’ side, Van Buren County added a gold and silver medal to their mantle, ensuring a move into the top five at #5. For the individuals, Josie Dykstra of WACO climbed up five spots to #5 after ripping off a 1st place finish at the Fairfield Invite with a time of 20 minutes.
In Class 2A, Notre Dame/West Burlington has been slowly building their resume, as the Falcon boys’ team took 2nd place at the Fairfield Invite earlier in the week before snatching 4th place at the Monticello Meet. The result was a move of six spots up the rankings to #11 for the squad, while Cavin Denney was placed at #24. Joining Denney is Mediapolis’ Will Schmidgall at #17 and Central Lee’s Drake Newton at #30.
On the girls’ side, Central Lee moved up to #18 in the polls, while Notre Dame/West Burlington’s Hannah Ritter and Kaitlyn Kipp both found spots in the top 30 with Ritter earning the #15 slot and Kipp claiming #29.
Lastly, for Class 3A, a victory at the Fairfield Invite kept the Washington boys’ team and Parker Tschantz right where they were a week ago, at #19 and #30, respectively. On the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler reemerged into the top 30 at #20 after a silver medalist performance in Fairfield with a time of 20 minutes and 21 seconds for her first meet of the season.
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.
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
The Southeast Conference tournament is slated to start tomorrow, September 16th, at Burlington.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will look to bounce back tomorrow, September 16th, against Iowa Central Community College at 6 pm on the road.
The women’s soccer team will play Madison College on the road tomorrow 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
#18 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
1938 – Lloyd and Paul Waner became the first brothers to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league game. It was Lloyd’s last home run.
1946 – A Brooklyn Dodgers-Chicago Cubs game was called when players, umpires and fans were attacked by gnats.
1978 – Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title.