High School Volleyball
Washington and Fort Madison went the full length last night with the Demons escaping with the victory on the tiebreaker set, 15-8. The Demons will hit the road to face off against Pella Christian tomorrow, October 1st, at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield had a contentious match with Keokuk last night, but the Trojans still handled business in straight sets by scores of 26-24, 25-21, and 25-21. Lexi Mast finished the night with 36 assists, while Natalie Steele, Leah Helmick, and Ireland Cranston each tabbed 12 kills. The Trojans will travel to Williamsburg tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant was swept by Burlington last night (25-17, 25-12, and 25-19). The first round of the Southeast Conference Tournament will begin on Monday, October 5th, at 5 pm at Fairfield.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to play Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow, October 1st, at 7 pm.
Wapello will make the trip to Pekin tomorrow at 7 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Burlington Notre Dame at 7 pm at home tomorrow.
West Burlington will fly to Central Lee tomorrow at 7 pm.
Danville will host Van Buren County tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant, Danville, Mediapolis, Central Lee, and Washington participated in the Williamsburg Invitational last night and the Panthers had a pair of runners finish in the top 10. For the girls’ group A race, Mt. Pleasant’s Avery Fedler led our local schools with a 9th place time of 20 minutes and 31 seconds, while Quintrie Lee claimed 15th place to help the Panthers snatch 12th place. Washington’s Emma Horak anchored the squad with a 35th place time of 21 minutes and 50 seconds, as the Demons finished in 16th place as a team.
For the girls’ group B, Avery Dietz of Mediapolis ripped off a gold medal time of 20 minutes and 6 seconds as the Bullettes claimed 3rd place as a team. Taking the spot above them in the team standings was Central Lee with 81 points, as Aubree Bunnell grabbed the bronze with a time of 20 minutes and 34 seconds. Danville’s KoraRae Stott took 5th place with a mark of 21 minutes and 43 seconds.
Mt. Pleasant’s Silas Hulett made his return to action in the boys’ group A race and managed a 9th place finish with a time of 16 minutes and 55 seconds, as Washington’s Parker Tschantz finished right behind him in 10th place by three-tenths of a second. The Demons placed ahead of the Panthers in the team standings, taking 8th place compared to Mt. Pleasant’s 16th place finish.
For the boys’ group B, the Southeast Iowa Super Conference claimed the top three spots with Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis (16:56) outracing Central Lee’s Drake Newton (17:08) by eight seconds to win the race. Highland’s Brock Nebergall took the bronze. Mediapolis also claimed the team title over the Hawks by seven points. Danville was led by Elijah Chancellor’s 24th place time of 20 minutes and 4 seconds.
The Van Buren County girls’ team snatched the team championship at their home meet last night, as Kayley Snowgren (4th place), Rory Philips (7th place), and Adalyn Snowgren (8th place) populated the top 10. Landry Loeffler took home the silver medal for the Warrior boys’ team.
Notre Dame/West Burlington and Columbus will run at the Steve Johnson Invite on Saturday, October 3rd, at 11:30 am.
Columbus, Danville, New London, Van Buren County, WACO, and Winfield-Mt. Union will participate in the Mike Jay Invitational on Monday, October 5th, at 4:30 pm.
Hillcrest Academy will host their Invitational on Monday with Fairfield, Wapello, and Washington making the trip.
High School Girls’ Tennis
The Class 1A Region 8 Team tournament semifinals will take place today with Fairfield hosting Oskaloosa and Keokuk heading to Assumption.
The Individual State Tennis brackets have been released and here’s the matchups for Fairfield in Class 1A. Natalie Steele of Fairfield will face off against Chloe Palmer of St. Edmond for her first round matchup. In the doubles bracket, Faeven Gebremariam and Sriya Yammanur will clash with Central DeWitt’s Greenley Grell and Claire McGarry, while Kinzley and Mareyn Dunkin will team up against Charley Dilulio and Lea Patrick of Assumption.
The tournament will be held at Waukee Northwest on October 7th and 8th, starting at 10 am.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Homecoming this Friday, October 2nd, at 7:30 pm against Fort Madison. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield will square off against Washington at home on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Mediapolis will take on West Liberty on Friday at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will be tested on the road against Wilton at 7 pm on Friday.
Central Lee will fly to Mid-Prairie on Friday with kickoff at 7:15 pm.
Danville will tangle with ACGC at the Lacey Sports Complex in Oskaloosa on Friday at 7 pm.
WACO will compete against English Valleys on the road at 7 pm on Friday.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host HLV-TC on Friday at 7 pm for their Homecoming.
Columbus will welcome Wapello to town on Friday for Senior Night at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will celebrate their Homecoming on Friday at 7 pm against Highland.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s and women’s soccer teams were swept by Hawkeye Community College yesterday with the women’s team losing, 10-0, while the men’s team fell in a tight match, 2-1. Quentin Monjon had the lone goal for the Blackhawks. SCC will host Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday, October 3rd, with the women playing first at 1 pm.
The volleyball team has now dropped nine-straight matches after losing to Northeast Community College last night in five sets–the third such game during this losing streak. The Blackhawks will hit the road to play Central Community College-Columbus on Friday, October 2nd, at 4 pm.
College Football
#14 Iowa will host #5 Ohio State on Saturday, October 3rd, at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State will take on West Virginia at home on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
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.