High School Cross Country
Clear Creek Amana hosted their Clipper Classic last night and the Columbus boys’ team held their own, snatching 3rd place as a team with 83 points.
The top local finisher on the boys’ side was Notre Dame/West Burlington’s Cavin Denney as the freshman claimed 7th place with a time of 17 minutes and 48 seconds. The Nikes took 5th place as a team with 119 points.
The Wildcats turned in a true team effort with all five of their scoring runners finishing in the top 25, including Drake Marin and Victor Tovar, who grabbed 13th and 14th place, respectively.
Brayden Cline of Winfield-Mt. Union clocked a time of 20 minutes and 26 seconds to place in 40th, while Wapello’s Will Parsons finished in 55th place.
On the girls’ side, Kaitlyn Kipp of Notre Dame/West Burlington claimed the silver medal with a time of 21 minutes and 22 seconds, while Hannah Ritter finished in 11th place.
Garbriela Duran led Columbus with a 21st place time of 25 minutes and 4 seconds as she was followed by Wapello’s Kenna Small and teammate Isabel Rendon in 23rd and 24th place, respectively, with times separated by six-tenths of a second. Ashlyn Bender of Winfield-Mt. Union finished in 55th place.
Mt. Pleasant and Danville will participate in the Williamsburg Invitational tonight.
WACO and Fairfield will compete at the Washington Invitational tonight.
Van Buren County will celebrate their senior night at the Warrior Invite with New London, Central Lee, and Holy Trinity Catholic participating tonight.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host their Invitational on Thursday, October 2nd, with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, and Wapello participating.
Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite on Saturday, October 4th.
High School Cross Country Rankings
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their sixth team and individual rankings yesterday and six of our local seven teams improved their position from last week.
In Class 3A, Avery Fedler of Mt. Pleasant moved up to #2 in the individual poll after grabbing 1st place at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational. At that same meet, Fort Madison swept the team titles and saw the boys’ team climb four spots to #14 in the rankings, while the girls’ team vaulted up to #5.
In Class 2A, the Mediapolis boys’ team ventured up the rankings to #16 after grabbing the silver and bronze medals in their meets last week. Despite Simon Wendel clocking a time of 16 minutes and 24 seconds last week, the Bulldog tumbled to #7 in the individual rankings, while Will Schmidgall leapfrogged six spots to #15.
Staying on the individual rankings, Notre Dame/West Burlington has some talented young runners, as Cavin Denney improved his positioning to #24 and Hannah Ritter made her first appearance in the rankings, nearly getting into the top 15 as she was placed at #16.
In Class 1A, the WACO boys’ team’s big win at Mt. Pleasant saw the Warriors hop over Columbus to be ranked 5th followed directly behind by the Wildcats at #6. Jude Dykstra’s 1st place finish at the meet allowed him to move up the rankings five spots to #6.
Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge’s #12 ranking is anchoring the boys’ team place at #11. The Van Buren County girls’ team continues collecting victories, yet, the Warriors fell a spot back in the rankings to #7.
Lastly, Josie Dykstra of WACO vaulted to #24 in the rankings after nearly falling out of the top 30 last week.
High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant will get another chance at home tonight against Burlington at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will head back home to host Keokuk tonight at 7:15 pm.
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.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield will be sending four Trojans to the Class 1A State Singles and Doubles tournament slated to start tomorrow, October 1st, in Iowa City.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant clash with Fort Madison on Friday, October 3rd, at 7:30 pm on the road.
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 volleyball team will host Southwest Community College tonight at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will take on Hawkeye Community College tomorrow, October 1st, at home.
College Football
#14 Iowa State will take on Cincinnati on Saturday at 11 am on the road.
Iowa is on a bye week.
This Day in Sports History
1927 – Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in the 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium.
1939 – In the first televised college football game, Fordham beats Waynesburg, 34-7 at Randalls Island, New York.
1997 – New York Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter, and Paul O’Neill are the first to hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the postseason as the Yankees beat Cleveland 8-6.