High School Volleyball
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament held their pool play and two teams from each of the four pools advanced to the finals. Here’s how everything shook out.
In pool one, #3 Holy Trinity Catholic dominated play at WACO, sweeping the hosts (21-12, 21-10), Pekin (21-8, 21-13), and Louisa-Muscatine (21-9, 21-7). The Crusaders were led by Adalyn Kruse’s 19 kills, as Elizabeth Griffin tabbed 56 assists by the end of the night. Pekin was able to grab the runner-up spot.
Over at Columbus for pool two, West Burlington flew above the competition, beating New London (21-7, 21-3), Columbus (21-11, 21-10), and Central Lee (21-18, 21-15) in straight sets. Kaylee Webb kept up her pace, nabbing 33 kills and three blocks in the winning effort. For the runner-up slot, Central Lee and Columbus were able to sneak past New London in three sets and the Wildcats swept the Hawks by scores of 21-15 and 21-16. Kate Totemeier finished with 28 kills and three aces for Columbus. Brylee Cook tabbed 16 assists and 16 kills for the Hawks.
Down in Van Buren County, Wapello fought back to beat Mediapolis in three sets by scores of 21-23, 21-14, and 15-11 to win the pool. Annaka Greiner had 24 assists and 8 aces for the Arrows, as they also swept Highland (21-14, 21-8) and Van Buren County (21-15, 21-10). The Bullettes were pushed to a tiebreaker set against Van Buren County, winning 15-9, and a victory over Highland (21-15, and 21-18) in straight sets solidified their position. Addi Steffener collected 49 assists, while Avery Crear claimed 14 kills.
Lastly, Danville, for the second time in as many weeks, took down Burlington Notre Dame (21-19, 20-22, and 15-6) to seal the top spot in pool four. The Nikes grabbed the runner-up spot after sweeping Winfield-Mt. Union (21-10, 21-6) and Hillcrest Academy (21-14, 21-4).
The finals will take place at the Loren Walker Arena at SCC tomorrow, September 26th, with the night starting with West Burlington facing off against Pekin and Holy Trinity Catholic taking on Columbus at 5 pm. Mediapolis will compete against Danville and Notre Dame will collide with Wapello to follow.
Washington will face off against Fort Madison on Tuesday, September 29th, at 7:15 pm on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to play Burlington on Tuesday at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will compete against Keokuk on the road at 7:15 pm on Tuesday.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant, Danville, and Central Lee will run at the Williamsburg Invitational on Tuesday, September 29th, at 4:30 pm.
Washington will host their Invitational on Tuesday with Fairfield and WACO making the trip.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will head to Oskaloosa tomorrow, September 26th, for their Team Class 1A Region 8 first-round matchup.
Fairfield will host Fort Madison, while Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Keokuk tomorrow.
High School Football
Van Buren County lost to Pekin last night, 55-14, improving the Panthers’ record to 6-0 on the season. The Warriors will celebrate their Homecoming on October 2nd at 7 pm against Highland.
Mt. Pleasant will attend another Homecoming when they head to Washington tonight 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 tonight at 7 pm on the road.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to regroup tonight at home at 7 pm against Central Lee.
Fairfield will hit the road to play Solon tonight at 7:30 pm.
Danville will remain at home for a matchup against Highland tonight at 7 pm.
WACO will celebrate their Homecoming tonight at 7 pm against Belle Plaine. Hayden Shelman, who leads the team with 19 total touchdowns, talked about what keeps him motivated,
“I would say probably my dad. My dad’s really big in the sports and, you know, he’s obviously what got me into it and then also, having my teammates just, you know, They’re pushing and they’re motivated and it just kind of it’s just kind of like, uh, it’s kind of contagious if you know what I mean?”
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Iowa Valley tonight at 7 pm.
Wapello will get back to action with a road trip to North Cedar tonight at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will take on Northeast Community College at home tomorrow, September 26th, with the women playing first at 10 am.
The volleyball team will head to Ottumwa for an invitational today with game one against Iowa Western Community College at 3 pm.
College Football
#17 Iowa will make their first road trip of the season to #18 Michigan tomorrow, September 26th, at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
Iowa State will meet #15 Utah at home tomorrow at 2:30 pm. 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).