High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington on the road tomorrow, 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.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Mid-Prairie at 7:30 pm tomorrow.
WACO will hit the road to face off against HLV tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Montezuma tomorrow at home at 7 pm.
New London will travel to Central City tomorrow at 7 pm.
Fairfield will play Keokuk tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Danville will take on Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.
Van Buren County will look for their first victory against Wapello tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.
Central Lee will compete against Davis County tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mediapolis will travel to Albia tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will attempt to get back in the win column tomorrow at 7 pm against Pekin.
High School Volleyball
Mediapolis will host a tough matchup tonight against #9 West Burlington at 7:30 pm.
New London will square off against #5 Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7:15 pm at home.
Van Buren County will face off against Central Lee tonight at home at 7:30 pm.
#12 Burlington Notre Dame will look to improve their win streak to three tonight at home against Danville with first serve at 7:30 pm.
WACO will compete against Highland on the road tonight at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will take on Columbus tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
Fairfield will travel to Ottumwa for a tournament on Saturday, September 21st, along with Mt. Pleasant.
Winfield-Mt. Union will get a break until the SEISC tournament next Thursday, September 26th.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, Fairfield, New London, Van Buren County, Danville, Central Lee, Columbus, and Holy Trinity Catholic will run at Rodeo Park Trail tonight.
WACO will compete at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational on Tuesday, September 24th.
Wapello will travel to Burlington to compete next Thursday, September 26th.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Last night was the season premier of the Southeast Iowa Playbook as Mt. Pleasant was the school of focus. Seniors Nolan Frueh, Sonya Simon, and Cooper Coleman were the stars of the program as Frueh discussed a new sense of excitement around the football program,
“I’d say for football, it seems like people are more motivated, they want to be there and show up all the time because my sophomore year, people were just moping around, really not wanting to be there. But now it seems like everybody wants to be there and participate in everything.”
Simon worked hard during the offseason and feels that work has greatly improved her game,
“Oh, I feel like I’ve improved all around. You know, my sophomore year and my junior year, I was pulled up early sophomore year, so I kind of sat on the bench. But, you know, moving into senior year, you have to kind of fix everything if you want to play, you know, you gotta work. I’d probably say specifically passing and serving. You know, I feel like I’ve grown pretty well in those two skills.”
Lastly, Coleman moved from quarterback last year to running back this season, a seamless move for the senior,
“The transition has been, I mean pretty easy because being quarterback, you knew what the running backs were doing on everything, so it wasn’t that big of a change, but I like it a lot more.”
New episodes will be on KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, on Wednesday nights at 6 pm. If you miss the episode last night, follow this link: Mt. Pleasant Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team defeated Northeast Community College last night 3-1 by scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-15, and 25-21. The Blackhawks will hit the road to participate in the Parkland Tournament tomorrow, September 20th, with game one at 2 pm against Parkland College.
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
1947 – Jackie Robinson is named “Rookie of the Year.”
1988 – American diver Greg Louganis smashes his head on the diving board during the 3-meter springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics; he recovers to qualify for the final which he wins the following day.
2004 – Oakland Raider wide receiver Jerry Rice ends his NFL-record streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 13-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills.