High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will stay on the road to compete against Mt. Vernon tomorrow, 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 tomorrow against Highland with kickoff set for 7 pm.
Mediapolis will square off against West Burlington/Notre Dame at home tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield starts their district play against Benton tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Danville will host Wapello tomorrow at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to Easton Valley tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to take on English Valleys at 7 pm tomorrow.
New London will look to pick up their first win of the season tomorrow at home against HLV with kickoff at 7 pm.
Central Lee will look to stay undefeated for the season against Albia tomorrow 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 tonight 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 will host Fairfield on Tuesday, October 1st, at 7:15 pm for their senior night.
High School Cross Country
Van Buren County, Mediapolis, Burlington Notre Dame and Wapello will travel to Burlington to compete tonight.
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.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook featured seniors Clayton Miller and Ally Rinner from WACO as they are both more than halfway through their respective seasons. Miller discussed what he learned when he was an underclassman that has helped him the most,
“Work ethic, I think. Watching like freshman, sophomore, you’re seeing those people and the players like Jonah Clark and Drew Diers and Simeon Reichenbach and how hard they worked and I wanted to be just like them and that sophomore year I worked hard and I got in on a couple special teams and sometimes offense and on defense and that just really showed me how fun it was or how your work pays off.”
Rinner talked about how the volleyball team feels heading into tonight’s conference pool play,
“I think we feel pretty good about most of the games. We are the only five team pool, so that could be a long night for us. Playing four games in a row where other pools only have to play three games. But we feel pretty good seeing the opponents and knowing we’ve played a couple of them for and how they play. We feel pretty confident about it.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then you can follow this link: WACO Episode.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will take on Hawkeye Community College tonight at 7 pm at home.
Taryn Stephens earned her second Athlete of the Week award in DII volleyball from Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. Stephens tabbed 94 digs in last week’s competitions; additionally, the freshman ranks 7th in digs per set in DII volleyball.
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
1908 – Chicago Cub Ed Reulbach becomes the only pitcher to throw a doubleheader shutout, winning 3-0 and 5-0 over the Superbas at Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York.
1962 – LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills becomes the first player in MLB history to steal 100 bases in a season (en route to 104).
1978 – New York District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms.