High School Volleyball
New London will hit the road to play Van Buren County tonight at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will host #3 Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7 pm.
Central Lee will face off against #12 Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Columbus will play Pekin at home tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will venture over to Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will host Hillcrest Academy tonight at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will travel to Ottumwa on Saturday, September 19th, for a tournament.
Washington and Danville will make the trip to West Liberty on Saturday for an invitational.
High School Cross Country
The Timm Lamb Invitational will take place tonight with Columbus, Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, New London, Van Buren County, WACO, Washington, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating at 4:30 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to play Central DeWitt tomorrow, September 18th, at 5:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:15 pm.
Washington will face off against Oskaloosa tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will head to Mediapolis tomorrow with kickoff at 7 pm.
Fairfield will attempt to bounce back in their Homecoming matchup against Knoxville tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Danville will welcome Van Buren County to town for their Homecoming tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will head to Fremont-Mills tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will attempt to get back into the win column tomorrow at Wayne with kickoff at 7 pm.
Central Lee will host West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm.
Columbus will take on North Linn at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
The Southeast Conference tournament is scheduled to get underway today.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
WACO was our school of focus for last night’s season premier of The Southeast Iowa Playbook. Seniors Hayden Shelman and Ava Wagler were our special guests and Shelman talked about what makes the football team special, after starting 3-0 and finding a spot in Eight Player’s top 10 for Radio Iowa,
“We just had a lot of chemistry. We’re all uh, we’re all best friends on and off the field and I just feel like. Everybody takes accountability and they’re able to do their jobs. We’re able to trust that everybody else is going to do their jobs um, like I said before and you know I just feel like we just have chemistry on the field that like a lot of teams may not have.”
Wagler and the Warriors are fresh off a victory against Lone Tree and will be looking to use that momentum for the rest of the season,
“I would say we’ve gotten a lot better at our serving and we really did focus on that during practices and lately, we’ve been really working on passing and I think it’s paid off.”
To listen to the full episode, follow this link: WACO Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team lost to Iowa Central Community College last night in straight sets. The Blackhawks will look to regroup for the Madison College Invite starting tomorrow, September 18th, at 3 pm against Heartland Community College.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will square off against Central Community College-Columbus on Saturday, September 19th, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
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 be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1920 – National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join the American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922.
1931 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets the single season record with 65 enroute to 67 doubles.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets the NL rookie record with his 8th shutout of the season.