High School Volleyball
The Mt. Pleasant freshman team competed in a tournament over the weekend winning two games out of three. Defeating Keokuk in straight sets, Van Buren in three sets, as they lost the first set, but they were able to battle back, but lost to Fort Madison to end the day. The Varsity team plays tonight at Burlington at 7:15 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union plays Columbus tonight at home at 7:30 pm. The Wolves are fresh off a tournament win at English Valleys where they did not drop a set in four games. The Wolves are led by seniors Melina Oepping, who leads the team in kills with 53, and Keely Malone, who leads the team in assists with 152.
WACO will clash with Lone Tree tonight at WACO. The Warriors lost in the championship game at the English Valleys Tournament against Winfield-Mt. Union. The Warriors are 7-1 on the season. The Warriors are led by senior Grace Coble who leads the team in assists with 100 and kills with 30.
Holy Trinity Catholic will battle with Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7:30 pm. Both teams are ranked in the top 15 rankings for class 1A teams. The Crusaders are led by the Bendlages with Mary Kate leading the team in kills with 82 and Anna leading the team in assists with 171.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will be back on the road this Friday, September 9th, when they face off against the Keokuk Chiefs, both teams will be looking for their first win of the season. Senior Jacob Richtman will look to throw the ball all over the field while the Chiefs will look to keep it on the ground with Malachai Douglas, who is averaging over 100 yards per game. KILJ will be on the broadcast with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 pm, pregame at 7:15.
WACO will be on the road to play English Valleys this Friday, September 9th, at 7 pm. The Warriors are led by seniors Isaac Oswald and Simeon Reichenbach who both have a total of nine touchdowns on the season.
Winfield-Mt. Union suffered their first loss of the season against Iowa Valley last week, while New London got their first win of the season against Tri-County last Friday. They face off at Winfield-Mt. Union September 9th at 7 pm.
Fairfield plays Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at home, while Washington defends their home field against Clear Creek Amana at 7:30 pm both games this Friday.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The Tigers Volleyball team will be looking for their first win tonight at 7 pm against Hannibal-LaGrange University. This is the first of a three-game home stand for the Tigers this week.
Men’s and Women’s soccer play tomorrow with the men’s team playing Mount Mercy University at 6 pm and the women’s team playing Lyon College at 3 pm.
The Tiger Football team will be on the road this Saturday, September 10th, at Westminster College. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the season as the Tigers fell in quadruple overtime last Saturday. Zach Chevalier threw two touchdown passes on the game, Jordan Beban rushed for 125 yards, Asaivien McWilliams was the leading receiver with 98 yards, and Gavin DePedro tallied 13 tackles, one for a loss, and half a sack.
This Day in Sports History
1943 – The youngest player to appear in an American League baseball game was pitcher Carl Scheib of the Philadelphia Athletics. Scheib was 16 years, eight months and five days old.
1989 – The Pittsburgh Steelers were banned from practicing on their own field, Three Rivers Stadium, because The Rolling Stones were rehearsing for their upcoming concert.
1995 – Cal Ripken played his 2,131st consecutive game setting a new record. Lou Gehrig previously held the record.