High School Volleyball
The Nike Invitational took place over the weekend and #13 Burlington Notre Dame finished as the runner-up to Class 3A’s #13 West Liberty. The Nikes dominated the rest of the competition, sweeping Van Buren County (21-18, 21-9), Keokuk (21-13, 21-16), and Wapello (21-17, 22-20) but could not upset the Comets, losing in straight sets in their two matches. Ainsley Conrad handed out 73 assists, while Isabella Drew tabbed 27 kills for the tournament.
West Burlington and Wapello also finished the tournament with 3-2 records, as the Falcons swept New London and Danville, while splitting their matchup with the Arrows and losing in straight sets to West Liberty. Kaylee Webb put up 56 kills and five aces for the Falcons.
Wapello collected victories over New London (21-9, 21-12) and Danville (15-21, 21-12, 15-7). Annaka Greiner finished the tournament with nine aces and 72 assists.
Burlington Notre Dame will head to West Burlington tomorrow, September 8th, at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will host Van Buren County tomorrow at 7 pm.
New London will take on Central Lee at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Danville on the road at 7:30 pm tomorrow.
Wapello will travel to WACO tomorrow at 7 pm.
Washington struggled at the Anamosa tournament, winning only one of their five matches. The Demons were able to sweep Bellevue but fell to the hosts, Central DeWitt, Williamsburg, and Northeast. Washington will attempt to bounce back with a road matchup against Fairfield tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to play Keokuk tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
Columbus will make the trip to Highland tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will compete against Lone Tree tomorrow at 7 pm.
High School Cross Country
Fairfield and the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team made the trip to Pella to compete in the Dutch Invitational and the Panthers produced a top 10 finisher. On the boys’ side, Silas Hulett of Mt. Pleasant started the season with an impressive 6th place time of 17 minutes and 19 seconds, as the team finished in 10th place. The Trojans took 8th as a team with Elijah Hampton’s 38th place mark of 18 minutes and 59 seconds leading the team.
On the girls’ side, Fairfield also took 8th place as a team with 249 points with Ava Jones taking home a time of 22 minutes and 50 seconds to anchor the squad.
Fairfield will host the “Ron Hunerdosse” Invite on Thursday, September 10th, with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, New London, Van Buren County, Wapello, Washington, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating at 5:20 pm.
Van Buren County will host their Invite tomorrow, September 8th, at 4:30 pm with Danville, New London, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, and Central Lee making the trip.
WACO will run at the Sigourney Invitational tomorrow at 4:30 pm.
Columbus and Wapello will travel to Tipton for a meet tomorrow starting at 5 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will get to stay at home when they host Oskaloosa on Friday, September 11th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Wapello will be looking to pull off the upset on Friday against Pekin with kickoff at 7 pm at home.
WACO will travel to play HLV-TC on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will tangle with English Valleys on Friday with gametime at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to keep their streak going against Keokuk at home on Friday at 7 pm.
Danville will make the trip to Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will attempt to continue their momentum on Friday with a home contest against Fairfield at 7:30 pm.
Washington will travel to Burlington on Friday with kickoff at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will welcome Fort Madison to town on Friday at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against Cardinal on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will look to right the ship tomorrow, September 8th, at Keokuk at 4:30 pm.
Fairfield’s next contest will be September 14th at Burlington.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team fell to St. Louis Community College in four sets (19-25, 19-25, 25-21, 23-25) over the weekend. Daphne Brown led the team with 12 kills. The Blackhawks will take on North Iowa Area Community College tomorrow, September 8th, at 6 pm on the road.
The men’s soccer team continued their undefeated start to the season when they flattened Waubonsee Community College, 5-1, over the weekend. Five different Blackhawks found the back of the net. SCC will stay on the road to play Kankakee Community College today with the men’s team playing at 3 pm and the women’s game to follow.
College Football
#22 Iowa decimated Northern Illinois over the weekend to the tune of a 40-0 victory. Winfield-Mt. Union graduate Cam Buffington led a defense that did not allow a first down until the third quarter with six tackles. Offensively, Kamari Moulton rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns.
The first game of the Jimmy Rogers era was a successful one as Iowa State handled Southeast Missouri, 38-10. Jaylen Raynor did it all for the Cyclones, throwing for 184 yards and two touchdowns and adding two more scores on the ground.
Iowa will host the Cy-Hawk Series on Saturday, September 12th, at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the Hawkeye broadcast, while 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the Cyclone broadcast.
This Day in Sports History
1892 – James Corbett KOs 4 to 1 favorite and defending champion John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds at the Olympic Club, New Orleans for the world heavyweight boxing title; Sullivan’s only defeat and his last fight.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1991 – Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes for a then-NCAA record 11,606 yards.