High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington on the road on Friday, September 20th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Head coach John Bowlin knows there will be pressure put upon his defense in this week’s matchup,
“It’s gonna be a game in the trenches. I’m sure you know, they run the ball. They, you know, are kind of similar to us. They want to pound it. So, we’re going to be able to step up and play physical. We need our D-line to have a huge game and our linebackers to step up and just be assignment sound on what we’re doing. That’s kind of what we preach, you know, be confident and play fast with everything you do, and good things will happen. That’s when turnovers happen.”
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Mid-Prairie at 7:30 pm on Friday.
WACO will hit the road to face off against HLV on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Montezuma on Friday at home at 7 pm.
New London will travel to Central City on Friday at 7 pm.
Fairfield will play Keokuk on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Danville will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Van Buren County will look for their first victory against Wapello on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Central Lee will compete against Davis County on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will travel to Albia on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will attempt to get back in the win column on Friday at 7 pm against Pekin.
High School Volleyball
Mediapolis will travel to take on Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will get a rematch against Burlington on the road tonight at 7:15 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against West Burlington tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
Fairfield will compete against Washington tonight at home at 7:15 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Wapello tonight at 7:30 pm.
WACO will look to get back on track tonight at 7:30 pm against Columbus at home.
Burlington Notre Dame will compete against Central Lee on the road at 7:30 pm tonight.
New London will square off against Holy Trinity Catholic on Thursday, September 19th, at 7:30 pm at home.
Danville will look to get back in the win column on Thursday against Burlington Notre Dame on the road at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Danville will run at Oskaloosa tonight.
Central Lee will host a meet tonight with Winfield-Mt. Union and Van Buren County making the trip.
WACO and Wapello will run tonight at Knoll Ridge Country Club at 5:40 pm.
Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, Fairfield, New London, Van Buren County, Danville, Central Lee, and Holy Trinity Catholic will run at Rodeo Park Trail on Thursday, September 19th.
High School Cross Country Rankings
The Iowa Track Coaches Association released their latest individual rankings yesterday and after a week of competitive racing the rankings have been shuffled.
For the boys’ Class 2A rankings, Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis fell from #7 to #13 in this week’s rankings. The sophomore raced against three other ranked runners last week twice and finished in 3rd place in both races with his best time being 15 minutes and 55 seconds.
West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Kaitlyn Kipp made her first appearance in the top 30 for the season at #29 in Class 2A. The Falcon finished in 5th place at the Fairfield Invite with a time of 21 minutes and 9 seconds.
Looking at the boys’ rankings in Class 1A, Jackson Shacklett of Danville closed the game on Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge as both runners climbed up the rankings. Bainbridge gained one spot to be ranked #6, while Shacklett leapfrogged six runners to enter this week at #7.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom tumbled back seven spots to be ranked #17. Ty Muniz of Columbus kept his spot in the top 30 at #29.
Lastly, Danville’s Alaina Gourley enjoyed a successful week of running with a 2nd place finish at Van Buren County and Fairfield–she finished behind #14 Marie Yoder of Hillcrest Academy at Fairfield. However, she still fell in the rankings, rounding out the list at #30.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will host Northeast Community College tomorrow, September 18th, at 7 pm.
College Football
Iowa will start Big Ten play on Saturday, September 21st, at 6:30 pm against Minnesota. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.
#20 Iowa State will host Arkansas State on Saturday at 1 pm. The call will be on KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130.
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 en route to 67 doubles.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets the NL rookie record with his 8th shutout of the season.