High School Volleyball
WACO defeated Lone Tree in straight sets last night by scores of 25-16, 25-9, and 25-11. Junior Marie Farmer led the Warriors in kills with 8 and service aces with 13, while senior Grace Coble had 24 assists in the game. The win moves the Warriors to 8-1 on the season. They travel to play Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow, September 8th, at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union won in straight sets against Columbus 25-9, 25-6, and 25-17. Audrie Gipple finished with the team lead in kills with 7, Keely Malone tallied 17 assists, and Keetyn Townsley had 7 serving aces. Winfield-Mt. Union is now 8-4 (1-0) on the season with their next game tomorrow, September 8th, at Highland.
Burlington Notre Dame got the best of Holy Trinity Catholic moving to 14-3 on the season as they won 3 sets to 1. The Crusaders dropped the first two sets before winning the third set, 25-18, but couldn’t keep up the momentum as they dropped the 4th set, 25-16. Gabby Deery dominated in the game for Burlington Notre Dame as she finished with 23 kills. The Crusaders next game will be on the road next Tuesday, September 13th, at Mediapolis. Burlington Notre Dame faces off with Tigers at New London tomorrow, September 8th, at 7:30 pm. New London is 4-2 on the season.
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
In a close contest the Tigers volleyball squad falls in straight sets to Hannibal-Lagrange University by scores of 25-23, 25-17, and 25-18. Iowa Wesleyan had the lead late in the first set, 18-17, but couldn’t finish off the Trojans as they were able to steal the first set and did not let the Tigers back into the game. Madison Saia led the Tigers in kills with 7, while Mackenzie Springstee led the team in assists with 10. The Tigers will look to get their first win of the season at home tomorrow, September 8th, against Graceland University. The game is scheduled to start at 7 pm.
Men’s and Women’s soccer play tonight with the men’s team playing at Mount Mercy University at 6 pm and the women’s team playing at home against 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.
This Day in Sports History
1896 – A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, RI.
1963 – The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH.
1979 – ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV.