High School Volleyball
Burlington Notre Dame enjoyed hosting their Nike Invitational over the weekend, claiming 2nd place after falling to West Liberty in straight sets in the championship match. The Nikes had to fight their way through pool play, defeating West Burlington (15-9) and Keokuk (15-10) in a third set tiebreaker before sweeping New London then Danville in the semifinals. Chloe Wenzel was nearly unstoppable at the net, tabbing 43 kills, while Emma Elmore collected seven aces.
West Burlington swept New London and Keokuk to earn a spot in the semifinals, where they fell to West Liberty in straight sets. Kaylee Webb had a phenomenal weekend, slamming 43 kills and blocking six attacks.
Danville finished 2-1 in pool play with victories over Van Buren County and a tough third-set tiebreaker over Wapello 16-14. Shockingly, the Arrows concluded the weekend without a win, getting swept by West Liberty and falling to Van Buren County in three sets (22-20, 16-21, and 13-15). Mila Jordan led the effort for Wapello with 15 kills and four aces.
Danville will contend with Keokuk tonight at 7:15 pm on the road.
New London will face off against Fort Madison tonight at home at 7 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will stay at home to face off against West Burlington tomorrow, September 9th, at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will take on New London tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO participated in the English Valleys tournament and the Wolves finished the weekend 2-1, while the Warriors collected a 1-2 record.
Winfield-Mt. Union picked up wins against East Marshall (22-20, 21-12) and Sigourney (21-12, 18-21, 15-9) before losing to English Valleys in a tough third-set tiebreaker 15-12. WACO defeated Collins-Maxwell in the third set 15-6 but was swept by English Valleys and East Marshall.
WACO will travel to Wapello tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Pekin tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will have their conference home opener tomorrow when they face off against Keokuk at 7:15 pm.
Columbus will host Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will travel to Mediapolis tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will compete against Washington tomorrow at 7:15 pm on the road.
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant traveled to Pella to run at the Dutch Invite and the boys’ team finished in 12th place, while the girls’ team had two runners finish in the top 15. For the boys’ team, Silas Hulett led the charge with a 23rd place time of 17 minutes and 27 seconds. On the girls’ side, the Panthers did not have enough runners to constitute a team score; however, Avery Fedler displayed her prowess with a bronze medal finish, turning in a time of 18 minutes and 49 seconds. Quintrie Lee finished with a time of 21 minutes and 2 seconds, which was good enough for 15th place.
Fairfield will host the “Ron Hunerdosse” Invite on Thursday, September 11th with Mt. Pleasant, Notre Dame/West Burlington, Van Buren County, New London, Wapello, and Winfield-Mt. Union joining the meet.
Central Lee will run at the Davis County Invite on Thursday.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Fairfield competed in the Grayhound Invite over the weekend and finished second as a team. Natalie Steele led the effort, collecting a 3-0 record in the #1-singles slot to finish in 1st place individually. Ria Ross followed suit, losing only four total games on her way to a 1st place finish in the #2-singles bracket. The Trojans will look to finish the regular season undefeated in conference play when they host Burlington tonight.
Mt. Pleasant is back at home tonight against Keokuk.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant gets back to work as they stay on the road to face off against Oskaloosa on Friday, September 12th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
New London will attempt to bounce back against Highland on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Wapello will square off against Pekin at 7 pm on the road on Friday.
Van Buren County will face off against Cardinal on Friday at 7 pm at home.
WACO will host HLV/TC on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to square off against English Valleys on Friday at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will compete on the road against Keokuk on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Mediapolis will head to Fairfield on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Danville will host Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
Central Lee will make the trip to Fort Madison on Friday at 7:30 pm.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team struggled over the weekend at the Kirkwood Community College Invitational, getting swept by Johnson County Community College and Heartland Community College. The Blackhawks will travel to Western Iowa Tech Community College tomorrow, September 9th, at 6 pm.
The men’s soccer team fell to Illinois Central College 2-0. The Blackhawks take on State Fair Community College at 3 pm on Saturday, September 13th.
The women’s soccer team will host John Wood Community College tomorrow, September 9th, for their first home contest of the season.
College Football
Kyle Konrardy will get his cleat bronzed at this rate. Konrardy, for the second year in a row, knocked in a 54-yard game winning field goal to cement Iowa State’s first home victory of the Cy-Hawk game since 2011. Rocco Becht tossed a touchdown in the win. Mark Gronowski scored a touchdown on the ground for the Hawkeyes.
#14 Iowa State will travel to Arkansas State on Saturday, September 13th, at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
Iowa is hoping for a get-right game against UMass on Saturday at home with kickoff at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1939 – Cleveland’s Bob Feller, 20, is the youngest pitcher to win 20 games.
1965 – Bert Campaneris becomes the first player to play every position in a major league game in a thirteen-inning 5–3 loss to the California Angels at Municipal Stadium.
2002 – Rookie quarterback David Carr throws for 2 TDs as the Houston Texans beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to become only the second expansion team (1961 Minnesota Vikings) to win their inaugural game.