High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will stay on the road to compete against Mt. Vernon on Friday, September 27th, at 7:15 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7 pm.
Columbus will attempt to right the ship at home on Friday against Highland with kickoff set for 7 pm.
Mediapolis will square off against West Burlington/Notre Dame at home on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield starts their district play against Benton on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Danville will host Wapello on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to Easton Valley on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to take on English Valleys at 7 pm on Friday.
New London will look to pick up their first win of the season on Friday at home against HLV with kickoff at 7 pm.
Central Lee will look to stay undefeated for the season against Albia on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Volleyball
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) will be back in action for their tournament pool play tomorrow, September 26th, at 5 pm. #4 Holy Trinity Catholic will host Hillcrest Academy, Louisa-Muscatine, and Van Buren County.
Central Lee, #10 West Burlington, and Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Lone Tree, while Mediapolis will host Columbus, WACO, New London, and Highland. Lastly, Danville, #11 Burlington Notre Dame, and Wapello will head to Pekin.
Mt. Pleasant fell to Washington in straight sets 25-12, 25-19, and 25-15. The Panthers will host Fairfield on Tuesday, October 1st, at 7:15 pm for their senior night.
Fairfield picked up a road conference victory last night against Fort Madison 3-1, rallying back to win the final three sets 25-22, 25-15, and 25-20 after losing the first set 25-21. Faith Jones tabbed 54 assists, while Claire Thompson led the squad with 17 kills.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant hosted their invitational yesterday and Mid-Prairie swept the team and individual golds for Class 1A and 2A, while the Washington boys’ team led by Tyler Alderton won the boys’ Class 3A and 4A race and Fort Madison won the girls’ team title with 32 points, despite Washington’s Iris Dahl taking the individual prize with a time of 19 minutes and 35 seconds.
Looking at the girls’ Class 1A and 2A race, Mediapolis and Danville each scored 93 points, but the Bulldogs won the tiebreaker to take 2nd place as a team. Avery Dietz was the top runner for Mediapolis with a time of 22 minutes and 30 seconds, which claimed her 16th place. Alaina Gourley of Danville’s time of 20 minutes and 14 seconds was good enough for 4th place.
WACO’s Josie Dykstra had a top 20 finish overall and the 7th best time of Class 1A and 2A at 21 minutes and 28 seconds. Central Lee beat Columbus in the tiebreaker to claim 5th place as a team. Evelyn Adkins finished in 13th place with a time of 22 minutes and 24 seconds, while Iris Garza led the charge for Columbus with a time of 22 minutes and 7 seconds, grabbing 11th place.
Moving over to the boys’ Class 1A and 2A race, Danville finished ahead of Mediapolis in the team standings with 58 points compared to the Bulldogs’ 77 points; however, Will Schmidgall had the 2nd fastest time with a mark of 16 minutes and 27 seconds. Danville’s Jackson Shacklett grabbed 4th place with a time of 16 minutes and 41 seconds.
In a return to Mt. Pleasant, WACO’s Jude Dykstra turned in a 3rd place performance with a time of 16 minutes and 34 seconds as the Warriors finished in 6th as a team. Dykstra was excited to return to his old stomping grounds,
“I mean, I got a 45 second PR, so I’m pretty happy with it. I knew I had to bring the fire back to Mount Pleasant.”
Ty Muniz led Columbus to a 4th place team finish as the Wildcat took 6th place with a time of 16 minutes and 50 seconds. Central Lee, Winfield-Mt. Union, and Holy Trinity Catholic grabbed 7th through 9th place, respectively. Kohlby Newsom led the Wolves with a 12th place time of 18 minutes and 2 seconds.
Looking at the Class 3A and 4A boys’ race, Washington took the team title followed by Fort Madison as the Demons’ Tyler Alderton won the individual race with a time of 16 minutes and 33 seconds.
Fairfield finished in 4th place followed by Mt. Pleasant. Aaden Regur led the Trojans with a time of 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Locken Henderson claimed 4th place with a time of 17 minutes and 15 seconds.
On the girls’ Class 3A and 4A side, Iris Dahl turned in a 1st place time of 19 minutes and 35 seconds for Washington. Mt. Pleasant finished in 5th place as a team followed by Fairfield. Quintrie Lee grabbed 10th place with a time of 21 minutes and 14 seconds for the Panthers, while Alex Jo Steward was the top runner for the Trojans with a time of 22 minutes and 5 seconds, which was good enough for 15th place.
Mt. Pleasant’s girls’ coach Lyle Murray was happy with last night’s results,
“Yeah, I thought it was great. It Turned out to be a beautiful night. Couldn’t ask for better weather. The girls ran season bests for all five of them. So that’s always how you like to do it. Especially at home, lights out. They all did. They just, I mean, Summer dropped another minute. So they’re just all chopping off time. So that’s a good day.”
Mt. Pleasant, WACO, and Fairfield will travel to Washington on Tuesday, October 1st.
Winfield-Mt. Union, Columbus, and New London will run at Iowa City on Monday, September 30th.
Danville will travel to Williamsburg next Tuesday.
Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Burlington Notre Dame and Wapello will travel to Burlington to compete tomorrow, September 26th.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Tune in to KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, tonight at 6 pm for a new episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook with WACO set to be our school of focus.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team lost on the road last night to Kirkwood Community College 3-0 by scores of 25-17, 25-16, and 25-23. The Blackhawks will take on Hawkeye Community College tomorrow, September 26th, at 7 pm at home.
College Football
#18 Iowa State will start Big 12 play on Saturday, September 28th, at 6 pm against Houston. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the broadcast.
Iowa is on their bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1926 – The NHL grants franchises to the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings.
1955 – Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, at the age of 20, is the youngest batting champ.
2000 – Vince Carter jumps over 7 foot 2 Frédéric Weis in the 2000 Summer Olympics, known in France as “le dunk de la mort” (the dunk of death).