High School Volleyball
Van Buren County handled New London last night, winning in straight sets (25-17, 25-19, and 25-7). The Warriors will attempt to spoil Washington’s senior night on Monday, September 21st, at 7:15 pm.
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic dispatched Mediapolis in straight sets last night by scores of 25-15, 25-17, and 25-6. Avery Bandy had four aces for the Bullettes.
Mediapolis will head to Lisbon for an invitational tomorrow, September 19th.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host their Classic on Monday with Central Lee, Columbus, Danville, Mediapolis, and WACO competing.
Central Lee was swept by Burlington Notre Dame last night (25-21, 25-23, and 25-21). Kaylee Moeller claimed eight kills in the losing effort.
In a five-set thriller, Columbus managed to upset Pekin last night, taking the tiebreaker set, 15-12. Kate Totemeier led the team with 18 kills, while Zai Par dished out 40 assists and four aces in the victory.
Wapello took down Hillcrest Academy in four sets last night by scores of 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, and 25-7. Emmalin Marshall touted 12 kills by the night’s end for the Arrows.
Wapello, Washington and Danville will make the trip to West Liberty tomorrow for an invitational.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will travel to Ottumwa tomorrow for a tournament.
High School Cross Country
The Timm Lamb Invitational was held last night and it was a Mt. Pleasant sweep of gold medals, while a pair of ranked teams took the team titles for the smaller schools.
For the larger school race on the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler returned to form with a 1st place time of 20 minutes, while teammate Quintrie Lee managed a 4th place time of 21 minutes and 30 seconds. The Panthers finished in 6th place as a team. Fairfield’s Alex Jo Steward took 8th place, while Ava Jones nabbed 10th place to help the Trojans claim 3rd place as a team. Emma Keil of Washington led the charge with an 11th place finish.
On the boys’ side, Silas Hulett of Mt. Pleasant secured the individual crown with a time of 17 minutes and 22 seconds, while the Panthers took 5th as a team. Yet, Washington’s Parker Tschantz’s bronze medal time of 17 minutes and 29 seconds and three other Demons crossing the finish line in the top 10 helped the team claim the gold. Fairfield was led by Elijah Hamilton’s 7th place mark of 18 minutes and 30 seconds, while the team snatched 3rd place.
On the small schools side for the girls’ teams, Central Lee rattled off another team victory, accruing 17 less points than second place Van Buren County. Yet, Josie Dykstra of WACO was the one who ended up on top of the podium with a time of 20 minutes and 13 seconds, followed by Avery Dietz of Mediapolis with a mark of 20 minutes and 32 seconds. Notre Dame/West Burlington’s pair of Kaitlyn Kipp and Hannah Ritter nabbed 4th and 5th place, respectively. Central Lee was anchored by Aubree Bunnell’s 6th place time of 21 minutes and 48 seconds, while Kayley Snowgren of Van Buren County took 9th place. Danville’s KoraRae Stott notched a 7th place time of 22 minutes and 8 seconds, while Nadia Keller of Columbus finished in 8th place.
For the boys’ teams, Notre Dame/West Burlington claimed the team victory by 13 points over Columbus, while Drake Newton’s gold medal time of 17 minutes and 40 seconds helped the Hawks take 3rd place. Mediapolis’ Will Schmidgall notched a 2nd place time of 17 minutes and 44 seconds, while the Nikes were led by a new name in Matthew Oleson who logged the 4th fastest time of 18 minutes and 8 seconds. Kevin Villa of Columbus and Van Buren County’s Landry Loeffler tabbed 5th and 6th place, respectively, to lead their teams. WACO’s Hunter Wilson finished in 13th place with a time of 19 minutes and 32 seconds.
Columbus and Washington will run at the Solon Invitational on Monday, September 21st, at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will host their invitational on Tuesday, September 22nd, with Central Lee, Danville, Fairfield, Mediapolis, New London, WACO, and Winfield-Mt. Union joining the fray with the girls’ teams running at 5:10 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to play Central DeWitt tonight 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 tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will head to Mediapolis tonight with kickoff at 7 pm.
Fairfield will attempt to bounce back in their Homecoming matchup against Knoxville tonight at 7:30 pm.
Danville will welcome Van Buren County to town for their Homecoming tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will head to Fremont-Mills tonight at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will attempt to get back into the win column tonight at Wayne with kickoff at 7 pm.
Central Lee will host West Liberty tonight at 7 pm.
Columbus will take on North Linn at home tonight at 7 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
The Southeast Conference tournament took place yesterday and Fairfield swept the gold medals with Natalie Steele capturing her first career singles conference championship, defeating Keokuk’s Neveah Logan. The Trojans also had the pair of Syria Yammanur and Faeven Gebremariam capture the conference championship in the doubles.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington Notre Dame at home on Monday, September 21st, at 4:30 pm.
Fairfield will host the Class 1A Region 5 Individual tournament on Wednesday, September 23rd.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will look to regroup for the Madison College Invite starting tonight at 3 pm against Heartland Community College.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will square off against Central Community College-Columbus tomorrow, September 19th, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
College Football
#18 Iowa will remain at home to face off against UNI tomorrow, 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 tomorrow at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
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.