High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield hosted the Class 1A Region 6 Individual tournament yesterday and sent four Trojans to the state meet. Poojita Mukadam and Natalie Steele finished in 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in the singles bracket, while the team of Ria Ross and Sriya Yammanur collected the gold medal in the doubles bracket. The quartet will head to Iowa City for the Class 1A State Individual Tournament on October 1st.
Mt. Pleasant’s Mia Gray defeated Samantha Lee of Centerville (6-2, 6-3) in the #1 singles slot before falling to Knoxville’s Ashlynne Marvelli. The #1 doubles team of Lila Cook and Bella Dodds was unable to upend Fort Madison’s duo of Lucille Zimmerman and Sydney McEntee, losing 10-8 in the tiebreaker. The Panthers will travel to Central DeWitt on Saturday, September 20th, for their Team Regionals match.
Fairfield will host Fort Madison on Saturday for the Class 1A Team Regionals.
High School Cross Country
WACO, Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, New London, Danville, Fairfield, Holy Trinity Catholic, Central Lee, and West Burlington/Notre Dame will travel to Rodeo Park Trail for the Timm Lamb Invitational tonight.
High School Volleyball
#1 Holy Trinity Catholic will host New London tonight at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will travel to Central Lee tonight at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will host Williamsburg tonight at 7:30 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Danville tonight at 7:30 pm.
WACO will head back home to take on Highland tonight at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will square off against Columbus tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
Mediapolis will travel to the Lisbon Invitational on Saturday, September 20th.
Mt. Pleasant will participate in the Ottumwa Invitational on Saturday.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will square off against fellow undefeated Central DeWitt tomorrow, September 19th, at 7:30 pm at home. KILJ 98.5 FM, AM 1130, and kilj.com will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
New London will face off against Wapello tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
WACO will host Fremont-Mills tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Wayne for their Homecoming tomorrow at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will welcome Mediapolis tomorrow at 7 pm for their Homecoming.
Fairfield will hit the road tomorrow at 7:30 pm to play Knoxville.
Danville will take on Van Buren County in a road showdown tomorrow at 7 pm.
Columbus will compete tomorrow at 7 pm against North Linn.
Central Lee will travel to West Liberty tomorrow with kickoff at 7 pm.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Winfield-Mt. Union was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook as they celebrate their Homecoming week. Seniors Katie Miller and Grant Anderson were our special guests and Miller delved into how impressed she has been with the teamwork shown throughout the season,
“We are all willing to step up and fill in wherever we need to, whenever there’s someone that is injured or sick or someone that isn’t doing well or something, we are all willing to step up and take that or fill in for that position, or willing to help the teammate that may be struggling. I think we’re just really good at sticking together and making sure everyone has what they need and filling in when we need to.”
Anderson talked about what he hopes to pass along to the next group of kids going through the program,
“I think just the culture of W-MU football and how we play and tough, fast and physical and together. I think that’s just what I want to keep passing on. That was passed on from that senior class down to me and I really just want to keep that tradition.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: Winfield-Mt. Union Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will compete at John Wood Community College on Saturday, September 20th.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will host Northwest Iowa Community College on Saturday with the women playing first at 1 pm.
College Football
Iowa will travel to Rutgers tomorrow, September 19th, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
#12 Iowa State is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1938 – The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 2-0. The fifth and most recent game to have such a score.
1984 – Tim Raines is the first player with four consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons.
1987 – Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in the 5th inning of a Tigers’ 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; became the first 40-year-old to hit 30 MLB home runs in a season.