High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant got back into the win column last night in a sweep of Albia (25-19, 25-13, 26-24). The Panthers will hit the road to play Keokuk on Tuesday, September 8th, at 7:15 pm.
Wapello clobbered Columbus in straight sets last night by scores of 25-14, 25-10, and 25-11. Annaka Greiner touted 26 assists and four aces in the winning effort, while Kate Totemeier had eight kills for the Wildcats.
Columbus will make the trip to Highland on Tuesday at 7 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will host their invitational tomorrow, September 5th, with Danville, Van Buren County, New London, Wapello, and West Burlington also competing.
Central Lee defeated Keokuk last night in four sets by scores of 25-17, 25-20, 23-25, and 25-18 in the inaugural Battle of 218 trophy. Brylee Cook had an outstanding match for the Hawks, accounting for 25 assists, 13 kills, five aces, and two blocks. The Hawks will travel to New London on Tuesday at 7 pm.
WACO fell to Hillcrest Academy last night in four sets (25-21, 18-25, 10-25, 24-26).
WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will head to English Valleys for a tournament tomorrow. Wolves head coach Ashlei Venghaus discussed what she’s been working on with her team,
“You know, we are young and so we liked the power swings and, you know, we liked the big kills. But, you know, I tell them at the end of the day when people are looking at sets, they don’t know how you got the kills. And so just putting it in play in a smart position, reading the floor on the other side of the court are things that we’re working on with a young team.”
Washington will participate in the Anamosa Tournament tomorrow.
Fairfield will be back at home on Tuesday against Washington at 7:15 pm.
High School Volleyball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released their second rankings of the season for volleyball and, while Burlington and Wapello were expelled from the top 15, Burlington Notre Dame climbed their way into the top 15.
For Class 1A, Holy Trinity Catholic remained put at #3 in the rankings after going 3-1 to start the season. Their early marquee victory came against at the time Class 4A’s #14 Burlington at the Battle of Bracewell in four sets. Adalyn Kruse has stepped up as the main attacker, accruing 35 kills through four matches with Olivia Bendlage and Kymber Jones stepping up with 21 and 20 kills, apiece.
Burlington Notre Dame found a spot in the rankings at #13 with a 5-3 record. The Nikes have fallen to three tough teams in higher classes than them: Burlington, West Burlington, and Mediapolis. Still, the Nikes managed to sweep Wapello in considerate fashion to finish out their run at the Wapello tournament. Ainsley Conrad is the main distributor, tabbing 77 assists to go along with five aces.
High School Cross Country
Central Lee participated in the Keokuk Invitational last night and the girls’ team (51 points) scraped past Notre Dame/West Burlington (55 points) to take home the title, while the boys’ team claimed 2nd place by just a one-point distance.
The girls’ team was led by Aubree Bunnell, who took 4th place with a time of 21 minutes and 39 seconds, while Drake Newton grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 17 minutes and 46 seconds for the boys’ team.
Van Buren County will host their Invite on Tuesday, September 8th, at 4:30 pm with Danville, New London, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, and Central Lee making the trip.
Mt. Pleasant will compete at the Pella Invitational tomorrow, September 5th.
WACO will run at the Sigourney Invitational on Tuesday at 4:30 pm.
Columbus and Wapello will travel to Tipton for a meet on Tuesday starting at 5 pm.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield defeated Mt. Pleasant last night, 9-0. The Panthers will look to right the ship on Tuesday, September 8th, at Keokuk at 4:30 pm.
Fairfield’s next contest will be September 14th at Burlington.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will compete against Knoxville for their first home game of the season tonight at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Wapello will look to bounce back tonight at 7 pm against Highland on the road.
WACO will clash with Winfield-Mt. Union at home tonight at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will take on Fort Madison at home tonight at 7 pm.
Danville will head over to Louisa-Muscatine tonight for a 7 pm kickoff.
Mediapolis will travel to Keokuk tonight at 7 pm.
Fairfield will hit the road to play Centerville tonight at 7:30 pm.
Washington will host Independence tonight at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will make the trip to Albia tonight at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against Columbus tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team gets back to action with a road game against St. Louis Community College tomorrow, September 5th, at noon.
The men’s soccer team will travel to Waubonsee Community College tomorrow at 6 pm.
College Football
Iowa kicks off the season against Northern Illinois at home tomorrow, September 5th, at 3:16 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
Iowa State will host Southeast Missouri tomorrow to start their season with gametime at noon. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1937 – 15-year-old cyclist Doris Kopsky becomes the first Amateur Bicycle League of America women’s national champion in 4:22.4 in Buffalo, NY.
1950 – NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosted the Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; the winner was Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.
1994 – Tom Tupa scores the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati.