High School Volleyball
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic hosted their Classic last night and captured their 22nd championship after sweeping Keokuk (21-14, 21-5), WACO (21-5, 21-10), Fort Madison (21-5, 21-4), and Mediapolis (21-9, 21-10) in the championship match. Adalyn Kruse led the Crusaders with 20 kills, while Elizabeth Griffin dished out 64 assists. For the Bullettes, Avery Crear led the attack with 21 kills.
Danville managed to defeat Columbus (19-21, 21-15, and 15-13) and Central Lee (21-10, 15-21, and 17-15) in three sets before defeating Fort Madison in straight sets by scores of 21-15 and 21-18 in the third place match.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host Central Lee tonight at 7 pm.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament will get underway with pool play starting on Thursday, September 24th. WACO will host Pekin, Louisa-Muscatine, and Holy Trinity Catholic. Pool 2 will hold West Burlington, Central Lee, and New London at Columbus. Van Buren County will welcome Wapello, Mediapolis, and Highland to town. Lastly, Winfield-Mt. Union will host Burlington Notre Dame, Danville, and Hillcrest Academy.
Washington handled Van Buren County last night in a sweep (25-15, 25-19, and 25-20) to celebrate their Senior Night. The Demons will play Burlington at home tonight at 6:15 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield tonight at 7:15 pm. Panther head coach Alicia Schrader is looking for her team to continue finishing games,
“I think a lot of it is intensity. A lot of it is a mental game. I think that is really probably our biggest holdup is mental. You know, I feel like we probably missed a lot of match point serves. All of that is being young and inexperienced and lacking confidence. So, we’re just working on that. I think being able to finish and be confident in ourselves and not take it easy just to be safe at the end.”
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant will host their invitational today 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 Cross Country Rankings
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches (IATC) released the fifth edition of their team and individual rankings and southeast Iowa kept their representation in the polls, but the Timm Lamb Invitational caused some teams to slide in the rankings.
For Class 3A, Mt. Pleasant’s pair of first place finishers in Lee County each climbed up the rankings with Silas Hulett slotting in at #24 on the boys’ side, while Avery Fedler moved up three spots to #15 on the girls’ side.
Class 2A saw the Notre Dame/West Burlington boys’ team fall back to #13 in the rankings, while the Central Lee girls’ team moved up to #18. Drake Newton’s victory at the Timm Lamb Invitational for Central Lee resulted in the Hawk being polled at #22, while Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis found a spot at #26. On the girls’ side, Mediapolis’ Avery Dietz had one of the largest ascents of the week, going from unranked to #16, while Kaitlyn Kipp of Notre Dame/West Burlington moved up three spots to #26.
In Class 1A, the Columbus boys’ team slid out of the top five back to #7 and the Van Buren County girls’ team claimed #8 after consecutive second place team finishes. Individually, Josie Dykstra of WACO remained in the top 10, but slotted back a few spots to #8 this week.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant celebrated their Senior Night with a 7-2 victory over Burlington Notre Dame last night. In the singles competition, Lila Cook, Bella Dodds, Shaye Barbee, Neva Swarm, and Linzy Striegel all exited with victories, including a shutout from Barbee. The doubles team of Cook and Dodds and Barbee and Swarm picked up wins.
Fairfield will host the Class 1A Region 5 Individual tournament tomorrow, September 23rd, with Notre Dame and Mt. Pleasant making the trip.
High School Football
Van Buren County will attempt to upset Pekin on Thursday, September 24th, at 7 pm at home.
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.
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.
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 men’s soccer team will take on Marshalltown Community College tomorrow, September 23rd, at 3:30 pm on the road.
The volleyball team will host Marshalltown Community College at 6 pm tomorrow.
College Football
#17 Iowa will make 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 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
1912 – Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes the only player in MLB history to steal 6 bases in one game for a second time as A’s beat St. Louis Browns, 8-2.
1969 – San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs.
1991 – Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory.