High School Volleyball
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament pool play is scheduled to start tonight with Wapello, New London, Burlington Notre Dame, and West Burlington acting as the hosts.
The Wapello pod will see Pekin, Louisa-Muscatine, and Mediapolis facing off against one another. Over in New London, the Tigers will play host to Danville, Winfield-Mt. Union, and #2 Holy Trinity Catholic. Burlington Notre Dame will be taking on Highland, Columbus, and Central Lee. Lastly, West Burlington will see Hillcrest Academy, Lone Tree, and Van Buren County.
Mt. Pleasant will get another chance at home on Tuesday, September 30th, against Burlington at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will head back home to host Keokuk on Tuesday at 7:15 pm.
High School Cross Country
Van Buren County, Wapello, Mediapolis, and Burlington Notre Dame will run at the Grayhound Invite tonight.
New London and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to Clear Creek Amana for an invitational on Monday, September 29th.
Mt. Pleasant and Danville will participate in the Williamsburg Invitational on Tuesday, September 30th.
WACO and Fairfield will compete at the Washington Invitational on Tuesday.
High School Football
Due to safety concerns and a lack of numbers, New London announced that they have canceled the rest of their football season.
Mt. Pleasant will look to bounce back against Washington tomorrow, September 26th, at home at 7:30 pm for their Homecoming. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame and Central Lee will both be looking to get back in the win column at 7 pm tomorrow with the Hawks acting as the hosts.
Van Buren County will travel to Pekin tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Iowa Valley tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Mediapolis will celebrate their Homecoming tomorrow at 7 pm against Wilton.
Wapello will host North Cedar tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will hit the road to take on Belle Plaine tomorrow at 7 pm.
Fairfield will host Solon tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield advanced to the Class 1A Team Regional championship last night after shutting out Camanch, 5-0. Natalie Steele and Mareyn Dunkin had to fight through some adversity, losing their first set before rallying back, while Poojita Mukadam and Ria Ross both cruised to victory without dropping a game. The Trojans will host Central DeWitt on Saturday, September 27th, with the winner advancing to the state tournament.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Mt. Pleasant was our school focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook as they celebrate their Homecoming week. Seniors Addison Clark and Kellen Kohorst were our special guests as they both have played pivotal roles in the success of their respective fall sports. For Clark, it’s important for her as a leader to pass along a positive attitude,
“Always being a good teammate, no matter what’s happening on the core and always working hard, I think those are some of the best traits you can have is being a good leader and always just being open to change and you know, just staying positive, I think sports are so hard to always like, keep a good mindset and if you’re able to do that, that’s going to win you the game.”
As the football team sits at 3-1 for the season, this success did not happen overnight according to Kohorst,
“I mean, staying after practice. You know, if that’s just doing positional drills, you know, doing extra conditioning, just stuff like that. I mean, practice is maybe 2 hours, 2 1/2 hours. But I mean, for some of us it’s three hours. It’s two hours and 45 minutes. You know, it’s staying after getting that extra work in. I think it has really helped us be the team we are right now.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: Mt. Pleasant Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team fell to Hawkeye Community College last night in straight sets 25-16, 25-20, and 25-13. The Blackhawks will attempt to right the ship tomorrow, September 26, when they compete in a triangular at Illinois Central College.
The men’s soccer team has now won four straight after taking down Marshalltown Community College last night 3-1. Louey Franks and Tomas Raposo each netted a goal in the effort.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will travel to Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday, September 27th.
College Football
Iowa will look for an upset against #11 Indiana on Saturday, September 27th, at 2:30 pm at home. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
#14 Iowa State will host Arizona on Saturday at 6 pm fresh off a bye week. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
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).