High School Volleyball
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) tournament turned into a clinic for #2 Holy Trinity Catholic as the Crusaders did not drop a set on their path towards their second consecutive SEISC championship. Holy Trinity Catholic defeated Central Lee and Van Buren County to punch their ticket to the championship match.
On the other side of the bracket, Burlington Notre Dame defeated Winfield-Mt. Union in straight sets to set up a semifinal showdown with Wapello. The Arrows won the first set 25-21, but the Nikes gutted out the final two sets 25-19 and 16-14 to meet the Crusaders in the finals.
Burlington Notre Dame kept it close, but the Crusaders were too much, sweeping the match 25-18 and 25-22. Adalyn Kruse had 33 kills, while Presley Myers tabbed 24 kills of her own for the Crusaders.
Wapello and Van Buren County competed for 3rd place and it was the Arrows who rallied back to win the final two sets over the Warriors (17-25, 25-19, 15-12) behind Mila Jordan’s eight kills and a block in the match. Jordan notched 28 kills and three blocks for the night, while Kate Lanz collected eight blocks. Van Buren County had Ashlynn Huff connect on 12 kills in the 3rd place match, while Sophia Jirak had 27 assists.
Burlington Notre Dame will host a rematch against Holy Trinity Catholic on Thursday, October 2nd, at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will square off against Danville on Thursday at 7:30 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Columbus on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
Wapello will head to Highland on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
New London will host Mediapolis on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington will square off against Central Lee on Thursday at 7:30 pm at home.
Mt. Pleasant will get another chance at home tomorrow, September 30th, against Burlington at 7:15 pm. Panther head coach Alicia Schrader knows her team will have to be mentally strong heading into their matchup against the Grayhounds,
“Honestly, their skills are there. It’s, it’s mental, its mental games, it’s finishing, finishing all our drills during practice focusing so we don’t miss serves. We don’t make hitting errors when we don’t, when we need to hit them, keep the ball in play. So, it’s mental games. There’s confidence knowing that they got this, they can still do this.”
Fairfield will head back home to host Keokuk tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield and Central DeWitt dueled for a spot in the state team tournament bracket over the weekend and after splitting the singles matches, the Sabers were able to win two of the three doubles matches to win the matchup 5-4.
Poojita Mukada, Ria Ross, and Faeven Gerremariam won their singles matches and the state bound squad of Ria Ross and Sriya Yammanur took their doubles match.
Fairfield will be sending four Trojans to the Class 1A State Singles and Doubles tournament slated to start on Wednesday, October 1st, in Iowa City.
High School Cross Country
New London, Notre Dame/West Burlington, and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to Clear Creek Amana for an invitational tonight.
Mt. Pleasant and Danville will participate in the Williamsburg Invitational tomorrow, September 30th.
WACO and Fairfield will compete at the Washington Invitational tomorrow.
Van Buren County will celebrate their senior night at the Warrior Invite with New London, Central Lee, and Holy Trinity Catholic participating tomorrow.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will clash with Fort Madison on Friday, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Washington on Friday at 7:30 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Wilton at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will square off against Mid-Prairie at home at 7 pm on Friday.
Mediapolis will take on West Liberty on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Wapello will host Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will attempt to get back in the win column on Friday at 7 pm in a home showdown against English Valleys.
Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to HLV/TC on Friday at 7 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s soccer team fell to Iowa Lakes Community College over the weekend 3-1. Servane Veyrac netted the lone goal. The Blackhawks will take on Hawkeye Community College on Wednesday, October 1st, at home.
The men’s soccer team defeated the Lakers 4-1 for their fifth consecutive victory. Joshua Barboza collected two goals in the winning effort. The Blackhawks will take on Hawkeye Community College on Wednesday, October 1st, at home.
The volleyball team will host Southwest Community College tomorrow, September 30th, at 7 pm.
College Football
Iowa had #8 Indiana on the ropes but a late 49-yard touchdown pass by the Hoosiers downed the Hawkeyes 20-15. Mark Gronowski scored the lone touchdown of the game for Iowa. The Hawkeyes will get a bye week.
#14 Iowa State walloped Arizona over the weekend 39-14. Carson Hansen found the endzone twice on 63 rushing yards, while Rocco Becht broke the plane three times before the end of the night. The Cyclones will take on Cincinnati on Saturday at 11 am on the road.
This Day in Sports History
1946 – The St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers finish with the same records, marking the first time the NL pennant ends in a tie.
1954 – Willie Mays races back to make his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz’s 460 foot drive during Game One of the World Series.
1969 – Steve O’Neal of the New York Jets kicks the longest NFL punt of 98 yards against the Denver Broncos.