High School Volleyball
Mediapolis made the trip to Lisbon to compete in an invitational and finished the weekend with a 4-2 record, beating Midland (21-16, 21-14), Davenport West (21-15, 21-19), Easton Valley (21-8, 21-10), and West Central (21-17, 21-11) in straight sets, while losing to Iowa Valley (15-21, 21-14, 13-15) and Lisbon (11-21, 14-21). Addi Steffener dished out 68 assists and six aces for the weekend, while Greenley Cummings boasted 25 kills and six aces to help the effort.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host their Classic tonight with Central Lee, Columbus, Danville, Mediapolis, and WACO competing.
Wapello, Washington, and Danville all participated in the West Liberty Tournament over the weekend and the Arrows and Demons each picked up one victory. Wapello took down the Bears in straight sets 21-16 and 23-21, while losing to Washington in three sets by scores of 21-18, 15-21, and 11-15, and straight sets to West Liberty, Williamsburg, and Wapsie Valley. Annaka Greiner finished the weekend with 43 assists and four aces, while Emmalin Marshall led the offense with 26 kills.
Danville hung tough with the competition, forcing West Liberty (21-16, 14-21, 9-15) and Muscatine (19-21, 21-18, 8-15) into tiebreaker sets but ultimately fell short of the weekend with another straight set loss at the hands of Wapsie Valley.
Washington’s three-set victory over Wapello was their only win of the weekend, as the Demons were swept by Muscatine, Williamsburg, and Wapsie Valley, but forced a tiebreaker set against West Liberty, losing 15-12.
Washington will celebrate their Senior Night tonight at 7:15 pm against Van Buren County.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield competed at the Ottumwa Invitational over the weekend and the Panthers not only won the head-to-head matchup against the Trojans in a sweep (21-18, 21-18) but also finished the weekend with a 3-1 record. Mt. Pleasant managed to sweep Davis County (21-18, 21-7) and Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (23-21, 21-15), while taking Ottumwa to three sets, losing the tiebreaker set 15-4. Hailey Schadt collected 17 kills and six aces over the course of three games.
Fairfield tabbed sweeps of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (27-25, 21-18) and Davis County (21-12, 21-16) but fell in straight sets to Mid-Prairie (14-21, 21-23)
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield tomorrow, September 22nd, at 7:15 pm.
High School Cross Country
Columbus and Washington will run at the Solon Invitational tonight at 5 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will host their invitational tomorrow, 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 Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington Notre Dame at home tonight at 4:30 pm.
Fairfield will host the Class 1A Region 5 Individual tournament on Wednesday, September 23rd.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will attend another Homecoming when they head to Washington on Friday, September 25th, 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 the first district contest won’t be easy,
“Big game obviously. It’s gonna be a fight. They’re a really good team. We’re just gonna come back to work, try to get better. We can improve every week. I mean, that’s no doubt we can block better. You know, there’s just a ton of things we can do both as a coaching staff and as players. So we’re gonna work like crazy, prepare for them and, you know, be excited to go to Washington and get another chance to play and see what we can do. Expect another dogfight just like tonight.”
Mediapolis will look to keep their streak going against Wilton on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to regroup on Friday at home at 7 pm against Central Lee.
Fairfield will hit the road to play Solon on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Danville will remain at home for a matchup against Highland on Friday at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will attempt to upset Pekin on Friday at 7 pm at home.
WACO will celebrate their Homecoming on Friday at 7 pm against Belle Plaine.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm.
Wapello will get back to action with a road trip to North Cedar on Friday at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s soccer team fell to Central Community College-Columbus, 8-0, while the men’s team finished in a 0-0 tie over the weekend. The men’s team will take on Marshalltown Community College on Wednesday, September 23rd, at 3:30 pm on the road.
The volleyball team will host Marshalltown Community College at 6 pm on Wednesday.
College Football
#17 Iowa gashed UNI on the ground all afternoon this past weekend in a 55-0 shellacking of the Panthers. Xavier Williams, Braeden Jackson, and Nathan McNeil all rushed for over 100 yards and at least one touchdown in the effort. Cam Buffington led the defense with six tackles, including two tackles for loss.
The Hawkeyes will take their first road trip of the season to #18 Michigan on Saturday, September 26th, at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
Iowa State bounced back in a big way, defeating Bowling Green, 55-7, last weekend. Aiden Flora was unstoppable, collecting 194 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the victory.
The Cyclones will meet #15 Utah at home on Saturday at 2:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1952 – MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before a crowd of 8,822; the team relocates to Milwaukee before the start of next season.
1969 – New York Jet Steve O’Neal launches a punt 98 yards against the Denver Broncos, the longest punt in NFL history.
1991 – USA Basketball announces the “Dream Team” for the 1992 Olympics.