High School Football
WACO will travel to Iowa Valley tonight at 7 pm for their first district game of the season.
Fairfield will stay at home to take on Fort Madison tonight at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will have their home opener tonight against West Burlington/Notre Dame at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Danville will travel to take on Highland tonight at 7 pm.
New London will square off against Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Van Buren County will face off against Pekin tonight at 7 pm on the road.
Central Lee will travel to Cardinal tonight at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will compete against Sigourney-Keota tonight at 7 pm at home.
Columbus will look to get back on track against Wapello tonight at 7 pm at home.
High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant took the first set last night 25-21, but the Panthers were unable to scrape past Albia as they took the next three sets 25-23, 25-23, and 25-22 to exit with the win. The Panthers will attempt to get back in the win column on Tuesday, September 10th, at home against Fort Madison with the opening serve at 7:15 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union threw all they had at Class 2A’s #13 Lisbon, but ultimately fell to the Lions in three sets 16-21, 21-14, and 8-15. The Wolves will compete at a tournament tomorrow, September 7th, at English Valleys along with WACO.
Central Lee dominated Keokuk last night in a sweep: 25-13, 25-12, and 25-19. Taylor Jones was a force at the net with a game leading 11 kills and five blocks. Kenna Sandoval was a jack-of-all-trades, capturing 10 kills, 18 assists, and six aces in the win. The Hawks will host Mediapolis on Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
Mediapolis lost to Washington 3-0 in close sets by scores of 25-22, 25-21, and 25-20. Bryn Wright dished out 25 assists and notched two aces in the effort.
WACO hosted a quad last night and finished with a 2-1 record. The Warriors swept Cardinal handily 25-13 and 25-16 as Carlee Lunsford, Brenna Graber, and Ally Rinner each tallied three kills in the win; and picked up a third set victory against New London 15-10 after the Tigers took the second set 25-21. Lunsford led the squad with four service aces in the win. Their lone loss came against Fairfield in straight sets 25-12 and 25-16. Lilly Bergren and Claire Thompson grabbed seven kills apiece in the win against the Warriors.
Fairfield swept their entire competition with set wins of 25-13 and 25-11 against New London and a 25-21 and 25-13 victory over Cardinal. Iris Lane finished with three aces against the Comets as Bergren collected 17 kills in their three games.
Fairfield will travel to Keokuk on Tuesday at 7:15 pm.
Van Buren County fell to Pella Christian last night 21-8 and 21-11.
Danville, New London, West Burlington, and Van Buren County will compete in a tournament at Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow, September 7th.
Holy Trinity Catholic will look to right the ship on Tuesday against Danville at 7:30 pm on the road.
High School Volleyball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their second rankings of the season and the first of the regular season. Here’s how our local teams fared in the recent round of rankings.
In Class 2A, West Burlington’s lone loss to Class 3A’s #6 Mid-Prairie in a three-set thriller proved to not affect the Falcons’ ranking; in fact, the 7-1 squad moved up two spots to be ranked 9th this week. Taryn Snodgrass directs the offense with 164 assists on the season as Brenna Beggs and Madelyn Hamelton combine for 117 kills.
Class 1A features two local teams who are accustomed to the attention but are on different trends. Holy Trinity Catholic’s 1-2 stand at the Wapello Invite knocked the Crusaders from 2nd to 5th in this week’s edition of the rankings.
Entering the rankings to the #13 slot is Burlington Notre Dame. The Nikes are 6-1 through the beginning of the season with their lone loss to Mediapolis in three sets at the Wapello Invite. Chloe Wenzel has stepped up nicely for the Nikes as she has collected 26 kills and a team leading 10 blocks and 11 aces.
High School Cross Country
The Danville girls’ and boys’ teams each started off the season with a victory last night at Wildwood Park.
On the girls’ side, the Bears finished with 66 points, 22 points better than second place. Fairfield’s squad finished in 8th place with 163 points.
Looking at the standings for the boys’ teams, Danville sat 20 points above Van Buren County who claimed second place with 55 points. Fairfield finished in 4th place with 117 points.
Fairfield will host their invitational on Thursday, September 12th, with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, and New London all attending.
Winfield-Mt. Union, New London, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Meidapolis, and Van Buren County will run on Tuesday, September 10th, at 4:30 pm at the Riverview Club.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team fell to Indian Hills Community College in straight sets 25-18, 25-17, and 25-20. The Blackhawks will face off against Des Moines Area Community College on Wednesday, September 11th, at 7 pm on the road.
College Football
#21 Iowa is set to host this year’s rendition of the Cy-Hawk Series tomorrow, September 7th, at 2:30 pm. The Iowa broadcast will be on 105.5 FM and the Iowa State broadcast will be on 98.5 FM and AM 1130.
This Day in Sports History
1883 – The Chicago White Stockings beat the Detroit Wolverines, 26-6 at Lake Front Park, Chicago; smash an MLB record 18 runs in the 7th inning.
1980 – College football’s longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul).
1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig’s record, playing in 2,131 straight games.